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There still wasn't any sign of Riyo as far as Blade could tell. Perhaps she wasn't going to be coming? If that was the case, then he was pretty much just wasting his time here. With a sigh, he waited a little longer, though he was thinking of leaving pretty soon.

Beaming at Mitsu, Bent-Tail nodded, glad to see that she liked the gift he had for her.

The hug caught Shun off guard for the moment, but he brought up a hand to lightly pat her on the back before she pulled away. Hugs were still something he was very much not used to but he didn't mind them all too much coming from Mitsu. Bent-Tail on the other hand, returned the hug rather warmly.

"You're welcome," Shun replied to her, noting the smile she wore now, "Is... there anything you'd like to do over break?"

At that moment, he could have sworn he sensed some sort of strong killing intent, though not necessarily directed at him. Glancing around, he didn't see anything. Maybe it was his imagination.

Having caught up, poke heard riyo's latest declaration of what she would do, and now she felt better. As much as she probably wouldn't enjoy it, she would at least be safe. "Good" poke replied, arms folded as she watched the girl approach the hotel. She wondered if she should keep a eye on her for the remainder of the night encase she wandered off, but she doubted she would do something like that

Shun was about to say something in response to Mitsu, but she had already gone off to hunt down Blade to deliver the gift. Shaking his head to himself, he went on to follow, though kept his distance. He saw no need to approach the thief, so he just waited for Mitsu to be done there.

It took Blade a moment to realize that someone was approaching him and not just walking in his general direction. Glancing up to focus on who it was, he was a little surprised to see Mitsu coming towards him. The lost look in his eyes was briefly mixed in with confusion, which only grew stronger as she presented a red box that was from the Cafe Manager.

"Ah hey... Merry Christmas," he said while staring at the gift and slowly taking it. He had only met Morgan once and it was a brief encounter so he had to wonder why on earth he would want to give him anything. The heart shape tag had him a little wary as well. Between that and the fact that he had actually received something had him staring at the wrapped box for a few moments awkwardly.

"Tell him thanks?" he added while slowly beginning to open it. For a moment, his eyes widened as he looked what was inside. There was a hint of red in his face now. If it wasn't awkward before, it certainly was awkward now, "Oh... nice... m-mushroom shaped chocolates.... Th-they are supposed to be mushrooms... right?"

Spotting more movement from the corner of his eyes, he quickly covered up the awkward box of chocolates and saw it was Riyo. Briefly, his hopes raised, but he soon remembered that Mitsu was standing right next to him. Most likely she had come because of her roommate. But regardless, it was nice to see her here and he could at least give her the gift.

"Uuh..mushrooms?" Mitsu didn't know what was in the box, Morgan had made her promise not to open it herself. Too curious for her own good she peeked around the lid her eyes widening as well. As the twinge of red touched her cheeks she brought up a hand to cover her mouth. "I...." She didn't know what to say. "Y...yeah....mushrooms." It was a nice delusion to uphold.

Seeing Blade look up she turned to see who had caught his attention and saw Riyo approaching. The girl looked nervous but Mitsu wasn't quite sure why. Maybe it was just the party environment. It wasn't like the last school event they went to had ended all that well.

"H..hello Riyo." Mitsu tried to smile, hoping to ease the girl a little. "Merry Christmas." At least she still had Riyo to spend the holidays with at school. It made the fact that she would be staying here a little less lonely feeling.

Glad that Mitsu had agreed with him, Blade decided that the chocolates were mushroom shaped. Yes. Though even with that in mind he wasn't sure if he really wanted to eat them no matter how tasty they turned out to be. The fact that it had come from Morgen... really did not make things all that much better.

With his attention on Riyo now, he smiled faintly and waved. Smile or not, he did not look very happy still. And she seemed like she was as thrilled to be here as he was.

"Hey Riyo," he returned the greeting before tilting his head as she suddenly looked really nervous. His dark red eyes soon widened as she said she had gotten something for him. For a moment he thought he had somehow misheard, but she continued on and sure enough she had presented a little stuffed dragon. It was a cute little thing; not really something he would normally pick up on his own, but that didn't matter. Riyo had actually thought of him.

Eyes softening, he carefully took the gift and his smile widened a little more.

"It's fine Riyo," he said softly while looking back up at her, "I.. pretty much never get anything, so this means a lot to me."

Not wanting to forget, he reached into his own pocket and held out something to her.

"I... actually wanted to get you something to in fact. It might not be much but.. here," he said, unknowingly using very similar words to the note he had tagged in her locker. In his hand appeared to be a little cute cartoony black cat with red eyes flat figurine. Upon closer inspection the head would seem to be able to be removed and sure enough, it was a flash drive.

Desmond had been watching Mitsu silently and trying his damnedest to be inconspicuous while doing it. So when she finally moved away from her friends, he silently snuck away from the party to meet her.

"Mitsu.." He called softly as they left the convention room, trying to get her attention.

Riyo couldn't help but smile a little as Blade took the dragon happily. It was the first gift she'd ever picked out for somebody, so knowing it was a success made her pleased with the decision.

Though, she couldn't help but be surprised as the boy produced his own gift to her.

The words he'd chosen seemed to ring a bell in her mind, though she didn't let on. Instead, her eyes lit up at the adorable figurine, almost immediately taking it from his hand to look it over. "It's... So cute..." She tried not to show too much of her girly side at that moment, not wanting everybody to know her weakness was adorable things.

Looking back at Blade, Riyo smiled warmly for the first time in a long time, even though it was short-lived. "Thank you Blade. For everything." What did everything entail? She wouldn't say. But he really did go out of his way to be nice to her, and as frustrated as it made her sometimes, it was something she needed (though would never admit to).

Mitsu flinched slightly hearing her name being called. Head lowering she turned around slightly, nervous eyes settling on Desmond. Clutching her coat more tightly around her middle, Mitsu took another step back. "W...what is it, Desmond?" She tried to ask calmly but her voice stammered like she was scared. This encounter wasn't what she had in mind for the evening and she was by no means ready for it.