[Kaliko]

After a moment, Blaze went on her own way.

Yue stopped and turned around. "I don't need a babysitter," she snapped.

[Rinrou]

The woman snorted lightly, "I'm walking back to the maincenter as well."

[Kaliko]

Yue didn't look like she believed the woman, but kept walking, heading for her room.

[Rinrou]

As they reached the main area, the woman did indeed break off and left Yue to her own devices.

[Kaliko]

Later that morning, Yue snuck out of her room and briefly revisited the Juttle she had spent the night in and returned to her room before anyone could notice. Then perhaps in time, someone would take notice that the cupcake sweater was missing. Or not.

Around noon, Blaze was suddenly seen running down the hallways, looking for Kale.

[Rinrou]

Kale was eventually found in Rosen's room. They seemed to be having a very intense video game match. It looked like a very old game, Mario cart or something. They looked pretty silly fighting over stars.

[Kaliko]

Blaze didn't seem to notice or care what what Kale was doing as she burst inside and ran straight into Kale, wrapping her arms around him.

[Rinrou]

Kale gave a bit of a start. "U-Uh..." he muttered, very surprised and unsure of what to do. After a moment he seemed to collect himself and asked gently, "What's wrong?" Awkwardly he wrapped his arms around her but seemed to increase in confidence as he hugged her tightly back.

Rosen snorted, looking the pair over without trying to disguise the disgust in his eyes.

[Kaliko]

To Blaze, there was no one in the room except for Kale. After a few seconds, Blaze started to cry. And that quickly turned to sobbing. After a few moments she started saying something, but it was incomprehensible. But it was the same phrase over and over again. Eventually Kale could figure out what she was trying to tell him, "Twenty one months and seventeen days." She wasn't sad; she just couldn't contain the happiness she felt.

[Rinrou]

Kale blinked before starting to chuckle, "Well, how about that." he mused before tenderly kissing the top of her head.

Rosen continued to stare at them, "I didn't think I'd live to see this day, Kale. But you've successfully managed to find a girl as strange and abnormal as you." he stated bluntly. Kale either didn't hear or pretended not to as his focus remained on Blaze.

[Kaliko]

Blaze kept crying for a long while like this was the best news she had ever heard.

[Rinrou]

Kale clearly was not used to embracing others or being this close. He tried his best for Blaze but as time wore on he began to feel more and more uncomfortable. "W-Well..." he cleared his throat, "Let's not waste any time of your 21 months and 17 days. You hungry?" he asked, tilting her chin up so he could get a look at he face.

[Kaliko]

Blaze at least seemed to be somewhat aware of Kale's comfort level. She took a few moments to gather herself a little better and backed off a bit. "... I'm not very hungry," she replied a little hoarsely as she started to become aware that she had interrupted something.

[Rinrou]

Kale nodded, looking Blaze over for a moment before smiling a bit, "Wanna race?" he asked, "I'm sure Rosen wouldn't mind."

Rosen rolled his eyes, he had just stood, "By all means, don't mind me." and started to leave. Kale just chuckled.

[Kaliko]

Blaze glanced at Rosen, looking like she didn't know if she should worry about Rosen leaving.

[Rinrou]

Rosen caught Blaze's glance and gave her an annoyed 'What?' glanced back. But he relented a little as he sighed, "Kick his ass for me, will ya?" and left the room.

Kale was still smirking a bit, "Don't worry, he needs to get away from his video games more anyway."

"I heard that!" came annoyed call from outside the door. Kale snorted, amused.