Another Place to Rest [Sharaku]

Mae stood there, looking out the window for what seemed like ages. The airplane that Ayane had left on was now but a tiny black speck on the otherwise clear blue sky. "She's really gone, huh?" Mae said to herself, pushing the palm of her right hand against the glass. Would she ever see her again? Hopefully. She would keep that promise to see Ayane back here in October. Until then, she would just have to do her best. There was simply no other alternative. It was do or die. Simple as that. Ehehe...

Right now though, she had a more... immediate problem to deal with... She had also packed her trunk together with Ayane. Mae was probably the only person here with luggage that had no intention of taking a flight somewhere. With a deep sigh, Mae fell down on one of the plastic chairs neaby the window, looking down. It was only a little more than two months... She could handle that...

Mae took up her phone, and sent a text message over to Sharaku after hesitating for a moment. She didn't know what to write... After a couple of minutes, she finally managed to compose a text message that explained the situation well enough. She couldn't live on the streets after all... How or where this was going to end up, she had no idea, but she would never know if she didn't try, right? Now, all she could do was wait for him to come pick her up. It was time for her to find Another Place to Rest...

Mae looked up when she heard that familiar voice, and smiled warmly at the sight of Sharaku Rikei. "Nono, not at all." She said, standing up, and taking a good look at what Sharaku was wearing. A suit, dress shoes and everything. "Oh, wow... Aren't you handsome today?" Mae said happily. Had he dressed up like that just for her? "How have you been?" Truth be told, she had missed him since last time. Not as badly as she missed Ayane, as the two had been best friends, heck, almost even sisters, for 14 years... "Did you dress up like that just for me~?" Mae asked happily.

"Hehe, I guess I'm just not all that used to seeing you in a suit lately. But I looks good on you." Mae smiled warmly at him. She was glad that he got here on such short notice. Now, she needed to get her mind focused on the future. Ayane was now safe. Far away from the war between Angels and Primordials, so there was no need for her to worry about her safety anymore. And... She was moving in with Sharaku... If that wasn't a reason to keep smiling, then she didn't know what was. Besides, she needed to get away from the gloomy atmosphere Ayane had left on the airport with her absence.

"Glad to hear it!" That's good. Sure, not much time had passed since their last meeting, but Mae knew just how quickly things can change. "Aww..." But that was like, what she wanted to know the most. Oh well, if he wanted to be a bit of a tease, that's fine. It's not like it would change anything between them for the worse. "Ah. I guess getting here that way isn't too bad when you live here. Hehe." Mae chuckled lightly. He really did like to walk, didn't he? "Umm... Lemme think..." Did she have anything else that she needed to do here? Mae thought about it for a couple of seconds. "No... Nothing that I can think of..." She had pretty much done everything beforehand. "So, yeah... I guess we should get going then." Mae grabbed the trunk handle and dragged it with her as they walked outside. The weather was really nice. Not a single cloud was to be seen on the blue sky. "Alright, then. Which way?" Mae asked curiously, looking around the area before focusing her gaze up on Sharaku, with a cute smile on her face.

"A little. But it doesn't matter that much. I was just curious, is all." Mae shrugged lightly, with a smile on her face. Would he take that for a valid answer? Because it was the truth. "Oh, really? I guess going with the bus isn't all that great then. It's crowded, and if the airconditioning doesn't work, it can be downright torture during the summer." And considering he was walking everywhere, a car wouldn't really do him much good either. It would most likely sit in a garage collecting dust. Not that it mattered. She had gotten around in San Malarus (which was slightly larger than Penecia) just fine without one. She was sure Penecia wouldn't be that much different. "I take it you don't drive?" Mae asked somewhat curiously. Might as well ask, now that she was on this train of thought anyway.

