ᴀʟɪᴇɴ ʟᴀɴɢᴜᴀɢᴇ=

(Katsuna's POV): Earlier, Saturday...

"ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴋɪɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ʜᴀɪʀꜱᴛʏʟᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪᴋᴇ, ɢɪʀʟɪᴇ=?"

The question jolts me from my concentration on the magazine, and I glance at the old one-eyed Cyclops lady in the reflection. "I'm not sure, M'gana," I reply honestly as I sit down in a chair among others getting their hair done in Alien Town. I'm looking at a hairstyle magazine she provided while Uncle Jack chatted with his friends from boxing, who just happened to be the spouses of the staff here.

"ʜᴏᴡ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴏɴᴇ? ɪ ʜᴇᴀʀᴅ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ ɢɪʀʟꜱ ʟᴏᴠᴇꜱ ꜰʀᴇɴᴄʜ ʙʀᴀɪᴅꜱ, ɪᴛ ᴍᴀᴋᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ᴄᴜᴛᴇ!=" Before I could answer, one of the Star-Eyed couples, Mr./Ms. Korath approached us and pointed at the picture again: "ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ? ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪᴋᴇ ɪᴛ?=" 

I glanced back at the picture, my mind racing with questions, then looked at Uncle Jack, who chuckled and shook his head, "I'm sure you can decide for yourself, Katsuna. After all," he said, crossing his legs with a smug smirk: "you want to look your best for the hangout, don't you?"

"Of course I do, Uncle Jack!" I exclaimed, "Making a good impression on a friend is important to me." "ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ʙᴇ ᴡᴏʀʀɪᴇᴅ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ? ʏᴏᴜ'ʟʟ ʙᴇ ʙᴇᴀᴜᴛɪFUL ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴠɪꜱɪᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜱᴘʀɪᴄ shughuli!=" M'gana chimed in enthusiastically, her eye glinting with a hint of happiness.

I narrowed my eyes at her teasing tone. "It's not just about beauty, you know! It's about feeling confident and comfortable, especially around Moroboshi-kun." I couldn't help but feel my cheeks flush at the mere mention of his name. "ᴡʜᴏ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ'ʟʟ ᴅᴇʟɪɢʜᴛ? The human I mean?" 

Mr./Ms. Korath asked, their multicolored eye sparkling with curiosity. "Maybe," I admitted, fidgeting with the magazine page. "But it's more than just impressing him. I want to be me, in a fun way and a bit different." 

"I know but what I need to tell you is this." Uncle Jack got up, walked over to my left, and began leaning closer with a smile that conveyed a hidden meaning behind it, and whispered into my ear, "Since I'm a guy," he continued, his breath tickling my skin, "there is a saying on Earth that girls often tell their best friends. It doesn't matter what you wear; Looking great is key."

I nodded, "Thanks, Uncle Jack," I said, finally meeting his gaze. "But it's hard not to worry about what he thinks." Turning to glance at the mirror, I frown slightly when I begin to recall yesterday's 'scolding'.

𝙁𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 Yesterday...

𝘼𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙐𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙅𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙮; 𝙏𝙤 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙: "𝙒𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙞𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙟𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙫𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮."

"𝙊𝙝...𝙤𝙠𝙖𝙮 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣." '𝙃𝙚'𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚... 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡?' 𝘼 𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙, 𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙮 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚, 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙪𝙯𝙯𝙮 𝙠𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙮 𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙘𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨.

𝙐𝙥𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡, 𝙄 𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙐𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙅𝙖𝙘𝙠. 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧, 𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙚. 𝙒𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙. 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮, 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜.

"𝙄 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚, 𝙮'𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬." 𝙐𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙅𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨, "𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙄'𝙢 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙚. 𝙊𝙣𝙘𝙚." 𝙄 𝙨𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙, 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙄 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙖𝙩. "𝙄... 𝙄'𝙢 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮, 𝙐𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙅𝙖𝙘𝙠. 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙤—"

"𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩? 𝙏𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙢𝙚?" 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚. "𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙄'𝙢 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙙? 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨."

𝙄 𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙘 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨. "𝙄 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩... 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪. 𝙄 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙚𝙬𝙗𝙞𝙚𝙨 '𝙘𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩' 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜."

"𝘼 𝙡𝙞𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙛𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨, 𝙆𝙖𝙩𝙨𝙪𝙣𝙖" 𝙃𝙚 𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙𝙡𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚. "𝙎𝙤 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚, 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙧 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙣𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣?"

𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙪𝙥, 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙄 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙗𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙥, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙄 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨. "𝙔𝙪𝙠𝙞... 𝙎-𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙤𝙨𝙝𝙞-𝙠𝙪𝙣," 𝙄 𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝: 

"𝙄 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚'𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙞𝙩, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮'𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙩. 𝙄 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄'𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡𝙨."

"...𝙐𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚," 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙢 𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚. 𝙐𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙅𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙛𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙬𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨: "𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩 24/7."𝙄 𝙣𝙤𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙙, 𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙙. "𝙄... 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙣𝙚𝙜𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚."

𝙐𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙅𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠, 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙝. "𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙩," 𝙃𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚𝙨, "𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧. 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩, 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥. 𝙍𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩, 𝙤𝙠?" 

𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚, 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙛 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣. 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚.

"𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙄 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙤𝙩?" 𝙄 𝙨𝙣𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙮. "𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙞𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮'𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙎𝙎𝙋 𝙤𝙧, 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩!" 𝘼𝙨 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚, 𝙐𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙅𝙖𝙘𝙠'𝙨 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙. 𝙃𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙪𝙥, 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙪𝙜 𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙. "𝙃𝙚𝙮, 𝙝𝙚𝙮, 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙢 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣. 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙤𝙠𝙖𝙮, 𝙨𝙨𝙨𝙝𝙝."

𝙐𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙅𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠, 𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙨. 𝙃𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙚𝙮𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, "𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙎𝙎𝙋 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙉𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙤𝙧 𝘼𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣 𝙏𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨 𝙄'𝙢 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙..." 𝙈𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙨 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙗𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚.

 𝙀𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠: Tokyo Square...

Finally, my hair was done and the result was amazing!

"WOW! This is-" 

M'gana giggles, "ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ, ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ! ɪ'ᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇꜱᴛ Qᴜᴇᴇɴ ʜᴀɪʀꜱᴛʏʟɪꜱᴛ! ɴᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ɢᴏ ᴍᴇᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ! ;)" We both giggled, and I soon found myself saying goodbye to the others before I headed off. Three minutes into a walk out of Alien Town later while navigating the Tokyo alleyways with a map pamphlet in hand. 

As I checked my watch and saw it was already 8 o'clock, I quickened my pace to reach my destination. However, while searching for Dan Moroboshi for the last six minutes, I unexpectedly bumped into someone. "S-Sorry!" I nervously replied and looked up to realize it was him. Smiling, I instantly felt relieved to see the person I'd been looking for, "Hi, Moroboshi-kun!"