A fateful encounter! [Yumi/Kai]

"Er..." She... why was she hesitating with where she went to school? Maybe it was because this was the first person she'd really interacted with outside of school who didn't in some way, already know where she went to school, like a pro hero or Miss Sonya. She took a slow breath as she realized that, feeling weirdly annoyed about the fact but mostly just shrugging it off as she went to answer. "Yeah, I'm a third year. I actually go to UA and I was a bit old for the first year when I joined so er, I'm actually 18." She shrugged just casually at that, not bothered by that or trying to make a statement of it, just giving the girl an idea of her situation. She thought briefly a bit more about why she hesitated but... the most she could think of is maybe she just didn't wanna brag about it or make that her 'identity' with someone. Being a UA kid had it's baggage afterall.

She shook her head a little as the girl apologized. "Nah nah it's fine, its a, ya know, 'current topic' and all it's just one I've personally had my fill of ya know?" She didn't mean to come off like she didn't care, cause she did, but that was simply enough the truth. She'd been deep into this topic for some time and it was just burning her out. She felt she'd feel the same even if there wasn't the stress of being on their hit list. At least back when Thunder was the key threat things were a bit more... random. Ishtar came off smarter though, which just made Yumi more stressed wondering what her next move was. With Thunder you didn't even have to bother attempting to predict them and that came with an odd sense of relief for her fast-thinking mind.

Her tensions thankfully lifted a little as she chuckled with the girl opposite her and her 'drowning in crepes'. "Well at the very least I'm glad you like it... you need me to get you a water to wash it all down with?" She knew the girl had the milkshake but the offer was half genuine, she hardly wanted her potential new friend choking afterall. She did tilt her head a little though. "Oh do you guys work out of a warehouse?" She assumed, what with it being a packaging business. "Ugh those places can get real drafty... you'd be surprised how many bad guys work out of abandoned ones. You think we'd just put security cameras in 'em all, ehehe..~" She... wait, Yumi lifted her head as she realized something. "Out of your house... is it your own company?"

She was still glad to hear about it, smiling warmly when the girl detailed how much she loved just deliveirng things and seeing happy customers. Yumi wondered if she just blocked out a huge chunk of impatient assholes but she wouldn't bog them down in the negatives. "Well so long as you're doing what you love... personally I was looking to have my little relax today like I said? I had plans to like, go to a maid cafe which..." She gestured around them. "Close enough~ And maybe go to the arcade and pick up some fabrics on the way home, maybe work on a new cosplay for my blog into the night."

Seeing the girl before her enjoy the cake so much, she took the fork back but picked up the plate with the chocolate cake, offering it across and laying it on the other girl's side of the table. "Here. I'm probably not gonna finish this all anyway.~" She lied, buuuuut she did have plenty, and she liked seeing Kai smile.

"That I am." She returned to the other title UA students could go by. It wasn't all encompassing, support class students afterall but she could confirm well enough that she was in the hero program, though she supposed that'd become pretty obvious the more they talked. Most support kids students were braniacs afterall and Yumi didn't believe she was anything close to that. "It kiiiinda helps if it dosn't sound like all your cheery words are ending with an exclamation point, but... don't worry. There's not too much reason to keep it hidden or anything." She shrugged casually. They were in a nice place afterall. Not one of the shittier parts of the city which Yumi had been advised by police to avoid ever since her name was put on that stupid list.

"Hhehehe. If you're sure. honestly though if you need another drink or anything don't worry about it." She nodded warmly, continuing to suckle her own drinks and taking chunks out of her cakes. With the cheesecake left to her she was mostly focusing on that. The crepe was nice but she was in the mood for focusing on her deserts, always making sure to get some of the bready base with each slice so the sweetness didn't overwhelm her taste buds on it's own. "Glad to meet someone who also appreciate strawberry milk too though. I always seem to bump into people who like bannana and chocolate, never the glooooorious beauty that is the pink nectar.~" She stuck her tongue out, hoping to make it extra clear she was just playing about.

She listened to the girl describe her set up, and when she realized it was an office, but it was still drafty, Yumi felt a little bad for her but... her energy was still pretty infectious. She could tell she definitely had pride in her business, or at least energy behind it and how she ran it. Yumi really couldn't falt her on that in the slightest, just enjoying the energy she exuded. She felt like she should maybe... she didn't actually know, say something? offer condolences? like it musn't be all that nice to have a drafty office but... she was still so energetic it was hard to maintain that idea she should be needing to feel bad for her. "Heh, Yeah you would think so huh? Guess it's hard to beat the classics though like... yakuza boss or... evil CEO..." She mumbled that last part. "Personally I just work out of a room at my place, makin' cosplays and shootin' them. Sometimes i grab a camera and go out and about but, yeah, i guess having a proper office is better than just working out of any old room in the house.~"

