After claiming victory, the girl got off of Daryl's lap and looked down on him with a huge grin on her face. While doing so, Daryl got up as well, and started to walk off.
"Oi, wait up!" she called after him, grabbing his wrist to stop him from advancing any further.
"What do you want? If you haven't realized, I've already finished my business with you, so let go of m-" Daryl was cut off when he looked at the expression of the girl's face. She looked hurt by his words, like they were actually stabbing at her heart.
"Well… I've got nothing to do after this, so do you want to look around the festival for a bit?" she quietly murmured while looking up into Daryl's eyes. She looked like she was on the verge of tears, with a slight tinge of pink on the corner of each cheek.
Daryl's cheeks went bright red, exactly like a cherry tomato. He looked away and replied "I was only going home anyway, so I might as well…"
She brightened up like a light bulb, and jump-hugged Daryl, while repeating "Thank you" over and over again.
"Let go! We won't be able to go if you keep hugging me!"
She let go and looked back up at Daryl. "Tsugumi" she said.
"Huh?"
"Tsugumi is my name. I don't have a last name since I have no parents, so it's just Tsugumi. What's yours?"
"Daryl, Daryl Yan."
"Okay then Daryl, let's go-go!" Tsugumi grabbed hold of Daryl's hand, and started walking back towards the festival.
From this chapter on, it's all going to be my own creation. The last two chapters were all part of the anime, but now, it's just coming from me.
I'll probably do about another three chapters before I finish off the story. So far, it's doesn't seem anyone has read any of this fanfic, but I hope you do start reading it soon, despite all the Tsugumi x Daryl haters!
Shizuku