A Morning Shop. Food is a Must. [Private]

Well, didn't her tone change? Although she still seemed relatively annoyed, it was in a direction that he hadn't anticipated. She was starting to turn redder as the seconds went past, and although he really wanted to laugh at her for this action--it really was quite cute. If he took a moment to look over her--not too obviously--he would see that she really wasn't that shabby in terms of appearance, though he momentarily noticed a little bit of movement around her chest. Bah, he didn't care to know. Instead, he returned his gaze directly to her face, watching for any apparent signs of frustration beyond the extremely bright red cheeks.

"Yeah... Maybe some energy beyond our control set a pre-determined path upon us, bringing us to this store on the same morning to make sure our future of being husband and wife is secured!" He blinked. That was... "Part of me thinks you'd enjoy that." He had a completely straight face, and tried to hold in as much laughter as possible. Yes, he was teasing her. But no, he didn't deny her cuteness. Instead, he merely kept himself chuckling while he waited for her continued response. She asked about his 'yet' quote, but then went on to introduce herself as Ai-EEEE. Eeee? Blinking, he tilted his head lightly to the side. She... hissed. Okay.

"I'm Ai.. Sorry about that... A little.. tickle..."

"A tickle? I question the object or being that could tickle you like that, but okay." He smirked and chuckled, folding his arms and looking around. There were few other people around; especially at this time of the morning and on the weekend. "You know, I feel that we should get back to our respective shops. As interesting as it is conversing in the aisle, I worry that we may be spotted and mistaken for a young couple. I figure you wouldn't appreciate that much." He chuckled again, placing his item into his basket. While she was cute, she could also be taken--or even more depressing, gay. Instead, he would see how she acted around him a bit more, as time went on.

And like that, their paths seemed to separate. It was kind of sad, now that he thought about it. With a sigh, he watched as she moved past him, walking behind him. He could stop her. He could turn around now, and say something. Why not? Why shouldn't he do such a thing? He prepared to turn to look behind him, before feeling something hook up against his pants. "W-woah!" Pulled backwards, he felt himself collide with the back of a person that felt small enough to be familiar. Ai had been pulled closer to him at the same time, and he looked back over his shoulder at the locks of brown hair, before closing his eyes and looking ahead. A quiet hissing sound escaped from around his ass, before he was released by the force that pulled them back together.

As easy as it would have been to merely drop into stealth and disappear, he instead decided to take the hard route--and turned around to see the person that he had been pulled back towards. "Unexpected," he took the initiative and spoke first, smiling kindly at the girl and waiting for her next words. "I suppose this means we're staying together for a longer time, huh?" Quiet laughter escaped his throat, and he placed a hand onto his right hip. "If this is the case, shall we finish our shopping together? I'd rather speak in a place less... echo-y." His eyes moved up and around the ceiling, as if looking for invisible spies.

Oh, so it was just a slip-up, eh? Kasai raised his right eyebrow in suspicion, since he had definitely felt something latch onto the belt loop around the back of his jeans--and yet she seemed nonetheless embarrassed. That meant it to be likely that she hadn't pulled him, so some force had mutually pulled them together. What, was it her power or something? Her hands went behind her back, and Kasai was certain that he heard a muffled hissing noise. He'd heard the hissing a few times before, and it was making him most certainly suspicious. Ah, well, he'd likely find out what was going on at a later time. With a soft sigh, Kasai folded his arms over his chest with the eyebrow lowering back down to a manageable level.

His mind went back over his list--he could get toiletries later, so all he really needed to get was the eggs--it was a good thing that he liked to save the breakable goods for last, otherwise who knew what would happen? He lowered the basket to the ground momentarily, making sure that it was safe enough for him to rearrange things--he still hadn't put his own rice into the basket yet. Suddenly, she shouted out, before putting her hand into her shirt and speaking asked if he bit her.

"N-no, why would I bite you?" Oh god she's crazy. A snake was pulled out from her shirt and seemed to be thrown in his direction--and Kasai reacted almost completely on instinct. The snake flew towards him and went to wrap around him, but it was too late, as it wrapped around a plastic pipe that seemingly appeared out of nowhere. The pipe dropped to the ground, but it was safe to say that it landed in a way that preserved the life of the snake (minus a bit of ground shock from the fall). What had happened, though? Although nobody would be able to notice him, Kasai was standing behind the pipe, completely invisible.