Hearing more about the business Yumi could almost feel the energy of the blonde infecting her before her mood could dip again, chuckling a little, not rudely, just... thoroughly enjoying the energy she exuded, giggling a little. Not to be rude but just feeling that energy herself and it bubbling over into her voice. "Well, as a budding business woman I'll be sure to support your company in the future.~ Seems only fair given I know it's ran by such a sweet girl now.~" She still felt that dip when she mentioned money was hard but... she could still see that general brightness behind her eyes. She was doing something she enjoyed. Money was never gonna be the problem by the look of things...~

She wondered as it came up if she should invite the girl to join her to the arcade. She didn't know if she had any more packages to deliver today so she didn't wanna ruin her business or anything like that by distracting her buuuuut... it was nice having company, keeping her from scheduling her relaxation day, keeping her on her toes in a good way that let her just... not fully set into a rhythm. Ugh. It was weirdly hard to make a nice sounding metaphor for 'enjoying chaos'. Rhytms and schedules weren't typically negative things afterall. "The maid cafes can be really fun if you get the right one... you need to be careful tho, some of the places hire really under-trained girls and.. I get it, it's just a job, but it really sucks seeing them trip over their feet or mess up a meal and try to play it off all cute when it means my meal's been ruined." She chuckled a little, shaking her head. "Thankfully wherever i go they tend to realize the only girl eating their won't fall for their acts.~" She took another sip before going on- "I was thinking maybe doing that mechanic girl from that old alchemy anime..." She idly pulled out her phone, flipping a few tabs on her browser, offering across an image of her in a pretty well done, less ecchi cosplay of a female Edward Elric. "Already did the protagonist afterall."

Kai now had Yumi's blog on her phone, and would find it easy to flick to other pictures or the whole gallery if she wanted.

"And hey don't worry about the cake. I've got a quirk myself. I know our diets can be er... a bit extreme, and all.~" She shrugged casually, enjoying the last of her own cheesecake. "I was thinking about hitting the arcade for sure though when I'm done here... maybe we could get you another snack on the way out and.. hit up the arcade? I-I mean if you have the time, I don't wanna keep you from your work."

Yumi let out a little chuckle and giggle at Kai’s decleration that she was there to protect her, nodding along with a bright, warm smile as she played along with the concept for a moment. Truth be told though for a civilian she was still certainly impressive. Parkour wasn’t exactly a method used to take down villains directly but her ability to move like that at such speeds? She definitely had some skill behind her to pull it off, or hey maybe just some innate talent. Yumi certainly wouldn’t mind seeing what else she could pull off when a package she was delivering was sooooo close to being late. “Well you have curved lightning to protect you in turn.~” She playfully raised her glass, pause as she realized she might need to explain that. “Er… that’s my hero name. Not the most creative I know but… eh. I like it.~”

Yumi did jolt back just a little when her wrist was grabbed with that burst of excitement, just a little stunned by the sudden energy even from a girl who seemed to give the impression she was nothing but a giant battery in human skin. Still, Yumi was glad they were on the same page, the briefly stunned state she was left in leading to a bit of a chuckle as she nodded along. “Yeah I know! I mean… ugh I just don’t get what the appeal is with the others if I’m honest? Any chocolate milk I try is always either too bitter or too… thick in flavour? And banana… eh, it has it’s appeal, but it’s definitely no substitute when you could be picking up strawberry in my opinion.” She chuckled a little when her wrist was released, waving off the gesture a little dismissively but with a smile to boot. “Oh don’t worry about it. Honestly just goes to show you get about as excited as I do over the concept of the glorious pink nectar.~”

“Oh er, in truth you won’t find many of my cosplays that are all that uncomfortable?” Yumi hadn’t really caught on to the fact the girl may have been referring to the general ‘fluster’ that could come with some of the more revealing ones so- “I try to make sure, even if it takes a lot more material or some hidden straps or something all my cosplays, unless they’re like, a proper suit of armor or something, are all viable to wear out and about? I mean, of course, not everything is ‘appropriate’ for every occasion, but I at least make sure, if I wanted, I could just go out and about in any old cosplay. It’s basically just turning into the new version of my wardrobe, ehehehe…~” Besides, she liked it! Wearing the unique outfits of anime heroines or villainesses was way more interesting that her usual style of vaguely mismatched colors in generic outfits. When it was pointed out she was making her blush, her chuckle got a little more energy as she rolled her eyes. “Oh please, you’re the one burying me in compliments.”

Yumi shook her head as the compliments kept coming, pointing out her striking red hair. “See, exaaaactly what I’m talking about.~” She smirked a little and added. “Though I will admit, before the whole hero thing I was tempted to take it up part time myself, though I’m hardly the best cook either. Still got the cosplay I made for it and all.”

