[Rinrou]

Kale was still watching Blaze, "Have you every dated?" he suddenly asked.

[Kaliko]

There was an even longer pause from Blaze. "... No," she finally replied shyly.

[Rinrou]

Kale suddenly let out a rather loud sigh, "Good." he replied, "Neither have I... and I don't know how to go about it either." he admitted, not seeming very embarrassed by the fact. He paused, "I mean... I guess I haven't asked..." suddenly he was a bit self-conscious, "Do you... want to date? Whatever that is exactly. We have a bit of an age gap between us but I don't act very mature for my age anyway." he blurted out before suddenly falling silent.

[Kaliko]

There was a long pause before Blaze blurted out a little too loudly, "Yes!" Then she continued in an indoor voice, "Uhmm... Y-Yes... I want to date... That's how you... start a relationship with s-someone, right..?"

[Rinrou]

Kale was silent for a long moment, "Uh... I think so. I think I'm supposed to have flowers or some dirt like that. But I mean... you don't really seem like a flowers sort of girl." He paused, "Not that you don't like flowers! You might like flowers! There's nothing wrong with liking flowers!" Suddenly he slid down, back to the barrier until he was seated and ran a hand through his mohawk.

[Kaliko]

"... Flowers?" Blaze asked, a little confused. But she shrugged it off. "... But... I... uh..." There was something clearly on her mind, but she was having difficulty.

[Rinrou]

Kale remained on the ground, "Sitting helps." he suddenly stated, voice sounded a little overwhelmed as well.

[Kaliko]

Blaze remained standing for a moment before sitting down, still facing the barrier. After a long moment she replied, "... Not really..."

[Rinrou]

Kale shrugged though she couldn't see, "You can tell me." he replied quietly but honestly.

[Kaliko]

Blaze took another minute before speaking up. "... I've... always wanted... a relationship," she tried to explain. "But, as I understand them, you are supposed to... give a piece of yourself to the other person or some dirt... which somehow relates to giving them your time. But..." There was a long pause. "If I start dating you then I'd have to disobey Sheng. And if I disobey Sheng, then I don't have much time left."

[Rinrou]

Kale paused for a moment before slowly standing and grabbing his bag. Then he walking over and sat down behind Blaze, leaning his back against her back. "The way I understand it." he said quietly, "Is that dating... it kind of what we're already doing. Meeting at night and eating meals together. The only difference is that you've expressed your feelings for each other." He starting digging through his bag, "I don't see why Sheng would get angry at that. You're still protecting Yue."

[Kaliko]

"... It's... not that," Blaze tried to explain quietly. "I can date whoever I want, but... in the end... Sheng and Yue would expect me to betray you and the neonates and everyone else. And if I date you, Yue would catch on that I have no intention of doing that. I'm not too hard to see through."

[Rinrou]

Kale sighed a little, "I suppose... it was rather naive of James to agree to take you two in at the beginning. Wolfe was wary of it but James... no one knows what the terra he's thinking sometimes." He paused, "I trust you but I foresee a problem though. If Yue decides to betray us, I would have to kill her, Blaze. As stupid as I look with this hair, I am lethal. As much as I respect you, the mission I am fighting for is so much bigger than us." He shifted a little, leaning his head back and resting it against the back of hers with another sigh.

[Kaliko]

"... I know..." Blaze replied quietly, leaning back against Kale. "... I hope she decides to trust the neonates... Sheng hurt her pretty badly. And she knows he's up to no good. But her family is all she's ever had. And after her father was murdered, Yue and her older brother became inseparable. Honor is life to them. But if she thinks her brother betrayed her... then who knows what she'll do."

[Rinrou]

Kale nodded a little, "Surprisingly James seems to be spending a lot of time with her. Perhaps that will help, or maybe it'll just make it worse." he murmured before blinking, "Wait, aren't her and Nic related?" he asked, voice a little confused.

[Kaliko]

"Not anymore," Blaze replied with a sigh.