They came down the stairs from the ride with both their hands retracted back into their pockets. A smile was visible on Kuguru's face as they walked back to Gao and the others, who had gotten off the ride quite a while ago.
"Guys, hate to break it to you, but I'm still a tad bit hungry," Baku said, his stomach grumbling at him.
"Dude, you plucked off all the bananas off my head and you're still complaining?" Tetsuya asked in disbelief. His head was bare thanks to Baku, and he's still hungry?
"Then let me ask you this: Do you ever get full?" Zanya asked the boy.
"Hmm… don't think so," Baku replied while rubbing his empty stomach.
'Then what's the point in complaning that you're hungry if you're never going to be full?' Zanya thought to himself irritably while he looked away.
"Then should we get a waffle or something?" Kuguru asked, pointing to a stall in the left direction.
"Nah, I think he would rather this," Gao said, looking over at an octopus dumpling stall to the right.
"Yeah, let's go, I'm starving," Baku said, running over there with Gao and Tetsuya right behind him.
'What does he mean by starving?!' Kuguru thought to herself as she looked over at Zanya, only to see him pushing up his glasses and sighing.
They were sitting under a parasol, each one nibbling away at some food stuff they got from a few stalls.
"Mmm… this is good!" Baku said, stuffing the octopus balls into his mouth one after another.
"Not as good as my mom's or grandma's though," Gao said. "The flavoring isn't as nice as the way my mom does it."
"But it's still not bad yo!" Tetsuya said, which he earned a nod from Baku.
"Look over there, they're enjoying themselves even more!" Kiri stated, looking over at the parasol to his left. Zanya and Kuguru were sitting together, busy biting off the fluff on the stick of cotton candy they bought.
"This is sweet!" Kuguru exclaimed in delight. She enjoyed sweets for she had a very sweet tooth.
"Not too bad, I guess," Zanya said as he bit some more of the fluff off. The ball of cotton candy, tore on both sides by the two, was slowly diminishing.
Yep, a little downtime with snacks was what the gang needed. Especially Baku.
After a few more rides together, Zanya closed his eyes for a while, trying to remember something. He knew that there was a schedule that they had to meet, but he forgot what time. It was unusual for the boy, but he never remembered well if it was told under a noisy situation.
"Hmm… what was it again…?" he mumbled. "Oh right! Kuguru, what time is it?"
"It's around 3:50, why do you need to know?" she asked, curious.
"We needed to be back at the hotel by 4, remember?!"
"You're right!" Baku exclaimed.
The group, alarmed that the sudden realization of the time, raced back to the hotel. But the hallways they needed to get through were long and confusing, so much that Gao nearly took off down the wrong path.
"Hey, Mr Sun Fighter! The hotel's this way!" Baku called out to Gao after seeing him take off down the wrong path. But the boy didn't wait for his friend to turn around and catch up, he simply ran forward.
"Wait for me!" he called out, trying hard to catch up with his friends.
Currently, Zanya led the pack, his training proved useful under these circumstances. Too bad the run back to the hotel was long, they couldn't afford to get a hotel nearby because the rooms were pricey and they were on a school field trip.
"Ah! That hurt…" Kuguru exclaimed after tripping and falling.
"Are you okay?" Zanya asked.
"I'm fine. Though I think I scraped my knee…" she replied, examining her sore knee.
"Here, get on," he said as he bent down, offering a piggyback ride.
"Really? Are you sure?" Kuguru asked, surprised by the boy's gesture.
"It's fine. I don't think it would be long-distance after we've ran so far."
"T-thank you," she said, grabbing hold around the boy's neck.
The group took off again, though this time, Gao led. Zanya ran last as he had an extra duty on his back. Even so, his eyes were focused, he didn't bother competing with others on the speed factor. He wanted to do it for Kuguru. She leaned her head on his right shoulder with her eyes tracing Zanya's focused expression, blushing.
"Our timing is impeccable!" Kiri exclaimed.
It really was. Even after some delays in their run back, they made it with a minute to spare.
"Here, get down," Zanya said, letting the girl off his back.
"Thank you," she said, the tint of pink returning to her face, quickly spreading to the tip of her ears.
"No problem," he replied, pushing up his glasses. "We should get that wound taken care of though."
Baku sighed as he pulled out yet another lollipop. He stuck it in his mouth and nudged Zanya's arm a little.
"Dude, this lollipop is almost as sweet as you were to Kuguru!" he exclaimed playfully, making Zanya blush slightly.
"S-shut up," he said, turning his head away from Baku.
"Okay students, we're going to divide the rooms now. All the rooms are two person rooms. Whoever doesn't have a partner please come forward so we can get you settled with another roommate."
"Since there are six of us…" Gao mumbled.
"Two of us can take a room," Baku continued.
"So we should snag rooms that are close by," Kiri suggested.
"And we can get together often!" Tetsuya concluded. "Nice one!"
"Okay since we know that, the bigger question is: Who is going to pair with who?" Kuguru asked.
"How about this. Gao and Kiri take a room, me and Tets take one and you and glasses boy take the last?" Baku suggested.
"Sounds like a plan," Tetsuya chipped in.
'A night with a girl? One that just confessed to me not too long ago?' Zanya thought. 'This will be a little…'
Phoenix: Maybe this is where the lovey dovey action will start? I'm still not sure!
Kuguru: Just get it over with! I'm anxious!
Phoenix: Slow down there girl! Love takes time.
Kuguru: Fine, but you better update often!
Phoenix: I bet that's what everyone is hoping for, including me.
Baku: How heavy was she, Zanya? You should know since you carried her back.
Zanya: Lighter that you by a long shot, that's for sure. You eat a lot.
Baku: Hey!
Phoenix: Guys, don't start a cat fight! Anyways, thank you for taking time to read my story everyone, hope you enjoyed it and bye!