**Kotori Shirohane - Warakuma Shopping District | Noon**

Kotori had been planning the route she'd be taking when, completely out of the blue, she felt someone suddenly grab her arm. Startled and alarmed, she gave a surprised "Eh?!" - until she followed the arm holding hers to a figure standing beside her. Tracing up further, she saw that it belonged to a girl - and one that she recognised a moment later to be a schoolmate of hers. It would be hard not to recognise her - after all, who in their school didn't know Leiko Hamada? The brief fright she'd been given slowly subsiding, a surprised expression still came over Kotori's face as the girl then spoke, stating that she knew her; leaving her to wonder why she of all people would be known by her. That is, at least, until she mentioned the Flower Shop.

Giving a meek nod at the question that she was the Shirohane girl, Kotori gave another when the other girl then went on to say that she'd seen her around the school and confirmed that they were in the same year. "Yes?" Kotori agreed, though her quiet voice made it sound more like a question. Glancing quickly about, Kotori also noticed that the girl was alone - which was a rare thing given that from what she'd heard, Leiko Hamada was the kind of person that always attracted the attention of those around her; much the opposite of Kotori in fact. "Uhm... can I help you, Hamada-san?" Kotori spoke up a little, the surprise from before having fully subsided and instead replaced with a quizzical look as she turned to face her fellow Second Year Student; shifting the empty shopping bag from her hand up to the shoulder of her jacket as she did so.