Fuutarou escaped the situation with a sigh of relief. Thankfully he didn't have to run away from the officer(which was one of his initial plans). He looked at the beautiful girl standing beside him who had a cute cheerful smile on her face. He mustered up the courage and opened his mouth to talk to her.
"So what's your name? I'm Uesugi Fuutarou." Hearing that, the girl fidgeted for a while, as if she was in a dilemma.
"Uh...Um.... I'm uh... Ah! My name's Rena!"
"Uh... Why'd you take so long to introduced yourself?" He deadpanned at her. Rena grinned sheepishly.
"I kinda forgot my name..."
"You're really bad at lying." Fuutarou commented. Rena blushed in embarrassment before pouting at him.
"Meanie!" She stuck out her tongue at him.
Fuutarou raised an eyebrow at the insult before shaking his head. "So what are you doing here alone?"
"I kinda got lost. Hehe." Fuutarou sweat dropped at her antics, a little baffled at how calm Rena was under a situation where it is understandable to be panicking. He shook his head before continuing.
"Same here." He scratched his head, embarrassed at the question he was going to ask her. "So Rena... since you're already here, you uh... you wanna go somewhere together?" He asked, face red.
"Sure! Let's go already!" She declared, dragging him.
"H-hey! Ease up on the grip!"
"Oops! Sorry!"
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"Wow!! Look at the charms, Fuutarou-kun! Let's go buy some quickly!!" Rena shouted and pulled Fuutarou towards the stall that sells charms.
"Hey I wanna ask." Fuutarou cleared his throat as they browsed the charms. "Are you sure you don't wanna find your family? We've been at it for almost an hour now." Rena pouted at him and furrowed her eyebrows.
"Are you saying you don't enjoy my company?" Rena asked him. Fuutarou shook his head repeatedly at the accusation.
"No I'm not! Who wouldn't like a beautiful girl keeping them company?" Fuutarou replied quickly. Rena blushed at his offhanded compliment. Fuutarou realized what he said and blushed with her.
'Eh whatever. It's the truth anyways.' Her internally shrugged.
"I-it has to be you. Since we're both by ourselves and feeling lonely, we should try to get along. Because.... " Rena tilted her head and smiled cheerfully at him.
" You're necessary to me." Rena added. Fuutarou blushed brightly as he only focused on Rena, everything else was just a blur to him as he could not take his eyes off Rena's bright smile. He couldn't believe it, of all the things she could've said, she decided to go with that?! Does she know that it gets his heart going?!
'Damnit, I'm in love with her aren't I?'
Rena giggled at Fuutarou's flustered expression and went to buy the charms. She purchased five of them, which made Fuutarou's a little curious.
"Oh, you bought these charms for luck in your studies. It won't be much help even if you bought that many of them if you don't put in the effort." Fuutarou commented. Rena grinned at him. So far he hadn't used any charms or any talismans of any sort, but his grades were improving nonetheless.
"You see, Fuutarou-kun. This is so that I can do five times more than my best! Because I want to become everyone's example!" Rena explained before laughing happily. Fuutarou hummed softly.
"That's nice of you." Fuutarou whispered. Rena went to his side as the continued walking around town.
" What about you, Fuutarou-kun? What do you want to become?" Rena asked him. Fuutarou sighed and looked down. He then grinned and looked at her. He stuck out his tongue.
"Not telling you! Bweh!!!"
"Hey! No fair you meanie!!"
After they were done browsing the charms store, They continued to walk aimlessly, until Fuutarou suddenly had an idea after noticing a photobooth stall not far from them.
"Um Rena..."
" Yeah?" Rena hummed as she was in the middle of tying all five charms around her wrist. Fuutarou cleared his throat, trying to compose himself.
"You wanna take pictures together at that photobooth? I'll pay for it." Rena immediately brightened up, grinning at him while nodding.
" Sure! Let's go then! It's gonna be so much fun!" Rena dragged him there. Meanwhile, Fuutarou was wondering how did Rena had such a strong grip. Maybe he'll ask her about it later.
They stood in front of the camera. The cameraman smirked, noticing that Fuutarou was blushing around Rena who was totally oblivious to the boy's current state of mind.
"Oh you two look cute standing like that. And....smile!" The cameraman captured a photo. Looking over it for a second, he then smiled at the two.
"How about you try switching poses? Freestyle a little." He suggested. Fuutarou looked at Rena who grinned, crossing her arms. Fuutarou smirked and copied her pose. They spent quite a minute at the photobooth trying various different poses.
The cameraman had no complaints, because the two really looked cute together! He could tell there was something going on between them. And so, he had another idea for the pose.
"How about you do this? But the girl uses her right hand while the boy uses the left? Then have your faces lean closer to each other. You cool with that?" The cameraman asked for their consent while a heart with his hand. Fuutarou looked at her.
"You okay with that?" Rena nodded, now sporting a blush. The two red faced children did what they were two, and the picture was taken.
"Uh... Rena....Is it okay if I uh..." Fuutarou asked, making the motion of putting an arm around her shoulders. Rena blushed furiously at his request. Fuutarou himself was as red as a rose, a little ashamed of his mind.
"S-sure. Sounds fun." Rena giggled at him. Fuutarou nodded, his shaky right hand wrapped around her, gently placing it on her right shoulder. The two unconsciously leaned closer and smiled as the cameraman took their picture. Some elders and middle aged people walked by and chuckled at the scene.
"L-Let's print the pictures, shall we?" He stuttered at the flustered Rena who just nodded along. The cameraman printed out two sets of polaroids, one each for Fuutarou and Yotsuba. And as promised, Fuutarou paid for them.
"Well that was fun..." Fuutarou looked at Yotsuba who was smiling at the photos in her hand. She grinned at him in response.
"Thank you so much, Fuutarou-kun! You're the best!" Fuutarou smiled warmly at her, holding his set of photos which he dubbed his treasure now. Yotsuba stared at the photo of Fuutarou wrapping his arm around her, her smile widening.
"I will never forget you..."
"Huh? What'd you just say?"
"A-ahhh! Nothing!"
To be continued.....