<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/a/ac/Taro03.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Taro Ikeda (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=257738.msg12730054#msg12730054)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Track & Field<br/><strong>Time:</strong>Flashback - a few days before school starts, very early morning<br/><strong>With:</strong>Shizuma<br/><hr/>A girl blushing so hard in his presence wasn't something that happened to Taro every day. It made the pink-haired girl look even younger than she probably was, and that provided all the distraction Taro needed to firmly focus on her face and do his best to ignore her exotic costume. The blush, the gentle touch of her hand... She appeared rather vulnerable all of a sudden.<br/><br/>He bowed his head. "Pleased to meet you, Shizuma Nori. And please, Mr. Ikeda is my father. I am just Taro, if you'd like." Birefly he looked around, spotting his bag about a hundred meters away. Gesturing towards it he asked, "Walk me me a few meters? Running always leaves me thirsty and I'd like to get some water from my bag if you don't mind? We can still talk."<br/><br/>Taro took a few steps in the direction he had indicated, before he realized that he had yet to answer a question himself. "This will be my second year at Denai. It's a good school, so I hope you'll like it here. And if you have any questions about the school, ask away. I'd be happy to try and answer the best I can." He offered her a wide honest smile, and a nod that he hoped would be encouraging.