After the group went around to ask about the incident, it turns out the Aria was speaking and staying true to her words like she stated before. Flynn ended up apologizing for doubting her words and immediately was forgiven. Yuri laughed at this, but ended up having to apologize with Flynn anyways after being knocked in the head by the blonde.
"I already said that it's fine. Now stop bowing, it's awkward!" Aria said.
Flynn stood up straight with a remorseful looking expression, Yuri following along though he looked more pissed than sorry.
"I guess we have a long way to go with building our bond and trust," Flynn commented.
"That I will have to agree with," the girl chuckled.
A female knight suddenly approached her and pointed her sword towards Aria's direction, earning her full attention and awareness. Aria, being the protective person she was, blocked Kent from the knight and stood in front.
"Step aside from the Lieutenant, Cloaked Figure!" Sodia exclaimed.
"Right... about that, that can never happen. He swore to follow me once I set foot out of shelter," Aria stated nonchalantly. "And what if I said that you've got the wrong person?"
"I saw you take off the cloak they wore, you thief! Now surrender yourself!"
Aria remained still as she motioned Kent to get out of harms way, not bothering to obey the knight.
"Sodia, stand down, she's not going to do any else as tedious and sinful as stealing anymore. Well, not on my watch," Flynn said.
"Lieutenant Flynn! She's a criminal we should pursue! How can we just stand down on this after having her action pull through for 10 years?"
Sodia was hesitant with his decision this time, not bothering to move from her position. Aria stood still though her left hand was grabbing at her sheathed blade.
"Wow, I see your records are up-to-date. I see why you'd want to pursue me, but is it alright to not listen to your lieutenant?" she asked calmly.
Her calm demeanor ticked Sodia off for some reason, causing her to swing her blade at Aria in anger and irritation. Aria, however, swiftly grabbed her covered sword and blocked the attack from hitting her.
"Sodia, please stand back," Flynn asked for the final time.
The female finally gave up and glowered at Aria, her lime green eyes burning into the relaxed eyes of the girl standing before her.
"You're lucky to know the lieutenant personally," she hissed, earning a shrug from the labeled thief.
"Excuse me for her behavior, but this is Sodia, second in command of my squad."
"Great, nice meeting you. Such a good first impression," Aria commented irritably. "Now, can I just leave?"
"I'll have Yuri watch you if you do take off."
"And why am I doing your dirty work?" Yuri asked stubbornly.
"Please?"
"Fine. You owe me dinner."
"It's a deal then," Flynn confirmed.
Aria groaned and held her head with the hand not bearing the sword, trying to calm down from all the events she had to deal with the entire week. She then began to stalk off anyways, inhaling deeply and exhaling right after.
"Do whatever. I just want to finish my task and leave the area," she stated.
Flynn and Yuri exchanged a quick look at each other before Yuri followed closely behind her to watch her in Flynn's stead.
"Repede," the man called, earning the dog's full attention.
"So you're actually going to follow me after all, huh?" Aria asked after a few minutes later of her departure.
The girl looked over her shoulder to see the man's face with a small crease forming from her frown and then back in front of her, trying to calm down her flustered face.
"Looks that way," Yuri replied with a shrug. "So what are you going to do now since Flynn is going to stick with you when he has the chance to?"
Aria turned to look at Yuri completely this time, no longer having a frown on her face, but her usual innocent display she always had at home.
"Stay home. I was able to sit at home for about five days, but I need to finish an errand. I want no contact with other humans," she simply answered. "This is the most I've ever talked to another person face to face and it feels very uncomfortable."
Yuri hummed with not much interest and nodded at the girl though his reaction wasn't taken in with much thought by Aria. He began looking her up and down, resting his chin in his fingers thoughtfully, and acted as if he was observing his most recent sculpture he successfully created for any flaws.
"You should know that I hate communicating with strangers," she concluded, walking off farther.
That only seemed to perk Yuri's interest even further. It was supposedly a chance for him to see why his closest friend was so determined to keep this one girl out of trouble and harm's way.
