[Event AQ] When You Wish Upon a...Tree? [Yasuko/Yukiya] DONE

[Yukiya]

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Wishing Tree!
Description: The old tree in the park where the festival is held is known to be a wishing tree, the effects of which are only increased during Tanabata. Write a wish, tie it on a branch, and surely it’ll come true!

Visit the tree and make a wish!: +1 Guardians, +1 Faberge, +1 Roost
Make more than one wish; the branches seem pretty empty anyway!: -1 Guardians, +2 Faberge
Take a friend and discuss your wishes together: +2 Guardians, -1 Faberge
Requirements: None
Original submitted by Catrifer

The Tanabata Festival had been one he'd gone to every year ever since he was little. As always, he came with his family, and he'd enjoyed some of it with them, and some of it with his friends. As of right now, though, he was alone. Still full from all the festival food, he wanted to walk it all off for a bit when he passed by the famous wishing tree. For a couple of years, he hadn't written a wish on the tree, simply because he'd gotten distracted by a game or something else. But recently, he had so many conflicting feelings over the events of the last few weeks that he wanted to wish for so many things. But could it all fit in one little paper? And could they even come true?

He got closer to the tree. Many other people, some in street clothes, some in yukata like himself, were making wishes. It looked like they just started, as the branches were still rather bare.

"Whooa! Yukiya-dono! What's going on? asked Kanpa. He'd been asking Yuki about this and that thing and Yuki was kind of tired of it. But Kanpa looked at him with these big puppy eyes....and it just hurt to ignore him...especially when he would annoy him later about other things, like writing his manga for the 5000th time...

"It's just a tradition of the festival. You write what you wanna wish for and hang it on the tree. People choose this tree in particular because they say its a special wishing tree that makes dreams come true, even when it's not Tanabata."

"Ah! So that means if I write on the paper saying 'please make Yukiya-dono continue my awesome story for the people of this world to enjoy' it should come true! Let me get a --"

Yuki pinched the back of Kanpa's shirt to stop him from flying around. "Don't do that. People will be wondering why there's a pen flying in mid air."

"Then I guess you'll have to write it for me. But you know, I kind of just wish you'd finally do it. You want to, don't you?"

Normally Yuki would disagree, but the recent Faberge concerts where he had unexpectedly performed on stage - twice - had made him think about it. To be admired again, to share his work again, to feel proud of what he had created...the desire gripped his heart, distracting him from the complications he had been having with other friends, and even this morning he found himself drawing Kanpa holding his beloved broadsword.

Ah, what was he thinking. He'd never amount to anything, not like before.

"Oh! Look, it's Calli!" Kanpa shouted, buzzing away from him. Wait, if Calli was nearby, then Yasuko...not that he hated Yasuko but for some reason events with her ended up in him hurting himself. And they were usually his fault. But Kanpa and Calli got along well apparently so he just tiptoed away from the guardian characters and towards the tree, hoping Kanpa wouldn't notice him gone.

Yasuko Kobayashi

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

Yasuko didn't want to be here.

In fact, she didn't even want to don a yukata and walk out in those wooden clogs.

Neither did she want to be here with her annoying older brother.

In fact, said brother was zipping everywhere in his yukata, pointing out all the incredible food that the festival had to offer. How the hell does he speed around so fast in these clunky footwear? "Look Yasuko, look!" he cried, as he pulled forward pink fluffy cotton candy out of the seller's hands. "There's cotton candy!" Without waiting for an answer, he had already taken a sizeable bite - before he relished in its sweetness. "Mmmmhmm! This is why I love festival food!"

Yasuko rolled her eyes. "You're going to get fat from all of that."

"I have fast metabolism, so it's a-okay!" He grinned wildly, as he held a thumbs-up. "Besides-" He soon scooted over to the opposite stall, his free hand outstretched. The seller soon dropped an ice-cream cone in his hand; and the boy pulled it back, only to hand it over to his little sister. "Here you go! Strawberry ice-cream!" He gave her a bright smile - though it was laced with a sense of mischievousness. "Now, why don't you come along and keep your big brother company, eh?"

Yasuko's eye twitched. She stared at the treat in his hands. That pink-coloured soft swirl, set on top of a waffle cone.

Yasuko tsk'd.

Honestly she hated her brother.

