[AQ] Seeing Is Believing [Sarah/Yasuko]

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

Well that was a quick stop of crying. It wasn't surprising that the kid had stopped crying at the mention of more ice-cream - and really, at that point, Yasuko had considered the job done. Even if two ice cream scoops was a tad much, she didn't want to deal with it any longer. She soon stood up, intending to leave the two; until the child reached for her hand too. She hesitated at that point. If she didn't go along, the kid might start crying again right? She couldn't just suddenly pull her hand out of his grasp right? She had, on occasion, pulled her hand roughly out of children's hands because it shocked her - and it sent the kids into a spiral of more crying.

Jeez taking care of kids was complicated.

Maybe she should get one scoop too or something. Just as a reward for herself. Yeah.

She gave yet another sigh. "Okay, but two scoops is too much. Just one." Until she caught herself for what she said, and immediately tried to tag on something else. "-If you behave well, you can get another." Yeah. That was good enough right? Were they spoiling the kid? They probably were. Whoever his mama was, hopefully she wouldn't get angry at them for doing this.

She vaguely remembered an ice-cream truck near the lake, and slowly began to walk there. As they arrived, she glanced first at the boy before back at the wavy-hair girl. "Well what flavours would you want?"

[Sarah Clementine]

"M-Me?" Sarah asked pointing at herself. She stopped to think for a quick second. "Vanilla, maybe?" she said, slightly unsure as she remembered all of the other flavors of ice cream the truck offered. She was a classic girl, going for the classic vanilla ice cream. Sarah had never actually had any other flavor of ice cream other than chocolate, the other classic ice cream type. She wasn't sure if she wanted to try something new. "What about you, what flavor are you getting?" Sarah asked Yasuko.

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

"Strawberry," was her immediate response - before she turned away just as quickly, ordering their flavours from the ice-cream man with a slight blush on her cheeks. She could have at least pretended to think about it, instead of blurting it out so fast. What was this new girl going to think? That she was childish for ordering a berry-flavoured ice-cream like that? "I mean--" she coughed, as if to try to dismiss the embarrassed atmosphere that she had managed to create. "People always order something boring like vanilla or chocolate, so I just try to be different."

She blinked, realising what she had just said and quickly waved her hands in front of her as if to try not to alarm the other. If the event before was any indication, the wavy-haired girl sounded like someone who could easily get flustered - maybe even cry or worse. She wasn't sure, but just in case, she didn't want to start a scene. Assuming it wasn't too late to rectify it. "Not that it's-- bad just -- notsomethingI'lldo." There. Hopefully that'll do. Hopefully. Grabbing the ice-cream cones quickly, she handed the vanilla flavoured one over to the girl, before giving the kid his own.

Please don't cry again. was all she was hoping for.

[Sarah Clementine]

Sarah didn't know why Yasuko waved her hand in a flustered manner. Was a flavor like strawberry hip-er than vanilla? She took the vanilla ice-cream cone and took a lick. "Strawberry seems like a hip flavor, I've never tried it!" she said. "Maybe I'll have to get it next time."

The kid seemed very focused on licking his ice cream up before it melted. Maybe Sarah could make a new friend with the girl who helped her. What was her name again...? Sarah didn't remember asking, or being told either. She decided to ask, but better yet, also try to strike up a friendly conversation!

"Thank you for your help! My name's Sarah Clementine and I'm a student at Seiyo Academy! What's your name?" Sarah said, in a tone that sounded like she was reading straight from a Japanese learning textbook.

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

Yasuko was expecting a reaction of a more aggressive kind. Perhaps even an indignant yell. But the response she received from the ginger-haired girl threw her a little off guard. "Hip...flavour...?" the girl repeated, confusion upon her features.

"Oh um, don't mention it," she said, waving her hand dismissively, her cheeks colouring a little. It was a little embarrassing to be thanked to be honest - but the girl quickly went on to introduce herself. That is, when she got over the initial surprise at the...what was her name again?...well basically the way she said it. "S-sarah Cle-Clemen--Uh." It was clear she was having trouble speaking her name, pronouncing it with a horrible horrible accent. "Uh, do you have a...nickname or something." That was easier to pronounce... but she didn't want to say it.

Wait a second. "You're from Seiyo too?" the girl began, blinking in surprise. Then she realised she hadn't even introduced herself yet. "Kobayashi Yasuko. Nice to meet you. You're not from Japan, are you?"

[Sarah Clementine]

A nickname..? Sarah had to pause and think for a second about that one. Did anyone call her anything other than Sarah? It was pretty easy to pronounce in Japanese, right? Perhaps the girl was trying to call her by her last name, which was a step harder. "You can just call me Sarah!" she said, smiling widely.

"Kobayashi Yasuko, is it? Nice to meet you!" Sarah said. She extended her hand in a friendly American manner for a good ol' handshake.

Sarah shook her head. She wasn't from Japan and definitely didn't look anything like Japanese people in any way. "I'm from America! I'm attending Seiyo because my Dad had a business trip here, although I used to be homeschooled. School has been really fun for me!"

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

Yasuko gave a nod. It was...definitely easier to pronounce, if anything. "Sarah it is then," she said. But she gave a pause as the other extended a hand, before immediately realising that it was a handshake. It felt weird to give a handshake to a fellow student - she had only ever done it when her mother's business associates were around - but she took it anyway, giving a handshake back. "Nice to meet you too," she said once again.

Now that she wan't panicking and crying over something, Yasuko couldn't help but wonder that maybe she was one of those...bright and chirpy ones? She certainly was rather cheerful, if anything. "Oh, so you're from America," she said with slight surprise - then again it was probably a given, but just having someone confirm it still elicited a reaction out of her. "Ah, I see," was all she chose to say. She herself wasn't sure how to answer that. School has been really fun? Come to think of it, she had never came across anyone who said it that way before. Perhaps Sarah was one of those people that found joy in everything.

Still now that she thought about it, as she licked her ice-cream, the girl had a Guardian Character, did she not? "Have you ever...uh...seen Guardian Characters from America?" she asked, curious. Were they everywhere or was it only in Seiyo that had high concentrations of them?