<em>Hiro</em><br/><br/>Tara looked momentarily displeased, but sighed, exasperated, and took his arm once more.  Perhaps because it wasn't a REAL formal suit, but she didn't seem in a mood to contest it.<br/><br/>"Hm, we certainly can't," she agreed about the 'ruffian,' standing a little taller it seemed. "Luckily you're a handsome young man for the moment."<br/><br/>They drew more looks then, possibly because of the monkey-girl, possibly because of them together, but who knew?  It wasn't hard to sneak the flowers into his hand with his 'date' less focused on glaring at him like before.  Clone was able to sneak it in behind his back into his arm as he passed by on that side to the puppet show...<br/><br/>Suffice to say, when she was provided with flowers matching her dress, Tara blushed the best the darker-skinned monkey-girl could.<br/><br/>"Ooh... wow..." was her response, clearly at a loss for words at the rather romantic gesture.  "I mean, thank you, Hiro..."<br/><br/>Suffice to say it was about to be a good puppetshow.  Ironically, it was a foreign legend about a 'Son Wukong,' and was likely to make for a rather relevant story to watch...<br/><br/><hr/><br/><em>Ume</em><br/><br/>"Hm, it has more than combat or operational usage you know; I spent about as much time playing with Seventh's shadow clones growing up as I did him," she stated, and chuckled lightly, reaching up to give her ears a scratching. "And the mission will go fine; it's why I'm there after all: to make sure it does."<br/><br/>She kept scratching her ears for a bit, slowing slightly as she seemed to think.<br/><br/>"Oh, does this bother you?  I've never met a girl with ears and... you have a tail right?" she said, and glanced back at her rump to check... "This is alright, right, Kitten?"<br/><br/><hr/><br/><em>Iku</em><br/><br/>"You're not a 'burden,'" was the slightly sterner response as Hima stripped down, the brief frown almost audible. "You really need to relax, I can tell.  I might just have to make it an order to let me help you if you keep it up!"<br/><br/>A tease, but it was obvious she was being half-serious too, just by words alone.  Once they're both done, there's a moment of silence and stillness to be heard, and then Hima seemed to shift her towels again about her body.  Then she felt a hand taking hers and leading her into the bath.<br/><br/>"You're quite welcome!  I tend to go bathing regularly, so I'll make sure to bring you along in the future too, oh and watch your step it's gonna get wet," she explained, and from the feel of the towel as her hand brushed past it, it seemed Hima was wearing the towel about her waist only too - might have been she was shifting it lower earlier too? "Oh, it's a mixed bath, but we're the only ones here right now since it's an odd time of day.  Probably won't have anyone show up for a while."<br/><br/>First was to wash, seated by the soap and bathing area before entering the springs, and the various floral and fruity scents were strongest here.  The little stool to sit on was shifted so she had a good spot to sit, and Hima even helped her best she could to said seat.  From there she could wash herself easily, though...<br/><br/>"Want me to get your hair for you?" Hima asked, sincerely before taking her seat next to her, close enough she could still feel the Uzumaki's grin in her mind. "You've got nice hair you know."