Ayase household, early evening:
"Otousan, I'll be staying over at Nozomi's house tonight if that's okay. We have the day off from school tomorrow and we were hoping to catch up on some studying for exams," she chuckled to herself, she wasn't lying, but there also probably wouldn't be much studying. Naturally, Eli already had her bag packed, and she included all the essentials: lots of chocolates, and chips, candies, snacks; she had managed to uncover an old box of temporary tattoos, and for the kicker, she packed a rather large bottle of red wine her parents had recently gifted to her. Nozomi loves red wine.
Stifling a laugh, papa Ayase stood up to hug his daughter good night, "Sure sure, Eli-chicka! Have fun doing whatever it is you kids do these days!" With that he waved her off and sat back down to continue reading his paper.
"Hai papa, Arigatou!"
Before heading out the door Eli ran down the hall to her little sisters room, sliding open the door she found Arisa and Yukiho hunched over Arisa's laptop giggling about who knows what.
"Arisa-chan Yukiho, Ittekimasu I'm off! Oyasumi nasai good night you two." She patted Arisa's head and turned to head out, waving to Yukiho.
"Ittarasshai, see you later!" replied the girls in unison just as Eli was sliding the panel closed once again.
With that, Eli kissed her fathers cheek, slid on her shoes, shouldered her hefty package and ran out the door snickering to herself. In her mad dash out the door, Eli conveniently forgot how slippery it was outside.
"UuuuwaaAHHH!" Not even three steps and Eli managed to land herself in a 10cm puddle. "Itai! ouch!" At least no one was here to see that.. oh gosh, that was not fun.. Eli stood back up brushing herself off, unfortunately, she was now essentially soaked. Should I go back in and change, I mean, I'm still at home, nn but I want to see Nozomi! Eli took off again in the direction of her friends home, this time, trying to pay just a little more care to where she stepped, though it hardly mattered at this point.
Just outside the Ayase Home:
Nico and Maki shared a knowing glance before busting out laughing. Normally, Maki was rather reserved, but even she could not contain herself after what she had just witnessed. That is, Eli-chan falling on her ass as she ran out her front door.
"Ne Maki-chan, where do you think she was headed in such a hurry..and with that big bag too..?"
"Who cares?" And thus Maki returned to her nonchalant attitude.
"Urusai! Shut up Maki. I'm so tired of you acting like this when its just the two of us could you at least be normal?"
"Oh what, that's just like you to talk Nico-chan, coming from the spaz who always freaks out over nothing!"
"Did you just call Nico-nii a spaz?"
Nozomi's place:
Now, just to put the finishing touches on the little cupcakes I made for Eli-chi. Today feels like a special day, but I'm really not sure why.. maybe I'm just so excited for tonight. I'll check with the cards, at the very least that will put my mind at ease. Nozomi made her way to the back room, from her desk she grabbed her precious tarot cards. After shuffling, she focused her spiritual energy and pulled the top card: The Star. Off course, the star, I already knew Eli-chi will be coming over, but what else could that mean? Perhaps tonight is special. Some sort of opportunity..hmm I can't get all worked up about this it's also about following the natural order, so it would seem that whatever this chance is, it should fall into place on its own.
Nozomi's thoughts were interrupted by a soft rap on the door. Replacing her cards, she practically skipped to the door and threw it open.
"Good evening, Toujou-san" Nozomi's face fell a little when she realized it was her neighbor instead of her best friend for whom she'd been waiting. "I just wanted to bring this over it seems our mail got switched again. Here you go, it looks like your parents are still as adventurous as ever it would seem."
"Thank you so much Natsuki-san, I'm sorry you had to go out of your way." Nozomi takes the letter from the older woman and begins to close the door.
"Nozomi!" Oh I know that voice hehe Eli-chi. Non-chan reopens the door in time to see Eli running down the block waving her arms; the girl is sopping wet and covered in dirt. Just what happened to you I wonder.
Taking a step back, Nozomi was not prepared for the flying, tackle-hug Eli had prepared which sent the two of them flying ass-over-tea kettle into the entry way of the apartment. Basically, Eli landing sitting on Non-chan's chest which led to rather spectacular panty shot for the girl on her back.
"Ahh! You're wearing light blue today Eli-chi! That's so like you, isn't it?"
Red flashed across Eli's cheeks and she could feel the heat rising, "Nozomi! Quit teasing me"
"But Eli, you're getting me all wet and dirty too, and wait, why are you like this? Actually, not that I mind the view, but would you mind maybe getting off of me?" The blush rose to Eri's cheeks again as she scrambled to get up and then pull Nozomi up as well. "Now, how about this, you go on into my room and take off those dirty clothes and-"
"Uwwa Wwwhat?" An even stronger blush came across the blonde's face as she cut the other girl off.
"Eli. I'm going to run a bath for us. I want to hear the story of how you came to me in such a state. Some tea, perhaps?" On that note, she began to walk toward the bathroom, but was delayed when Eli grabbed her arm.
"Eh well, Nozomi, I uh actually brought something you might like, and it would be nice to have to drink in the bath." Eli released the other girl, reached into her bag and pulled out the bottle of wine to hand over. Both girls broke out in a grin, it had been a while since they'd shared a bottle.
"Oh! Eli-chi, this is a special day! Now go, get ready and rinsed, I'll start the bath, pour us some glasses, and I'll there in a few minutes." This is rather unexpected, or at least, it will make for an interesting night.