-Episode 6-
At the Sanctuary , Minami and his team are having their day off after scouting at the West building were they met a dryad creature by the name Tachi Mizuki yesterday. Minami walk past the market area where he see Katashi is waiting at the market entrance.
Minami: "Hey Katashi-san , what are you doing here ?"
Katashi: "Oh hey Minami-san. Well , since we're on our day off , I was planning to bring Varmoth-san and Seo-san to the market to get something to eat and apparently , the market are celebrating the festival right now."
Minami: "I see."
Soon after , Seo and Varmoth have arrive.
Seo: "Hey you two. Did we come here late ?"
Katashi: "No , you're here perfectly on time."
Seo: "Oh thank goodness. I didn't know you're coming along with us , Minami-san."
Minami: "Oh uh no. I'm just happen to pass by and saw Katashi was waiting at the entrance so I was planning to greet and chat with him for a bit."
Varmoth: "So why are you bringing us here again ?"
Katashi: "To have fun , of course. The market is having a festival right now so why don't we take a walk around and enjoy."
Varmoth: "Well...okay then."
They start to walk pass the entrance on their way to the festival and then;
Katashi: "Oh shoot , I forgot Minami and I have something to take care of today."
Varmoth: "What...!?"
Minami: "We do ?"
Katashi drag Minami toward him and whisper to his ear.
Katashi: "(Just go with the flow , man. Trust me.)"
Minami nod and look at both Seo and Varmoth.
Minami: "Uuuh yeah he's right. We have some items to check out back at the hall so we're sorry that we couldn't come with you."
Seo: "I see , that's ashamed then."
Varmoth suspect that Katashi is up to something so she walk toward him and ask;
Varmoth: "(What are you trying to pull here ?)"
Katashi: "(C'mon Varmoth-san. This is one rare opportunity for you to get closer with Seo. I know you have been waiting for a chance to strike.)"
Varmoth: "(Wha !?)"
Katashi: "Alright , it's time for us to go now. See you later."
Seo: "Okay."
Varmoth: "Hey wait !!"
Katashi: "Good luck , Varmoth-san."
After Katashi and Minami leave the area , Varmoth is in disbelieve for Katashi's scheme that brought both of them here. As she in distress;
Seo: "Well , shall we go then ?"
Varmoth: "Eh...?"
Varmoth eventually walk around the market with Seo and then , they happen to see a shooting range for fun so Seo look at Varmoth;
Seo: "Wanna do a challenge ?"
Varmoth: "Hmm ? , challenge ?"
Few seconds later , they were given a non-lethal rifle where the bullets are made out of rubber.
Varmoth: "So , what was the challenge again ?"
Seo: "Well , whoever have the highest score of the shooting range , the one who lose have to do anything the winner want for today."
Varmoth: "Is that so ?..."
She is thinking about it for a moment. Then;
Varmoth: "Okay , I'm in."
Thus , the duel of shooting range between Seo and Varmoth begin.
During the duel , Seo is taking his first turn and at the end of his round , he is able to shoot 8 out of 15 targets. After his turn ended , Varmoth is now taking her second turn. Seo look at her as she concentrate her aiming and notice that she is controlling her breathing technique to optimize her aim. In the end of the second round , she's able to shoot all of the target. At the end of the challenge , Varmoth win the duel against Seo. As they walk along the food stall;
Seo: "As expected , you're really good at shooting than I do."
Varmoth: "Well , I am a sniper that protect our group from long range. So , it's no surprise that I had the advantage over you."
Seo: "I wasn't sad about being lose thought. We do having fun during our duel after all."
Varmoth: "Indeed."
Soon , they hear many sound of footsteps toward them. As they look behind , they see a crowd of people are walking pass them then Varmoth were caught in the middle of the crowd and swept away from Seo. He's surprise about it then go toward the wave of crowd and blend in to find her.
Seo: "Varmoth-san , where are you ?"
Varmoth: "I'm over here. Seo-san , I can't see you."
She try to move her way out of the crowd but she can't find the space for her to move. As the crowd start to move again , she couldn't find her way out and begin to swept away but , someone hold her left wrist preventing her from swept away again. As the crowd finally passed her;
Seo: "Varmoth-san , are you alright ?"
She look at the hand that hold her wrist and it was Seo who is able to caught her on time before the crowd start to move again. She look at him;
Varmoth: "A...uh...um..." ( o///o)
Seo: "?"
Varmoth: "I'm fine...thank you very much." ( •///•)
Seo: "You're welcome. Anyway , we should be careful since the crowd probably coming here again."
As Seo walk further away from Varmoth;
Varmoth: "Um...!!"
Seo: "Hmm ? , what is it ?"
Varmoth hesitate for a moment , then;
Varmoth: "C-Can I..hold your hand ?. I don't want to be swept away again."
Seo: "Eh ?"
Varmoth: "Come on , I win the challenge you know. So you have to do anything I say , okay ?"
Seo: "Very well then."
He lend her his hand but Varmoth hesitate again. Soon after , she gently hold his left hand and they proceed to walk to buy food and drink while holding each other hand. After they walk around the area , they sit at the bench nearby and enjoy the meal they bought while viewing the scenery of the festival. A moment later , Seo notice something on her head so he start to warn her.
Seo: "Varmoth-san."
Varmoth: "Yes ?"
Seo: "Stay still."
Varmoth: "What ? , what do you mean ?"
Seo: "Just don't move..."
Seo's expression start to become serious as he start to move closer toward her.
Varmoth: "(Eeehhh !?!?)" ( O/////O) !?
As Seo get even closer while reaching his hand toward her.
Varmoth: "(Wait , my heart...is not...ready for this.)" ( >///<)"
She close her eyes as she cannot stand the situation she's in. But in Seo's case , he reach his hand toward the top of Varmoth's head as she close her eyes and brush off the few bit of dusts that stuck on her hair earlier. He move away from her as he's able to brush it off her then she turn away in embarrass;
Varmoth: "(I see , so that's what it was.)" ( -///-)
Katashi: "Hey Seo-san , Varmoth-san."
Varmoth: "?"
Seo: "What is it ?"
Katashi: "The greenhouse at the West building. It's on fire."
Seo: "What !?"
(End of Episode 6: Bonding)