Larel still grinned at the victory and when Hotaru spoke of his behavior he rubbed the back of his head a little embarrassed, he didn't disagree with her about it actually hearing her say something actually helped a little as it had been bothering him for a bit. At the mention of a game he checked the area and brought his hand to his chin as he tried to find just the right challenging one. He noticed the kids and he'd be lying to himself if he said he didn't want a mask, he nodded to Hotaru and followed after her for one. At the mention of food he smiled at the idea and gave a thumbs up to Hotaru as he wholly agreed with the idea.
When they reached the mask vendor he looked at the masks wondering which one he should get, he had never gotten a mask for fun before so it was kind of exciting to choose one.
He looked over at Hotaru at the mention of the dog one and he gave a narrowed side glance at her but he closed his eyes and chuckled before reaching forward and grabbing a cat one.
"I'd take anyone but the cat one, last thing I need is to give him a reason to call me little neko again," Larel said sighing a little.
Though he shook his head there was a small smile on his face as he stared at the cat mask; however he quickly put it back on before putting his finger against his forehead.
He wasn't sure but he may have not hated Alari for a split second there, that wasn't good he couldn't lose himself to such a degree that he forgot that man's dangerous tendencies.
"Still I suppose I owe him some thanks, he sealed Zenmaru pretty deep in me. For as long as I remember she's always been around; I can still feel her but I feel......bare if I had to put in words. Still having fun like this, I'm not used to it...I'll try not to be embarrassed but it's kind of a foreign feeling to me."
Larel noticed a mask near the top and reaching up grabbed it, it was a Hannya mask and staring at the horns paid the vendor and put the mask in his kimono before grabbing the dog one and paying for it.
He put the dog one on and adjusted the mask so it was rested on the side of his head before looking at Hotaru.
"That other one's for Zenmaru later, I think it fits her well personally," he said before turning towards one of the games.
Larel walked over to the vendor and noticed a bunch of sake cups in a 3x3 setup, he looked at the vendor before pointing at them, the vendor explained the game it was relatively simple there was an item under one of the bowels and they were given three chances to find it. 
"So if I find the item I get the prize."
The vendor nodded and explained that the sooner the ball was found the better the prize.
"Alright I'll go first then," Larel said.
He stared at the cups and pointed at the bowel in the bottom middle, the vendor picked it up to show nothing was under it, he let out a small 'tch' before looking over the rest.
Larel pointed at the cup on the far right in the middle row and again nothing was under it, Larel's eye twitched and he set the cup down before staring at the cups.
He rubbed his chin and pointed at the last cup before the vendor picked it up, he noticed a small ball under it and the vendor smiled and motioned to the prizes.
Larel looked at a small charm on the lowest shelf, he pointed at it and the vendor handed it to him. The vendor walked around and put his back to the two as he reset the game moving the cups around.
Larel put the charm in his sleeve before looking at Hotaru and motioning towards the cups.
“Your turn Hotaru,” Larel said. 

Alari looked over at Mera tilting his head slightly as she spoke to him, he turned his attention back to the festival at the mentioning of expectations. He could understand that if only a little but he remained quiet as she spoke of it. He looked at her arched a brow when she stood up but smiled when she mentioned feeling like a geisha. He stood up himself adjusting his glasses surprised at his own resilience, he was happy at the very least that he could endure being near Mera with his emotions the way they were at the moment. It went without saying but she was very beautiful, even more so today which made him more nervous than usual to stand near her. Mera was the only person that did this to him, in all the time he’s lived and the people he’s encountered she was the only one to make him feel like this. The feeling in his chest right now, he wanted it to flourish even more thus he felt today was a perfect day to increase his already growing love towards Mera.
“Well I do have a few ideas, I know everyone’s dancing in that direction and there are plenty of things to participate in along the way,” Alari said pointing in a direction. “I hope that we can change your expectations at least for us a little day by day.”
Alari smiled and crossed his arms before turning his attention back to Mera.
“Well since it’s out there, you are the first to….” Alari trailed off seeing Mera looking away and holding her stomach. “Are you okay Mera?” Alari said his eyebrows narrowing a little as worry crossed his face. “You don’t feel bad or anything do you. Your face is all red too…here let me feel your forehead turn around.”