Stay and chat with Sabine's friends

Eh, why the hell not? Yen can wait.

Nihja shrugged before approaching the band of friends only for some of them to take notice and wave at her. "Nihja, hey how you doing?" Robin, a tall lean and caring young teenager asked. He carried not much muscle tone but was definitely the tallest of the band, around six feet. Some of the girls found him cute, joking around about his soft light brown eyes with matching colored hair and his light dark tan. He worked in the fields most of the time, assisting farmers for a few coins in exchange. Still no big muscles to boot, but his soft hearted personality fit with his appearance was enough to capture a few girls' hearts.

"Nothing much, just walking around. What are you guys doing here? Out to buy a few things from the market?" Nihja asked with curiosity.

"Maybe, just walking around same as you." Belle answered, fidgeting with her purple skirt. Belle was more of a rogue child, going around where she shouldn't, stealing when she could get away and using her beauty to her advantage. She and Nihja got along well, but Yen would tell her not to be with Belle too much. She would wonder why her sister would say that, but never gave it much thought. Any friend of Sabine's is a friend of the family, she would think.

Belle pulled at her admittedly too short skirt, lowering it slightly and revealing a soft bit of her thong unknowingly. Her boyfriend Lucas, a medium height blonde boy with a bumpy background snickered upon catching that sight before whispering into her ear. She scoffed before waving her hand at him, subtly winking back when she turned her head to him before leaning against him. He cuddled her back, his arms holding her waist and keeping her pressed onto him.

"So Nihja, nice outfit." Lucas smirked, his eyes admiring her choice of clothing. "Really love how it shows off your figure, sweet."

Belle rolled her eyes before nudging her arm against his ribs, making him laugh. "Wha- I'm an honest guy haha. Seriously though, you look nice." Nihja smiled, blushing softly. "Thanks haha, so how long have you guys been standing around here for?"

Robin shrugged. "Don't know, been 'ere for about... like two hours I think?"

"Doing what?"

"Just talking and looking around, sight seeing you could say." He replied back.

Belle chuckled, smiling and following a young female dwarf walking pass them in a green dress. "Sight seeing, yea that's the word. You ever wonder how small the world is to us? Can't even imagine living as a four foot dwarf."

"Belle, hush! You don't wanna upset someone that might hear you."

"Oh lighten up Nihja, they couldn't care less. They come here for like 1, maybe 2 days and then what? We never see their faces again, they don't remember us again. Just how it is in this dump." Belle sighed with Lucas stroking her hair and kissing her neck. "Easy babes, not all bad when you have me here."

"That's not cheering me up."

"Ouch, that hurt haha."

"You know what I mean idiot." Belle smirked, turning back around and kissing Lucas briefly. "But thank you, dumbass." He smiled back, rubbing her side. Robin snickered, leaning against the wooden post. With a quick glance, Nihja could see there were plenty of other guards stationed around the community center. "What's with all the soldiers?"

"Eh, just for show. Some big ol' meeting going on, it's nothing big." Robin said.

"Nothing big? Guess again, we got the big cheese inside making a little speech to hear his own voice." Belle commented. "Really?" Nihja asked, intruiged as she stared at the guards. "Uh huh, some of the members of the church and supposedly a few guys from the Order are inside. Wonder what they'll be talking about." Belle added with a sarcastic tone.

Lucas chuckled. "Everyday about those monster girls. I don't see the problem, if any one of them need my help I'll gladly gi-oof!" Robin laughed as Belle punched Lucas in the gut, emptying out the air in his lungs. She frowned as Lucas recovered and held up his hands. "Hey, I'm just sayin'. Forgive and forget, no? As long as they're cool with me, I'm cool with them."

"Well we know that isn't the complete story." Robin remarked.

Nihja rubbed her arm, her eyes scouring around the numerous travelers passing through the market. So many people...

"Catch any cuties, Nihja? Maybe if you play it right, one of them could buy you a gift." Belle giggled, raising her eyebrows at her. Nihja laughed softly. "Belle!"

"What? I'm just saying, there are a couple of cuties around here."

Lucas scoffed, his mouth wide open as Belle spun around and smirked. "Well, it's not like I don't already have my own man to take care of me." She said, leaning in and kissing his cheek. He smiled but she slapped away his hand on her waist. "Ouch, still mad?"

"A li'l, yea. But if you buy me something I could forgive you."

They all laughed together with Lucas pulling her against him, placing her hands on his chest before leaning her head on his collar. They were quite the odd couple. Night

Night time soon approached them as hours went by, and before she realized it the street torches were being lit before Robin had to scoot away from his wooden post which carried another torch on top. "Damn, how long have we been around now?" Nihja asked."Too long! I'm bored, Lucas you want to go get something to eat?"

"Sure thing babes, I guess we'll catch you guys later." Lucas waved at them with Belle dragging him by the hand, an image that Nihja found entertaining. Only she and Robin were left alone.

Robin sheepishly rubbed his arm, fumbling around and nudging a pebble with his foot. "So, you uh wanna go elsewhere, maybe grab a drink? Would be nice, we haven't had our own chat in a few days now."

Nihja smirked and looked up at him. "You don't really talk much, most of the time it's just me venting at you about my problems."

He shrugged and chuckled. "I'm a good listener, and I sorta like helping you out with that. It's nice, even if you're doing all talking. I don't mind haha."

A soft blush coursed through her as her heart melted upon hearing his words. She had to look away, her hands squeezing her dress as she held back the urge to aww.

He's so cute!

Her eyes widened, looking ahead she noticed the other two Avians from earlier that day. They were talking to each other, their bags were gone and they were actually waiting where they said they would. They seemed to be having a bit of fun, laughing together like close friends. One of them, Pierre, looked up and locked eyes with her. She gasped and he smiled before waving at her.

"Whats wrong?" Robin asked, a bit concerned as he noticed she was a bit nervous.

Oh boy, she could have gone with him but the other two noticed her. Now there's no way to get out of one or the other! Darn, she felt like she was sweating badly and was on fire.

'Is it me or is everybody looking at me?'

'Who do I go with now?'