<div class="floatleft">(http://oi65.tinypic.com/b4cbwm.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Shizuma Nori (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=257738.msg12729551#msg12729551)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Track & Field<br/><strong>Time:</strong>Flashback - a few days before school starts, very early morning<br/><strong>With:</strong>Taro<br/><hr/><br/>Hearing that Taro had no pressing plans, or at least that he didn't want her to think he had any, brightened Shizuma's smile and took away some of the feeling of loss that occurred as he withdrew his touch from her arm. She nodded when he spoke of running into friends today to get reacquainted and was about to take that as a farewell when he spoke of them having breakfast together. Her plan had been to cook herself breakfast in the kitchen nearest her room and then read a book, but she found his offer too enticing to pass up.<br/><br/>Shizuma was about to say so when he playfully teased her outfit making her say quickly, "no that's not it. This was designed for me at the Institute, specifically to help me with my flying," she went on to explain. "The streamers help me 'ead the wind' and warn me of shifts in air streams... or so I was told," she adds thinking about it for the first time and wondering if that's what they do for her. Then, blushing a little, she admits, "I really hated how it's... cut... but a skirt isn't really a good option for flying either." Her tone was a bit too knowing for that observation to be theoretical and there's definitely a story there, but maybe not one she's yet ready to share.<br/><br/>"So, I'll go and get changed then drop my stuff off at my room. What time should we meet, Taro-san?" Shizuma asks dropping back into accustomed formality by habit. Also, there was a safety in the social distance the nicety instilled. Though she kept smiling and was genuinely warm towards Taro, something shadowed the back of her eyes with a mix of confusion and uncertainty that she didn't voice. Instead she said, "Thanks for sparing me from spending the day alone."