Sigh. What to do? I could reappear, but she might get a fright. That said, I don't want to leave such a cute girl completely confused. What a bother. His thoughts returned, as did the appearance of his body. As he reappeared, the pipe disappeared--leaving the snake stranded on the ground. "Usually, one does not throw snakes at people when they've first met. From what I've gathered, however, he understands you and is therefore a pet. It's unusual to see someone who can speak to animals, or at least have them understand them." He smiled softly, placing his hands into his pockets. Despite the unusual circumstances, she interested him.

That was a pretty good explanation, alright. A pet snake, that she carried around with her. If she could talk to animals, it would be even better: and as she confirmed for him, it was definitely something that he could do. He smiled quietly, placing his hands deeper into his pockets and watching even her smallest movements with a well-trained eye. He wasn't sure what would happen next--but he knew that they needed to get out before the snake was noticed. So apparently this snake was poisonous... that wouldn't be a shock. Closing his eyes briefly, Kasai raised his gaze upwards to the ceiling, looking around for any errant video cameras or the like that may give away the snake's position.

"Well anyway, we need to move. Let's get our groceries done and get out of here; I'm pretty sure that they'll notice something strange is occurring eventually." He nodded and reached down, picking up his basket and checking through his mental list one more time. All that was missing, at least to him, were meat and eggs. Suddenly, it came to him: would she be a vegetarian, then? Interesting to think on that. Wandering towards the meat section--hoping that she'd followed--he decided against asking. Instead, he closed his eyes partially, thinking on what meat he'd need to survive the week.

After several meals worth of meat had been loaded onto his basket, he turned his attention to the eggs and placed a tray onto the very top. In the end, the eggs would last him two weeks--so that would help him later. Letting out a long breath of air, the man started wandering towards the counters, hopefully with Ai (and Kiokure) in tow. "I'll start paying for mine; so if you've got anything left you want to get you may want to get it quickly." He laughed softly, hoping that she didn't take his suggestion as an order. He didn't really want to piss off the cute girl with the poisonous snake right now. Not at all.

Well, this could be problematic for the poor girl. To be even a couple of dollars short at the store could be the difference between your day being good, or your day being bad. Of course, Kasai was too nice to even worry about where the money would go, so the moment she asked him if he could spare a couple of dollars; he immediately handed over the necessary money with a smile. "A few things I got were on special, so I've got a lot spare for once. Go ahead, you have no requirement to pay me back. The money's for groceries, so what's the point of worrying about whose groceries get purchased with it?" He flashed her a kind smile, keeping track of his remaining money as the last of his groceries were bagged: If he recalled, he had about 15 dollars left--he was normally left with 10, so this wasn't a bad haul for once. Nodding to himself, Kasai gripped his bags and started to walk out the door of the store, humming quietly. He would leave the building and turn to the side, walking over to a nearby wall and leaning on it while he waited for Ai to follow.

When she finally came from the front door of the building, he motioned towards her with his right hand. "I need to take my stuff home, and I'm guessing you need to do the same." He pointed in a direction that she would hopefully turn her head towards, "I live in Building 10J, Apartment 4. Not too far from this store, honestly. Probably not as close as Martin's place, but he bothers me. Almost kicked me out because somebody pushed me into a stall. Tch." He sneered at the memory, before smiling again. "If you wanna keep talking, we can either walk and talk or meet up later--your choice. Depends on the direction you need to go, I guess." His smile grew a little, and his pale pink eyes looked at the woman inquisitively.

Yup, that sounded like Jack Martin. Asshole extraordinaire. Sighing quietly at the memory, Kasai looked at her and smiled kindly. Oh, so she lived in the building across from him? That was convenient; it was almost as if someone was guiding their hands with a gigantic plot device. "There we are... You okay with that? Or is there something else you wanted to do? I don't want to bother." He nodded. "I have nothing to do all day, and it's not often you actually bump into someone new in the middle of the market; I usually come early and just spend the rest of my day brooding inside my house--so hey, I could use the go-to for a pretty good Sunday." He smiled at the girl and turned away from her, walking into his building and passing by the mailboxes.

No post on Sundays.

