Turning away from him, Aoi jumped off the little stage inside the bar, and made her way towards a corner of the room.
and slowly, he followed her with his eyes for a minute until she disappeared from his sight and appeared once again, but this time with a man extremely close to her.
They talked for a while and she smiled and looked into the strangers eyes,while the man patted her head once in a while and smiled back at her.
and surprisingly , not once did they "notice" his gaze.
"... ha"
Ukyo had hoped to let her grow a bit more before completely making flirtatious advances at her , but now as he stood still, he regretted taking things slow and thought of what to do with Aoi while gritting his teeth...
Letting her continue to creep closer to the stranger was not something he felt too happy about , and knowing she was the one to likely initiate the closing of their gap was making this a double blow to his patience after how hard he'd tried to close in on her.
"haa..."
The girl was difficult, but by no means did he want to let anyone have her, so , sighing in exhaustion he fixed his coat a bit and made his way towards her until he reached her back.
Once there, he interrupted what she was about to say, and in a polite voice said " Excuse me I'll be borrowing this young lady for a second..."
without giving Aoi a chance to protest , and almost too easily dragged her to the surface of the bar where he walked towards the closest alley he could find...