Heaven Life

5 - Sparring

In Flora's house, Yuuki is waiting for Flora in the guestroom while she's changing clothes. It doesn't even take three minutes for her to be done, she's already with Yuuki before he can finish the snack offered to him.

"Whoa, that was quick."

"I'm the type that changes quickly and doesn't require makeup. As long as I look fresh I'm ready to go."

"You're unlike many other girls that I know. They take at least five minutes just to change from sports uniform to school uniform. No offense."

"None taken…. Really?"

"Yeah. But let's not talk about that."

After the small conversation, Flora tells her mother that they'll be going out now. The pair says goodbye to her as they head to the field to meet Aka and his family. Flora asks about what activity he and Yuuki will do.

"What are you going to do with Aka?"

"Practicing, sparring to be exact."

"Sparring? Are you actually preparing for a competition?"

"Nah, we just spar occasionally."

"Occasionally?" Flora asks in confused/curious expression.

"Yeah."

"Why though?"

Yuuki makes the 'I don't know how to explain this' expression. With nothing more to say, Yuuki and Flora continue to walk their way to Aka's place. Suddenly, they hear a shout behind them.

"Flora!"

Flora and Yuuki turn to the shout and find a girl running towards them as she waves and shouts Flora's name again. Flora gets excited all of a sudden as she runs toward the girl and hugs her. The two spend time greeting each other before Flora introduces her to Yuuki.

"Ah, Yuuki. Meet Rose. She's one of my best friends."

"Good afternoon, I'm Yuuki," Yuuki greets Rose with a smile, but Rose remains expressionless.

"Just call me Rose," she replies.

"Alright."

"Ehe, that's just how she is. You just have to get used to her." Flora explains Rose's manner to Yuuki.

"I understand."

"Anyway," Flora ends the introduction and continues to walk with Yuuki and Rose. "Whatcha doing here, Rose?"

"I have nothing to do at home, so I decided to take a stroll around the city. I happened to see you walking together with this guy. Let's just say I want to go out with you."

"Ah, we just happen to be going somewhere."

"Somewhere? Where exactly?"

"Wahhh… I don't know. This is my first time going there too. But basically, my friend is going to practice."

"Practice for what?"

"Um… sparring?"

Rose feels intrigued, and with a smile, she says, "Well, I'm looking forward to it."

"Yeah, it's not often we see people sparring. And this one is free to watch."

"Right, right." Flora and Rose laugh together.

Yuuki watches the girls laugh together as he walks alongside them. Along the way, the girls occasionally chat about their daily life and how they have been doing, but out of nowhere, Rose talks about how much she dislikes boys. It gets quite irritating to Flora and especially Yuuki, but they get over it.