Luke twitched a little as Asch yelling at him to meet inside his mind was never a pleasant experience. He sighed as Asch broke the connection.

"Why doesn't he ever..."

Luke spoke out loud more to himself than to his other party members that stood around him.

They all just watched for a moment as Asch's little head calls to Luke were normal to them now. Luke sighed again as he wished Asch would just join them as an official party member. That and he wished Asch would talk to him a little longer than just a bark or two before ending the connection.

He had developed feelings for his original and didn't know how to tell him. It didn't help that Asch was often too busy for them to meet and usually didn't wait around for Luke to admit anything out loud. This made the replica sigh often.

As he and his party members headed towards the city so Luke could meet with Asch, Luke told them the connection order bark that Asch had sent. This resulted in a chuckle from the colonel which Luke didn't understand.

"Let's stock up on healing and food supplies before you leave to meet Asch."

Guy suggested as they were running low on items and food both.

"Yeah~ Then you can give me some gald since we have so much~"

Anise said with a little evil smile growing. It reminded Luke of a cat really. She had hurried over and grabbed Luke's arm, holding onto it as they all walked together happily down the street towards the item shops.

"Nice try, Anise. This extra gald is for new equipment, remember?"

Luke reminded as they had all agreed to this earlier. Anise pouted as she let go of his arm. They had reached the item shops and Luke was looking at everything they had for sale. He bought what they needed and then eyed the gels again.

"... I wonder if Asch needs any..."

Luke muttered to himself as he picked up a few more gels and bandages for his original. He didn't notice the grin on his face as he started buying things for Asch too.

It took awhile to buy everything they needed, including new equipment, and Luke cursed as he noticed how after noon it was.

"I'll meet you guys back at the inn later!"

Luke yelled as he ran off towards the center of town, which they had passed on their way to the shops earlier. Guy waved Luke off as he chuckled about how his best friend was rushing off like a puppy.

As Luke ran, he began to wonder why Asch hadn't contacted him via mind link just to scold him for being late. It was a little before one, so Luke felt bad for making Asch wait. He quickly reached the center of town and looked all over for his red headed original.

"... Asch..."

He frowned worriedly as he couldn't find him. He felt worried now as there was no sign of Asch anywhere. He held the small bag of items he had bought for Asch closer to himself. He hadn't forgotten Asch at all.