"Alright." Mae nodded, walking next to Sharaku, pulling the wheeled trunk behind her. It was a little bit heavy to lift, but as long as there weren't any stairs or anything in the way, then she should be fine on her own. Lifting this trunk alongside walking up a flight of stairs wasn't going to be fun... "Hmmmm...." Did she? Mae had already seen Ayane off, she had packed all her stuff in the trunk, and now she was on her way to Sharaku's place. "I don't think so? I mean, aside from hanging out with you... I don't have anything else planned... Well, there's one thing. But it's nothing I have really planned for today. It's something for any day really." Mae smiled sheepishly. "What? Did you have anything in mind? After we've dropped off my stuff of course." It'd be nice if Sharaku had something planned... But what would that be? "I'm actually gonna try my hand at getting a part-time job. You know Edogawa Sushi, right? If I'm not mistaken... they were in need of waiters and waitresses. I could pull something like that off. I don't wanna be too much of a burden on your economy after all. Asking for more than just livingspace would kind of rude..." That was something she needed desperately. Not that she was saying Sharaku was poor or anything. She just didn't like the idea of him paying for all of her expenses on top of her own. Not when she could actually do something about it.

"Hehe. I guess not." Mae chuckled happily. She didn't need to know everything, and besides, it was fun to speculate what was going on inside that head of his. "Oh? Well, yeah. Come to think of it, everytime we have hung out so far, we haven't been sitting down for very long..." The only exception she could think of was on her first day here on Azores. "Hehe, I wonder if you really could take a teacher job then... They don't move around an awful lot..." She recalled that he could've seen himself as a teacher at some point... Or maybe it was just her memory playing tricks on her again. "Not that having a car around here would do you much good... Isn't the subway the only way between the islands except for going by boat?" Mae hadn't really thought about that before... Was those two modes of transportation the only options if you wanted to go from island to island?

"Ooooh..." Mae smiled widely. "That'd be great! But please, if you have anything in mind, keep it a suprise." She loved nice suprises every now and again. That, and she really didn't have any idea what she wanted to go do herself... Maybe a nice dinner at a resturant? Considering Penecia was catered towards tourists and the like, it shouldn't be too difficult to find a fancy resturant somewhere... But oh, what to wear in that case? She couldn't exactly go to a fancy resturant dressed casually... Mae had something in her trunk that could do... hopefully.

"Hehe, he's doing just fine there, I think. The real problem is that they are getting more customers than they can handle... Hyde's needed in the kitchen together with Kei to get the sushi done, but... no one is available to take the orders. Hence why they're looking for more workers." Which was perfect for Mae anyway. Her happy and cheerful demeanor could help the resturant become even more popular... Hopefully Hyde wasn't swamped in too much work... "I know... it just doesn't sit right with me, but if you insist..." Mae smiled sheepishly. At least he was okay with paying... Phew.

"Hehe, what would you want to work as then, hypothetically speaking of course?" Mae asked curiously, poking at him somewhat. "I'm not sure I could handle it either... Teachers have it tougher than people give them credit for. Especially if it's a rowdy class..." Like the one she used to be a part of back in Japan. Some people just never grew up, or perhaps just never wanted to grow up. Sheesh. "Fair enough. With everything that's going on, we have to be on constant alert..." She wasn't even going to ask where he got his money from if he wasn't working... That was a whole other can of worms she did NOT want to open just yet, if at all. Some things you were just better off not knowing... "Well, the subway system works very well, so I guess people just take it over anything else since there's not much to complain about it... The people travelling on there though... Sheesh." Some people just didn't care about social norms at all, and Mae, being kind of shy in situations like that, ignored them pretty much... But it still wasn't fun having someone staring at you... Just no...

"Hehe... I'm looking forward to it, Sharaku." Mae said with a loving smile on her face. "Well... Being summer-time, most of their staff aside from Hyde, Kei and the owner, the rest are on vacation. It's just a part time job anyway, nothing major, really." But still, it payed pretty well considering what it was. And Besides, helping out Kei and Hyde could be a ton of fun. And seeing new people too. "Well, it isn't really, but it's a place for me to work... I can't complain." How knows, if she did well enough, she might actually get to keep her job there. Assuming of course the world didn't end before then. That would be just awful. "Awww... That's so sweet of you." Mae smiled at him. It did make it a bit easier on her if it didn't bother him all that much.

