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Wednesday afternoon, the streets of Tokyo were empty. There was no other person except Elma here. Elma heard references of Golden week without any familiarity of the event. Not being aware of the holidays. It was Wednesday afternoon, everyone who had a job had the day off of work. With barely any experience of this world, not even she knew that she had a day off. In fact, she attempted to go back to the office, which to her dismay the building was closed. A sign was luckily shown at the door to explain the reason for this.

And here we are now, Elma walks through the empty quiet streets of Tokyo, hoping for any restaurants

"Where is everyone?" She said, looking around if there were any open restaurants. "Why are the restaurants closed? I'm hungry."

No luck for her. No matter where she looked, there wasn't a single light turned on in any of the buildings except for the apartment buildings that were around. All of this felt like a ghost town. It was so quiet that she heard a few foot steps from behind. Elma quickly turned around to see who was creeping up to her. That was until he saw a man that stood there. Luckily it wasn't some creep attempting to cope a feel. Even if he did try, Elma would have ended him right there and now with no evidence. It was one of her co-workers, Kano Arakawa. A man in his early 20s who worked as a programmer in the same company as Elma and Kobayashi's.

"Kano! You scared me!"

"Did I? Forgive me." Kano apologized. "What are you doing out here Elma?"

"I wanted to eat out, but all the restaurants were closed."

"Elma, Elma!" Kano said playfully. "It's golden week! Don't you remember?" He asked.

"Wh-What's golden week?"

"You don't know what go-" That was when it hit him. "Oh, I forgot. You're not from this world. It's likely that nobody has this holiday in your dimension."

"Mhm." She nods.

"That explains. Basically, we have a bunch of holidays during this week. Which is the reason why we have the day off."

"Does that mean that this holiday effects the employees of every restaurant?" Elma asked, hoping for a simple 'no'.

"Yes, including the employees."

"Shoot, there goes my luck. I don't even know how to cook right!" Elma said.

"Huh, you don't?" Kano asked,

"Not really, I mostly eat lunch and dinner outside. I handle breakfast and bed time snacks at home."

Aww, Elma eats bed time snacks? That's kind of cute, I heard that she was a big fan of food. He thought as he blushes. Wait! What if I invite her over to my place? Worth a try, but I'll die in embarrassment if she rejects!

"Um...Elma."

"Yes?"

"Would you...like spend the holidays at my place? Maybe we can spend some time together, maybe catch up on things?" Kano said while blushing in embarrassment. "There'll be food!" He added, just so he can attract her more.

"I'll go!" Elma jumped as her eyes sparkled.

"Great! My apartment isn't too far from here. Let's go now before it gets colder." Kano suggested.

I'm so glad that I met her that day!

Flashback...↓

Back when Kobayashi was still a single woman, she still lived in her old apartment with Tohru and Kanna. On one occasion, she would invite one of her co-workers, the ones she was close with, for a small get together. Those being Makoto Takiya, Masanori and Kano Arakawa. As usual, Tohru would be feisty towards the three guys. Thinking that someday one of them would take Kobayashi away. At this point, the three already knew about Tohru and Kanna about their true forms. Like anyone would react, they didn't believe her, until Tohru proved them wrong.

The small meeting went as expected, at least for a while. In the middle of having an entertaining discussion, someone crashed the party, literally.

A figure crashes into the apartment, catching everyone's attention.

"What the?" Masanori said as they all looked towards the direction of the crash site. Dust hovered throughout the apartment. There appeared a shadow through the dust. In a matter of seconds, the dust started clearing up, revealing a woman. She appeared to be in her early twenties. The young woman had short black hair with the ends dyed in purple. The clothes she wore, a tan scarf wrapped around her neck, a black leotard covering her huge chest, a purple kimono with pink piping and a dark blue sash over the leotard and kimono, with the upper part of the kimono being pulled down. She had sandals and bandages wrapped around her knees and feet.

"Who knew...that I would find you of all places? Tohru." The young woman said.

Who's this chick? Kano thought as he kept looking at her in a dazed manner.

"Have you forgotten all of our laws? Dragons are forbidden from interfering with this world! So I suggest that you come with me and return back this instant!"

Tohru places her set of plates on the counter beside her. "Hmph. You're just as persistent and annoying as last time. Plot twist! I'm not going back."

"Do you really think that you're fooling these humans. I will not let you eradicate the human race in this world!" The stranger said.

"Don't worry about that. Wiping out the human species isn't on my list anymore." Tohru stated.

"Tohru is on bad terms with her right now." Kanna commented.

"Are they?" Kobayashi said.

"They're just like cats and dogs." Kanna said.

