Saturday December 31 - Evening

[shindo_sensei]

Gendo scoffed as his phone pulsed yet again, signifying the arrival of yet another email. The notifications responsible for alerting the user quickly and efficiently of an oncoming message was instead becoming a nuisance and a distraction. He had no desire to read the email, as it was probably just another colleague or an old friend from his alma

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[tsukita_hikaru]

Hikaru was out in the shopping district, looking for the perfect hat to finish off a costume for her young jazz students. They had a competition coming up soon and she intended to make every detail perfect, now that the Christmas ballet shows were finished. Unfortunately, the crowds were more than she'd expected.

She was jostled like a pin-ball until ultimately running into someone hard enough to make her fall and land on her rump about a foot in front of the teacher. Her back was facing the teacher, so she obviously couldn't see him. "ouch." she said under her breath.

[shindo_sensei]

((This comment didn't make it to my inbox. I apologize for not seeing it earlier.))

Gendo stepped off the train and moved forward with the flow of the crowd. When away from the station, Gendo scanned the area, looking left and right for any sign of books. The crowd had already flustered into what Gendo had been hoping to avoid. Ideally when people gathered, ideas grew. Nowadays, only stupidity resulted. Not to mention whenever in a crowd, people tend to forget courtesy, feeling as just a face in the crowd, forgotten as soon as seen.

It was right after this thought that Gendo witnessed Hikaru's fall. His eyes widen, and he hesitated to see if the person involved would lend a hand. When there was no immediate reaction, he moved forward.

"Are you okay, Miss?" He inquired, offering his hand.

[tsukita_hikaru]

((OOC: No Problem. ^^ ))

The person involved was already gone, having been shoved the other direction due to the crowd. Hikaru was surprised at the offered hand and half-turned to see who was offering it. Seeing Gendo, she blushed and took the offered hand, getting to her feet.

"Hello, Shindo-sensei. I'm fine...Just a bit embarrassed." Hikaru said, a sheepish expression on her face. She'd just told the teacher the day before that she wasn't a little kid and now she'd fallen on her butt. She couldn't help feeling embarrassed at the irony.

[shindo_sensei]

"No need to be embarrassed by someone else's rude behavior, Tsukita," Gendo replied, recognizing her. "The streets are a madhouse today."

[_pocky_addict_]

Fukuyo was a little upset as she put her phone done, she had been sending invites to her college Gendo all day hoping he would come over and celebrate New Year with her yet he was not responding. She sighed as she looked around her apartment complex that was decorated for the occasion and the trays of food and drinks laid out. Fukuyo had a problem with making friends her own age and realized when she was trying to invite people to this party she mostly had student numbers but that wouldn't be appropriate. The other teachers she had invited didn't bother showing up so Fukuyo was distraught she would be celebrating alone.

[shindo_sensei]

((ooc D'awww!! :( ))