Her hair? "Oh? You mean, why pink? Well, it's my favorite color alongside white and blue... I think it suits me rather well." Sure, it stuck out like nothing else, but that was not a bad thing at all. It made her easy to locate, and quite frankly, she thought it looked cute on her. "You like it?" Mae asked timidly with a hint of curiousity in her voice.

"If you don't mind me asking, what would that be?" Mae asked curiously. What was he good at? Aside from of course being a good and reliable friend... Well, In Mae's case, more than just a friend, but you get the idea, right? "Well, I can get behind that idea. Imagine the pressure of giving your class their final grades? It's a pretty big deal, you know? Unless of course we're talking about those teachers who don't care about their students life after school..." Luckily, Mae had pretty much dodged the whole bad teacher thing so far. Hopefully that would keep up. She only had 1 year left before being finished with her studies. Would be quite annoying to get one of those teachers during your final year in school... Yikes.

"Well, I can get behind the idea of Part-time jobs... but working full time with things going haywire everywhere? I'm not sure I could handle it. But eh. Each to their own, I suppose." Mae shrugged lightly. Those people who could handle both the Supernatural stuff and keep a stable employment were pretty amazing. How they could balance that, work and social life was beyond her. "Yeah, it is. But again if you have the time, it's probably quite nice. I really don't know if it actually is, since I've always taken the subway. Maybe I should try going by boat sometime?" Just a thought. Would she actually do it? Maybe. It all depended on where she was going, and when. "I try to ignore them to the best of my ability. It's always easier though when I have someone I know with me that I can talk to. That way, I can focus on my friend instead of the crowd around me."

Mae looked at Sharaku with a warm smile. Whatever he could be planning? Mae couldn't stop thinking about the two of them going out somewhere in Penecia together."I found it a little strange too... But What do I know... There's probably a reason for it." Whatever it was, it openend up spots for Part-time jobs again, which was a big thing for students. Especially now that the school was out of comission, teenagers like Mae could focus more time on actual work, and thus get more money. Mae didn't care much for the latter or the former, all she cared about was being able to support herself moneywise...

He really was a nice guy... Wasn't he? Mae smiled warmly at him, not wishing to gush too much about it, as much as she wanted to. "Oh? Hehe, I kinda figured it wasn't... Pink is kind of a girly color, no? Then, May I turn the question to you? What's your favorite color?" Then she fell silent, looking slightly to the left, blushing. "Thank you..."

"Hrm? Alright. That should be fun to see. And yeah... I can see how wearing a suit could be a bit hindering." If you wanted mobility, fancy clothing was not the way to go... She'd chuckle at him sticking out his tongue like that. He could keep it a secret until then. Mae was a patient girl, after all. "Too childish? Oh yeah, that's a big thing too... Luckily my class here wasn't like that, but... well, middleschool wasn't fun, lemme tell ya." Her class back then had been unbearable sometimes. Poor teachers didn't know what to do to stop them sometimes, which made it exceptionally difficult to pay attention. Some people actually cared about their studies. Hmph.

"Yeah... Managing things like this ain't exactly easy... not that the pressure of saving the entire world is helping much either." That was probably the worst part. If they failed, a lot of people were gonna die, and the world would basically meet it's end... no pressure, right? "It would make for a nice trip. You know... Just the two of us." Mae smiled somewhat sheepishly. A boat trip somewhere would've been fun, and quite romantic... Ah, how she wished she could just drag him away tp the nearest harbor and just float on the ocean waves for a while, just the two of them... One day perhaps. But right now, she couldn't forget the reason why she was walking with him right now to begin with.

"Hehe, Purple isn't bad either. I'm sure it suits you well." And yeah... worse colors. Like Snot green or something. Yuck. "Well... Since we're kind of on the subject of generic questions to ask... do you have any hobbies to speak of?"