Larel listened to Hotaru bringing a hand to his chin and nodding as she spoke of her previous experience at a festival, he served nobles before and some seemed to think lowly of the people under him. Not being able to eat the food at the festival had to be a new kind of torture he couldn't imagine the scent just restarted his hunger each time he got a good whiff.
He followed Hotaru when she went over to the game and watched her as she attempted the game, he was impressed she even got one match as the people that had tried before failed to even find one match. 
When it was his turn he nodded as the vendor removed all the cards from the table, he set down new cards in the same way as before and Larel put his fish back on his head as he crossed his arms and looked at the cards. 
He probably did so in case someone was watching which suited Larel as he looked through them, most of his concentration went into the cards so he ended up missing what Hotaru said about Mera which may not be a necessarily bad thing.
He flipped the first two cards and rubbed the side of his head as they weren't a match, he continued his turn and ended up getting one causing him to close his fist three attempts later he failed to get any matches, however on the last one he got a match to one from his first turn.
Larel grinned and pointed to a prize on the second shelf before taking it and grabbing his fish before turning to Hotaru. He heard the kid crying and watched as Hotaru lowered her mask, looking over at the kid he noticed he had skinned his knee as the parents comforted him. He remembered Hotaru mention urges earlier he was sure she meant her hunger but that kid probably made it harder to control.
Gripping his fish Larel took a deep breath and reaching down took Hotaru's hand before leading her away from the child, he kept walking keeping his attention forward as he spoke.
"Why don't we see what's over here."
Once he felt they were far enough away he released Hotaru's hand before looking at the few food stands around, he wondered if he wandered a bit too far as the crowd was thinner here.
"Are you alright Hotaru?" He said keeping his back to her.
He wasn't sure if she had removed her mask or not but he didn't feel he could look her in the eyes at the moment, he ended up just moving instead of thinking something he tried to avoid doing.
"If you are okay we should stay and see the fireworks, Alari mentioned it's something that shouldn't be missed. Much as I hate taking his advice I can't disagree with him out of curiosity, if not we can move away from everything until you feel better."
Larel turned towards Hotaru as he dug into his sleeve going quiet to make sure she was alright.

Alari looked back at Mera as she mentioned her tattoo deciding to hide his smile from her mention of crowds before lowering his hands as she explained the purpose of the rose. He adjusted his glasses his eyebrows raising as she told him about the purpose of it, he hadn't expected such a meaning behind it. Nero had tattoo's as well he assumed they were just a part of their culture. Though it may be true that's a part of it he was surprised to hear Mera speak so openly about it, even more so when she blushed causing him to smile a little. It seemed to be something she was proud of and put thought into, he nodded as she mentioned the purpose of the rose and seeing them all one day. Hearing Mera mention that there were some on her back his glasses covered in a glare for a moment as he made a very concentrated effort not to let her imagination run wild, the glare vanished as he regained control and continued listening intently to Mera words. She was sharing something very dear with him, he couldn't lessen this experience by letting his mind wander to unnecessary places.
When she stopped talking about her tattoo's Alari actually looked a little sad and shook his head as she apologized.
"There's no need to apologize Mera I'm happy you shared that with me. There's nothing cheesy about it either having a special meaning to something can be good. The fact its personal just makes it all the better."
Alari grinned and crossed his arms before speaking once more a little more energy in his voice.
"I'm ecstatic you're willing to add us as well, you'll have to tell me where you'd consider adding me and why those two would be on your hands."
Alari uncrossed his arms his wide smile shrinking to a small one as he gripped the wrist with his bracelet and stared at it for a moment.
"It's actually really beautiful to hold such meanings Mera. I'd love to learn more about you Mera so don't stop there."
Alari released his wrist and looked up at her before motioning towards the crowd.
"Shall we head towards the festival grounds where the fireworks will be Mera, I'm still more than willing to buy us something to eat as well. We could share something actually, it'd be pretty romantic though a little awkward."
Alari pulled out his book and pointed to a page.
"I believe one of us is supposed to go 'aaah' as one feeds the other....perhaps that's a bit too intimate."
Alari shrugged and put the book back into his sleeve deciding it wasn't the best reference.
"Let's just wing it and continue on then," Alari said. "If you don't like crowds you can hold my hand, it won't be so bad with someone familiar right?"
Alari grinned at this and waved his hand indicating he was just kidding but he did make a motion towards one of the food stands.
"We can get separate food as well Mera though that's not as fun. I was going to mention the dance but..."
Alari looked over at the people before he noticed Kaori dancing with everyone else, he seemed to be singing along with everyone as they circled the large shrine.
"I think it might be best we avoid going over there for the time being," he said smiling a little.