Mai
It seemed both she and her cousin were walking in silence, still holding onto his hand Mai diverted her gaze from those around them especially Raiden’s. She wasn’t sure how he was reacting to the news but she knew it probably didn’t bother him too much since he didn’t know this Varthur person. Or does he? her lips parted as if to ask voice her curiosity, instead she allowed for her gaze to feed that curiosity. Without realizing it the both of them had walked into a large crowd of people, instinctively Mai walked closer to Raiden so that she could pass by without really bumping into anyone. It seemed from the direction they were facing or where trying to steal glances at that there was something just up ahead that had caught there attention. Closing the small distance between Raiden and herself, their bodies brushed against each other and Mai dearly wished she was tall enough to see what was going on.
Of course she needn’t have worried as by the time they had passed through most of the crowd, the both of them came across two people, a tall boy and a girl with long hair of similar coloring as her own. From the looks of it the girl looked vaguely familiar but once again Mai diverted her gaze in case she was spotted. The white haired girl (Cassiopeia) was apologizing to the boy who was with her as well as the crowd. It seemed the boy said something that got the rest of the crowd to disperse, a look of guilt or maybe shame on their faces. For whatever reason, the boy scared Mai. It may have been the way he stood by the girl protectively or the air of authority about him. Swallowing a suddenly dry throat Mai stepped slightly behind her cousin.
The white haired girl turned around, her eyes wide with disbelief upon seeing the both of them. Mai’s grip on Raiden’s hand loosened until she had let it go entirely. Before her stood the very person she could have sworn was but a dream but it didn’t matter what she thought for it soon became apparent that this certainly was not a dream. “It's really you!” Mai could only nod in her now dull state of shock. “I'm so happy to see you two!” Suddenly the back of her eyes began to prickle with tears, I’m happy to see you too, she thought to herself. Mai quickly wiped at her eyes so as not to show her tears but she needn’t try when Cassiopeia suddenly embraced the both of them. At that point, physical contact was already filled to the max and so when Cassiopeia finally released her it took all of Mai’s willpower to not drop at the feel of being hugged in such a way. Not even her family was able to get a hug out of her without Mai trembling at their touch. The only person she managed to have physical contact with without getting scared was Raiden as was apparent with the many times she had reached for his hand.
The look on Mai’s face was still one of shock, her face was a beet-red and she held the hem of her shirt to hide her trembling arms. Mai looked at the floor but took a chance to look up at the word friend. For a moment Mai was confused as to who Cassiopeia had been talking about and then she realized that the friends she had been talking of were Raiden and her. “Oh” her lips forming a small O before turning into a shy smile. As Cassiopeia continued to speak Mai wondered if they really did help her in a pinch, Is she saying that what I dreamed about was real. No it can’t be, that’s impossible. This Aeon person seemed nice enough but he was still rather intimidating to Mai. Aeon didn’t seem too pleased about hearing how Raiden and her had helped Cassiopeia but then he finally spoke, “Thank you for aiding, Cassiopeia.” Taking a small step back, Mai gathered her courage and looked up at Aeon. “U-um N-no pro-ob-blem. I-I’m gla-d I was of g-good use.” she managed to squeak out.
Breathing a sigh of relief, Mai was happy that she managed to speak before the both of them, especially Aeon. “Um-uh w-we ha-ave to go no-ow, bye-bye” whether Raiden had initiated their leave or not it mattered not. Once the both of them were off school grounds sniffling sounds could be heard coming from Mai. Looking up at her cousin, huge tears fell down her cheeks but it was easy to tell that they weren’t ones of fear or sadness but the small prideful smile on her lips said it all.