[D1 - C3] Skipping Class pt I (Ask)

This place did seem extremely excessive, but it wasn’t the first time Chiyo spent in a house this extravagant. Her mother used to know some really big names in the entertainment industry. Those folks had living rooms in their living rooms so they could lounge when they lounged. Okay so...no. But there was one guy, a famous wrestler, who had a pool in his living room. The lighting at that party was fantastic. The whole damn thing was. Unfortunately she was just ten at the time and her mother had her spend most of the party in a guest room with other kids.

But they snuck out at some point and found ways to make the best of it. She was the ringleader of course.

Luckily she had a bit of warning about the extra company. Chiyo looked herself in the mirror in the outfit she chose. It was a decently fitted robe, very light colors, pink and embroidered. She wore a flower clip in her hair that she kept in her purse if she felt whatever she was wearing was too plain without some kind of accessory.

“Hm...I’m fine,” she says, still checking herself out. She stepped away and joined him by the reclining area, but she did not take a seat as she studied the room.

"No...I was thinking," she explained, her eye now following along with the retracting ceiling. Okay, this was pretty exciting how over the top these digs were.

"For instance this home is extremely expansive, yet there hardly seems to be many residents within these walls. I imagine four or five members of your family must frequent the place, but we've yet to see a single one. Are they busy perhaps?"

She was thinking a heck of a lot more than that, but what came out was the more polite portion of her train of thought. The rest of her imagination filled in the blanks with nightly parties, private rooms, gaijin customs of an unmentionable nature. And not to mention orgies. This place has probably seen a number of those in its time.

But you don't just bring that sort of thing up.

He doesn’t sound particularly happy with Reiha, but after what she’s seen of the guy, she’s not entirely surprised. Most arranged marriages are...well, lets say the best thing you can hope for is that you can tolerate one another. Love is hardly in the equation, and it doesn’t seem like Tarik is ready to settle down with one girl yet.

When he asked about the Doji, the mention of their having a class together was of an interesting note. That means Reiha must have mentioned it. That or he’s totally stalking me which number one, creepy, number two, kind of hot.

No—bad. A spray of water for you.

Well, attractive and creepy don’t go hand in hand anyways, and right now it would be more beneficial to interpret it as creepy stalking. If that is the case. Which it very well could be.

“We didn’t have much of an opportunity to do so,” Chiyo began, though she allowed a smirk to come through. “She’s shockingly bold however. She answered a riddle of mine in an uncanny way. I imagine perhaps the two of us might get along if we spent time together outside of class.”

Huh, maybe he does care. Or at least he's pretending to. Reiha's not as pure and innocent as he thinks though. There's no such thing in this world. She may come off as soft spoken and frail, but Chiyo knows a spitfire when she sees one. This one is staying tightly secured in the closet.

"I do aim to guide her, yes. I used to be...well, I had a poor track record with other students in the past, but I seek to rectify that."

Collect ducklings, make a profit. So far she was taking it nice and easy, but once the school year really kicks in, those first years are all hers. Tarik would provide quite a window of opportunity for that. No coincidences. Scorpion's are not in that market.