Hurrying next to a stranger on the semi-crowded street, Momoko glanced behind her back for a moment – only to spot the familiar face that had been following her for the past several blocks. She turned back to the other and continued, a pleading look on her face. “Do you mind pretending to talk to me for a bit?” The young woman paused, giving a shakey laugh. “Well, we are talking. But, I think someone is following me and I want them to lose interest. Do you mind?” If they said no, she could always go to the next person. Although, she wanted it to seem like this was a friend.
↳ ❂ ↰ Kaeto had been doing his best to find an escape route away from the crowd, but freezing up every minute when someone brushed past him didn’t help in the slightest. How did he even manage to get there in the first place? He hated crowds so much; this street usually wasn’t that busy, but perhaps there was some sort of event going on that he’d yet to come across. When someone spoke to him, he turned with a slight smile on his face and managed to pay attention well enough to get the gist of what she was asking of him. “Get me out of this crowd and I’ll owe you my life,” came his response.
