Aguri connects more with Abbie

Aguri took a deep breath and relaxed a bit. His mind wandered, and he was focused on his thoughts of Kei. After a minute or so, Abbie shifted in her spot, and the movement snapped Aguri from his quasi-trance.

"Oh," he said somewhat apologetically. "Look, I'm sorry. I don't --" He stopped short.

Abbie looked at him expectantly.

Aguri continued. "I gotta be honest, this is probably the first time Kei and I had this fight in the middle of the day. I guess maybe it's usually at night? And then I hit up a bar or a club or something. But this is ... a wedding. And I'm in the woods."

Abbie giggled. "That's okay. It's not like there's rules about it."

Aguri nodded. "Yeah, I guess." He sighed again. "I'm still just so mad at myself. I should probably just go get a drink or smoke some weed or something to chill out."

"Or," said Abbie.

"Or?"

"Well, you told me how you like to relieve your tensions." Abbie smiled at him, still holding her half-on dress against her body.

Aguri looked at her, but didn't speak. Abbie looked back, and flicked her head a little, tossing her hair back. As she did, Aguri became more aware of her state of partial undress.

"Wait," he said. "Are you saying you'd be into it?"

Abbie shrugged. "Sure!"

"You wanna mess around? With me?" Aguri was a little surprised.

"Yeah, why not?"

"Where, right here?"

Abbie laughed. "Yeah, right here!"

Aguri looked around and smiled for the first time in their conversation. "Come on -- you're punking me. What is this?"

Abbie looked at Aguri. "No punking. I promise."

He looked back at her again, and noticed her holding her dress. "Wait a minute, what are you holding?"

Abbie glanced down at herself, her hands bunching the top material of her dress to her body. "It's my dress." She lifted her hands slightly to show him more of the dress, but not enough for it to fall off her.

"Is it ..." he didn't know what to ask. "Are you naked under there?"

Abbie laughed. "Of course I am! That's why I was holding it up!"

Aguri cackled. "This is too much!" He stood and stepped away, but turned back to look at Abbie. "I talk about how I hook up with strange girls after I fight with Kei, and then there's suddenly this fucking hot girl whose dress is falling off."

Abbie giggled. "Uh, yeah, that seems to be the story here."

"And I'm not being set up? This isn't some stupid shit Danny or Arthur is part of? Or Phil?"

Abbie shook her head, still holding her dress in place. "No setup."

Aguri squinted at her. "Okay, let's see what you're all about."