(GS3) Field: Cardfight Training Area

[AlwaysAwake]

He blinked, a bit unsure about the situation as he looked at the two, rubbing his eyes as he tried to process what happened earlier. "Ah.... I see. Poor Yukino.." he would look away as he sighed, a sullen appearance as he proceeded to pose theatrically, speaking the dramatic words in French what might be translated as "Oh, young love".

Though, in truth there was a very obvious sarcasm apparent in his words. A small smirk coming up as he snickered before speaking in a playful tone. "Just kidding." Sticking his tongue out for a second, his sight then settling on the rather famous figure before him. He paused, blinking iblankly once more though out of his minds confusion as it tried to process the image.

"Uh.... Hope-San?" Alexander stuttered out, baffled by sighting the only idol who's music he cared to listen to. He began to fidget before turning to Haruka as he mouthed the words "What?"

[Jello]

Haruka proceeds to sit up and against the tree they were already under. Miss Idol off the left seemed to have caught Alex's attention too. In a, er, slightly different way than Haruka however. Waving over to him, Haruka catches something on his hand. Red.

Wait...

Tracing up the stains on his shirt to his... nose. He covers his face staring off to the right, now not looking at anybody. Embarrassment filled his heart and blood rushed to his head once more, causing the stream of red to continue from his nostrils.

"A-Alex.. do you have any tissues or something," Haruka muttered. He was really trying to keep his cool, and that was not happening. It was not going to happen. Haruka was in the worst position to be in for a man. And the only way out was to disappear because god knows these sisters are forces to be reckoned with, having no idea why he got involved with them in the first place.

Haruka wasn't about that life.

[Hope]

Seems like he fell over. That means it must be good. She jumped for joy and gave herself a mental pat on the back as the practice had paid off. Though it seems that the act had attracted some attention. Someone had approached them now. Would be awkward if they saw all that, though they probably did. He wasn't looking at her anymore, maybe she could keep teasing him. That would be too sadistic.

"Hey! Hello!" The individual addressed her as "Hope-san" rather than Hana so it wasn't someone who knew her too closely. Yeah, that certainly made the situation even more awkward. Harooka turned away, but he really was blushing. She couldn't stop smiling at the fact especially now that he was asking for tissues.

"Well that was fun right? I swear I didn't know how to do any of that until I was introduced to romance movies and met some other idols haha."

She never understood the bleeding part though, maybe he needs to get that checked.

[AlwaysAwake]

He kind of just stared at them for a moment, still unsure about how to react though he'd try to open up and move on from whatever this situation was. "Uh, yeah I got some napkins" Throwing the tiny plastic packet to Haruka, not really caring much about the paper itself, his attention focusing on Hana.

"I'm uh, Alexander. Nice to meet you!" Speaking excitedly, extending his hand out for a handshake while continuing to barrage the immediate area with his words. "So you two know each other?" Raising an eyebrow in curiosity, glancing at the two of them as he awaited an answer.

[Jello]

"Y-Yeah, something like that." Haruka started wiping down his nose and hand with the napkins, as well as dabbing up some small spots on his shirt. Luckily his shirt was already a burgundy color, so the stains didn't show all too well. He could probably get away with it if they weren't looking too hard for it.

He shifted his vision over to Alex and Hana for a moment.

"Miss Hana Espoir, idol extraordinaire." Haruka gave his little summary of her, turning back to face the building. Life was hard for Haruka these days. With a couple more seconds of fixing himself up, he found enough built courage to stand up and look at them again. Man... When is Yukino going to come home? At least if she teased him, he had a reason to tease back. And well, this would actually be an acceptable response with her.

"What are you doing around here anyways, Alex? Came to train?"

[Hope]

"Nice to meetchaaa" She shook Alexander's hand as well. A strong firm grip like Dad-san says.

Poor Harooka was still bleeding, well wiping off the blood now. Maybe she owes him a new shirt, maybe even help him get a blood transfusion if he wants. Pacifica was right, idols sure are deadly. Of course, according to legend, Pacifica's eyes conceal the screams of thousands upon thousands of innocent children. Isabella still wasn't in that kind of league but her development over the course of the year had helped her at the very least. "Satan eyes is some legendary idol ability only limited to Pacifbaka probably..."she thought to herself.

Focusing on the situation at hand, Isabella was in the mood for a quick performance. She had come here under the invitation of Cero, but she didn't know whether he was around or not and didn't feel like barging in without him around. A fight sounds nice, yeah.

"Hey so, anyone up for a game?"

