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The closing ceremonies are much simpler than the beginning one. It is one that she images to be, rather similar throughout many schools. Teachers and students thank each other alike for enriching each others lives. The dean stands to say once again how proud she is of those graduating today and then of course, everyone throws their cap into the air. Well almost everyone. Charis is staying huddled in the back, tears of joy slowly leaking from her eyes as she holds onto her cap. To her it will be a symbol like the gown of everything she has a accomplished here. The graduation over, students begin to file down off the stage. Once again she hangs back. Wanting to wait until she can see her akri before she begins walking down. For it is one of her greatest fears, to be lost in the crowd and not find him.

Oh how her eyes light up at the sight of Seisuke coming over to her, only to have him say things like that. Her eye is just fine and rather than ask her why it was covered, he called it names. While they hurry and weave their way through the crowds of families and friends, Charis looks down. Watching their feet rather than where they are going. She knows that he isn't going to lead her astray but for some reason she feels like she let him down by wearing her patch now. "I.. I could take it off akri. The eye still works."

There in front of the entrance to the other room she stops and moves to stand in front of him. Normally she doesn't mind what people think about her, but she does care about his opinion. For him to think well of her and be proud of her is all that she had ever wanted. "Its not that akri! Its.. Adelaide. I didn't know if you wanted her to be apart of this." There she has said it and now she is looking down, ashamed of her own selfish thoughts. She hid Adelaide partly because the computer thinks emotional moments are pointless. If there isn't some knowledge or some gain to what is going on, she would rather just not be involved.

Still standing in front of the dressing room she pauses for a few moments. He has apologized but with her head bent she can't see his smile or she might be a little bit more comforted. With a soft sigh her hands move to the buttons at the neck of her graduation gown. Charis doesn't need to change into something else, she still has the dress that she sang in, on. Its just under her robe. Silently she keeps unbuttoning, not stopping until she can pull the entire robe over her head. Leaving her standing in front of her akri in a white gown.

Like a match to flame, her cheeks redden when he applauds her. Although she had been dressing while thinking of him earlier. Charis had been looking for his approval not necessarily his high opinion. Now her face is hot and she is looking down, not from embarrassment although she doesn't like how people are looking at them when they walk by, but from habit. Yet her head is forced up when he hugs her and after a few moments she actually hugs him back, blushing deeper when he kisses her forehead. "Go? Go where?"

Charis sighs softly and closes her eyes. Although her four years at school have gotten her more used to interaction with others, she is still unused to meeting new people. Especially in new places as well. Secretly she had been hoping to be able to go back home right after graduation. But if there was some place else that he wanted to stop by then she wouldn't mind going, so long as he didn't leave her there alone. "Do I have to dance too?"