He reached the stairs and quickly shifted up them--reaching the top in a time which sprinters would be jealous of. It didn't take him long to put away his groceries, and by the time he had he deduced that Ai would probably have only just gotten back into her room, especially if she were in the next building over. As such, he decided that it would be a good idea to change his clothing--if only to look a little nicer. In fact, he'd probably happily do a pigment change on his hair as well. Walking into his bedroom, he quickly removed his clothes, putting the pants he was looking for on but not finding a shirt. "Oh, right. It's on the balcony line." He opened the door and stepped out, still shirtless. As he turned towards the line, movement caught his eye. He decided, against his better judgement, to look at what it was. Probably not a good idea, because what he saw? Well, it was something of beauty.

Well, this was unexpected. At that point, it was as if time had completely frozen for Kasai Rain. His eyes widened slightly, and he almost wanted to close them out of sheer embarrassment for the woman who could not see him... and yet he just couldn't. Even if she were still semi-clothed, there was something about the soft and fair skin that looked utterly ravishing. Kasai swallowed back a little bit and decided to make his move--just as she walked out of the room, undoing her bra. In most cases, the average person would've stopped there and not gone any further, unfortunately for this, Kasai was both in possession of stealth powers and just a little bit hot-headed. He blinked a couple of times, and decided after a moment's thought that he needed to get a closer look upon this situation. Activating his stealth with a quick release of energy, Kasai found himself completely invisible to any senses that would look for him. He clambered up on his balcony, and made the short jump across between them, landing silently on her own balcony. His face was already slightly red, of course, but it suddenly grew even redder.

Ai walked back into the room, not wearing a single thing. At that point, his eyes couldn't break away from what he saw. It was safe to say that he was entranced by the slender figure that entered through that door. He wasn't sure what had caused it, but his entire body felt hot and his face felt redder than ever. Her skin was flawless, almost completely hair-less--she had even taken care of her lower regions without fail. Kasai felt like he was looking in on something purely intimate, and he couldn't help but continue to stare at what he would call the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen. And then she jumped. Ohmygodtheybounced. Taking this as a sign to get the fuck out, Kasai crept back up off of the balcony, and jumped back onto his own. He turned around to ensure that there was nobody to see him, before turning back to his door and opening it--visible once more.

The shirt was grabbed and his clothes were changed quick-smart at that point--Kasai had to think unsexy thoughts for a while, just to make sure that his 'little ninja' was kept down and undercover. "Right. Hair." Although he liked to keep his hair at its usual cyan color, Kasai did often like to change things up. Closing his eyes and concentrating on a color, he felt the usual tingle at the top of his head. When he looked at the mirror, the color had changed from cyan to a rather interesting crimson shade. He sighed softly, slapping his face a little and trying his hardest to forget exactly what he'd just seen, but it wasn't going to go away. Finally, he left his apartment building, turning a corner and walking down towards the alleyway between their buildings. Now to make sure he didn't get flashes... of the flashing.

Don't think about her nudity. Kasai was using the oldest trick in the book to try not to think about this young lady naked as he approached her. Of course, there was more to think about than the fact that he had seen such a pure, fair-skinned beauty in the flesh, because lo and behold... what a sight he came across this time. He couldn't take his eyes off of her, especially not under the light of the mid-morning sun. Kasai placed his hands into his pockets, and closed one eye with a smooth smile. She was weird, he'd admit that in a heartbeat. But then again, so was he. So he didn't really mind that part. She loved animals, and he'd at the very least tolerate them. Chuckling internally, Kasai rolled a question over and over on his tongue, wondering if it would be a smart idea to do such a thing. Usually, he'd be pretty damn against doing that to a woman he'd just met--but he wanted to know her. He was hooked, by more than one line.

Her personality entertained him. Her quirks amused him. Her figure entranced him. Her beauty brought him in for the kill. He was pretty much smitten, and they'd only really walked a little bit. A quick mental jab at himself got rid of those thoughts quick-smart, though. If there was one thing Kasai really didn't need to be doing, it was considering asking her out already. He'd see how this went, and then make a decision when finished. "Alright, I'm ready! Are you ready to go? Where did you wanna go, anyways?" She moved over to his side, and he looked away for a second. With her this close, it was really hard not to see her nude figure. That was not an image he needed to see. When he'd calmed his memory and imagination down, he returned her smile. "I left Kiokure upstairs so we don't have to worry about any incidents like in the store." A chuckle. He honestly didn't mind that situation.

