<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/4/4a/Iris_Heart_-_Hyperdimension_Neptunia_-_2x3_portrait_-_mischeivous.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Natsuki Akuzawa<br/><strong>Location:</strong>School parking lot<br/><strong>Time:</strong>Second day, afternoon<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>School uniform<br/><strong>With:</strong>Amaya (m), Biscuit<br/><br/><strong>“Oh, I don’t believe in guessing at inclinations,”</strong>Natsuki grinned sheepishly, putting a hand behind her head.<strong>“She might just have been messing with me to make you jealous.”</strong>Astonishing as it may sound, it actually did not occur to Natsuki that anyone really<em>nice</em>would find her attractive, or interesting. All of her experience had her being looked down on – mostly for being Abnormal – except by perverts who wanted to take advantage of her.<strong>“Or maybe to try to turn you on,”</strong>she added, as an afterthought.<br/><br/><strong>“At any rate, I’ll get her number from you, and yours, too. But first I need to get a phone.”</strong>Almost as soon as she said it, Natsuki felt like slapping herself in her face for her own stupidity. Thus far she had done what she thought was a fine job of keeping her status a secret from Biscuit. But a girl her age not having her own phone? That was a dead giveaway.<strong>“A <em>new</em> phone,”</strong>she corrected herself, quickly. It was misleading, but technically not a lie.<strong>“That’s one of the things I have to go into town for.”</strong><br/><br/>And then he offered her a ride, just like she’d hoped, but immediately she felt guilty for using him so.<strong>“I don’t want to exploit you as my chauffeur,”</strong>she said, wryly, after he’d let off the throttle. On the one hand, she actually<em>was</em>excited to ride the bike again – each new roar of the throttle reminded her of how much fun that had been. On the other hand, she did legitimately feel uncomfortable taking advantage of Biscuit for a ride – in the world she came from, one avoided asking favours, because<em>owing</em>favours could be hazardous.<strong>“I actually have a lot of shopping to do: I have to get a phone, clothes, a computer… pretty much everything.”</strong>Once again she knew she was giving away her status, but this time she’d already thought up a convincing half-truth/half-lie to cover.<strong>“I’m starting completely fresh this year.”</strong><br/><br/><strong>“I only intend to get a few things for now, but it’s still going to be a fair bit of running around,”</strong>she said. Then she crossed her arms and pursed her lips, thinking hard.<strong>“Tell you what,”</strong>she said.<strong>“If you’re actually willing to ride me around town to get everything I need, then in addition to getting a pretty decent tour of the town, I’ll treat you to dinner. Unless you’re really in the mood to go to another dive, hm, maybe Ootoya? They serve full meal sets… a lot like a traditional home-cooked meal. You should try it at least once.”</strong><br/><br/><strong>“Also,”</strong>she added mischievously, leaning against Biscuit conspiratorially, as if she were making some sort of shady deal with him.<strong>“You’ll get to see me try on my outfits. Including the bathing suit I have to get. I might also be convinced to try on something of your choosing,”</strong>she added, gently nudging his side.<strong>“No cosplay, though,”</strong>she added quickly, with a glare.