By the time she'd gotten to the table, Cassandra was gone.  She hurried back in, having traded her underware for an indigo string bikini-the kind that tied into bows over the hips and between the breasts.<br/>The sable skinned girl paused, eyes wandering down her friend's face, along her spectacular body, then back up.  She took a seat across from Hikari and smiled at her words, coloring subtly and squeezing her friend's hand.  Deep dark eyes shone with unshed tears.  She ran her thumb pad over the japanese girl's knuckles.  "I don't know what I'd do without you Hikari..."  She gasped and whiped tears away with her thumbs, then laughed out a sob.  "Listen to me all sentimental.  I was just trying to give us a fun night."<br/>She sniffled, then quickly cut a piece of the soy steak and offered it to her friend's lips.