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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="73f19392985492fa4163a322f69e2170"Emi hestiaited for a moment, but left after the woman insisted she was okay. Emi found Calex in the kitchen holding two plates of food. The two of them went to his room to eat. They spent th time chatting and looking ove recent photos they'd each taken. hen it was time to leave, Emi went down first. "Hey Emi." Sayri greeted./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="036466bcb5529789f6d072e4ce746128"Emi went over to hug Sayri. "I love you Sayri, but please don't make us taste anything. We still have half a day of school left." Sayri as a _ in her parents' restuarnt. She amde desloius cakes and other deserts. Sayri was known for expermenting with different 'tastes', using Calex as a geanipig. Emi was also subjected to being a taster from time to time./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="5e1f7465f247bbe3632af2e6de8d3f0f""Don't pout like that." Illya poked Alexei's cheeks. "Things happen, you'll have other oppurities to hang out with Emi." The new school year had started about two months ago when Illya learned of Alexei's crush on Emi. The two had been in the same class off and on for three years. During that time Alexei had gotten to know Calex and through him hung out with Emi a few times. Alexei didn't go into details of when or how he developed feelings for Emi. Illya himself didn't know who Emi was until the previous school year when he transfered schools. Like his siblings, his parents sent him to the private school they'd attended. It took both Illya and Alexei to convince his parents into letting Illya transfer schools. Since Alexei's parents worked overseas and he lived with Illya's parents, there were some rules Alexei didn't have to follow. Like being forced to attend private school./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="73f19392985492fa4163a322f69e2170"Emi hestiaited for a moment, but left after the woman insisted she was okay. Emi found Calex in the kitchen holding two plates of food. The two of them went to his room to eat. They spent th time chatting and looking ove recent photos they'd each taken. hen it was time to leave, Emi went down first. "Hey Emi." Sayri greeted./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="5e1f7465f247bbe3632af2e6de8d3f0f""Don't pout like that." Illya poked Alexei's cheeks. "Things happen, you'll have other oppurities to hang out with Emi." The new school year had started about two months ago when Illya learned of Alexei's crush on Emi. The two had been in the same class off and on for three years. During that time Alexei had gotten to know Calex and through him hung out with Emi a few times. Alexei didn't go into details of when or how he developed feelings for Emi. Illya himself didn't know who Emi was until the previous school year when he transfered schools. Like his siblings, his parents sent him to the private school they'd attended. It took both Illya and Alexei to convince his parents into letting Illya transfer schools. Since Alexei's parents worked overseas and he lived with Illya's parents, there were some rules Alexei didn't have to follow. Like being forced to attend private school./p
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