Squirrel Secret [Kumoko & Honey]

It was scary how busy it got all of a sudden and even though Honey did not mind a lot of people she did mind that she was basically pushed and pulled to every side because people did not pay attention to what was around hip height for some people. At first, she found it funny, it reminded her of the game she had played before she had bumped into Shouko, until it started to hurt and she hide next to the door of the main building. It was held open with a door stopper so she could hide a sort of behind it but be not completely obstructed from other people, it was just a place where no one wanted to go as a destination and she huddled behind it and wrapped her tail around herself. She was not really afraid but she was not entirely happy about everything either. How did Jisatsu survive last year and wasn't there another small student?

Kumoko texted back rather fast and there was a sigh of relief, this might be survivable at all. She got a little better now and would simply wait for her friend to arrive. Yea, it would all be fine once Kumoko was here. Oh, she felt her ears move around a little when she thought she heard her friend. She did hear her and tried to jump up a little to indicate to Kumo-chan that she was here but she couldn't get over the people nor the sound really. She huddled together again when she did see her friend eventually and did see her fall, she put her hands on her cheeks and looked at her friend with her big green orbs. She waved shyly at her friend when she said hi and she tried to suppress her giggle but alas, she did laugh a little. "Really?" She asked her friend as she said she was okay, that could have hurt her badly! She beckoned her friend to come to her and she was glad to have been found. "It got scary busy at once. I was afraid people would even step on me!"

Honey would scoot close to her friend now that she was here and assured her that she was fine. Even though Honey had laughed about the comical factor it was still an official worry and she was glad to hear that Kumoko was fine. It was a shame for someone with so many legs to be a little clumsy in tripping so often, but what could she do about it. She told Kumoko what her problem was and that she got a little scared, she should definitely get used to it as there was a high possibility later in her work to be squashed but when you could avoid it, that would be great. She scooted even a little closer more and looked up to her friend. She nodded a little, she was alright and she started to smile when her friend said that she was here and could protect her. "Yes!" She said a little more enthusiastic now. So now that they had a solution it was maybe a possibility to go to the picnic place and talk and have fun and food, she suggested that to Kumoko but the girl seemed to be in her thoughts and Honey looked at her wondering what she was thinking.

"Oh, I have been everywhere, I saw Yaya-kun in the training room this morning, I went for a walk, I eh..." She pondered, what had she all been doing? "I thought maybe to watch the clubs and get some food?" Because she wanted to join a club next year, if she needed no tutors that would mean she would have more free time in the next year to actually do something fun. "What clubs are you part of?" She asked because maybe she could do something together with Kumoko, because that would be the most fun for sure!

Honey nodded when she was telling about her day and Kumoko quickly translated her nickname for Yasashi. "Yea, he is really nice and he is nicely warm in the morning." She wrapped her tail around her, "I can't wait for the cold to leave the air, it's so difficult to get up. If only I had a roommate that would kick me out of bed." Or at least help her wake up, it explained why she was late for many homeroom classes and why she was so groggy in the morning. She looked at Kumoko with bright eyes and continued to tell about the rest of her day. She asked what Kumoko did and listen but she wanted to join a club next year, at least one. The thing was that it would be rather cool now that she did not need tutors.

The clubs that Kumoko were in both sounded great and she bit her lip. If she wanted to stay away from imposing her acting and POP-UP identity then she couldn't join the cheerleader club and she looked away from Kumoko. Her tail and ears dropped a little but she would listen. She tried to pay attention and be nice for her friend, "Oh that's so cool, one day you have to tell me the whole story." It was also impressive to meet more second years, she had barely done so and it was no surprise. Maybe she could try to scrap some time away from the soon third years and make their day better by a little performance. Oh, no not that. "I want to join the arts club. I thought about designing and just you know learn how to sew or so." She might be clumsy and have no patience but she could do something like designing and it was her dream to be more useful. Maybe she could make designs while someone like Kumoko could help her making it if she could follow the one from her aunt. That was impressive. She nodded, "I am a disaster with tech." She admitted out loud, but it be cool if she could eventually manage to make blue prints, but she should take it easy on that front. Next school year she would learn all, she would work harder in her own free time and would focus on becoming what she wanted to do.

She looked up in surprise as her friend gasped, "Oh no-no, no you didn't. I wanted to hear all. I haven't had time to join last year because I got a tutor at home and I had acting and dance classes and si-." Her eyes turned big and she looked at Kumoko, in her effort to calm down her friend, she had said too much to explain why she asked her now. "I eh was not allowed to say that." She mumbled. But in the end she could tell Kumoko a little more and it was so nice to share with someone about her secret and her work on becoming part of a bigger thing and not only as a hero but also as a pop-idol. She still had a long way to go but it was going better. After that, something in the conversation made her eyes turn bigger again, "We should be roommates next year!"

And that's the most important part of what happened for Honey on the festival. She got rather excited and Kumoko had to tell her that Miku wasn't here to join the actual arts club, so that she would have to wait for after the whole event and maybe the next year to find her new distraction.