---

"Yasuo, why are we here?" the girl asked, a tone of slight irritation in her voice. Granted, she would probably be more annoyed hadn't she been given a dessert to distract her, but she was still exasperated with her brother nonetheless. Of all the places to go, why the wishing tree? Sure, it wasn't teeming with festival-goers, so it was a little less suffocating, but why come here with her? He can't have a wish to make right?

"Because I want to make a wish!" he grinned back at her. His cotton candy had been finished a long time ago; the white-coloured stick already thrown into one of the dustbins on their way up. Yasuko almost wanted to face-palm at his answer. Of course. A wish. Yeah. Yup. Why couldn't she have thought of it before. "Besides, I'm sure you have a wish to make too right?" He pointed at the yellow painted fingernails; the tell-tale sign of her admission to Faberge. "Don't you want to wish for your future? Like - wanting to get better at writing! Or getting good grades on tests! You know something like that!"

The first-year stopped and blinked - before she turned her gaze away with a little 'Hmmph!'. Come on, she wasn't a kid anymore; things like these don't come true! It was only through your own effort and will that you can make your dreams a reality! "M-making wishes is childish!" she began, a stubborn pout on her features. Okay that stutter didn't really make her words sound convincing, but whatever okay!

Yasuo grinned, patting a hand on her shoulder. "Sure it is, but that's what makes it fun!" He soon turned upon his heel. "I'm going to go get some papers and pen to write our wishes!"

"Wha- I said I'm not making a wish!" Yasuko yelled indignantly. Watching her brother dash off without an answer to her protest, she could only give (yet again) another pout. Honestly the nerve of him!

"Cheer up Yasuko!" a tiny voice quipped. Calli popped out of her sling bag, beaming back at the first-year. Today was Tanabata! Yasuko should be happy about it! And she should be glad that she was attending the festival with her big brother! After all, she hadn't seen him in a few months! "He just wants to spend time with you!" She floated up from the bag, stopping when she was level with Yasuko's face. 

But the sound of her name soon alerted the Guardian Character - and she turned around, tilting her head in query. That name sounded so familiar...She soon caught the sight of a small tiny sprite; one with light-coloured hair and brown and blue clothing. And feather earrings.

Oh!

"Hi Kanpa!!" she waved enthusiastically. 

[Yukiya]

"Calli!" he repeated, flying towards her and Yasuko."Are you gonna make a wish too? What are you gonna wish for? I'm wishing for Yukiya-dono to go back to drawing...how about you two?" The little sprite grinned, before turning to find Yuki, but well, he wasn't there! He was at the tree instead. "This world's festivals are different from mine, but still fun!"

In the meanwhile, Yukiya got some paper and pen to write his wish. As he looked back, he couldn't see Kanpa anywhere. He got out of the crowd when he finally saw Kanpa flying around Calli and Yasuko. The latter didn't seem too happy. But...well, she was really pretty in her yukata. He walked up to the three of them, though he tried to keep his eyes on the two sprites instead.

"Fancy meeting you here, Calli-chan, Yasuko-san," he greeted, before looking around. "How's your Tanabata going? Something happen?"

While he waited for an answer, Kanpa flew and took the paper and pen from Yuki and started scribbling on the strip of paper.

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

"Kanpa!" she called again, waving as the other Guardian Character approached. Upon hearing Kanpa's intentions, she simply squealed and clapped her hands together. "That sounds like a wonderful wish! I'm sure it'll get granted!" And she'll love to see his drawings too! She soon blinked at his question before she beamed a little back at him. "I don't know yet!" she said before she looked back upon Yasuko. "I want Yasuko to make a wish first! Since I'm sure she has many wishes to write for!" The first-year simply rolled her eyes at the brunette fairy, choosing not to answer Kanpa's question in the end.

Calli looked left and right, her brows furrowed, looking around for the male student. Where was Yukiya? Oh! There he was! "Hi Yukiya!" she waved eagerly over at the boy as he came over and greeted them. She couldn't help but watch Kanpa grab the piece of paper - she had to know what the wish was too! Flying down, she floated next to the Guardian Character. "Are you going to write that wish down?"

"Huh?" Yasuko stared at him with narrowed eyes, certainly a little displeased with seeing him. First Yasuo now him. Granted he didn't do anything terrible per say, but she didn't think too fondly of him and she was much too sour today to really greet him nicely. "Not really," was her reply, before she looked upon the crowd that was taking papers. Where was Yasuo? "I didn't even want to come to Tanabata. But my brother had to come no matter what. Even if it means dragging me along." She gave a sigh. Might as well create some kind of idle talk. "What about you? How's your Tanabata?"

