Larel grinned at Hotaru's smirk but tilted his head at the words that followed before he made sure to keep up with her as he was pulled to the next stand.
"Good for the soul?" he said more to himself than to Hotaru.
He wasn't sure what that meant but he admitted it was nice to get excited about something, he was still embarrassed about being seen like that but he held back most of the day on actually showing that side of himself, except when he was half starving but that was a whole other matter. Having these few moments without Zenmaru around was strange but he was having fun, he figured he'd feel lonely without her around and though he did miss her he didn't feel that much differently from before now.
It was nice to lose himself in something for a bit, he normally couldn't afford such opportunities as he was either trying to survive or protecting his current employer. He didn't trust Alari around Mera but he knew she could defend herself, better than he could and though he wanted to do more he understood that she would be okay on her own, not that he'd be able to convince her to think otherwise and he came to understand that with time.
When Hotaru handed him the fish he looked at it before looking over at the jars as Hotaru played the game, he watched her again to get a hang on how the game was played though Hotaru's explanation cleared up most of his questions.
He watched Hotaru with a steady gaze and the moment she collected her prize he nodded his head before she took the fish back, he raised an eyebrow at her before grinning and rolling up his sleeves.
"I'll try not to show off too much Hotaru but this game is mine."
Larel took the beans and scanned the jars, the one in the back gave the most points so he figured aiming for that one would be for the best, he tossed a bean towards the jar and watched as it fell to the right of it.
".......I want to say that was on purpose but I'd have to lie to myself as well," Larel said preparing another bean.
He eyes went to the close jar seeing as the far one was a bit too difficult, he tossed the bean again....only to have it fall in the exact same place as last time. He admitted he was astonished at the fact he had messed up that badly, he realized what he was doing though, his eyes went to the same jar but he used the same movements for it, that wasn't going to work.
Larel brought his hand to his chin and closed his eyes for a moment he needed another strategy. Larel nodded a few times before opening them again and dropping some of the beans into his other hand.
He moved the bean to his thumb and flicked it causing it to soar in the air and land in the jar at the far end, he grinned seeing one go in before pumping his fist a little and doing the same thing again.
He continued to do so until all the beans were gone, at the end of it he had 21 points and reaching up he ruffled his hair with a small smile.
"Ah that was fun," Larel said. "Trying to figure out how to get them in was interesting let's go the next game."
Larel started to hand the fish back to her but the vendor reminded him of the prize causing Larel to blush a little and chuckle before pointing to one of the prizes.
"I'll take that one...." he said a little ashamed he had forgotten.
He handed Hotaru her fish before taking a Kendama cup with a red ball on top of it, he smiled a little at it before throwing the ball up and catching it.
"I always wanted one of these, it's more fun than I thought," he said continuing to toss the ball.
He seemed engrossed in the small toy as he laughed a little to himself as he continued to catch the ball however someone bumped into him causing him to drop it.
Larel shook his head and remembering where he was promptly put the Kendama away before bringing his hand to his mouth and clearing his throat.
"T-that's two to one Hotaru, let's go on to the next one. You uh...you lead the way."

Alari continued flipping through his book however he stopped when Mera put her hand over her mouth, hearing laughter come from her his eyes widened and the book fell out of his grasp as he stared at her shocked at what he was witnessing. When she spoke to him he recovered and adjusted his glasses unable to find the words for a response still caught off guard by Mera's laughter. He recovered from it after a bit of effort and couldn't help but smile at being called strange before reaching down and picking up his book as silence fell between them. He wanted to say something but he couldn't get what just happened out of his mind, even more so he was happy to hear his name said without anger behind it.
Happiness was an understatement for what filled him at the moment, he looked over at Mera as she spoke again his smile fading as she spoke of herself, hearing what she had say made him a little sad, to not enjoy oneself truly for such an amount of time he wasn't sure what to say to that at first.
He turned back at the festival at the mention of Mary and closed his eyes as he folded his hands and leaned forward a little the sounds of the festival reaching his ears causing him to smile a little.
"I hope she is too," Alari said putting the book back in his sleeve. "StilI believe we don't truly forget how to be a bit childish sad as that is to admit. If you want Mera I'll help you in remembering it, I'm apparently very good at it going off others opinion."
Alari reached up and removed his glasses folding them up and putting them away, he blinked allowing his eyes to return to their normal color before speaking again.
"By the way Mera you should laugh more, you have a very beautiful laugh. That sounds strange but I don't really know how else to explain it. When I hear you laugh it makes me feel...at peace for some reason. I'm definitely noting this as one of my better days, I got to see another side of Mera today."
Alari grinned beyond ecstatic at the moment, it would only be a for a short time and though didn't go as planned he was actually a little happy about that. This kind of thing shouldn't be planned anyway but he wasn't sure how else to handle it, he didn't say it out loud but Mera was teaching him things about himself and he kind of liked it.
"You're wonderful Mera," Alari said looking up at the sky with a small smile. "I'd like things to go on like this forever....seems like a dream sometimes....I know I'll have to wake up when the time comes but that makes it all the more endearing. Also just putting it out there but I'm not against counting this a moment."
Alari grinned and laughed a little to himself before waving his hand showing he was just kidding.