Be afraid, Korimi... veeeerrrrryyyyyy afraid......

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"ALRIGHT BACK OFF Y'ALL!" Someone finally bellowed.

Rei looked intensely relieved at his rescue. Until he saw his rescuer.

"Tala??"

"Hello, Kon."

"Tala? What are you doing here?!"

"Hello Korimi. Fancy seeing you here."

"TALLY!!!!!!!!"

The last reaction was the most unexpected. Liz launched herself at the red-haired newcomer, grinning manically.

"Oh Lord help me..." Tala muttered. Everyone else stared on in a mix of amusement and astonishment. "Look, Smith, get off me. I don't have any marshmallow, chocolate or graham crackers on my person at the moment."

"Aww! You suck." Liz said, letting go and pouting.

"What are you doing here, Tala?"

"Can't a guy visit the mall without being interrogated?" Tala said, looking sharply at Rei. Rei restrained himself from rolling his eyes.

"Can't a guy go out with his girlfriend without his girlfriend's older brother spying on him?"

"I wasn't spying." Tala defended coolly, arms crossed.

"YES YA WERE!" Liz cried happily, pulling something from her pocket.

"Shut up, Smith." Tala said, glaring at Liz. It had no effect, however, as she was eating mini-marshmallows.

"So... All that aside, how do you know Liz?" Catty asked, curious. Kai, however, tapped her on the shoulder and pointed to the large crowd that was still hanging around, watching. Catty chuckled sheepishly and pulled Korimi and Rei out of the store, while Liz and Tala followed her and Kai without much protesting.

"Long, interesting story, actually." Tala said, glancing at Liz, who was now immersed in giving her marshmallows voices.

"Oh! No! I exploded! Hey! Guys! A talking MIME! Nooo... It blew up when I stepped on it, it's a mine. Mines are allowed to talk. No! It's a mime! I think I can speak for myself. I'm a mime, thank you. Then why did you—ahh! Noo!! The giant white stones of deataaaggghh!!!"

"Do tell." Korimi said, leaning towards her brother as though he was about to divulge a juicy secret. He looked at her strangely.

"Well... I was walking through the park and she was apparently having a bar-b-que with her family. She was making S'mores over a bonfire. Apparently the thing was sugar-high, and she began chasing me, making several attempts to smash a S'more in my hair. Once she succeeded she stepped back, bowed, and skipped off, singing something about talking mimes." Tala explained. "How did you meet her?"

"She was hitting on Rei!" Korimi said with a pout, draping her arms around said boyfriend's shoulders. Tala barely concealed a scowl at the display, but said nothing.

"CHEER UP, S'MORE!" Liz said, shoving a mini-marshmallow at him, nearly lodging it up his nose. He batted her arm away. "She's like a cockroach. I swear."

"I know." Rei said, rolling his eyes. "We saw her in Game Shot, then again in Victoria's Secret, a the food court, and in Spencer's."

"Rea—Victoria's Secret??" Tala said, looking at Korimi. He closed his eyes and buried his face in his hands. "I don't need to know that my sister wears that stuff..."

"For once, I agree."

Tala looked up at Rei. "Don't get any ideas, Kon."

"Wouldn't dream of it." Rei said with a look that said quite clearly that he did. Catty, Liz and Korimi giggled (although Korimi was blushing quite a bit).

"Why dontcha join us?" Liz piped up, ginning manically. Tala looked as though he was considering it for a moment. He then glanced at the baggie still half full of marshmallows.

"No thanks." He said before standing, turning and walking away.

"Psh. How rude." Liz said, crossing her arms like a petulant child denied an ice-cream.

"I think you scared him." Catty said to Liz. Liz looked at her as if bewildered.

"Scared? But... we're bestest friends! He let me mush a S'more in his hair!" Liz said. When she only received several strange looks she sighed.

"Fine... Idiot red-head."

"That's my brother, thanks." Korimi reminded. Liz stuck out her tongue.

"So?"

Everyone just rolled their eyes.

"Come on. I'd like to visit Hot Topic next." Catty suggested. Everyone save Liz shrugged and followed her. Liz glanced from the group to where Tala had vanished off to. She looked indecisive for a moment before chasing after Tala.

"OOOOOHHHHHHHHH MARSHMALLOW MAN!! JOIN ME IN MY FROLIC THROUGH THE S'MORE FACTORY!!!!

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MAUHAHAHAHHAHAH!!! Yes... be veeerrrrrryyy afraid...