The first thing that Akari had noticed when Shirogane stepped into her gondola was his hair. She imagined that if you could spin moonlight into thread, it would look like this man's hair.
And she'd told him this too, though all she got in return was a flat look. She took him to his destination with Alicia-san in her gondola (because she could not take a customer in her gondola without Alicia present. She was only a Single, after all).
She'd chatted happily with him even though he barely replied. She found out that he was a businessman from Man-home and that he was supposed to be on vacation even though he wasn't doing a very good job at it.
She loved Aqua and Neo-Venezia. Akari loved it so much at times that she was sure she could just burst and that's why...that's why she wanted him to take some fond memories back with him of Aqua.
So she set out to come to his hotel every day, after her morning practice with Aika was complete (Alice was already a Prima at this point and Akarai was so, so happy for her). She showed him around the city, sometimes on foot and sometimes on her gondola (though she never asked for payment because she can't carry a customer without Alicia-san yet). Sometimes she brought him to a place she knew, but sometimes she just picked a random direction ad kept going until he asked if she even knew where she was going (she didn't, of course. That was sort of the point).
Today though, today she hadn't been able to make it to his hotel on time. Alicia had surprised her earlier with her last exam and, she passed. The first thing...well, second thing she did after her glove came off (the first thing she did was hug Alicia-san) was to take her gondola to Shirogane's hotel. It wasn't her old black gondola but a beautiful white one befitting a Prima Undine. Alicia had smiled and told her to take it. "You're going to see your first customer as a Prima, right?"
And Akari didn't even bother asking how she knew because Alicia-san knew everything.
If he was still watching the window he'd see her coming on that gondola, with a bright smile and a happy flush on her face. She wasn't wearing her training glove though she wondered if he even knew what the significance of that or the colour of her gondola were...
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And she'd told him this too, though all she got in return was a flat look. She took him to his destination with Alicia-san in her gondola (because she could not take a customer in her gondola without Alicia present. She was only a Single, after all).
She'd chatted happily with him even though he barely replied. She found out that he was a businessman from Man-home and that he was supposed to be on vacation even though he wasn't doing a very good job at it.
She loved Aqua and Neo-Venezia. Akari loved it so much at times that she was sure she could just burst and that's why...that's why she wanted him to take some fond memories back with him of Aqua.
So she set out to come to his hotel every day, after her morning practice with Aika was complete (Alice was already a Prima at this point and Akarai was so, so happy for her). She showed him around the city, sometimes on foot and sometimes on her gondola (though she never asked for payment because she can't carry a customer without Alicia-san yet). Sometimes she brought him to a place she knew, but sometimes she just picked a random direction ad kept going until he asked if she even knew where she was going (she didn't, of course. That was sort of the point).
Today though, today she hadn't been able to make it to his hotel on time. Alicia had surprised her earlier with her last exam and, she passed. The first thing...well, second thing she did after her glove came off (the first thing she did was hug Alicia-san) was to take her gondola to Shirogane's hotel. It wasn't her old black gondola but a beautiful white one befitting a Prima Undine. Alicia had smiled and told her to take it. "You're going to see your first customer as a Prima, right?"
And Akari didn't even bother asking how she knew because Alicia-san knew everything.
If he was still watching the window he'd see her coming on that gondola, with a bright smile and a happy flush on her face. She wasn't wearing her training glove though she wondered if he even knew what the significance of that or the colour of her gondola were...