[b]Kotori Shirohane - Warakuma High School: Agriculture Club | Wednesday, April 15 2015 - After School[/b]

Kotori - after getting over the surprise at Utaha's rather sudden displays of affection - nodded as Rui mentioned the missing boy's full name - that was indeed who they had been meaning to meet, though that had turned out to be a little impossible given his current state. Even so, there was always the possibility of another club member being present - at least, that's what Kotori had thought. At his further words, she looked at him a little surprised - it was a bit odd how he said it, but it seemed that he was trying to be optimistic. Either that, or he just assumed it would be much the same as it had been with Noboru and Matthew'd show up on his own a few days later. As he then announced that he was leaving, Kotori returned the bow; watching him leave before turning back to the girls in the room.

As if taking Rui's leave as a cue, both Keiko and Utaha stood up and announced that they would be going too; mirroring Kotori's thoughts at that moment. Giving a small bow to both of them together with a [color=green]"Goodbye to you two too,"[/color] Kotori picked her school bag up from beside the chair she'd sat down in, placing the application form inside as she did, before heading out of the club room and home thereafter.

[b]Kotori Shirohane - Warakuma Mall | Sunday, April 19 2015[/b]

After having having spent most of the morning minding the shop - her mother had been out to talk with the local tools shop owner about how things were going and if there was anything new and the like - during which time she'd gotten her weekend's worth of homework done already, Kotori was told to spend some time outside - after all, there was a big sale going on and she should go and see if there was anything she liked. With those words, Kotori had headed to the mall - and indeed, there was no shortage of people about.

A little while later, Kotori emerged from a shop armed with two shopping bags and notably more out of breath than she'd expected to be - the sales really were something else, it seemed, and had attracted quite a number of customers. Searching - and by a stroke of good luck, actually finding - an empty bench, Kotori sat down and caught her breath for a moment, placing her shopping bags at her feet. Adjusting her glasses that had exhibited their usual habit of slipping ever so slightly out of their most comfortable position, she looked at the content of her bags - indeed, much like her mother had said, the sales were quite good.

Except that her mother hadn't quite been talking about the grocery store's sales on bread and vegetables which Kotori had taken advantage of and thus had to struggle to obtain between a veritable horde consisting mostly of housewives and the occasional overwhelmed male rather than the clothing store's customers of the day which were far closer to her own age. Still catching her breath after all that, Kotori glanced about the other mall-goers - who consisted of mostly unknown faces, ranging from an elderly couple over a mother and her two children to a number of fellow students, judging by their age, and even a businessman. Naturally, with so many about, the occasional accident wasn't all that surprising - such as a small group of girls that bumped into each other; unbeknownst to Kotori not quite willingly on account of another's involvement therein.

Either way though, she checked her watch and noticed that she still had some time - and remained seated, debating which stores she should check up on before heading home with her shopping.