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Yoru scrutinized Son Tzue’s bold statement. Although far-fetched, she said it with such confidence that even the bamboo child had to at least consider the idea that the three of them had met before. Yet, the vital question was “where”. He was absolutely sure that he had never seen either of the other two children before in his life, not until now. So how come they exuded that undeniably familiar aura? Yoru silently shook his head. Enough of this conundrum! He could think about it later if he really wanted to answer.

“Well, I’m sure Byeoung won’t be too worried when he finds out I’m gone. He knows I’m responsible,” he reassured. Hopefully. “I haven’t really had the chance to play with other kids, so it’d be nice if I could hang around with you guys for a while.”

Song Tzue glanced at Bai Mei, aware that the boy’s guardian did care a lot for his son and was prone to worrying about him. She touched bumped her shoulder gently against his and gave him an inquiring smile. “We can go let you’re father know first if you want to? But he shouldn’t worry because I’ll always take care of you.” If Jing Lin worried too much he might come looking for Bai Mei and ruin the fun completely.

There was money in her pocket as well and spending it sounded like a good idea. “Okay, I can help pay for it and we can get something extra nice. I know! We’ll go get some food and then, there’s a park nearby, we can go play for a bit and feed the ducks at the pond.” It seemed like the perfect plan to her.

Bai Mei seemed to be thinking hard on Song Tzue's offer before giving a nod of his head, "That's a good idea, actually, if the two of you don't mind. I might be able to play for longer as well if my Father knows where we are going." He sounded quite pleased with that possibility as he would like to spend what time he could with Song Tzue and Yoru as he felt so content and happy with the two of them.

The plan to go to the park to play as well as getting to go and feed some ducks sound like a great way to spend time, it wasn't often that he went to the park since it was far to crowded a place and his Father didn't like places that had to many people in them. The only time that they went anywhere crowded was when they set up a little stand in the market place to sell some of Jing Lin's smaller pieces of work to the general public. It was a change of pace from what he normally did, making special orders for people and then delivering them to those people's homes or places of business.

The yellow eyes of Bai Mei lit up when Yoru offered to place a song for them and he gave an eager nod of his head, "Oh, I would like that a lot! Please do play for us, Yoru." He said, clapping his hands together as he awaited the song that the boy with the pretty hair was going to play for them.

“With pleasure!” chirped Yoru, bringing the wooden flute to his lips and carefully blowing out a few experimental notes. He paused, considering what kind of tune to play before absentmindedly nodding his head and starting off with a quick, cheery melody. His fingers quickly moved, covering and uncovering the various holes on his flute.

Continuously playing the song, he looked at the other two children and half nodded his head, motioning for the pair to make their next move. He had no clue what the group should do next, so he was better off just staying behind playing peppy background music while Song and Bai Mei lead the way instead.

The music seemed to flow through her; the cheerful cry of the flute reminding her of summer days and of glorious playful times that she had not experienced in this life. Song Tzue linked her arm with Bai Mei as they walked, barely paying attention to where they were going she was so enjoying just the sound of Yoru’s music. This seemed so much better than anything else she had ever heard. Even the talented bands that played at the expensive restaurants her grandfather insisted on taking them too.

Luckily it wasn’t too long before Jing Lin appeared and Song Tzue shook herself free from her music inspired daze. She gave a firm nod at Bai Mei’s question. “Of course.” She might be needed there to convince her friends father that he should be allowed to come along on their day of fun.

Giving a smile Bai Mei made his way over to where his father was, giving the man a happy smile and hugged him carefully so as not to bump the precious packages that he was carrying, "What kind did you get?" He asked in a curious manner.

"Two of green and one black." He said, the second one was the one that he had been looking for some time and it meant that he would be able to make something very beautiful for a customer that had been wanting a dragon done in black jade for some time. He gave his son a smile before looking passed him to Song Tzue and then to a new child, "Hello." He greeted the pair in a friend manner, always happy when he saw his son playing with other children as though he a normal boy like everyone else in the village instead of the 'son of a fox' which some people rumored him to be.

Bai Mei motioned to Yoru, "This is our new friend Yoru! We are going to go and play, the three of us, is that alright?" He asked of Father in a hopeful manner, starring up at him with large, puppy like eyes.

Jing Lin starred at him for a long moment before giving a little nod of his head, "Alright, I will go and drop this stuff at home, you guys have fun and I will come back to pick you up in a little while." He said, not wanting to leave him alone for to long but didn't want to deny him the chance to play for a while with friends that he was obviously having fun with.

"Thank you!" The white haired boy chirped, sounding quite excited now that he knew he would be able to play a while longer with his two friends.

Yoru politely waited as Bai Mei embraced his guardian. Melon-colored eyes watched inquiringly and with a tinge of envy. He treasured Byeoung-Keon and he knew that the lad cared for him back, but Byeoung-Keon was not keen on expressing his affection through intimate gestures like hugging. He was a man who dealt things in a professional, formal manner, through and through. As Bai Mei gestured toward him, Yoru hastily bowed as he introduced himself, just the way BK taught him. “Hello! It’s a pleasure to meet you.”

Once the man gave his consent, Yoru’s face lit up and he eagerly turned to look at the other two. He raised the flute to his lips to rattle off a brief array of cheery notes. “I’ve never really been to the park before. What’s it like?”