"Then I'll change that before Flynn gets a chance to," the man suggested, finally breaking the silence after a minute later.
"What's that supposed to mean..?" the girl asked curiously, not sounding very interested.
"Nothing much," he said quickly. "Just need to get you to socialize more so you can deal with Flynn. He is going to stick you you like a dog, am I right?"
Repede barked and wagged his tail a little, looking up at Yuri and showing respect and love for being his caretaker.
"He's probably going to be like a second Repede by the looks of things," he chuckled, bending down to pat his partner.
Aria stopped by a shop and got a pure white teddy bear plush with a teal ribbon around it's neck for Leia and and a dark brown bear wearing a black top hat and black ribbon around it's own neck for Leon. Apparently, both twins have the same preferences interestingly enough, so the teen didn't need much thought on what to get for each of them. She was also able to get the white thread her foster mom asked for. Yuri waited for her to finish whatever she was there for and looked at the stuffed animals with a smirk and raised brow.
"I see that you're into these stuff..." he commented, making her blush.
"It's not for me anyways.. And what if I am into cute items...?" she asked, heading back home. 'Took too many detours just for this...'
"That only reminds me of someone. Nothing else really," Yuri mentioned, following her back.
"Right, that's great. Now are you going to finally stop following me?"
"Yeah, I would, but I feel like I'm the one being watched here instead..." the man said, looking over to the obviously watchful knight.
It turns out that he managed to send off Sodia to continue her patrol around town while he secretively followed Yuri and Aria as she did her deed. That only seemed to tick off the girl, wondering how she got herself into such big trouble.
"Look, guys. I'm not here to be babysat and also I'm not here to steal useless crap from anyone. Now leave me alone!" she hollered angrily, dashing off to get home as quickly as possible.
The two men watched her disappear with Repede slowly following her and coming to a halt. Flynn came out of hiding and walked up to Yuri to stand side by side, neck to neck, with his friend.
"Look at what you've done," Yuri pointed out blankly.
"Hey, I didn't want her to suddenly break her promise or have you break your own promise," Flynn said. "We just met, I can't possibly immediately trust her, you know?"
"Either way we're making her uncomfortable. Jeez, she's a hard on to approach lady unlike a certain someone we know.."
Flynn frowned, creating a small crease between his brows on his forehead.
"Don't talk bad about Lady Estellise, you got that?" he stated.
"I'm not talking bad about Estelle at all, but I can say she's like Rita Mordio and Estelle in multiple ways."
"Well, that, I can see."
Silence filled between the two men and Aria was no where to be seen in their sight any longer. Repede trotted back to his owners and sat down in front of the two, waiting for any orders to come his way. Flynn and Yuri just sighed and decided to continue the day regularly after Yuri asked Repede sniff out her trail to her house.
"Repede, track her," he said.
The blue and white dog barked and took off to do his newly given task. Flynn only watched the canine curiously and remained quiet until their dog was finally gone as well. Yuri then turned around and left the spot to continue with his day. Of course the knight had no other reason left to stand there, so he decided to follow Yuri and as of his promise, he planned to finish it all.
"You didn't trust me, did you?" Yuri asked, sounding a little bothered.
"That's not it. I was just worried about you both. After all, I stuck two criminals together to keep them both looking out for one another," Flynn defended. "Who knows what would've happened if the other knights found out."
"Just why are you chasing after her so much? Are you looking for a girl? Don't you already have Estelle?" Yuri continued to question.
"No, I'm not, and quit bring Lady Estellise into these pointless conversations!" he exclaimed. "She... She might be the missing daughter of the Winslets their butler, Basil, kept mentioning to us."
"Is that so?"
"The girl even said herself that the knights come on a daily basis to get her and her mother for unknown reasons. We'll investigate tomorrow and arrive before the incident happens again," Flynn ordered.
"Oh, so now I'm involved?" Yuri asked in a blunt yet bland manner.