"I don't know, really. Is there anywhere you'd like to take me? I spend most of my time in either classes or my dorm room, so I'm honestly still a bit uneducated to what exactly is around here. I just know that it's a big place, and that the sky," he looked up at that blue sky and beautiful sun, "Is just a fake, made by human hands to keep us happy." At least it felt like a real sun and sky, right? The authenticity of this place was amazing. To think that they were underground.

Yeah, there wasn't a zoo here. Not that he really enjoyed going to zoos--he liked animals, but he didn't like seeing animals in captivity. Kasai's idea of an animal holiday was a safari. It was definitely one of the things he'd enjoy going to, he just needed to actually gather up the money to get to one before he died. He watched her silently as she continued to speak about the things she'd done here, over and over about some tiger named Shishima. Apparently, she really liked animals. Kasai didn't mind that at all. Honestly, he was pretty tolerant of most things--and he'd already seen her naked, so he really had little choice but to accept a lot of the things that she did and liked. "Why don't we just go for a walk and find something in the busier part of town? Maybe there's something fun... I mean, there should be since they've got to cater to a lot of people, most of them being our age!" He nodded a little, and stepped back closer to her as well--avoiding looking anywhere but her face in order to not bring up certain memories that would plague him in his dreams.

"You look... hot." That came as a bit of a shock. Blinking a couple of times at her sudden outburst, he watched her hand come up to his head and start playing slightly with his hair. A lot of people, if they saw him, were utterly fascinated with the way his hair changed color pretty much every time he was around them. It was partly habit, partly a simple method of getting around potential pursuers. Either way, he enjoyed seeing the reactions to his hair color change... though this one was a lot different. Apparently she really loved his hair. Blinking a couple more times, he placed his hands on his hips and chuckled. "It's not dyed--that's a natural color. And you weren't stupid, most people react in a way like that... even if it isn't with as much gusto as you. Don't worry too much," He chuckled as he quickly changed his hair from red, to cyan, to blond and back to red once more, "It's part of my Qi abilities, as well as the substitution thing I did." He chuckled and started to walk alongside her towards one of the various Academy City shopping centres. This was the Northern shopping centre, as they were in the Northern quarter of the City--with the school in the centre.

As they continued to walk, he started to wonder what she was thinking about their situation. Maybe she thought this to be a date? Was this a date? Kasai's heart skipped a beat slightly. He hadn't actually had many girlfriends in his life. There'd never been time for it, or he'd just hated her personality. It had only been about an hour, but this one's personality was nice enough--and he knew first hand that her body was amazing. Maybe... "So, what would you say if I asked this to be a date?" He tilted his head to the side and looked her in the eye with a kind smile. Better to ask now, especially if she had a boyfriend.

Well, that worked out nicer than he had planned. Not only did she accept his transformations, she actually liked them. A small, satisfied smirk breached his face and worked its way out over his lips. Kasai stared quietly at the girl, taking in her features more closely; especially now that she was clothed. She then mentioned that her powers ran further than just talking to animals. When she mentioned the bonding, Kasai's eyes actually widened slightly. That was actually quite an interesting power; one that would be well-done to see in action. He tapped his chin lightly, turning around and smiling softly. Frankly, he liked her a lot already. He wasn't sure if she was girlfriend material, but to see her react in the ways she did was absolutely adorable and made him want to tease her further.

"H-Huh? Y-You'd want... a date... with me?"

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Chuckling to himself, he turned right back around and looked back into her eyes. He kept his gaze locked with hers for a couple of seconds, stepping forwards within arm's reach and smiling. "Hm?" "W-Well... I haven't been on a date before or anything like that... s-so I wouldn't really know..." He'd been on a few, but this one seemed different. Most dates were just casual get-togethers with cute girls that were all over him half the time. This one was just super-adorable. "Well.. I mean... I sorta... kinda.. thought this was ... a date... But if you'd out right ask.. I-I'm pretty sure I'd happily say yes." Well, how to go about this? Kasai stood there for a second, pretty much having his suspicions confirmed. He considered what to do for a second or so, wondering if he should tell her outright or just wait and let her simmer... no, it was better to get it out of the way now, especially considering what he'd seen. He dashed away the redness on his cheeks:

"Well, Ai. Now that we're properly acquainted, what would you say to going on a date at some point in the future?" He lightly winked one eye and folded his arms, awaiting her answer--even if he knew what she'd say, he wanted to hear her say it properly. The mere thought was adorable.