After their date  the previous weekend, Konosuke had thought of little else. Swimming and Cei, Cei and swimming. Every day after school at the pool the smooth waves moving as her body slid through the water fueled by a flaming excitement to go out with her again. She'd see her at practice, sure, but she couldn't wait any more. Just yesterday she'd gotten her a present and it couldn't wait. 

She sat in class, her knee bouncing, chewing the tip of her pen, staring at the clock, counting down. Third period was almost out, they had practically the whole day to go still. Geez. No way she'd make it, she had to see her now. Like right now. As in... -ding-

The clock tower began to ring outside marking the end of class and she shot and and ran from class smiling a wide grin. She made her way down a floor, Arceia would be here somewhere probably walking to her next class. She was glad she was tall and used her hight to peer over the lower classmen looking for the whitenette. Just as a few fans started to notice her, her crimson gaze fell on the special snow queen.

"Oi! Cei-chan!" She called, waving, but the girl didn't hear her. She laughed, making a game of it as she skillfully maneuvered her way through the crowd. Closer and closer she finally took her by the wrist, knowing she would most likely jerk herself around to glare at whoever grabbed her, she made sure to greet her with the biggest grin. 

"Hey girlie," she greeted with a wink, letting her go,"Gotcha somethin,"

She was so excited, first the present, then...then they were gonna play hookie. Yeah, that's what they were gonna do. 

It was tough to imagine herself in this situation looking back, but here she was. A radio DJ turned pop idol making waves. Already the campus was abuzz with talks of when the next show would be. She took some quiet pride in this, as well as another detail that didn't seem likely.

Nami. Yes, using her real name was fine I thoughts.

She knew little of the woman before that night. Even while on the same team as her. That much could be attributed to their age gap, for certain, but it was still unreal to imagine such a pairing. The swimming legend and a secret pop star, going on dates and being goofy. Much as she didn't like the idea of traditional relationships, she couldn't deny that she was enjoying herself.

It was right about the time she was thinking about these things that she gripped the coin at her neck, and right about the moment that happened she found herself spun around and face to face with the one who presented it to her. She didn't have time to react, and as such, didn't have time to build her cocky attitude, so all she managed was a small noise and then a blush.

"E-eh? "

Her reaction was perfect, she took the opportunity to get her out of the way of the passing students, leading her gently to the wall where she put her arm up by the girl's head (classic manga style) making a few fans squee, blush and quickly hurry away from what looked like a private moment.

She marveled at this a second, excitement welling so much she had to close her eyes and smile even bigger for a sec and then reached into her bag, before she presented a pair of neon blue ear buds, the 'buds' had cute panda faces on them. "For you," she said quietly, eyes sparkling.

She was so cute! And it made her swell with pride hearing even her classmates talk about the DJ, all the claps on the back from her friends talking about how lucky she was. She WAS lucky! Luckiest ever! Their secret, Cei's secret had become something they shared, and that was really freakin' cool, she thought. She waited to see the reaction to the gift, anticipating it like a child waiting for a surprise. After enjoying that....she continued.

"So!" she said, lowering her head a little to get closer to her crush and playfully blocking her in between teh wall and herself as she had a hand on either side of it's surface, "I also have a proposition for you," she looked mischievous, "Let's go, right now, come with me," she said quietly, "let's play hookie!" She never stopped grinning, she turned her head a little to look at her sideways. "Or else I won't let you go." She winked.

Of coruse if Cei showed any serious resistance, Kono would pout and give up the act, shrugging it off. Still, they had so much fun, there's no way she'd say no...right?

There were many things to react to right now. In order to process all of the information, Arceia delegated each moment to a different thought individually.

A gift? Why? She hadn't earned it. However, she couldn't deny it was adorable. And thoughtful, too. She hesitantly picked up a smile and then her brain allowed the next reaction to take place.

There was an audience. This was a live display. In light of this, she could do nothing but weakly make sounds of either approval or confusion. A worry had also crossed her mind that people may associate this with the show, but she pushed those thoughts aside.

Finally, there was the proposal to run. To just avoid class like delinquents. Go and have fun together doing anything else. To this, she did like the idea. However, she was here on scholarship and probably shouldn't roll any stones.

"Y-yes! " she said, deciding that her final thought process was stupid and deciding to have fun anyway.

Her knee shot up and her pulled one arm in a fist pump, "YES!" she said too loud, by then pressed her lips together tightly as she nodded, bright eyes watching the girl. Boldly she took her by the hand, which sent a warm joy up her arm and into her chest. She walked, or rather dragged her toward the door. The snuck past a nun to Konosuke's bike, which had been hidden right up against the building for a faster get away. Even if it drew attention, Kono didn't care, she just wanted to impress her friend.

"Hurry!" She said, tossing hte hemlet her way, "Hang on!" she said over her shoulder and then popped a wheelie, blazing down the side walks of the campus, a few miator students jumping out of the way through maiden park and she blazed them off campus.

When they got back out to part of city with places to eat, she parked and took off her helmet laughing. "That was so fun right?" she said, "Did you see the look on those old lady Miator girl's faces?" She laughed freely and put down the helmet, once again helping her charge off the bike. She paused her laughter briefly to push some of the hair out of Arceia's face, then, realizing what she'd done, blushed a little and shoved her hands in her pockets, turning around casually to offer her arm as usual. "...well...Ikimashou*?"



(*shall we go/lets go)

In a flurry of activity and confusion, she was swept away and taken off campus in a dramatic show of things. The good news was, she was away from the student body which meant she could open up a bit more without fear of discovery. The better news was she could do so with someone she greatly enjoyed despite their short time together.

Still, there was one bit of nervousness. Getting in trouble for this would mean some extra work which meant her show the following morning might not be as energetic. She could probably cover that with some sort of gossip readings in a smooth, silky talkshow voice though.

"Right." she nodded, finally. Comprehending what had just been said. She had to admit, it was a little bit of a thrill ride to be doing this. And thrills were fun. Maybe...

"I should write a song about a day like this. " she leaked out loud.

"Heh," she said, nearly faded blush returning over her smile, "You should, I'd listen to it,"

So even though it was cold, she steered them toward an ice cream shop that was partnered with a pastry shop. She got a cone of regular vanilla soft serve, and paid for whatever Cei chose as well. She sat down with her and stared at her hair, her violet eyes, she licked the dessert, getting some on her nose without realizing.

She lowered the ices cream, savoring the flavor and tried to look cool, which was hard with a glop of white on your nose. "So what's Cei-chan been up to since our date last? You pumped for this competition in the spring? Man, I'll show that Akerman kid from Yamaku what I'm made of this time, he made some pretty brave remarks about our team last year."

Of course she'd talk about swimming, instead of the girl's secret life. Part of it could be because she was being considerate, but more of it was because swimming was the first thing to come to her mind.

Rather than point out the gloriously silly mistake her date had made, she just allowed the moment to be as it was. Maybe it was revenge? Regardless of motive, her attention was drawn away from the ice cream on the nose and back to her own. Black raspberry was her favorite hands down, so she enjoyed that today. The purple of the ice cream was a faint but similar shade to her eyes.

"Pumped is not what I'd say." she shrugged." Ready for revenge is more like it. I don't appreciate being talked to like that, and I don't lose to braggarts."

A bold statement by itself, which may or may not have been intentionally hypocritical.

"Besides, I think our real competition this year is going to be Vincennes. They've gotten a bigger student body recently and it may soon rival Spica in size."

A playful shrug.

"But the win won't feel good if they aren't at least sort of a challenge, so that's alright I guess."