[center][h1][color=skyblue]❅❄ Fuyuko Yamazaki ❄❅[/color][/h1][/center][hr]
[@A Lowly Wretch]

[i]Stupid, stupid, stupid,[/i] Fuyuko continued to scold herself. Magical girls were supposed to look out for each other, even if loyalties would be strained over the next few weeks. And that momentary crack in Sophia's calm facade, that visible shudder of stress, that even more laboured breathing... The watcher was gone, but had being seen nearly caused her harm in another way?

[color=skyblue]"Are... Are you going to be ok?"[/color] Fuyuko asked. Again, she wanted to smack herself upside the head. Of course Sophia wasn't ok, but what she wanted to know was that the other girl's state hadn't gotten worse. [color=skyblue]"I mean, I..."[/color] The words caught in her throat. In theory, she could ease some of Sophia's fatigue, lessen any pain she may be feeling. The catch was that to do so, she'd have to transform. Which would make the three of them targets again. Even if nobody saw them, it would put Sophia in another stressful situation, which could cancel out any benefit of vitality magic. And would the other magical girl see it as a disguised attempt to turn against her? After all, in some stories, did Yuki-Onna not mislead people under the guise of helping?

The brunette clenched her fingers around the hem of her shirt. She had a responsibility to support her fellow magical girls, but risking another screw-up wasn't the way to do so. [color=skyblue]"Uh... It's nothing."[/color]

Beside her, Noriko began to grow twitchy. [color=mediumseagreen]"Let's not hang around here too long,"[/color] she advised. [color=mediumseagreen]"Sure, if anyone comes back and makes the connection, we'll be able to take on them no problem, but it's something we could do without."[/color]

Snapping out of her thoughts, Fuyuko hurried to the pathway, her sister in tow. [color=skyblue]"So, um..."[/color] Her gaze flicked from her surroundings to Sophia, then to Noriko. [color=skyblue]"Where to?"[/color] She was no leader, but right now it seemed the other two expected her to take on that role. With small, shuffling steps, she made her way down the path alongside them, towards the city with its many streets.

[color=skyblue]"That is, of course, if you want us to stay around."[/color] The brunette cringed at how her own words sounded. [color=skyblue]"Ah! I-I'm not saying we don't want to stick around! What I meant is..."[/color] She lowered her voice. [color=skyblue]"After that just now, and considering everything going on tonight, would you rather be alone, or...?"[/color]