As you walked a bit farther away from the guy, suddenly, a girl in a fashionable outfit grabbed the guy by the collar and yelled some things to him that you didn't quite catch what it was because of how aggressive she was speaking to him.


                          
So, being the clueless person you are for now, you walked back to the guy and tried to speak up. But once you made eye contact with the woman who had a strong glare, you instantly flinched in fear and hid behind along the guy who was scouting you. And now both of you were getting yelled at by this woman.




                          
What a day it was, really. You didn't expect your stroll to end up quivering in fear before this strong woman. 
                          
"What about me huh!? Don't I look beautiful enough?!" She yelled at the guy who repeatedly bowed down before saying, "S...Sorry!!!" and running away, leaving you in an awkward situation with this woman.




                          
"Hey." You carefully looked at her and shut your eyes because she still had that scary look on her face. She sighs and you could hear her footsteps closing in on you and her hand holds your chin, raising it up so you could meet her eyes.

                          
"You're such a scaredy person. Open your eyes, I won't yell at you." She even toned down her voice and the speed of every word. 'She might not be that bad after all.' You thought and opened your eyes, seeing a pair of eyes in an orange color, but the look on her face holds confidence in oneself and you internally said, "It suits her."




                          
Realizing what you just thought of made you feel embarrassed and visibly panic in front of her. "Geh- what's wrong with you?" She asked in a weirded out way. "Tsk, what's taking those guys so long?! I'm so gonna kick their butts when they get here, making me wait like this." She angrily said and exhaled a frustrated sigh.



                          
"Um..I apologize if I'm interrupting something." You said, fiddling nervously with your fingers behind your back. She turns to you and shows a slight smile, "No, you're actually keeping me company. I like your presence here so don't leave." You widened your eyes and suddenly felt fuzzy and warm because of it. 'Weird...Why am I feeling like this?' You thought with a shy smile on your face.


                          
"Also, you're cute too. I wouldn't mind befriending you and take you out shopping with me." She added, fixing her hair and the expression on her face softens into a friendlier way. This is great! You're actually making friends for once! What an achievement.



                          
"Thanks. You're speaking slowly just so I can understand you, I think you're a very caring person...umm.." She wondered why you trailed off in your sentence, but she caught up why. "Nobara Kugisaki. Nice to meet you, scaredy cutie." Nobara says and laughs a little bit at the nickname for you.


                          
You smiled and laughed along with Nobara. It became comfortable with you quickly after you introduced each other's names, you even managed to pull off a normal conversation with her without any problems. Though the weird feeling in your chest was still there and was currently knocking down the barricades in your mind while you were conversing with Nobara in the most normal of ways, without any interruption in your thoughts.



                          
"Oh! I've been wanting to ask you this, what lip balm do you use? Your lips really look pretty and shiny." Nobara looks intensely at your lips and got closer to get a good look. A normal person would respond normally to this, but to you who's read a few books about a few things regarding something like this, you panicked and backed away with a flustered look on your face.



                          
Nobara was confused at how you were acting like, "Hmp, I just wanted to know the product name." She sulked. "Ah!..well, I'll just show you the lip balm." You quickly said and went through your purse and took out your lip balm and gave it to her, which she happily took.


                          
"Woah, it really looks fancy! Can I try it? I'll try it." Nobara puts a good amount of balm to her lips and puckered up her lips, "Well? Looks good?" She asked, referring to her lips with the balm.



                          
Your heart raced even more when she used your lip balm, and now looking at her lips with it?! Oh boy, the panic is really hitting you hard right now. "It looks great on you, Kugisaki-san." You commented after you calmed yourself a bit. "Call me Nobara! We're already close so you can be casual with me." 



                          
Curious, you asked her, "By close, what do you mean by that?" Nobara's lips suddenly rose up into a teasing grin and she sets her arm over your shoulder and moved closer to you, "Depends on what you think about it. I don't mind either way." She answered then winked at you. Her confidence was so dangerous that it made you catch feelings in the quickest way possible.


                          
"Nobara!!" A voice of a male called out to her, you turned to see who it was and saw two males walking over to Nobara. One looked really soft and is the type to like hugs, the other...well, he looks cool alright.



                          
"Oh? Who's that person with you?" Nobara chuckles and linked arms with you, "Let's just say that they're a "best friend" of mine." She sneaked up a wink to you that caught you off guard, making you flustered and wander your eyes around till it suddenly makes contact with the dark haired guy. 


                          
Another awkward situation. "Hey, Megumi. I'm leaving my good friend with you for a bit, don't be too mean to them or I'll kick you so hard!" She said and before leaving, she takes you into a very different kind of embrace and then landed a small peck on your cheek before parting with you and walking somewhere with the other guy, leaving you with this guy named Megumi.




                          
It was already obvious that he won't initiate the conversation, so you mustered up he courage to talk to him. "Uhhh, h-" "Your camera." You stopped and noticed that your purse was a little bit open, your camera poked out on the open space that caught his attention.



                          
This made you smile, "This? I'm actually here for a project." You said, holding the camera with your hand. Megumi looks away for a bit before saying, "Can I...hold it?" 

                          
You just melted thenn and there, this guy was awkward to be around at first, but there's actually more to him than just his outer appearance. "Sure! Here you go." You handed him your camera and when he reached for it, both your hand and his brushed each other.




                          
Without any warning, Megumi points the camera to your direction and takes a photo, you heard the shutter sound and saw that he directed the camera to you. "You- what did yoy just-" 

                          
For a split second you just saw the corner of his lips go into a small smile when he looked at the picture, "Hey, umm, Megumi-san." You reached for your camera but he held it securely in his arms and moved away from you. 




                          
"I'm keeping this picture." He said and took the courage to show you the picture he took. You gasped at the result, sure it was an amateur who took this shot, but from a simple shot like that must've meant a lot. Only Megumi knew what it is and it doesn't look like he has any plan to reveal what it is.



                          
It was an odd day today, a lot happened to you and you even encountered new people that is now a part of your short stay in this country. But a thought came across your mind, 'I don't think staying a few more days or weeks will hurt, right?'





                          
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A/N:
                          
Take what resonates with you, Nobara or Megumi or maybe both. Honestly I could've done more for Megumi's, but that will be on the next.
                          
The setting of this special is not following the Jujutsu Kaisen storyline, I just took some scenes that will match up.