Chapter 6: Running into Pastels

                                    

                                          
Today is a day off and I'm walking around town by myself. Now I would usually have Alisa with me but I decided to have the day to myself. As I was walking around I notice a girl with pink hair and a girl with teal hair. It was Aya and Hina from Pastel Palettes.
                          
"Hey (Y/N)!" Hina yells.
                          
"Oh, hi (Y/N)-san." Aya greets me.
                          
"Hello. What are you two doing?" I approach them.
                          
"I was out exploring when I bumped into Aya-chan so I decided to hang out with her." Hina says.
                          
"What about you (Y/N)-san?" Aya asks.
                          
"Nothing really, just walking around." I say. 
                          
"Why don't you join us. We'll have a boppin' time." Hina suggests.
                          
"No thanks." I try to decline the invitation.
                          
"Come on, let's go." Hina however, ignores my statement and grabs my arm, dragging me along with her.
                          
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After a couple of minutes Hina leads us to a family restaurant to get something to eat. When we sat down I felt a couple of stares from other guys who were checking out Aya and Hina before they gave me jealous looks. I'm already used to such stares from when I'm with Alisa.
                          
"Hey (Y/N), how was Onee-chan during practice." Hina asks curiously.
                          
"She was amazing. She's really skilled with a guitar. " I answer.
                          
"That's right! I learned to play guitar to be like her. Although, she doesn't talk to me much nowadays." Hina says sadly.
                          
I can see that Hina adores her sister a lot but Sayo seems to be pushing her away.
                          
"It's alright Hina, may be you two just need to talk things out." I say trying to comfort Hina.
                          
"He's right Hina, you just need talk things out." Aya follows up.
                          
"Really?" Hina asks. Aya and I nod in reply.
                          
"Excuse me, here is your order and your drinks." A waitress arrives and places our drinks and a large plate of fries on the table. We start eating
                          
"The fries here are totally boppin'! Onee-chan and I used to go out for fries all the time." Hina says.
                          
"What about you (Y/N)-san, do you have any siblings?" Aya asks.
                          
"Yeah, I have a little sister." I answer.
                          
"Really, I have a little sister too." Aya says.
                          
"My sister's name is Jeanne. While we do have some scuffles, we're pretty close. She's also a fan of Pastel Palettes. She and Alisa would often talk about you girls." I tell them.
                          
"Seems like we have yet to turn you into a fan (Y/N)-san." Aya says.
                          
"I do listen to some of your songs, so you could say I'm a little bit of a fan."
                          
"Really?" Aya says expectantly.
                          
"Then we'll do our best to turn you into a bigger fan." Hina tells me.
                          
"I'll look forward to that." I say.
                          
We continue to eat the fries and talk about various topics including Pastel Palettes. Afterwards I joined them as they checked out a couple of stores.
                          
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A few hours later
                          
After I parted ways with Aya and Hina, I remembered that I needed some new earphones since my last pair finally broke. So I went to Edogawa music store to buy new ones. I enter and go to the aisle that has headphones and earphones when I come across a familiar girl wearing glasses.