Babysitting (Ren Fair - Open to Students)

Babysitting (Ren Fair - Open to Students) Jun 13, 2021 15:12:20 GMT -4

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Post by Takara Aoyagi on Jun 13, 2021 15:12:20 GMT -4

People could say what they wanted about the Aoyagi family all they wanted; They had more money than brains, they were just another rich family heartlessly running a giant corporation, they didn't care about anyone other than themselves, they treated their employees poorly, and a lot of other things. A lot of what was said was said by people who had never met the Aoyagi family or worked for the family or their company. While the children could sometimes be brats, the family and company they owned treated all of their employees with the utmost respect. They gave much more paid time off than other companies of the same size, better benefits, far better pay, great pension plans, and all of that wasn't just for the company they ran. The caregivers, nannies, and hired help for their homes were also treated the same way. This was why when Takara's parents heard that one of their longest serving home helpers' anniversary plans had been canceled on them by their planners, they took it upon themselves to step in.

The help had planned a trip to the countryside for a year now, having even gotten people in line to watch their daughter, but every bit they had planned fell through at the same time. Takara's parents had planned a two week business and personal trip to Australia for around the same time and when their workers said they wouldn't need the time off anymore, Takara's parents offered to take the couple with them to Australia on their own dollar. Despite the helps insistence that that was far more than the Aoyagi's needed to do and that they couldn't accept it, the elder Aoyagi's wouldn't take no for an answer. Even their daughter and Takara's older sister, Junko, offered to help, offering to watch the couples daughter for the two weeks the parents were gone. The Aoyagi's made it a point that a lot of their personal help, if they had children, should meet and know the Aoyagi kids, even going as far as to pay for many of their helps' children to go to the same private schools. To them it formed stronger bonds between them and their workers, and as such, if ever a scenario like what was happening arised, there were people who could watch the kids that weren't strangers. Grateful, the young couple eventually agreed to the Aoyagi's offer, and Junko and her husband took the young daughter for the next two weeks to watch while all the parents went to Australia.

This all had lead to Takara being asked to watch the young girl, Kimi, for a bit on this day. All the parents had left about four days prior, and Junko had been having Kimi with her at her hero agency while her husband worked at his office. Unexpectedly for Junko however, her agency was needed for a large prisoner transfer stopping point. As she didn't want the young Kimi around the criminals, she asked her younger brother Takara to watch over her for a while. Takara had agreed as Kimi was one of the helps' children he knew the best. She and his little brother Ryu were good friends with similar quirks and he had watched the young girl before.

As it was the Ren Fair currently, Takara took Kimi to the Fair, giving the six year old a piggy back nearly the whole time. The girl had an elastic-like body quirk, allowing her to mold her body into different shapes and stretch out very far. This made it easier to carry her, since she could just coil her arms around Takara and not slip. The young blond's face did not have it's usual contemplative and arrogant look to it today, instead he was beaming happily. Takara owed a lot to Kimi's parents, they were the ones who watched him the most growing up outside of his own parents. He was so close with her and her parents that she was basically a little sister to him, and as such, he watched over her much like he'd watch over any of his siblings.

"And who do you say is the coolest hero if anyone asks you?"

"HARU! HARU! HARU!"

"That's right! Big brother Haru!"

The small conversation between the two was interrupted here and there as the young girl shoved gobs of cotton candy into her mouth, and the two laughing as other things were talked about. If any of his classmates spotted him, this would probably be a different Takara than they'd have seen by this point

Babysitting (Ren Fair - Open to Students) Jun 13, 2021 18:21:11 GMT -4

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Post by Sekka Fuyuzora on Jun 13, 2021 18:21:11 GMT -4

Takara Aoyagi

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Cold as ice, soft as snow ❆

"Sekka, could you please get me some cotton candy? They're so yummy!" "Hey, I want cotton candy too, big sis! Get some for me, too!"

"Okay, okay. I'll buy you some cotton candy, Asuka. You too, Yukio. But both of you have to stay close to me while we walk over to the stalls, okay?"

