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Saori Oka & Mellia Hanesworth.

It seemed like Mell noticed Sai looking at the cigarette, and stomped it out. This made Sai more comfortable here, so she decided to talk. "Yeah, I live around here." She said. "We might have. Your name rings a bell. Maybe you've just seen me on the streets somewhere," She did spend a lot of time outside because her mother wasn't home often, so that was definitely a possibility. "There's a chance that we went to the same school though!" She heard Mell talk about the couples and kicked a rock. "Uh, yeah...Nice to meet you, too!"

Mell folded her arms, gazing up at the sky, bringing her hand up to rub the bridge of her nose.  Honestly, the idea of seeing Saori on the streets was even more likely than going to primary school with her.  Mell was out a lot.. working with her dad, drinking and being social with his friends.. getting business deals as he'd taught her.  "So.. what are you doing here.  Come here with anyone?"  she asked, shaking her head slightly to clear her mind.  "You headed up to that fancy Arctane School too?"  She watched the rock skitter away, wishing that it would have just gone a bit further and conked one of the snuggling couples in the back of the head.

"I did come here with someone..." She said, thinking of what that group was doing now that she had left them. The hugger was probably hitting on Ayumi or something, and the shy girl and Alex were confused on what she had done. That's what she thought. They were probably doing the exact opposite. "But, uh..." How would she word this? She was thinking it over in her head before deciding on one way. "I kinda left them. My friend was talking to way too many random people and I was uncomfortable, is how I would put it. She's probably inviting every single person who was alone for even a millisecond over to their sleepover or whatever." Sai sighed, and kicked another, smaller rock over to some other group. "I'm going to Arctane, yeah. I'm switching schools from my last one. Are you here for the fireworks or something else?

Mell raised an eyebrow as Saori spoke of leaving her friend.  "Inviting everyone to her sleepover if she's just met them?  No offense to your friend, but sounds like she's not the brightest cookie in the tool shed."  She purposefully mixed together three different sayings, a low chuckle coming from her chest.  "I was always taught inviting random people to my house was not allowed unless i knew them really well.  Whoever it is might try and kill you." She fingered the small scar on her elbow absently."I'm here for fireworks. I wasn't going to come at all if not for them.  I like how they feel, i guess.  Not really the type for Yukatas and whatever else normal girls do.  Actually, i'm planning on going out to drink after this, if you wanted to join."

Saori chuckled when Mell brought up the sleepover. "I was just kidding about that. She's the smartest person I know when it comes to electronics, but far from the smartest person about everything else." She thought about the random guy who hugged her. He might have killed her if it was't the festival. Maybe if they were in a large crowd and people weren't paying attention like complete idiots. "I like the fireworks. They're probably the best thing here. I wouldn't mind going out for a drink or two after the festival. I need some time to relax."

Mell smirked.  "Well, then i guess i'd be the opposite of your friend.  Unless you count video games as being good at electronics."  she chuckled at her joke.  "It's alright though.  I just pretend like i know what i'm doing and no one asks questions." She snorted.  "What about you?  Any good at electronics? Or are you smarter about other things?"  Mell smiled.  "You like beer? Or are you more into fruit drinks." Mell herself wasn't the biggest fan of beer, though she did have a thing for gin and tonic.. and really enjoyed taking shots of peppermint schnapps if she decided to sneak into a bar using her fake ID.

"I'm almost the opposite of her too, in that regard. The only reason we met was because we work at the same place. I'm no good with electronics. I suck at it. Video games, too. I'm much smarter about music. I sing some and play the electric guitar with a band. Maybe that's where you know me from?" She asked. That would actually be much more common than seeing her on the streets, because Saori does that more than she's actually out and on the streets. "Beer is one of my least favorite alcoholic drinks. I'm more of a martini fan, myself." She smiled. This was actually a fun talk. It was much different from what she had been expecting, so it was pretty worth it. "Oh, and I'm in the singing concert. If you haven't heard me before, there's a small chance that you will today." She heard a sound and looked behind her. There were a lot of people going towards one place. The fireworks must have been starting. "Looks like the star of the show is going to start soon. Wanna head over there?"