[Yukiya]

Kanpa sloppily wrote something on the piece of paper, but it was basically the thing he said he was gonna wish for. When he finished, he showed his handiwork to Calli. "Dan dan dan daaaaaaaaaaaan! Yup! It's my wish! Looks good huh! But I'll wait until everyone's finished with their wishes!"

In the meanwhile, Yukiya just listened to Yasuko about her Tanabata. "Huh...well, I can't imagine wanting to go to Tanabata alone. Well, Shun did but he still invited me and another guy to hang out for a bit. But that's because he's not from Otonoki anyway, so...wait, you have a brother?" Cue Yuki trying to imagine male Yasuko. Then again, he and his twin didn't look similar. "...oh, you guys don't get along, huh? I hope he's not bothering you too much. Although if he bothered to take you to Tanabata maybe he just wanted to hang out with you. Nothing wrong with that,  I think."

"Yukiya-dono! Your wish!" Kanpa shouted, running circles around Yuki's head. "I hope it's the same as mine! Please become the mangaka you were meant to be!"

Yuki's smirk transformed into a grimace, but as other people were surrounding him, he just smiled again and took the paper from Kanpa. "Hmm, well I should probably wish for my family's health and prosperity. And maybe to get back on Chiyo-chan's good side. She might make me dress up again if I don't...ah, how about you, Yasuko-san? Perhaps you want to finish a novel? Or work in journalism? I never heard about what kind of writer you want to be."

Kanpa sighed. He was ignoring his true dream again, but maybe his original plan with Yasuko's help would work, and Yuki might get inspired to draw again...! "Hmm, hmm...hey, Calli. Do you think...if we make more wishes on the tree, it's more likely to come true?

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

Calli laughed whole-heartedly at the other, clapping her hands together with glee. Sure it was the same as he had said before, but she couldn't help but be excited still!

"Hmm?" was Yasuko's response before she furrowed her brows a little. "Ah...right." She forgot, not many people at Seiyo knew she had a brother - well, brothers actually - since she usually never brought them up. Not like there was any instance where she could bring them up anyway. "Yeah I have a brother. Two actually. But the eldest can't take time off work, and my other brother..." The intonation in her voice was hard to miss, and it was clear that she didn't think too highly of this brother. "...My other brother has just too much time on his hands, since it's summer break after all." She scoffed at Yukiya's suggestion, waving a hand dismissively. "Hah, as if. He just misses having someone to tease, that's all. You know what's the first thing he said to me? Yasuko, let's go out for Tanabata! and I'm like No! and I kept telling him no but will he listen?! Obviously not." She gave a huff of annoyance, staring back at the crowd of people. "Where is he anyway? It shouldn't take that long to get some measly piece of paper."

She looked back at Yukiya, only smirking in half-amusement at the boy's mention of Chiyo-chan. That was...still hilarious to this date, and she couldn't help the chuckle - the memory of him being decked out in idol wear was just far too funny to forget. "Oh," she shrugged before crossing her arms across her chest. Now that she thought about it, she never really did tell most people what she was going to do, huh? "More like a fiction writer. Writing fantasy books and all that." Not that I really know what to wish for anyway... With everything that had happened recently, wishing for something like that just felt...shallow. Wait, did Kanpa say he wanted to become a mangaka? "And since you've asked mine, what about yours? Can you actually draw?" It probably came off with a tone of disbelief.

Calli blinked at Kanpa's suggestion, before her mouth stretched into a wide smile. "I don't know but it sounds like fun!! We should totally make multiple wishes or something!! And maybe, just maybe, it might totally all get granted! I mean, persistence gets you somewhere, right?!"

[Yukiya]

Yuki just rubbed his chin as she complained about her brother. "Hah..." he said. "I still think he just misses his little sister. I understand. I'm an older brother too...even if it's by a minute. Also...it's a holiday? You didn't want to relax for a bit?"

He grinned and stretched out his arms. "Oh, and he's around here. Shouldn't interrupt your family time. But! I mean, if he's really bothering you, maybe I can help convince him to leave early? Shame, because you're beau--" he began, but he stopped himself. Oh wait. Well, he did want to compliment her, but his talk with Minji made him wonder about his timing and being genuine when it came to women. Also, Yasuko didn't think too much of him. "...you're...oh, you're a writer, right? Fantasy...I used to read a lot of those as a kid."