She’d offer another light nod as the girl took in her cosplay, glad she’d heard of it as it was a bit old at this point. “Yeah there was the original anime and the brotherhood edition? Basically the anime was going so fast it out-paced the manga so it started making it’s own plotline. Brotherhood’s the ‘true plotline’” She added air quotes and all. “But personally I think they’re both nice tales in their own right. Brotherhood is undeniably the more fulfilling store but I don’t think it’s worth knocking the original entirely either. It has it’s merits and some unique ideas behind it.~” Her eyes perked up as she realized that Kai must have flicked to the next image in her blog, snickering and taking her phone back to realize what image had caught her eye, shaking her head a little and pulling up the settings of her phone.

“Here activate Bluetooth.” She’d wait for Kai to do just that then find the phone under her name on her own settings. Sending across an invite to a messenger app that most Japanese people would have on their phones (persona 5 logic ftw). In a few seconds easily enough they were set up to talk over their phones without Yumi explicitly giving the other girl her number, and sending her a message with the link to her blog. “There ya go, I used to try and get something new out every week, if not more but er… ya know. Final year. Uploads have been a smidge more sporadic.” She pocketed her phone, not getting bogged down and brushing it off with a casual shrug.

“Nice taste by the way.~” She offered, sticking her tongue out with a cheeky wink and a smirk. “And only a smiiiidge creepy.”

Yumi smiled brighter still of course when the girl was up for going the arcade with her, hopping up and holding out a finger. “I’ll just grab a tea for the road and let them know we’re done.~” She kinda hated people who just left dirty tables for the waiters to spot afterall, felt kinda gross. Once she had a tea for the go, she’d start loading it with half a dozen sugar packets and a couple mini-cups of milk before they left, looking over to Kai as they walked off to the Arcade she’d been planning to go to. “And your sure I’m not taking you out of your way? Like, seriously, don’t think you still owe me because we bumped into eachother or anything, I’m still pretty sure that was mostly my fault.”

Yumi would hold off on responding to some of Kai’s questions until they got walking, not wanting to hold them back and take up a table when they could be talking on the go. She blushed a little as she recalled the first think Kai had asked, chuckling a little but with a hint of nerves in her voice. She liked the name but… the background to it was kinda silly. “Well to start I actually have an electricity quirk.” She raised her hands infront of her, spaced apart but still fairly close so as not to risk a loose strand of electrical energy, thin, tiny streams starting at her palm and then running up the spaces between her fingers. “It’s a little hard to control without my hero gear but… I took a risk with the car thing. It’s a whole sciency thing where electricity can produce a magnetic effect? I-I won’t bore you by getting into it… as for the curved half…” She stopped for a step, just… gesturing over herself with a little blush. “Well… easy answer…” She thought for a moment, wincing a little as Red cropped into her mind before catching back up to Kai and showing her necklace, a blue lightning bolt, the kind on harry potter’s forehead, but with curved rather than sharp edges. “I also thought it made a fun logo…” Though she liked it a little less right now…

She smiled a little brighter though with that excitement about her cosplays coming back to mind. It was a habit she’d fallen out of a bit when she’d started becoming a more genuine model rather than just focusing on her cosplay stuff, but all in all it was a nice collection she’d stored, and it wouldn’t be hard for her to break out some themed outfit or another sometime. “Well you better rack up those compliment points cause with the rate you keep tripping over yourself your gonna need ‘em.~” She offered with a teasing smirk as she took a sip of her tea.

“Oh and don’t fret much about watching Half Metal Alchemest. I mean I think it’s worth a watch and it goes into the early stages of the manga in a lot more detail but… generally, it’s okay. Nothing that’s a ‘must watch’ so don’t worry?” She was a bit nervous getting that out, she didn’t like people taking up their personal time on her recommendation and feeling like they’d wasted hours of their life trying to get into it or anything. “Oh and yeah.~ I’ve seen misekoi. Most of the time they dress the same but I have a cosplay of the usual school uniform they wear at least.~”

Yumi wasn’t contesting the idea at all that Kai needed to stop to drop up her stuff, even she’d been a little worried about it getting stolen even if they asked the Arcade guy to hide it behind a counter or something, so she certainly didn’t put up an argument there. When kai whent in to put her stuff away Yumi wondered what she’d come out in if she was changing out of her uniform, nearly spitting her tea at the result she was given.

It… admittedly took Yumi some time to process it, but wanting to be a teacher of unique quirk logic when she grew up Yumi took a slow breath and tried to process this a bit more openly. “Okay… you said you get energy from the sun so… I’m gonna guuuuuuess that you ONLY get energy from the sun, so you’re basically uncovering the solar panels since we’re about to head into a dark arcade?”

She hoped she was right or this was getting very uncomfortable.

