Snippet #1012740

Azami, in one of her usual fit of anxiety, was quick to panic over the innocent question. How could she tell we were first years? Is it that obvious? Am I embarrassing Asai?! her mind raced with her worried thoughts, ignoring the pretty obvious answer for each one in question. To the first one, well, simply put? She hadn't. Kohana had only been striking up conversation, though Azami herself was too socially inept to even really understand the concept, let alone thing it was normal. To the second, it was ridiculously easy to tell they were first years, perhaps not in the current context, but normally so. There really wasn't any use worrying over that. The whole awing at every other thing they saw and devouring most of a food table had given them away...And to the last, Asai had only been embarrassed twice in his entire life. Once when he sampled his father’s brandy and woke up in the village mess hall sleeping on the head of a moose naked, and the other when Azami had introduced him to the new kids in the village as her older sister. The last he still hadn't lived down either...

Asai sighed at his sister’s inner panic, seeing every thought that ricocheted within the walls clearly in her frenzied eyes. She was doing so well too..."Haha, yeah actually~ I guess it's pretty obvious huh?" Asai falsely chuckled, bringing a hand up to his face to hide the slight frown that had been slowly etched in. He really did hate having to deny his sister social interaction, but given the pace at which she was going about answering, they would only manage to alienate a potential friend. He’d just have to take the guilt that came with it for her sake. "What about you?" Truth be told, Asai actually was a bit curious, the girl didn't look old per say, but definitely older than both of them. Yet her actions were a bit, err, awkward to say the least. Like what was expected of any new student.

Her nails digging into the palms of her hand, Azami decided it best she pipe in then, "Y-yeah...a-are you a s-second year?" That was pathetic... Azami internally cried, her outside appearance close to tears as well.