He paused again, but Kanpa floated back to them and stared at Yasuko, eyes shining brightly and a giant grin on his face. "He reads a lot of them now, you know! What kind of story do you have? Does it have a hero that saves the world? Terrifying enemies? Hidden princes? A vengeful witch who ends up being an ally? Because you know, Yukiya drew this story - my story! - and it has all of that! Does it have magic? Does it--"

"Stop Kanpa. You're making her uncomfortable," he said, though he was uncomfortable himself. He looked around, hoping to see someone who looked like Yasuko near the trees. He cursed Kanpa for mentioning any of that to someone he didn't really know as much as Shun or Ji-Yoo. But yet, wasn't he just thinking about it recently? About drawing again?

And then Yasuko asked him a question.

"Can you actually draw?"

He twitched. It was one thing to ignore his old hobby, but another thing to question his ability? Yasuko was asking a valid question, but it just flared something in him. It was a feeling similar to when he used to challenge Nobu when they were in the same art class together,  and every time, Yuki would lose to him.  He balled his fist.

"Of course I can draw. Name your challenge."  he said. He was all ready to do so, when he realized - there wasn't any paper large enough to draw something decently. He deflated a bit, and laughed it off. "...is that what you think I was gonna say? Haha! No, Kanpa's just dreaming or something.  I stopped drawing years ago. No, I'm just living a wonderful, care free, although slightly busy with Faberge stuff high school life! And it's gonna stay that way."

"Yukiya-dono! Come on!" Kanpa shouted, "You drew a picture of me yesterday! See, I still have it!"

Kanpa pulled out a small folded post it note and showed the other two girls. In it was a picture of a thickly lined, spiky haired, grinning and winking version of Kanpa. It looked like something from shonen manga back in the 90s.  Yuki just froze. He totally forgot he did that on a whim for Kanpa.

"Oh look! Your brother's coming!" he said suddenly, although he had no idea where he was.

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

Yasuko waved a hand dismissively, an expression that basically said Yeah as if written all over her face. "Hah, I don't think so. If he wanted to spent time with his sister, he sure wouldn't be dragging me out when I clearly said I didn't want to!" She gave a bit of an annoyed huff, before she looked back at Yukiya with a raised eyebrow. "The fact that it's a holiday is besides the point. Have you seen this place? Full of people! Lots of crowds! Lots of noise! Lots of smells! Calli might find it fun-" At that she shot an irritated look at her Guardian Character, before she looked back at Yukiya. "-but I don't." She made a bit of a grumbling sound at that, scanning the people once again for signs of her brother.

She arched an eyebrow once again, staring at him as he suddenly stopped talking. What was he going to say? It better not be something where he was trying to flirt with her, otherwise she'll hit him with her pouch. But he soon steered the conversation elsewhere - and at his words, she simply gave a nonchalant shrug. She would have dropped the conversation there and then, if not for Kanpa's sudden voice; and she startled, surprised by his onslaught of questions. He was starting to sound like Calli; which honestly wasn't a good thing in her eyes. "H-Huh..." was all she managed to say, blinking at the white-haired Guardian Character. Thankfully Yukiya had stopped him; a welcomed intervention for Yasuko didn't exactly want to answer Kanpa.

But something about Yukiya's tone made her pause, and she turned to him with a slightly puzzled look. That...didn't sound like the regular Yukiya. Granted, they weren't technically close in any shape or form, and she certainly didn't think of him as a 'friend' (though an acquaintance sounded adequate enough), but the boy before her had come off as a rather...lazy and carefree individual. And she had tagged him as 'sleazy' enough in her books. But there was a hint of a hardened tone in the other's voice; a flare that she hadn't heard before; a tone of annoyance in some sense. Was he...offended? In some way? She didn't take him as something who would be, for he barely reacted in such a manner when she hit him back in the library. Or when she insisted that he crossdressed. But he suddenly switched topics again; and that simply left Yasuko staring at him with confusion evident upon her features, blinking slowly in a perplexed manner. "H-Huh..."

That actually brought up a good question to be honest. There was a pause, before she voiced. "Why are you in Faberge then? If all you want to do is to be carefree and live life as it is, then why join a talent agency?" She folded her arms across her chest, a raised eyebrow at him in query. "Besides, don't you idols and dancers have way more work to do then us writers? If you're only 'slightly busy', I question your resolve in joining an agency such as this."