"Yaaaaaay!" "Wooooooo!"

Once again, Sekka would find herself at the fair, dressed in the same light blue medieval armor she wore last time. Originally, the girl wasn't planning on making a return trip here. However, her younger siblings had far too much fun here when their dad took them all here yesterday, and with their father at work and aunt and uncle away at the moment, the girl would be convinced by her siblings to take them there herself. Well, it was more like nagging, to be honest. Though admittedly, Sekka had some fun as well. It was hard for even this normally very stoic girl to not smile at least a tiny bit. The Renaissance Fair proved to be pretty entertaining. So it would not take too much for Asuka and Yukio to convince their older sister to have another fun day at the fair.

At least these two are having a fun time, so I can't really complain right now.

There was a lot to see and do. Eat some good food, take part in the dances, and watch the mock fights and dragons. Yukio wanted to go try and wrestle with a dragon, but of course there was no way that Sekka would allow her younger brother to disturb the fair's employees. Meanwhile, Asuka wanted to see her older sister take part in the mock battles, but without their father here to supervise them, there was no way Sekka could just leave Asuka and Yukio in the crowd all by themselves. The girl was not irresponsible, and would not allow her 12 year old sister and 10 year old brother out of her sight.

So far, all three Fuyuzora children were having a good time. Even one as reserved as Sekka could not help but show a cheerful expression and a surprisingly radiant smile. When near strangers, the girl was used to keeping her guard up, but she had no problem being herself when with her family. It was certainly not a sight that anyone would typically see. Her fellow students at UA would hardly get anything besides a typical neutral expression. Sekka doubted that she would ever feel comfortable with anyone outside of her family enough to allow herself to come out of her icy shell. But maybe someday she would forge a bond with someone and make a friend or two worthy enough to see the girl when her icy mask wasn't up.

...Or perhaps the girl would run into an unexpected face here at the fair.

As Sekka continued to walk with her siblings each munching on their cotton candy as they walked by her side, the girl would immediately notice a familiar face. ...Oh? Unfortunately, it was a less than pleasant face. ...Oh. The girl's unusually radiant smile vanished. Her face returned to its usual lack of expression. But not before Takara had the time to view the girl in a very rare moment of vulnerability.

But something was definitely different. For one, Takara was not alone. It seemed that he too had a sibling that he brought over to the fair. But second and most importantly, his face was different. That smug, condescending air of his that Sekka had come to know and find insufferable was gone, replaced by genuine laughter. It was definitely jarring compared to what the girl was used to. But it was also... nice? Soothing? ... A bit cute in her opinion? Not that Sekka would EVER admit that out loud. She would feel far too mortified and die on the spot before that would ever happen.

"Hey sis? What's wrong?" Noticing the change in Sekka's expression, Asuka whispered to her. "Do you know that guy? Is he bad news?" Sekka tried her best to smile reassuringly, but this smile was not nearly as cheerful and radiant as earlier. "No, it's nothing like that. Don't worry. He's just someone I know from school, that's all." Meanwhile, Yukio hid behind Sekka, not saying anything. Compared to his sisters, the boy was rather shy and hid from strangers whenever they were too close.

Well, Sekka had noticed Takara, and he had very likely noticed her too. It would be awkward to just try and pass on by without at least giving some form of greeting or acknowledgement. "Er, hi Takara. I wasn't expecting to see you here." There was none of that cool stoicism in Sekka's voice, none of that 'I can't stand how annoying you are' tone as she spoke. It was more like their very first meeting. Not nearly as cold, more like a mix of hesitation and an attempt to be respectful.

"I take it you're enjoying the fair as well?" Sekka did her best to try and at least form a tiny smile as she waved at her classmate. Hopefully, this meeting would not become too unpleasant. Sekka was really not in the mood for that. She just wanted to make sure that Yukio and Asuka had fun. Please don't say or do anything to make me regret coming here. The last thing Sekka needed was for Takara to be his usual self, especially around her siblings. But hey, maybe things wouldn't have to go that way. Maybe everyone here could try and have a fun time together. That would be nice, wouldn't it?