Yumi chuckled a little as Kai made a joke out of her name, or rather what it should be. The initial compliments on it where nice even if it was just a silly name she came up with on the fly a few years ago, but she definitely didn't mind the reaction it was getting from Kai at the least, offering her a warm smile and sticking out her tongue. "Careful there. Keep coming up with dumb names for me and my sticky fingers are gonna sticky up your entire face.~" A weird insult / threat maybe but it was the best she could come up with to counter her own words. "Besides what would they call you? Swolar panel?~" That worked right? She got energy from the sun afterall~

She rolled her eyes at the compliment barrage too, not offering a point number but instead just swerving close enough to knock the side of her hip against Kai's shooting her a playfully dirty look. "Hush you.~"

Back in the present as Yumi was taking in the new costume her new friend was coming out with, she had a light blush but the expression on her face was more one of disbelief than as if she was actually embaressed observing this or anything, shaking her head in disbelief at the fact that this is what the girl came to. "I'm almost scared to ask what your solution was when you were a kid... or did your parents just not complain about you being a tired little rascal all the time?" She scoffed a little, trying to joke about it and also not stare too much, though she did give the girl one last once over with her gaze before turning her eyes back down the path again. "Flower petals are more used to be attractive, most of the photosynthesis is done in the leaves. Otherwise you'd top a tree with a flower ya know?" SHe offered a cheeky tongue pull. She wasn't actually entirely sure if she was right but she felt confident enough to be cheeky about it.~ She glanced back again though as they stretched before quickly flicking their eyes back ahead. "Appaaaaarently not..."

Kai was a fit young woman so Yumi was kinda curious how the quirk altered them. Did it force her to take in energy as if she was overeating, and then just convert it to fat in some manner? It was something she'd love to ask questions about but somehow she doubted Kai would have all the answers. "You er... sure your okay going to an arcade like that though? They tend to have specific... clientele...."

She stuck her tongue back out at being called sticky again but little else, she knew the blonde was just playing afterall and it was definitely somewhat funny, it just left Yumi without much of a counter to throw back at her either. The comment about her workouts did get a response however- "Oh yeah. I mean there's not a single day goes by we're not doing some form of training or exercise, and even then I do a lot of stuff in my own time to make sure I keep up. Mostly just cardio runs from my home to the campus every morning, taking the long way of course to make sure I actually have to put some effort in.~ The hips though? That's mostly from how I used to dance to keep fit.~" She offered a sly wink, smirking a little in turn.

She raised her brow a little as Kai started to explain how they dealt with their quirk. She still found it a bit of an extreme difference, how she's gone from summer clothes to practically naked, but she supposed she was just trying to work with the counter effects of having her quirk... "Out of curiosity do you have a medical card for it or anything? I mean, I imagine some places might try and bar you entry if you walk in er..." She gestured over her again, careful not to stare. "Like that?" She wasn't trying to be rude at all but it was a fair question and one Yumi was curious about. Yumi herself had ben barred from public pools as a kid due to her quirk. She'd since been re-examined and was cleared to go to them, but it was a safety hazard when she was young and less in control.

She rolled her eyes at the counter to her comment about leaves and petals, just casually waving the topic off. She didn't know enough to be sure she was right afterall so why bother arguing. "Ooookay braniac.~" Was all she offered back so she didn't seem too rude and dismissive of the topic, just continuing to hold a warm smile between them.

When Kai expressed there wasn't a worry of her getting stared at when yumi was there, Yumi just snickered a little and glanced back across to her. Kai gave the impression her weight could fluctuate but right now... jesus. The girl probably just didn't realize she had it goin' on there. She was shorter than Yumi herself but not to the point that she was 'short for a woman', some cute features, seemed quite young but not so much that she wasn't an adult and... with the bikini it was clear to see the effort that went into being an on foot Courier... "Yeah... given I'm not the one in the bikini I'm not so sure about that.~"

She glanced up to the blonde as they leapt onto the snack stand, ready to lead the way into the arcade, a hand on the door when she caught that question before she went inside, quirking her brow when she felt there was a sense of worry in her tone, the question making her avert her own gaze a bit. "Er... nah. Should be fine. I mean we're just... new pals hanging out right?" She shrugged casually. Besides... Red, from experience, was way too dense to really notice even if Yumi was being flirty with someone which... admittadly she kinda was. It was nice to start doing this stuff again with someone...

She dipped her head to the inside. "Come on then." letting Kai hop down Yumi was in a darkened arcade but with enough screens and neon themes it was still bright neough to see what was going on. Most of the front was lined up with simple single or 2 player joystick arcade machines, a handful of grabber games for toys, but the open space games, the kind with fake motorbikes or car seats, or the dance games, that was where Yumi went first. "Ever played one of these dancing games? Its how I used to blow off steam before UA." She smiled brightly back at Kai, it had been a good while since she'd played one so they're gotten the new model since she last visited.