Calli's squeal soon cut through the air and she looked upon the note with bright shining eyes. "Oh my gosh that is way cool! You can really draw Yukiya! Why did you stop?"

[Yukiya]

She didn't even buy his excuse. Well, he had never met Yasuko's brother. "Ah, just kidding! But he sounds like he has good intentions. But he might just need to listen to his little sister a little more. Though, I've always loved festivals myself. Food, games, yukata, fireworks..." he trailed off, looking for some as a distraction. He thought they would be starting by now - or did he miss them?

His nerves were still frazzled at Kanpa showing his drawing. His twin used to ask him why it bothered him so much. And at this point, he wasn't really sure. But back then that loss made him want to stop everything, and it still bit at him. That he wasn't great as he thought he was. People expected him to follow his dream, but no one else expected more from him than himself.

Fireworks. Brother. Family. There had to be some way he could get out of those dark memories.
The only thing that broke him from his own thoughts was another of Yasuko's questions. And somehow it pierced him deeper, even if his twin had asked that question the day he said he signed up for Faberge. Suna had worked hard to get in, and he was sure Yasuko did too.

"H-Huh? Didn't I tell you? I just wanted to see idols up close," he said. Although, as he found out with Chiyo, not all of them were welcoming of him, and he knew Yasuko knew that. But what else could he say? He didn't get in for a particular talent. He got in because he had an egg. Why else would they take him? But as for the real reason why he went in Faberge...

"...it's...my sister," he ended up saying, "I just wanted to stay close to her. Since there's delinquents running around, I didn't want her to get hurt. Well, I guess when people said 'delinquents' they were talking about Egg Hunters. But still, she does really want to be a famous dancer - maybe so much she has her own egg. I don't know. If something happened to her, though...I just wouldn't forgive myself. Her dream needs to keep going."

He felt his shoulders tensing up, so he took a deep breath, and folded his arms. "...so when your brother says he wants to hang out with you, I think you should probably listen to him, you know? Maybe he really just misses you that much. But you guys should work out a compromise next time, I think?"

He just chuckled nervously. He hadn't exactly told anyone that reason - although he bet Suna knew it, implicitly. "It's probably not really a good reason. But I do like working backstage rather than what I used to do - which is just cook all day."

And he was pretty calmed down, except then Calli asked him why he stopped drawing. "...uh. Just...did. Quitting is bad, you know. Don't stop writing, Yasuko-san. You have to succeed! Your stories are probably really interesting...hmm...I should read one of them one day?"

Kanpa was just sighing at all of this. But he did perk up when Yuki asked Yasuko to show her writing to Yuki. "Yeah! I wanna read too!"

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

Yasuko raised an eyebrow in disbelief at the other, her arms still folded across her chest as she did so. She wasn't exactly the most observant when it came to people, but that stutter made it obvious that there was probably something more underneath those words that he said. She gave a scoff when he mentioned that he 'wanted to see idols up close' before looking back at him with an incredulous look. Waiting for him to blurt out the real answer any time now.

But she blinked when he spoke, and her brows lifted up in a bit of a surprise. On one hand - "You have a sister?" she couldn't help voicing, astonished she was by the reveal; she didn't even think Yukiya was a brother at all - and on the other, she simply nodded as if she was expecting something like that. Well, it was at least better than the whole "I'm in Faberge only just to look at idols"; because if that were true she would probably attempt to hit him. Again.

Yet she looked at him in bewilderment at his answer. It never occurred to her that the boy in front of her would actually join Faberge under such a reason. She furrowed her eyebrows, looking away as she mulled over his words. Entering a talent agency just to look after his sister? Just to help keep her dream alive? It was...surprisingly responsible of him. But could he keep doing that all the time? Wasn't it a lot of effort to take care of his sibling in an agency that was...rather demanding in certain ways? But before she could even follow along this train of thought, his words about her brother pulled her out of her monologue - and she stared at him with a blank expression. Compromise? Compromise with her idiot of a brother? She opened her mouth, furrowing her eyebrows once again, wanting to protest; but then she stopped and clamped her mouth shut again. Yukiya behaved like he didn't care...was that the same for her brother too?

Wait. "Cook all day?" she asked, turning back at him with a questioning look.