[AlwaysAwake]

"Oh man I get to see Isabella play? This'l be great to see woooooow." The young man let out, a joyous air about him as he held the urge to jump around, though, sadly he wouldn't be the one fighting. Yes, he'd ask the nosebleed dweeb to fight instead.

"I think Haru should fight, he might need the practice" Winking at Haru while teasing him about the earlier loss, seems he wouldn't let it go in his own way about Haruka not using Blast Bark correctly.

"But first uh.... Mind if I get your autograph? A photo? Maybe sign a CD one day? Oh oh go out with Haru and have him invite me randomly! I mean, if, if you can or want to later. Don't wanna be rude..." His persona falling back to that of the tireless fan. Seems he was still a teenage boy in the end.

[Jello]

"Eh..." Haruka found out he had no choice but to fight this time around. Perhaps a second chance to redeem himself as a fighter after such a miserable loss to Alexaneder. However his opponent was Hana. Who he was having trouble even keeping his eyes on for a moment, let alone a whole Cardfight. Looks like the only thing Haruka would be staring at is his damage zone this game.

"S-Sure-"

Wait... what did Alex just say?

"E-Ehhhh?!" Haruka walked over to Alex and gave a light knock on the back of the head. At least spare his last bit of dignity, considering it all mostly came out of his nose along with the blood that was covered in the tissue he just threw away. Jeez, Alex. Be considerate. Without another notice, Haruka stepped over carefully to the fight table, placed down his deck and took a deep breath.

Concentrate the on the fight. That's all you gotta do. Don't even have to win, just don't do anything stupid.

Haruka kept a mental note in his head as he awaited Hana for the fight to begin.

[Hope]

In the end Labrador-chan did well against Harooka. Brilliant combos all around and it seems that the fight itself attracted a lot of attention from the nearby fighters who were now a captive audience. Isabells reslly needed to learn when to be quiet with the idol mode. "Thanks for watching minnasan," she waved at the onlookers while smiling.

She turned over to Harooka, the blood on his shirt really obvious. "Arigatou."

[AlwaysAwake]

Watched the fight with great interest, taking note of Bermuda Triangles flowing and graceful style. A perfect fit for an idol. Though sadly after the fight his phone would ring, picking it up hesitantly as his mother began to chatter away, he sighed as he nodded to her words and said at the end "Okay, you too" in a defeated tone.

"Good fight guys, but I gotta go, moms calling." He would say painfully before waving the duo goodbye, a bit dissatisfied that he couldn't have a knack at the idol.

Hana AP + 2
Haruka AP +2

[Jello]

Hm...? Oh, I lost. That was fast..

Haruka had totally spaced that entire fight out. He vaguely remembers the ride chant for Dauntless Drive Dragon or something, and maybe calling Calamity Tower Wyvern. However anything beyond that point was somewhat blurry and a lot of his responses were vague "hmms," or "right." Autopilot responses. He told Hana it was a nice fight, but he didn't really know if he meant it or not because all he remember was putting down the sixth damage and seeing that Hana hadn't even made it to four. He lost without evening Breakriding. Normally this might cause some kind of devastation or a nasty remark, but Haruka didn't really feel all too bad about losing.

In fact, he didn't feel anything at all.

"Yeah, thanks Hana." Haruka said, autonomic as ever. Something felt wrong, for a moment, but Haruka couldn't put his finger on it. While it would be easy to see how Haruka was feeling normally, he displayed a robotic, vacant expression at the moment, sort of just chewing his lip, looking forward where Hana was standing by the fight table.

Haruka felt a slight blush rise to his face when he came to back reality and saw Hana and all her fans. He still felt awkward about earlier, but it all passed over in a matter of moments. Today was a fun day overall, good memories he supposed. Not a story he particularly wanted to tell Yukino, should she ask, but something to remember if he's ever in need of a smile.

He scooped up his cards and proceeded to lay back down under the tree next to the training center, nodding to Hana on the way over. He was drained in more ways than he could think of, probably because Haruka currently lacked the capacity to really think.

Alexander had left and Haruka hadn't exactly noticed at first, but saw him off in the distance already leaving. Haruka threw a mini-wave to his back before lying down under the shade.

Alexander AP+2

[Hope]

Alexander seems to have left. it's a shame that she wan't able to get to know him more, but she will remember him. Haruka was able to exit from the crowd and get some rest. From where she stood, he looked rather vacant, maybe he was feeling light-headed? Whatever it was, he really needed rest at the very least. What was a small audience ended up beig a group lining up for selfies and autographs. She didn't mind. it would give time for Harooka to get some rest at the very least. For the last fan, she wanted to practice her acting again, also making things a little more interesting. She got very close to the guy during the their photo and placed one of her hands around their hip area. The poor guy ended up getting a nosebleed and falling over as well.

