Pairing: Yato/Hiyori
A/N: I got so many requests to continue, so here's another chapter!
/ch. two - heartache /

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The brunette fakes another smile at all three of them, trying hard to make it seem it wasn't forced. She can't help but wonder, was this also the case for them as well? Were their joyous facades masking something entirely opposite of joy, perhaps a sense of sadness, anguish, any emotion that couldn't be considered positive? Hiyori didn't dwell on the thought too much, and buried it within her mind.

"It's really nice to meet you!" The Goddess exclaims, her tone of voice consisting of complete cheeriness.

Her cheery demeanor only masked her true emotion, sorrow. Why was her heart aching so badly, as if she had lost something that was once so precious to her?

She had been so wrapped up in that thought, that she was still in a standing position. A voice rang out her name, and it completely shattered her train of thought.

"..Hiyori? Would you like to sit?" Yato asks, although he wouldn't take no for a response from her.

"Oh. I'm sorry!" Hiyori responds, bidding a huge apology to the raven. She carefully takes a seat, at the small table. And before she knew it, a cup of tea sat in front of her. The Goddess glances up, only to see a truly smiling Kofuku. And then her heart aches just a little more. Yet, she returns the smile like it was nothing.

"Thank you..." She says, taking a careful hold of the fragile cup. The brunette brings it to her lips, to take a sip of the warm drink.

Not long after, her eyes widen completely at the taste of the tea. It seemed to trigger something inside her, and her eyes glue shut. Right then, in the quickest of movements, a unclear glimpse of something flashes through her mind, just a tiny fragment of a memory. She couldn't make it out, because it was gone mere moments after.

Her hands become shaky, the tea cup still in her grasp. It wasn't long before it slipped from her grasp, completely, and the liquid spilled onto the fabric of her exquisite looking robes. Her eyes flutter open right then, and surprise shows clearly on her face. She was completely taken aback by the fragment of a distant memory, she had seen just now.

The Goddess glances around, dismay showing clearly on her face. They were all looking at her with concern in their eyes, and soon her line of sight finally fixes down onto her lap. She immediately catches sight of the stains on her robe, and her hands fly to her mouth, as she had clamped her mouth in shock.

"I-I'm sorry!" Hiyori then exclaims, removing her hands to utter a huge apology. It wasn't really that necessary, though. The teacup lay on the floor, unharmed, and without a single crack, luckily.

She glances around, really frantically. Hiyori soon shifts, moving to stand up once more. She had finally established that all of this was a little too much for her to handle, her heart was still aching incredibly, and she had not a single coherent thought.

Yato doesn't hesitate to stand up with her, her frantic expressions causing worry to brew in his mind. He steps closer to her, slowly. She did seem quite startled, after all.

"Hiyori. It's okay..." He immediately assures.

"It... It hasn't been okay since I came here.." She answers, a frown finally gracing the girl's lips. Hiyori then turns away from him, only to bolt outside. She couldn't think straight here.

The raven instantly pursues her, even though the pursuit wasn't something that would last that long. Soon, her unfitting clothing caused the Goddess to completely trip, and she finds herself falling. But she doesn't meet the rough surface of the ground, because before she knows it, he has her in his arms, he had caught her. Yato pulls her back to her feet, gently, soon after that.

"Listen to me, Hiyori. It's okay..." Yato repeats, his tone of voice being more firm.

She freezes, replaying those words in her mind. The brunette repeats it to herself, until her mind finally begins to settle. When she finally relaxes, a sigh falling from her lips, she turns to look at him.

"Thank you.."

He simply nods in response, his worry over her behavior immediately leaving his mind. Yato cracks a wholehearted smile at her, there was nothing forced about the way he smiled. And she couldn't help but smile at that.

"Say, Yato. I've been meaning to ask, do I have to wear these clothes?"

"N-No! Of course not. You don't have to wear that.." He admits, though slightly upset about it. She really did look pretty in that outfit. Perhaps he would keep it for her.

And so, they established a plan to get her a new outfit, immediately.

"I want to go! Shopping sounds like so much fun..." Kofuku exclaims, though it would be not much use. She was the Goddess of poverty, after all. They knew that her going anywhere near a store would end up being a disaster. Kofuku accompanying Hiyori was clearly out of the question.

"Are you kidding? That would end badly." Yato argues.

"I think it's a nice idea, why can't she go?" Hiyori asks, of course, having forgotten which Goddess Kofuku was.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you. Kofuku here, is the Goddess of poverty.."

"Huh?!"

Yeah, that was out of the question.