<div class="floatright">(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/713/20855003814_c0159ca870_o.jpg)</div>Kaguro looked a little startled as Artemis took her by the wrist and gently dragged her outside.  She was distinctly not used to being 'manhandled'; even in high school she had been one of those girls deemed too elegant to move about even by other girls.  This was Sara, however, and she tolerated a lot more familiarity from the American girl than she did anyone else.<br/><br/>"I am not really dressed for being in the corridor, you know," she started calmly as the lovely blonde asked her somewhat hesitant question.  Still avoiding looking into the bright blue eyes of her friend, she adjusted her very short kimono slightly, though to be honest she wasn't ruffled at all.  "As for what I meant, it means that I am 'that way', is all.  I might not be allowed to say such things in the real world, but here, at least, I can stop pretending because people will think I am pretending here.  I doubt anyone I know well is going to be anywhere nearby most of the time."  Hoshino sighed softly.  "A lot of my friends joke about it enough, but the truth is I always have been.  It is just very difficult to be open about it in Japan, especially with my parent' rather strict ways."<br/><br/>The fact that she had a fiance and would have to get married in two short years weighed heavily on her.  But it wasn't something she had to worry about right now.  There was time to deal with that on her own.  "We should go back inside, before Moonlight makes the same assumption I did, Sa...ah, Artemis."  she smiled sadly and bowed her head, not realizing that she really hadn't given the answer Sara was looking for.  It wasn't that she was being cruel or obtuse; Hoshino was simply unaware that Sara wasn't familiar with the polite way to refer to someone as homosexual in Japanese.