" O M G IM SO SORRY!" Isabella jumped in surprise, kneeling down and helping the collapsed fan.
"i'll be alright haahaaa..." he responded back in trace-like state.

What a dangerous power...

After the crowd had disappated, she sat next to Harooka under the shade.
"Whew, it sure is a lot fun being an idol. Have you got anything done over the year by the way? School, a job?"

[Jello]

Hmm...? Hm.... Hah.

What is that sound.. Oh, it's Hana. The fans probably left.

Haruka sat up, staring out. Evening had finally shown up, the sun going down and all. It was funny because even if the sun wasn't there to make his hair blindingly annoying, the moonlight did it all the same. Haruka felt like a walking glowstick sometimes.

"Hmm.. Oh, hey Hanaaa..." His voice was a big sluggish, probably from exhaustion or something. Maybe he just wasn't feeling. He turned to look over at her for once after awhile. This time it didn't really even bother him, she looked like old Hana, just with much more noticeable curves. It's not like she's really anybody different from several years ago. More famous. more mature, more woman. Why should that affect him?

Rubbing his eyes, he finally responds to the question. "I had a job for a bit before New York... I worked at the amusement park for a bit selling hot dogs I think. Junior Year went by quick, pretty unmemorable, but you weren't here for that... Touring and stuff, right? How was that? Meet any interesting people?"

Haruka tried to be interested in the conversation because he'd feel pretty awful if he didn't at least put on his best face for the Idol, Isabella Hope. But that's not who he was putting on the act for. It was for Hana Espoir. Or at least he'd like to think there was a distinguishable difference between the two. Maybe not. He smiled a casual, thin smile like he used to. Before he met everyone. It was the default go to when he couldn't think of anything else, and it hadn't failed him then and it'll probably work for now as well.

[Hope]

"HOT DOGS!?" Isabella suddenly jumped in surprise. She fanned herself to calm herself down. Hot dogs were the best supplement to eggs. To think Harooka had such an amazing job... After she had calmed, she was ready to answer his question.

"While touring?... No doubt. of course, no one is more interesting than Drake. He's one of the strongest Aqua Force players whom I've met. Speaking of which, I trained with fighters all over the world." She breezed through the response quickly. She could tell he wasn't genuinely interested, but since he was putting in effort, he most likely didn't mind the conversation. She just had to lead the dance it seems.

"I think the best thing is having a hit single from my new album reaching the top fives on the charts." She pulled out her phone and showed him the colorful album cover with tons of mermaids all around. It read, "Weakness is Fin." She continue to speak, "If you haven't heard of it, its generally a happy batch of songs like "My Dog is a Mermaid," "An Ocean of Thirst," "Chocolate Starfish," and "Salty Deep Blue Sea." All the songs were hits, some reaching the top 25." She swiped her hand across her phone, reaching the last song of the album. It's art was a bit different. Less colorful, less upbeat, and more simple. Just a flower on a black background. This was the song, that she thought Harooka would be able to relate to. Chances are he hasn't heard it just because of how he was, but this song has been played nearly eveywhere.

"This song was the one that began an instant hit. Everyone's favorite..." Isabella gave a soft smile. "It's called, "Aurora's Flower" or, "Sleeping Beauty's Blossom." Either one works."

[Jello]

Hana seemed cheerful. More than he thought she would be, considering usually after a half-baked conversation they both parted ways, not really learning all too much or saying anything of interest. 90% of their conversations had something to do with a fight or Yukino so this was the first time they ever chatted about something not that and stayed on subject.

"Oh, Drake plays Aqua Force? That's nice. Did he get you a new hat?" Haruka asked, pointing to the white one. He joked, but the humor subsided quickly, sort of forgetting the comment all at once. Hana ended up pulling out her phone, scrolling through oddities of song names. Chocolate Starfish made Haruka feel a little sick for some reason, and An Ocean of Thirst sounded like a subtle message to somebody...

Then, the last one. The hit, apparently. Aurora's Flower, or, Sleeping Beauty's Blossom. Haruka stared at the art for a moment, somewhat entranced by it. The art by itself was very interesting... the black background was a bit of an odd choice. Of course any symbolism went over his head for the time being.

"Hmm... it sounds like it'd be nice." Haruka commented, using his arm as support. It's not the he wasn't curious as to know... but Hana seemed interested in showing him this song in particular.

"Why is this song the hit, then?" Haruka asked. He wasn't sure how to proceed with her point, so he just jumped to boat hoping he'd find the question she was looking for him to ask. Maybe not, but it was worth a shot.