"Oh! Did you learn that idiom at school? Good girl!" Kobayashi pats Kanna.

"Good girl Kanna!" Makoto and Masanori encouraged her, as Kanna felt proud of herself.

"Wait a minute! Those two look like they're about ready to fight!" Said Makoto.

"This time, I'll settle the score!" Elma said.

"Try me if you want! I'll make sure that not a spill of blood gets left behind!" Tohru grinned with her sharp teeth showing, meaning that she was ready to attack, until she felt someone pull her body back.

"Excuse me miss Elma, I'm going to need to borrow Tohru for a bit!" Kano smiled, surprising Elma and everyone.

"I didn't even see him get up from his chair!" Masanori exclaimed.

"Wow he's fast." Makoto commented.

Meanwhile, Kano drags Tohru by her arm all the way to the hall way of the entrance.

"Hey what are you doing!" Tohru yelled.

That was when Kano halted, turned around to face Tohru and then place her arms firmly on her shoulders.

"Who is that woman!?" He yelled out.

"Who? You mean Elma? What about her?"

"Don't fight her!" Kano commanded.

"What! Why?" Tohru asked firmly.

"Tohru...I think I like her." Kano said.

She stood there surprised without saying a word.

"That Elma. she looks like a really attractive woman to me. This isn't the first time I've felt this way before. This feeling is all too familiar. The last time I experienced this was back in high school, eight years ago. On my last year of high school. I confessed to a girl before we graduated, I think you might have an idea of how that ended up."

Tohru actually felt pity towards Kobayashi's friend, only a bit.

"This time, I think that if I talk to Elma a lot more, then maybe she can gain feelings towards me!" Kano said.

"But still, she's a dragon. I don't think she would feel the same way towards a human." Tohru turns around to walk back to the living room.

"Then what about the feelings you hold for Kobayashi?" Kano said, who then stopped Tohru.

"How'd you-" She was interrupted.

"Don't think that it's not easy for me to notice. I always observe my surroundings and the people around me. The way you get overprotective around her and the way you treat your guests really gives it away. I know telling everyone about it won't affect you too much, but happens if somebody were to take her?"

"You stay away from-!" Tohru gets interrupted once again.

"I'm not saying that I'll steal her from you, we're just friends, nothing else. The point I'm trying to make is with your case, it's possible for a dragon like yourself to have feelings towards a human. So please, don't do anything to her, I beg of you. If you do what I say, I'll do what I can to keep her away from this apartment!" Kano begged.

Tohru gave a great thought about his request. All of a sudden, they both heard a loud grumble from the living room.

"Fine. Do as you wish." She runs back with Kano back to the living room.

"What was that?" Tohru asked, who then noticed a blushing Elma.

"Apparently, she's hungry." Masanori said.

"You don't have to say that out loud!" Elma yelled in embarrassment.

"Then I guess I'll cook her something up." Tohru turns around to try to make her way to the kitchen but she's pulled back again.

"No No No! You did enough today, now you're on your break!" He pushes Tohru to the table and sits her where Kobayashi and the others are located. "Why don't you join their discussion while you're at it. I'll cook the young lady something up. Please, take a seat miss!" Kano asked Elma.

"S-Sure." Elma wasn't sure about it at first.

Everyone except Tohru were confused of his sudden actions.

"Tohru! What's up with Kano?" Kobayashi whispered.

"Oh right!" Tohru whispers in Kobayashi's ear, explaining the whole situation. Kobayashi's expression changes to a surprised one halfway through the explanation. After finishing, she nods and carries on.

"What wrong?" Makoto asks.

"Don't worry about it." Kobayashi simply said.

"Now we're worried." Masanori commented.

Elma sits on one of the chairs by the tables with the others. Then Kanna greets Elma first since they already met before in the previous world. It was then when everyone else greeted Elma as well. Elma joined in on the conversation after apologizing for the intrusion and destruction of the apartment.

After minutes of socializing, the food was finally ready. Kano prepares her plate, walks over to her and places her plate in front of her along with her chopsticks. Elma looks at the food and then back at him.

"This looks delicious!" She complimented him.

"Thanks, but I rather you taste it first before judging." Kano suggested.

Elma does so and tastes the food. She couldn't help but smile at the way it tastes, it was delightful.

"This is great!" She eats more and more but suddenly stops midway. "I haven't gotten your name." She stood up from her seat. "My name is Elma, it's an honor to meet you." Elma bows, but Kano blushes for finally talking with her.

"My name is Kano Arakawa. It's nice to meet you, I hope we can get along well." Kano bows.

Flashback...↑

From that day, I made up a goal for myself. That goal, was to win Elma's heart. If all fails, I'll continue being friends with her.