Shion, with the bag of chocolate resting on her lap, kept her hands clenched together on the table, her eyes focusing intensely upon them in an effort to be as invisible as possible. If she did that, everyone could go home a bit happier. Well, two of them would, but that was better than none, right?
So of course, Kenji had to go and ask why she was sitting in front of the manga store, which left her wondering what kind of plausible answer to give. Like hell she was going to admit her passion for childish romance comics! Well, it wasn't exactly a problem, was it? All she had to do was calmly and rationally explain that her being in that place was merely coincidence, nothing more to it.

Shion opened her mouth, inhaling to steel her nerves, her amber eyes flickering in his direction, and finally voiced her believable cover story;

"Mind your own goddamned business!"

Glaring at her clenched hands once more, she wanted nothing more than to repeatedly slam her head against the table. Instead, she settled for sinking into her seat, avoiding eye contact with Kenji and Aiko.

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It wasn't long before the last Negative was defeated, it's head crushed between the pom-poms resting atop Riot Lily's flower stems. Her allies had managed to defeat the others as well, giving them a reprieve from the battle. Though perhaps 'reprieve' was too strong a word, given the overall challenge.
"Well, I appreciate the thought, guys," Lily said, her weapons gone with a flash of light as she turned to face them, "but you shouldn't put yourselves in danger when I've got things handled, 'kay?"

Her arrogance may have been born from good intentions, but it was arrogance nonetheless, not that she seemed to care how she sounded. Riot Lily took a seat upon the ground, sighing loudly, "then again, even non-combatants could've cleared such a crappy crowd! Almost not even worth the effort of killing."