Is that strange? [Aessa]

Hoshika smiled and laughed. He ran after her in a friendly way. When he caught up to Aessa, he tagged her. "Your it." He began to think about when he played tag with the other orphanage kids, which usually never happened. Hoshika started to run again. When he reached the building he sat down, panting like a dog.

"Ehhhh? Me...?" Aessa said when he said 'you're it'. She had never played tag before, so she was new to it. She thought it over, and stared at the sky while doing so. Did I read about this somewhere....er... Wasn't it a kids game..?, Aessa thought, forgetting about Hoshika for the moment then remembering him, and rushing over and sitting next to him. "What does.. 'You're it' mean?"

Hoshika sighed as an anime style sweat drop went down his forehead. He forgot she was a spirit.
"Tag is where you, well... tag another person. When 'your it' you tag someone else then they are it. So they try to tag you." Hoshika wasn't very good at explaining things, he never was. But he hoped that would be good enough.

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"....Ohh...... I think I've seen kids doing this before, or I read about it somewhere.." Aessa mumbled just loud enough for him to hear.
Aessa sighed and looked at the sky again. It's getting darker..., she thought, looking back at Hoshika and smiling. "So, what now? There's a lot of things we could do, isn't there? Right?" Aessa said, in a rushed manner. She knew that she couldn't stay out all night and that Hoshika would need to sleep eventually, but she wanted to do more things with him. He was her first friend in a while, after all.

Hoshika looked up at the sky and sighed. She was right and he knew it. "Yeah... We could finish up here and plan to meet up sometime?" He didn't like that idea. But that's the best he could come up with. Hoshika really enjoyed hanging out with her. She was his only friend.

Aessa bit her lip stubbornly and uttered a small "Okay." She quietly yelled at herself in her mind for being selfish and said it louder. "Okay! So...I'll probably just stay in the forest near here in a tree or something. I tend to move a lot so I know how to survive like that." Aessa smiled at Hoshika softly, and continued. "So...when should we meet up again? Where?"

Hoshika bit his lip. He had no idea she lived in a forest. "You C-" He paused to make sure this was a good idea. "You can spend the night at my place!" He said almost as if he was stopping her from leaving. "It would be no trouble, really."

Aessa smiled excitedly like a child and grabbed Hoshika's hands. "R-really?"
You see, the last time Aessa had stayed in the same building as another person was a long time ago. Without realizing it, when her old master died she became lonely and afraid. And besides that, living in forest trees wasn't always the best, and to be honest when she was sleeping earlier that day it was because she had been staying in that area.
Without thinking, Aessa wrapped her arms around Hoshika and pulled him towards her into a huge bear hug. "Thank you~"

Hoshika laughed. "Yeah." He said to reassure her. Hoshika looked at her holding his arm then hugging him.
He blushed a bit then just laughed again. "Just promise me one thing. You'll pick up after yourself." He didn't really mind that she did,
but he was just trying to turn his attention away from her hugging him.

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Aessa smiled and let go of him. "You don't need to worry about that! I'm a proud cook and...err... cleaner I guess, plus I don't make that much of a mess.~" She said in a playful voice, leaning against him happily, not realizing what she was doing until she finished her sentence. Aessa blushed, and not wanting to seem suspicious she kept leaning against him. "So.... it really is okay, right?"
((No, I am! Except I'm a Queen, not a King..))

Hoshika smiled, that feeling of her leaning on him went away. "Yeah, but we better go now. Its getting really late." Hoshika looked over to Aoi and whistled. "You can come with me or you can walk. Your choice." He said in a playful voice.

((OTL sorry for late reply.))
"Eh....? That's not very gentleman-like. You shouldn't let a girl go out wondering at night~", Aessa replied in the same playful tone as him. She stood up and stretched, and yawned. "So, you live around here, then? That's pretty convenient. What were you doing in Hargeon?" Aessa casually asked, looking over at Hoshika then to Aoi. "Unless you don't want to tell me, that's understandable."

Hoshika's smile turned mutual. It wasn't his favorite subject to disscuse but she wanted to know. "Well... i live here in magnolia. But i live in hargeon somtimes, since there still building the houses here." He looked up to fairy tail then extended his hand again. "I take that your coming?"