The first-year stared at him with a slightly confused expression, retreating slightly. "Uh...huh," was all she said, a raised eyebrow at him. Quitting wasn't in her nature anyway. She worked so hard to get to where she was, it would be a waste to up and stop. She was the kind of person who often plowed through anything and everything in her path, believing that all of that hard work and discipline would get her what she wanted. But at the idea of showing somebody her work, she whipped back with a What?. "T-They're not ready to be read by just anyone yet!" she said with a huff.

"But Yasuko, you let all the teachers at Faberge and Sasaki Hana read them all the time--"

"That's different! That's because they have to review my work!"

"But Yasuko, it's only fair! Kanpa showed us Yukiya's drawing, you gotta reciprocate it too!" The brunette fairy suddenly stopped in her tracks, before her eyes grew wide and sparkling. She just had a brilliant idea! "Why don't you and Yukiya exchange like art and stories?! Wouldn't that be great?!"

[Yukiya]

He didn't know what was coming over him. Just the stress of the last few weeks, or the nostalgia that Tanabata brought out, but he kept talking about himself. Originally he was just going to tell Yasuko his real reason of joining so he wouldn't have to talk much about his drawings, but it felt he might've revealed too much. Yasuko's confused expression as she asked that he used to cook kind of made him more self conscious about this, and he tried to straighten up and be the carefree Yuki that people knew.

"Haha, yeah! My dad owns an Okinawan restaurant, so I had to help in the past. But since I joined Faberge I don't have to cook unless things get busy and I'm not at the Faberge building. I...I'm not really meant for that life," he said, chuckling a bit. He was just glad he'd switch the conversation back to her.

"Hmm, yeah I don't think it's fair...although...a swap..." he trailed off. He bet her work was pretty good, and then she'd be trading in for...what. Headshots? He wasn't even confident in drawing people's legs anymore. "I don't know. I mean, I did say I was out of practice..."

"Come on, Yukiya-dono! You want to read it, right? And you should draw! Fulfill your dream! Then you'll be happy again!"

"Come now, I'm pretty happy, don't you think?" he asked Kanpa. But Kanpa was looking at him with big puppy eyes. Not that his eyes weren't already huge. And, well, he was curious to what kind of fantasy stories she wrote. "...I mean. It's not a terrible trade. And what's another set of eyes on your work? It's like, uh, preparing for the real world when you're published. Tons of people will read it anyway. And I'll draw stuff from the old days. But only if you're willing, Yasu--"

Kanpa cheered and flew high into the sky, like he was own little firework. [color-cornflowerblue]"WOOOOOOOOOOO! Someone's gonna see me in my story! Today is GREAT! And then I get to see someone else's story too!"[/color]

"Uh, Kanpa. She didn't agree just yet." He laughed. To be honest, though, if she did accept it would be..interesting. He bet she'd be a harsher critic than his old friends.

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

"Huh," was all she said, raising an eyebrow, as she seemed to instinctively begin scanning him from top to toe. It was rather surprising to her that he could cook - it didn't fit her initial image of him at all honestly. And it was clear on her face that she didn't quite believe it either. "An Okinawan restaurant...." she repeated. She took one more look up and down him again and declared, rather rudely. "Yeah you don't really look it either."

She didn't say anything more however, for she was distracted by said Guardian Character who had initiated what she believed to be the worst idea ever. She blinked. And blinked. And her voice rose. "What?!" she said, seething at the brunette fairy. No! She wasn't going to swap stories with this...this student! "That's a terrible idea!" she said, hands waving in the air to dismiss the idea completely. No freaking way she was letting Yukiya read her stories, even if it was a swap thing!

"-Yasukooooo, I'm back!"

The girl froze.

Oh man.

A tall male - though really he was more or less the same height as Yukiya - was walking right up to them. With one look, one could tell that he was Yasuko's brother; for he had the same brown hair and the same grey eyes; only that his hair was unkempt, and was long enough to reach his shoulders. He was carrying what appeared to be a stack of papers; and he walked to his sister with a large grin. "I got the papers! Yasuko, now what do you want to wish for?"

But he soon realised the other boy - and he stared, blinking at him. "Oh, and who are you?"

