Conveniently(?) Aniyah was wandering around the edge of the pond picking some wildflowers here and there and weaving them together. You know, normal stuff. It is yet to be determined if she will continue doing normal stuff if she notices Koen, or if Koen notices her. Either one.

Koen sat up, rubbing his eyes as they were hurting from the light. He looked around, having to do a double-take when he saw...

Her?!

Koen jumped up to his feet, worried she fainted.  He picked up his glasses and put them into his coat pocket, running over to her.  "Hey! Are you alright?" he asked upon approaching.

Koen skidded to a stop, nearly falling backwards as the slippery grass.  His face flushed as he stammered for an answer. "I,er, uh...."  He scratched the back of his head, unsure of how to phrase his words.  She doesn't speak English well...but can she understand it perfectly?  "Um...I-I thought you fell down...maybe hurt..." he mumbled, darting his eyes away.

Aniyah did that thing where she puffed up her cheeks and covered her increasingly red face by yanking her hat down in front of it. "I'm fine," she mumbled through her hat.

Aniyah, having regained her composure, yanked her hat back onto her head properly. "You still not answer my question, boy."

Aniyah sighed, perhaps overdramatically. "Why is it that we always run into each other at same place?" she asked, almost to herself. She jerked her head up sharply. "Do not tell me that some fate is making happen." I think she means she's concerned that they're supposed to become friends. Or something else. Something like that.

Aniyah rolled her eyes. "For once, it is not you that is problem. The gods are problem right now."

Aniyah looked at him out of the corner of her eye. "I still don't like you that much." she said. The fact that she said "that much" is...an interesting word choice.

Realizing what she had just said, Aniyah's cheeks became almost as red as her dress. "No."

Aniyah turned her head away from him very quickly, but didn't answer.

Aniyah whipped off her hat started to thwack at his arm with it, but it wasn't that hard, almost like she was...playing?

Aniyah was also watching him, holding the brim of her hand in both hands. Her face erupted in flames again. "You don't know what you talking about." she said finally, as if that was supposed to be relevant.

Aniyah was not expecting him to say this, and she kind of just stared at him awkwardly.

Is he flirting again? she thought, mostly because she really didn't know.

Aniyah was definitely not expecting that either. She blinked a few times, then muttered something to herself in Russian, like she was arguing with herself, her eyes darted back and forth across the ground. Then she looked back up and Koen. "Fine," she said.