[hr][h1][i]Hikari Mino, & [color=598527]No.49 Nagisa[/color][/i].[/h1]
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Oblivious to the young man's reddening face, Nagisa simply replied with a curt nod, "Understood. I shall call you just 'Hikari' then." At his question about her diet, she couldn't help breaking into a small smile. "As I have said before, physically we are not much different from humans, but I appreciate any recommendations you may have."

"Eh...well..." Hikari scratched the back of his head as he tried to think of the places around them. "There's a ramen shop pretty close to my apartment. Also, a dango shop." Living so close to those shops did not equate to a healthy diet to a young bachelor living on his own. Of course, that only made his work out regiment an added benefit for his health. That being said, a ramen stand usually didn't seem like the best place to take a lady.

He stopped himself there. Why the hell did that matter? It wasn't like this was a date. This was just two people getting to know each other because of destiny or some bullshit. To possibly spend the rest of their lives together. Not a date at all. Still...

"What did you usually like to eat before you found me?"

This time, it was Nagisa's turn to look down. "I cannot remember," she replied slowly, trying to recall her past - but all she could summon in her mind were fuzzy, abstract images that made no sense to her. [i]Just blue, green, black...and white everywhere.[/i] She closed her eyes briefly to clear her thoughts, then raised her head. "Ramen sounds good."

She walked faster towards an area before her which was brighter than the dimly-lit roads around - the source was from a shop named 'FamilyMart'. She pointed at it and asked, "Hikari, what is that?"

Hikari glanced towards the girl curiously. She couldn't remember? How did she know all of this other stuff about Sekirei and Ashikabi then? This was just getting more confusing as the conversation progressed. He wanted more answers to what all of this meant. He still didn't understand what the purpose was to all of this.

He looked up towards where she was pointing. "Ah...that's just the convenience store," he explained. "It has basic things for people who don't want to travel all the way out to the market. Cheap food and drinks and stuff." He shrugged. "I take it they don't have any of that where you come from? Or...you can't remember?" Pausing a moment, he glanced back towards it and then to her. "Would you rather get something quick from there? I...don't know how long you were looking for...uh...me, but if you're tired, we can get something quick and return to my apartment." As sketchy as this entire story was, he had come to terms with the fact that she would have harmed him by now if she had meant to. If nothing else, due to the gun strapped to her back.

It might not be proper or safe, but they were beyond worrying about that at this point.

"Convenience...store," Nagisa echoed after him, her glassy eyes still staring ahead. There were some advertisements pasted on the glass doors, on a pair of roller banner stands - and the numbers (which she presumed to be the prices) were indeed...cheap as Hikari had said.

She shook her head in response to him. "Although my memories are vague, I do not recall having such luxuries back at where I was from---" She stepped forward and touched a banner; a few of the blurry scenes slowly became a little clearer in her mind. "---It was usually dark everywhere, sometimes it became all white when I was let out of the tube on some kind of metallic bed..." She trailed off as she approached the sliding doors - it automatically opened, which diverted her interest to the variety of products on the cramped shelves.

She paused before the ice-cream section and picked up something that had caught her eyes - a yaki pudding. "Then, how about this?"

Hikari frowned at the explanation. That sounded like some kind of lab. Was she an alien like she kept saying? Or was she from a lab, like her memories made it sound. He clearly did not know enough about all of this.

The choice drew his attention soon after. It wasn't the healthiest option, especially not for a meal. "Are you sure you don't want more than that? Kind of a small serving for dinner..." he suggested, scratching the back of his head. "That's usually a...dessert more than a dinner. Do you want anything else?" Pausing a moment, he reached over and grabbed two cups of instant ramen. "How about this? Not really a healthy dinner, but it's cheap and simple to make."

Nagisa put the pudding back - was she feeling disappointed? - and picked up another two more cup noodles. "So this is the ramen you talked about." Then she made it four - which meant a total of six including those in Hikari's hands. "These should be enough for dinner, I think."

[hr][hr][h1][i][color=00a99d]Yuki Kaguya[/color], No.11 Houkatori, & No.88 Yajuu[/i].[/h1]
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Yuki pursed her lips as she watched the exchange between Houkatori and the newcomer who called himself Yajuu. Spy or not, it was still bad news to her - the organization sure knew how to toy with her weak spots, but one thing was for certain: they were obviously not going to let her off so easily, taking their time to torture her patience, her mind...eventually driving her to the edge. He was right - they should have been dead long ago...

As if she would let them get the better of her.

However, now that wasn't the pressing issue. She was fine with having Houkatori around - at least someone whom she could trust and share the solitary with - but having a [i]male[/i] living together under the same roof was definitely out of the question.

"We should continue the conversation inside and not disturb our neighbors," she said as she unlocked the door and pulled it open. "But you---" She jerked a finger at the blond guy, not bothering to hide the look of disgust on her face. "---Are going to stay outside."

Yajuu simply grinned at her distaste. "Unfortunately for you, that isn't up to you," he declared. However, there, he paused. He had a nagging feeling in the back of his mind that he needed to keep on her good side, mission or not. "But...have it your way. I'll sleep out here. I would still like to be included in this conversation, though. I believe it is pertinent to me."

Yuki pulled the luggage into the apartment and removed her shoes before she sighed loudly, "If we're just going to have a quick chat I don't mind, but I'm glad you do understand where I'm coming from." She then slipped out of her suit jacket and continued on with a cold tone, "So...Yajuu-[i]san[/i], right? Care to tell us why you're sent here to mess up our 'vacation', as you call it?"

Yajuu followed her in, offering a shrug. "Honestly, is it that unusual? You were privy to a lot of important government information," he replied, waving it off. "I'm here to make sure you don't reveal anything they don't want you to. Common procedure really. Why I was sent here specifically, though? I can't really tell you."

Yuki narrowed her eyes at him - she was becoming more convinced that she had made the right decision to keep this guy out of her door, but now she probably also had to come up with something to keep him out of her life for good.

Rolling her eyes at his rather laid-back attitude, she sat down on the sofa, her arms crossed before her. "I'm 'privy to a lot of important government information', huh?" She let out a bark of laughter. "I could care less about whatever stupid experiment they're planning - I know nothing about this 'Project S2' other than the name itself, and that she---" Her face softened a little as she glanced at Houkatori. "---Is one of the few survivors of their [i]little[/i] research. But of course, they aren't going to take any unnecessary risks and send [i]another[/i] Sekirei to watch over my mouth."

She threw the blond man another dirty look - it was bad enough having to share the same house with a guy, but one who was actually her [i]type[/i] was definitely not good for her already strained sanity.

He laughed lightly. "Of course not," Yajuu replied. "Not unless they were already winged or they had some other external control over them. Though, it'll probably happen eventually. Can't match a Sekirei without a Sekirei and all." He offered a knowing grin to her companion who simply scowled in distaste - it was clear she was biting back her response, keeping herself from lashing out. She was tense, doing her best to hold in her anger.

Yuki ran a hand through her graying hair and sighed once more - this conversion was getting nowhere, and she's too tired to think straight at the moment. "Alright. I'm sorry, but I have to ask you to get out of the house, [i]now[/i]. Well, unless you're the kind who likes to peek on ladies while in the showers." Maybe a hot bath would help to relief the irritation she had been feeling the whole day.