<div class="floatright">(http://cdn.pimpmyspace.org/media/pms/c/un/03/z5/mebigpants.jpg)</div><div align="center">Aika</div><br/>http://sheetgen.dalines.net/sheet/16416?message=true (http://sheetgen.dalines.net/sheet/16416?message=true)<br/><br/>As the work continued, Aika cleaned up the kitchen, carefully tucking away plates for Daichi and Sara.<br/><br/>She turned her attention on Rika as she spoke.  Her throat tightened at the story and she reached out to touch the woman on the shoulder in a show of sympathy.  Then she moved back to the dishwasher and spoke softly, "I'd have to know what I was feeling first."  For a moment, her hands shook.  Her eyes shot involuntarily towards Shine, then in the direction of the occupied bath.<br/><br/>Stiling her hand, she finished the dishes.