"Ouch, someone's sleeping on my foot," complained Celeste, without opening her eyes, "Do I even want to know what time it is?"
"Probably not," was Rini's reply. "And someone's sleeping on my leg too. Damn cats."
"More like damn cat. Seems Khons is stretched across both of us."
"You've got to be kidding. He weighs a ton. When do your parents come back?"
"Tonight, but they don't care where I am."
"Sorry to interrupt you two, but you have a long day ahead of you," Diana announced.
The pair groaned. Celeste threw the pillow over her head while gently shaking Khons off her foot.
"Why?" groaned Rini.
"You need to go check around the Temple to make sure its secure."
"In other words, reconnaissance mission?"
"Pretty much."
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Seraphina and Darissa quickly settled into their daily routine. The reporters had just left for the second day in a row. Both were tired of answering questions that they had no answers too.
Darissa sighed, "Do we have to do this again tomorrow?"
"I plan on asking them to leave. They're a bother to us and our guests. Not to mention we have no answers."
"It'll be nice to have some peace and quiet around here again."
"Yeah, it will. What do you say we go clean up the rooms?"
"Sounds a lot better than talking to reporters."
Seraphina chuckled, "Very true. Darissa, how are you liking this job?" asked Seraphina.
"Pretty good. I'm starting to get the hang of this."
"Perfect. And the good news have been no new monster sightings."
"And for that I'm eternally glad."
"Excuse me," came a voice.
"Can we help you miss?" asked Seraphina.
"I hope so. I'm looking for the priestess."
"I'd be the Temple priestess. Seraphina Damon."
"Elios Amytas. You had called me earlier."
"Ah, yes. Come with me. I'll show you around."
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"So far, I haven't seen anything out of the ordinary," Celeste whispered.
"Me neither. It seems really quiet here," replied Rini.
They were sitting in the bush outside the temple. For almost an hour, they had been watching the temple.
"Hot guy alert," Rini announced excitedly.
"Where?"
"Entering the temple."
"He's that not bad looking."
"NOT BAD, are you blind????????"
"Uh, no. Let's go.
Rini followed Celeste back to where they had parked her car. Celeste unlocked Rini's door then walked around and slid into the driver's seat. Her stomach growled as she started the car.
"Sounds like it's lunchtime. You game?" she asked.
Yeah, I'm a bit hungry myself."
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An hour later, the two left Pinebrook's most popular diner. Rini declined Celeste's offer to drive her home and instead choose to stroll through the park since she lived on the other side.
She started to walk, taking her time to look at all the flowers that were in blossom. All the while, a certain male human from before was stuck in her mind. She was so deep in her thoughts that she wasn't looking where she was going. She turned the corner that would bring her to the path she needed to take and bumped into something.
"Ouch." This one word brought Rini out of her thoughts. She looked up, only to see the young man from the temple.
"Ssssorrrry," she stammered. "I guess I wasn't looking where I was going."
"That's alright. There's no harm done. Are you alright?"
"Yeah, no bruises or anything."
"Glad to hear that. I'm sorry, but I have to go. Good day.'" With that, he stepped around Rini and walked off. Leaving her staring at his back.
"What a weird guy, but still very cute."
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Aisheeya sighed as she hung up the phone. She had no idea why she called her parents everytime she changed busses. It wasn't like they cared about her.
"Hell, they're the ones who kicked me out," she thought. "Just because of who I am." Her thoughts were interrupted by the PA system.
"Bus number 645 to Chetville now loading in bay 4. That's bus 645 loading in bay 4. All passengers please board now." Aisheeya groaned as she picked up her bags and went in search of bay 4.
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"Oh my god, you are never going to believe this," Rini said excitedly.
"Believe what?" Hotaru asked.
"I ran, literally ran, into this really hot guy today."
"How hot???"
"Very. He's tall and handsome."
"Why can't I run into a guy like that? Did you talk to him?"
Rini sighed, "Not really, he was in a hurry."
"MERRRRRROOOOOOWW," Diana interrupted.
"Not now, Diana," Rini told Diana.
"MMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOWW!!!"
"Ugh, I got to go. Someone's doing a lot of complaining over here, and I probably should do some homework."
"Alright, I'll see you tomorrow."
"Bye." Rini hung up the phone and turned to Diana. "What the hell was that for?"
"You and you're obsession with men. You are a Sailor Scout and cannot let yourself be distracted by anything. Your mission is of great importance."
"Jessh, Diana. I only ran into him once. It's not like I'm chasing him around.
"Yet," Diana mumbled as she left the room.
