Day 49: Late Afternoon - Pearl's Beauty Salon Hair and Nails

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Meche couldn't remember the last time she'd had her nails done, if ever--it definitely would have been a long while even before the last time she'd had nails. Today was turning into the day for those kinds of things, it seemed like.

The salon was only about a block from the bookstore, so luckily she managed to stay pretty dry on the run over. Meche closed the door firmly behind her and smiled at the woman who rushed from the back to meet her. "Hi, I'm meeting a friend here," she explained, and sat down in the nearest chair to wait.

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Upon hearing Yue's voice, Sakura jumped a bit and turned to face him. "Oh Yue-san, Onii-chan, I didn't know you guys were here," she replied, slightly flustered. She brushed off some of the water on her raincoat and smiled up at the boys as she continued, "I'm okay. The nurses were nice enough to give me a raincoat. What are you guys doing here?"

Was it just coincidence or were they trying to find her? Either way, they were here now, so perhaps they could all get something done together. They deserved something nice even more so than she did.

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Though Yue flicked a brief sidelong glance toward Touya he made no other reply to the comment; in his opinion, the conversation was over because they had nothing to discuss. The note he'd posted wasn't for Touya to see, therefore there wasn't any reason to discuss it with him, and all the demands that he explain were nothing but irritating. Instead he just lowered himself to one knee beside his master to put himself closer to her level as he pushed back the hood of his coat.

"We wanted to find you," he said, though he was careful to keep any sign of emotion out of his voice. There probably wasn't any point in not showing that he cared about her, but it was becoming habit after his recent interactions with Touya. "It's getting closer to evening, and should...certain things repeat themselves, it's best if we're together."

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Touya was glad to see that Sakura wasn't completely soaked by the rain, because the last thing she needed was a cold. After hanging his own coat on the rack provided, he helped Sakura out of her raincoat and hung it up.

"It's really coming down out there, too. We should probably stay in here anyway." It was as good as any excuse for both him and Yue to hang out in a beauty parlor. If they were lucky, they could read some trashy teenage girl magazines, and Touya could smirk as Yue sat there looking disgruntled.

"I think there's a coupon for a manicure," Touya said, joining the rest of the group. "Think they paint monster nails here?"

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Still slightly bewildered, Sakura allowed herself to be guided into taking off her coat, but she nodded after what Yue said sunk in. She had completely forgotten about what had happened last week over the course of the day because she was having so much fun, but with the day approaching its end, it definitely paid to stay cautious.

"Is there?" she asked inquisitively to her brother while flipping through her coupons. That would be perfect if there was. Then they'd all be able to enjoy being pampered together. However, upon hearing Touya's last comment, Sakura moved her foot over her brother's in an attempt to stomp his toes.

"ONII-CHAN!"

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Yue rose to his feet again and straightened, drawing back slightly from the pair as he unbuttoned his coat. He had no intention of going back out into that mess until he absolutely had to -- and hopefully that would be before full dark. And clearly Touya didn't plan to leave soon, either, since he'd already put up both his and Sakura's coats.

As Touya rejoined them the guardian moved away, apparently uninterested in manicures and coupons for them, though as he set the dripping coat on the rack he did frown critically at his fingernails. That was another thing that should have remained unharmed through his magic, though he hadn't really given them much thought before now as they were a somewhat lesser concern. The cry from behind him drew his attention back to the others, though, and Yue turned around again with one brow slightly upraised. So they were starting that again, were they? Probably best that he stay out of it.

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Touya grinned as Sakura stomped on his toes, though her foot had considerably less bite when she wasn't wearing rollerblades. It stung a little, sure, but it was outweighed by how angry Sakura looked at being called a monster again. And... mostly her looking anything but sad or worried outweighed having his toes stepped on.

He looked back over his shoulder at Yue, wondering where he'd gotten to, and smiled lightly at his seemingly exasperated look. Clearly he hadn't been around Touya and Sakura in their natural modes of operation, and thus he was looking at them like they were both children. Though Touya couldn't help but feel that if Yue did less standing off to the side and more participating, he wouldn't feel so alone.

"Hey," Touya said, crouching down in front of Sakura and whispering to her conspiratorially. "I think Yue could use some cheering up. Why don't you pick a shade of nail polish for him while you're picking one for yourself?" Touya said with a grin, holding out his own coupon to Sakura.

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Sakura's face puffed up even more when her attack yielded a grin from Touya instead of a yelp in pain. Geez. When she grew older, she was going to become taller and stronger than her brother and then she'd be the one grinning! ... But for now, where were her roller blades when she needed them?

However, her expression quickly changed to a more serious face as Touya whispered to her. She glanced back at Yue who was facing the other direction before taking the coupon. "Okay," she responded with a wink, and with that she headed over to the nail polish section to figure out which colors would best suit them.