Cool Winter's Day [Open]

Kasumi Hisakawa

Kasumi walked amongst the streets of Karakura Town. It was the weekend and she didn’t have any college classes, as well as not having any friends around, it had been quite some time since Asuka and her had met and she seemed to be a bit lost now without anyone to talk to. The weather outside was verging on fall into winter, the temperature too cold for Kasumi’s normal attire and instead now she wore pants and a shirt accompanied by a heavy jacked on top.

Winter was always one of her least favorite times of the year, it made even just walking around a hassle let alone doing anything productive, but even so what was the girl supposed to do? Was she just to sit at home and doing nothing? She had already trained so much in past days that it too had become more of a chore in its feeling than anything else, and that was far from what she had hoped it to be.

As the young girl walked through the town a figure, a women, seemed to stand out to her for some reason. In all reality it was probably her dress, clearly not at all prepared for the climate she was currently in. Was she a foreigner or was she simply that out of tune with what is appropriate to wear? It was hard to say. As she walked and passed the woman Kasumi couldn’t help but stop for a moment and look back, attracted to her for some unknown reason. People bumped into her here and there as they tried to get by, Kasumi apologizing briefly before turning around herself and beginning to walk in the direction of the woman. There was something odd about her, something that made her magnetic to Kasumi, but she couldn’t quite figure it out.

There was no harm in some slight stalking, right? Besides Kasumi had some skills if things got messy or confrontational. Though she hoped it wouldn’t, she kept her distance, just enough to keep the intriguing woman in her line of view as she watched what she would do next.

Tag: Retsu Unohana

Kasumi Hisakawa

Kasumi continued to follow the woman through the busy streets of the town, dodging this person and that as she tried to retain her view as well as keep a good distance behind the woman so she wouldn’t be noticed. It sure was good that Kasumi had no plans or obligations today; otherwise she might have gotten into some heavy trouble for just ignoring them for something so unusual and trivial. She had no plans though so the stake out continued as the two of them came to a convenience store and the young woman walked in.

An odd spot to stop, though people came and went through it all the time, it just didn’t seem the place that Kasumi pictured this girl going to, but then again could she really say she knew where this woman would go? She didn’t even know what it was that compelled her to follow her, no instead she simply continued to follow her drawn by some unknown pull, some mysterious feeling she couldn’t place. So instead of questioning it she went with her gut, she embraced it and continued to follow the girl even into the convenience store as she watched the woman casually shop.
Maybe…maybe there wasn’t anything to this…maybe she was just a simple person who happened to catch Kasumi’s eye and within that quick moment of reflection the woman was gone, out of eyesight and as quick as she disappeared it seemed she reappeared behind Kasumi, causing her to jump slightly as she spoke.

“I…I..oh…” Kasumi stammered still taken aback that she had so easily lost track of the woman, she sure could move fast.
As she looked at the woman she took in the smile, it was a nice smile yet something about it certainly made one feel uneasy at the same time, yet another mystery Kasumi could not answer.

What was the best course in this action? To lie maybe? Would that even work now? What other option did the girl have though? She couldn’t just come out and say that she for some reason found the woman interesting so she proceeded to stalk her that certainly wouldn’t have any positive outcomes.

“I. I wasn’t following you. Maybe we were both just headed to the same place? Kind of mean to presume such a thing, no?” Kasumi said with her own little smile.

She had decided to lie, though she was unsure how far that would even get her if anywhere, and she tried to relax her body having tensed upon being startled by the woman’s reappearance behind her.

Tag: Retsu Unohana

Kasumi Hisakawa

This woman was odd, or so Kasumi thought, she laughed quite a bit and her smile was certainly unusual. Embarrassed at being called out on lying to the woman, who by this point was more than positive of Kasumi’s stalking, she while looking down at the ground took hold of the food that the woman offered her.

“Thank you.” She said calmly, but with a hint of a depressed tone.

She slowly turned her head back up to the woman to see too that she was blushing, but whatever the reason was it seemed as though Kasumi had missed it during her brief watching of the ground. Though it did certainly intrigue her as to what it might have been that caused it, there was seemingly no words between them to warrant such a thing. Kasumi shook off the idea though, pushing it to the back of her mind as she listened as the young woman spoke again.

“Oh. So you’re a tourist? Why come here?” Kasumi asked curiously somewhat ignoring the woman’s question initially.

“I mean I guess you have every right to, but it’s certainly not the most fascinating of places. Like most big-little towns. Enough bustle to make it plenty with people but not enough to make you want to hate yourself.”

Kasumi started to eat the pie that had been handed to her by the woman, pausing for a moment to swallow before speaking again quickly.

“I mean there must have been something you wanted to see here other than this convenience store if you decided to visit her, no? So what was it that you wanted to see? If you’re lost perhaps I can help you out some.” Kasumi said, the last part of it she spoke a bit quieter than the rest. She wasn’t one to often find herself giving advice and help to random strangers, but something about this woman seemed different, and ever since some time ago she seemed to find herself appealing to her more mannered side.

After all what was the worst that could end up happening?