Mell raised an eyebrow.  "Singing, eh?  When i was a kid, my mom forced me to play the piano.  Said it would be a 'stimulating activity' or something.  Classical music.. Vivaldi, Mozart, Ragtime.  I hated every second of it.  But now i actually appreciate what she did for me... because i have an ear for music.  And because of her.. i found what i really liked.. which was drums."  she laughed.  "Never been in a band or anything fancy like that.  Probably wouldn't be good enough."  She raised an eyebrow.  "You know.. maybe.. i've been to a couple of band concerts recently."  She thought for a moment, smirking as the girl said something about Martinis, Mell was about to respond when there was a sound and people started moving.  "Yeah.  Lets go." She stated.

They reached the fence as a female voice started screeching across the field.  
“The fire works are about to begin!!”

Mell rolled her eyes as people started to clap.  As if fireworks were something to applaud.  How annoying.

“5!”
 the voice screeched again.

“4!”

“3!”
 with three, people started chiming in.. and with the sound of beer tabs clicking, it was almost like this was a New Years celebration or something.

 “2!”
 a flare lit up the darkened skies.

“1!”

Mell felt the crack of the first firework reverberating in her chest and closed her eyes, the orange and pink lighting up her face.  She opened her eyes by the time the third one popped, watching intently in silence for a moment.  Whoever had organized this festival had really gone above and beyond for the fireworks.. the things were notoriously expensive, and this was even color coordinated and seemed to have a sort of rhythm, as if it was supposed to go to some kind of song. After watching for another silent moment, Mell spoke.  "Looks expensive." she stated.

"It is," Sai said, looking at the fireworks in awe. How they got these fireworks annually, she would never know. The person who runs the festivals had to be filthy rich. "But I'm sure you already knew that." She had experienced these fireworks for 13 years, and she was still surprised at how beautiful they were. Every single year it was like they got better. Either they were more in sync or they just got better fireworks, but it didn't really matter which one it was. It went on for about 3-4 minutes, and then stopped. "Well, that was-" She started, and was interrupted by the people in the field clapping.  It was annoyingly loud, and she groaned when it stopped. "Well, that was amazing. Like it is every year. I think I have to go over to the singing concert place now. See you around, Mell!"

Mell watched as the last of the fireworks exploded from the ground, nodding her head as they finished.  Then she flinched as people started clapping, watching as Saori rolled her eyes and groaned.  As the clapping died down, the girl was able to actually speak.

"Neat.  Maybe i'll come by and watch you play for a bit."   she offered.  "Should be interesting considering-" she paused as the peal of her ringtone echoed through the field.  "Ah.. hold on, sorry I gotta grab this.  It's my brother."  She slid her finger to answer the call.  "What?"  her expression hardened.  "What??  You IDIOT!"  her face grew positively frightening as she spoke.  "Goddamnit, you couldn't keep your shit together for an hour, now could you.  I'll be there in fifteen minutes."  She hung up rather violently, giving an exasperated grunt.  "Sorry, guess we will have to save those drinks for another time.  My brother needs me to be his knight in shining armor or something annoying.  We will have to meet up for drinks another time.  See you at school tomorrow."

She jammed her helmet on her head, untying her windbreaker from around her waist and shoving it over her arms roughly.  "Don't get mobbed by any of your groupies." She teased before sprinting down the hill, vaulting onto her bike and starting it, shooting off into the night.

"Huh," Saori sighed. "Well, there goes my plans." She said, and began walking towards her next destination. She heard her phone ring this time, and the call was actually from her mother. "Hi, mom. Yes, the fireworks happened. They just ended." She walked and talked with her mother. Once she sings her song, she can go home and not care about anything until tomorrow. Sounds like a plan, she thought, while walking and talking. Not a very fun plan, but a plan nonetheless.
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