[Yukiya]

"I know right? My dad was saying that my sister and I were adopted because both my parents are cooks or related to cooks, but we don't have any intention of joining the restaurant business. But my dad...he's nice. What matters to him is that we find what we want to do..." he said, trailing a bit. He chuckled at Yasuko's bluntness about it. And laughed a bit more as she was absolutely incredulous at people reading her story. "Aww. I was excited about it. I was just telling another girl the other day about reading someone else's stories for fun--"

But someone yelled Yasuko's name. He was pretty loud - as loud as his dad, actually. It took him a bit, but he realized that his hair color was similar to Yasuko's, and this must be the brother she was talking about. Being in this kind of situation with his own sister once, he moved a bit away from Yasuko, to avoid any misunderstandings.

"Ah, I'm a friend of Yasuko-san's. I was just passing by when I bumped into her. You must be her brother, right?" he asked. "You must be glad to have a talented sister like her, huh?"

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

"Oh?" he said, narrowing his eyes over at Yukiya, scanning him from top to toe. He eyed him as the other moved away before he soon shifted his gaze over to his sister - who seemed a little annoyed from the looks of her face. Not at all answering the boy's words, he opened his mouth to direct his next sentence to the girl. "...He's not bothering you, is he?" he said matter-of-factly.

"What?" There was a split second of confusion in her eyes, before his question finally dawned on her. "Oh," Yasuko shrugged, before folding her arms over her chest. As annoying as Yukiya was, he technically wasn't bothering her. And besides, saying a 'yes' to her brother probably meant he would chase him off in less-than-desired fashion - and he hadn't really warranted that. Not yet anyway. "No he wasn't," she began, waving a hand dismissively. "We just kind of bumped into each other. He's from the same school."

"Oh!" her brother seemed to revert back to a cheerful personality, before grinning back at Yukiya. The cautious eyes that he laid upon the other was gone in the wake of Yasuko's answer. "So you're from Seiyo too!" he said, before extending a hand towards the other. "I'm her brother yes! My name's Kobayashi Yasuo - the cool one." With that, he gave a thumbs-up at the other; in fact he would have attempted to pose, if not for having a flurry of papers in his arms. Yasuko simply rolled her eyes at him.

"Why yes! She's a talented girl isn't she?" he said laughing. "Talented enough to be in Faberge - if only she worked on her personality a bit eh? Otherwise I'm sure she'll be just as popular as her brother--"

Yasuko whacked his shoulder with her pouch, giving an annoyed huff.

"I have you know that I have a very good personality okay!" she said, pouting. "I'm hardworking and disciplined and punctual and totally responsible--"

"Sure you don't want to add arrogant to that list, little sis?" he said, grinning - before receiving yet another whack to the arm with the girl's pouch. Yasuko would have aimed for the face, if she wasn't as short as she is. But that dislodged some of the papers from his arms; and it began to fly all over the ground. "Oh look at what you did Yasuko!" her brother said, as he quickly bent down to grab some of the papers as they fluttered down to the floor. "You shouldn't have done that! I took all of these papers so that we can all make great wishes together! Not waste them on the ground!"

[Yukiya]

Yuki smiled, but he was a bit nervous as Yasuo scanned him. He didn't want to get shooed away just yet, although judging by the time on his phone he really should be getting back to his parents before they started calling him non stop again - just like on those days he got stuck in storms. Thankfully Yasuko had mercy on him and didn't say she was bothering him. He laughed a bit at how suddenly chill Yasuo was. "Nice to meet you, I'm Minamoto Yukiya - the chill one. But call me Yuki."

The two siblings were pretty different - not unlike him and his own sister. "What are you saying, big bro? Her personality is what made her succeed in Faberge. Are you saying that your own sister isn't even cool!" He even fake sniffed. He must've recovered from his internal drama with the arrival of someone else. Or was just distracted by Yasuo. "Little sisters are like flowers. They have to be nurtured and they'll bloom into something beautiful! And it's our job, as older brothers, to -- oh, you dropped something."

He tried to pick up as much as he could but some of them still fell to the ground. "Uh, I appreciate your enthusiasm, but I think we're supposed to have one per person...unless you and Yasuko-san have many wishes to be granted. I get that." He gave some of the slips back to the two siblings. "Here, head to this bench over here so we can write what we're wishing for tonight."


Kanpa quickly grabbed another paper. It looks like he was gonna need to make more wishes to get his dream come true. "Hmm, why did that guy have to come...now no one will read my story..." he grumbled, but still made his second wish any way.