Babysitting [Open]

The woman that Ayame had run in to just sort of stared at her a moment before her gaze turned to Mark. Then just…stared at him. Her gazed had stayed mostly on Ayame but when her gaze turned to her cousin, the girl grew somewhat tense. The woman turned her eyes to her once more and Ayame shifted her weight slightly, moving so that she was standing in front of Mark subtly, telling the woman she was worried about why she was staring. It wasn’t normal to stare at anyone, let alone a girl and her cousin. But perhaps the woman just thought they looked familiar to her or something. Ayame wasn’t sure and she didn’t want to assume the woman would do her any harm. After all, most of the people in Beacon Hills were quite friendly and she had never felt threatened by any of them, at least not consciously.

After a moment, the woman seemed to finally realize what she was doing. She smiled at them, somewhat awkwardly before she found her voice. She said yes at first before she said she meant no and that she was sorry. Apparently she was new to the area and was looking around. She wasn’t paying much attention either. The woman’s Spanish accent was pretty clear, which made Ayame believe she had indeed recently moved here. The woman held out her hand for a shake and the girl just sort of looked at it a moment. The woman asked about there being no hard feelings and after a moment, Ayame smiled and held out her hand, shaking the woman’s. ”No hard feelings,” she agreed.

Gently, Ayame smiled at the woman. ”And I know the feeling. I moved here not too long ago myself to be with my aunt and cousin.” She paused. ”I’m Ayame. This is my younger cousin Mark,” she said as she motioned to the boy. He waved at the young woman, being less cautious than Ayame. ”We can show you around if you want!” The boy chirped. Apparently he had forgotten about his need for his new game when the woman showed up. ”I know Aya would have wanted someone to show her around when she started living here,” the boy said, looking at his cousin who nodded before smiling over at the woman. ”Yeah, we’re not doing anything important anyway. What do you say we show you around?”

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Notes; Oooo...Aya interacting with a supernatural creature for the first time. Exciting!

The woman smiled at them and said that if she could show them around that it would be very much appreciated. Ayame smiled back and her young cousin smiled over at her. He was the most pleased by this. There was no doubt that he thought she was pretty and therefore wanted to help her out. While Ayame was a good person, she tended to be skeptical of those who were new to the small town. After all, most were a bit skeptical of her. And Ayame was skeptical of strangers to begin with ever since what happened to her parents. She was allowed to be, of course, and it all worked out usually. She hardly ever saw strangers again, but her cousin didn’t share her fear or skepticism. After all, he didn’t really know what happened to Ayame’s family. She and her aunt had lied to him about it.

Ayame was so sure her cousin’s face would break in half with the size of the smile that formed on his face when the woman turned to him, saying that it was sweet of him to offer to show her around. She then looked at her, saying that they were both sweet to offer before she introduced herself. With a name, Ayame felt a little more at ease around the older woman. ”I’m Ayame. This is Mark, my cousin,” she shared. She hoped that things would be a little more cleared up. She hated it when people assumed that Mark was her son. He wasn’t, of course, he was her cousin but people just assumed that, which was sometimes really awkward while other times she could have cared less. People could assume what they wanted, but it would never be the truth.

Mark tugged on Ayame’s sleeve and the girl looked down at him. ”C’mon, let’s go!” He whined, making her laugh and roll her eyes a bit. ”Yeah, yeah, alright,” she said with a grin. ”Right now you’re in Beacon Hills’ shopping district. Nothing all that exciting when you think about the big city. I mean, there’s a lot of good places to shop and stuff, but if you came from a big city and liked it? This isn’t the place to shop, but we’ve got a mall and these shops which are always fun to shop in when it comes to any event in your life whether it’s a dance for me or a wedding for my aunt. Either way,” she explained as they walked down the street.

