[i]Oh wow, this girl is terrified[/i], Kazumi realised, feeling the girl's shaking shoulders in her hands. Hopefully, none of that fear was directed at herself. Kazumi wasn't exactly comfortable around kids, but she didn't think of herself as an unlikeable ogre!
With a nervous glance over her shoulder, the secretive blogger checked to make sure the stranger wasn't trying to follow them or anything. Oddly enough, he had been stalled by a... nun? Huh. You didn't normally see one of those walking around. Maybe she was helping them out or something? Kazumi made a mental note to thank her later, should they see each other again - unlikely, unless this nun had just moved to the area.

"...Okay, I think we're home free," Kazumi said quietly to the shaking girl, "sorry for intruding like that, but I'll just walk with you unt- huh?"

Suddenly, the girl had escaped from Kazumi's loose grasp and bolted away from her, like a terrified animal running from a predator. Blinking dumbly, Kazumi wondered if she really [i]had[/i] intruded unnecessarily. But it didn't really feel like she'd crashed a particularly welcome meeting between those two... damn it, what now? Now that freaky guy was going to suspect her clearly foolproof story!

[i]No, wait, he already sounded suspicious. Gaaah, why did I have to notice her?![/i] Kazumi struggled to decide what the best course of action would be from here. Chase after the ghost-like girl? Wouldn't that just make herself look as bad? But could she just ignore things from here on, when the situation was already so... off?

"Ah, jeez... all I wanted to do was go home and relax..." Kazumi muttered dejectedly, and slowly began to chase after the poor, terrified girl.
[i]Just until we're out of sight, after that, I can stop...[/i] Kazumi told herself.