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Ayame had to admit, the woman surprised her with how nice she was to both her and Mark. After all, it wasn’t as though she was used to it. She was but she wasn’t. People in Beacon Hills were always nice to her, save for some of the teenagers, but they were teenagers for Pete’s sake. It was just the way that it was. People were that way and that was something that she had gotten used to. She had gotten used to teenagers being dicks, but the rest of the town being relatively friendly. She wasn’t used to strangers though. She definitely wasn’t used to strangers being kind to her and her cousin. This woman was new here and as such, Ayame had been…skeptical about wanting to help her out. But she seemed to be doing rather well and Mark took an instant liking to her. Babies and dogs could only tell when someone was a good person, Mark? Meeehhh… He pretty much loved anyone and everyone if they gave him candy and a smile.

The young Asian girl walked around the shopping district, glad that Mark had forgotten about her being there to buy things for him. While she loved doing so, she hadn’t really been feeling all that up to it. Suddenly she felt quite pleased about Carina having run in to them. After all, thanks to her she was now walking around the shopping district not only showing her around and distracting her cousin, but also making mental notes as to where to stop in next time she was around. Some of the stores she still hadn’t gone in to. She hadn’t had the time or the energy to do so with boxing, school, and babysitting her young cousin. So, when Carina asked if there was a florist around, Ayame nodded her head. ”Yeah, there’s one a few stores back up that way. We can head up that way when we get to the end of the strip,” she told her, smiling a bit.

While Ayame wasn’t sure what she needed flowers for, she wouldn’t question it. After all, it wasn’t like it was any of her business or anything. Soon the woman responded to Ayame’s words about larger cities and their hustle and bustle shopping centers. The woman told her that she didn’t mind being in Beacon Hills. She said that she had been in a big city before and she found it very intimate but she always preferred a nice in-between. Ayame nodded her head. ”Yeah, while Spokane isn’t like New York City or Chicago, it’s still a lot bigger than here… At least you can see Spokane on most maps,” she said with a light laugh before she shook her head. Mark looked in between the two women, not understanding what they were talking about. Well, he understood, he just couldn’t contribute to the conversation. So, he stayed quiet.

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Ayame looked down at her young cousin as Carina spoke to him. She asked Mark if he had ever been to any big cities before asking if there was one that he had always wanted to go to. This, of course, caused the boy to sit there and think a few moments. He was quiet as he thought. He wrapped his hand around Ayame’s so that he could think and walk at the same time. The girl gazed down at him a moment before she looked ahead, walking down the street. She had seen Carina glance at her, but Mark would speak when he had finished thinking. It wasn’t like she could control him anyway.

AAs they waited, Carina spoke, telling Ayame that she had never been to Spokane before saying that if she had, she hadn’t stayed around long enough to know that it was Spokane. Ayame nodded her head. ”Did you move around a lot then?” She asked Carina as the two walked down the street, passing by the various shops and stores that the shopping district held. Ayame looked at the various stores and places, but not before looking down at her cousin as he finally spoke. ”Mom and I have never been to any big cities, but I have always wanted to go to Los Angeles. We’ve never been there,” he confessed as they walked along, making Ayame smile a bit and shake her head at how trusting her cousin was.

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Notes; It's all good.

Ayame paused a moment when the woman told her that she had only two homes. It was but a moment later that Carina added in that she had one in Mexico and one in California. Ayame nodded her head. While she didn’t completely understand, she figured that Carina must have had a reason to own and pay for two properties. Ayame’s aunt could hardly afford one. Must be nice, Ayame thought casually before her young cousin spoke, telling Carina that he had wanted to visit Los Angeles, which didn’t come as a shock to her in the slightest. Her cousin loved attention so it wasn’t shocking that he wanted to go to Hollywood, but Carina seemed to think it was interesting or at least pretended to think so.

Carina told Mark that she had been to Los Angeles a few times before saying that it was a very busy city with many different people. Mark nodded his head, grinning happily. The boy had yet to understand how that could be a bad thing, but Ayame supposed it could be a good thing too. Then the girl was distracted when Carina asked her if she was still in high school or if she had graduated. Ayame blinked. Most people liked to think that she was still in high school, or had just started. The girl shrugged. ”Yeah, I’m still in high school. I’m a young one, but my junior year just started,” she expressed, shrugging her shoulders even further. It wasn’t that exciting.

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Notes; It's only awkward if you make it awkward.