Mikuo was still walking and enjoying the view of the city when someone bumped into him.
Maybe because he was walking fast and the other party was sort of running, both of them fell on the ground because of the recoil of their collision. His butt hurt after its collision with the solid ground.
"Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. That hurts. Hey! Look where you're—" He was not able to finish his sentence because of what he saw.
It was a girl wearing a hooded cloak, but maybe because of the impact, the hood was a little bit off revealing some of her facial features. She has lavender-color hair that extends down to her back with white 4-leaf clover hairclips along its sides and also lavender-colour pair of eyes that looks like gems. Her skin was so white that it reminded him of the snow during winter. She was wearing a cloak but that didn't hide her beautiful figure.
All of those features complemented each other and gave her beauty that can make all men loss consciousness with just a glimpse.
But the girl suddenly stood up and pulled him into an alley that was almost void of sunlight.
"Huh?" he made such a dumbfounded reaction because of the unexpected situation.
"Please. Don't shout. Help me, just let me." her voice was also beautiful enough that it feels like a lullaby in the ears.
 Panic can be seen all over her face. And when he thought he heard some commotion outside the alley. She pulled her hood to cover her face and suddenly—
"Huh? Wait! I don't even know you, why should I—", he wasn't able to finish his complain because the girl suddenly pulled him towards her hugging him.
She pressed her forehead on his, as if they were going to kiss. Their noses were touching and he can already feel her breath. Due to their position being too close to each other, he was once again able to confirm that she was indeed beautiful.
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" his eyes widened because of the sudden turn of events.
 He was convincing himself that it was just a dream but the warm sensation on his forehead, the arms that were holding him, and the faint smell of her perfume; all of it were saying that, it is real! Her chest was also pressing against ,adding to the different sensations assaulting his body.
His thoughts were lost and his mind was starting to go blank when he suddenly heard people shouting and running just outside the alley.
"Where is she?"
"Damn, the boss will surely kill us if we don't find her!"
"Let's split up, she can't be far from here!"
"Understood"
One of the men saw them, but he suddenly looked away and then smirked "Ahhh. . . it must be good to be young. Geeezzzz. . .kids these days." And he left to look for the person they were pursuing.
And when the silhouettes of the group of men were finally gone, the girl released him. Both of them were catching for breathe,"haaaahaaaahaaaa." Seems like they both forgot to breath because of the situation.
"Why did y---" he tried to complain again to the girl, but once again, he wasn't able to finish his sentence because the girl looked like she was about to cry. This reminded him of a similar situation way back in the opening of the school.
 The girl suddenly fell on her knees and drops of tears started to rush out of her eyes.
"sobs sobs sobs" her lavender-colored eyes were suddenly filled with tears.
"Eh? Oi oi. Why are you crying?" he kneeled down to have a better view of her and his face were filled with bewilderment because of her actions.
"Sor—"
"Sor—? What is it?"
"Sorry. Pleasee…..forgive for my...misconduct Mister. I just...….want to escape.....from them. Please... Please. Forgive me." she tried to say those words in between her sobs.
 There were some passer-by that was looking at them in the alley; maybe her cries were calling their attention. Disgust and pity were painted all over their faces.
"Hey . . . Is he assaulting that young girl?"
"Someone call the Knights, there's a maniac over there!"
"Oh….. Poor girl."
 Those comments he was hearing from his back were making him uneasy and sweaty. This was bringing back some unfortunate memories.
"Uhmm . . . Miss? I forgive you already, so please stop crying. You're making a scene here."
"Really?"
"Really."
"Really really real?"
"Really really real."
 "You're not angry anymore?"
"No one said I'm angry, and even if I want to, I can't become angry to someone as cute as you." He said it from the bottom of his heart. Her looks were undeniably good after all.
"Then you will let me come with you?"
"Okay, you can come with me."
 Silence filled the air between them for some moments and both of them were smiling to each other.
" Huh? Wait!"
"Thanks. Thanks. Now I can do the things I want. You will help me right? You will protect me right?" she said that with a face full of anticipation.
"Wait. Wait. Who said anything about helping and protecting?"
"What? Why? I thought, I thought….. You won't do it?" once again, she looked like she will cry again any moment.
"Ughh . . .Okay. Okay. I get it already. You can come with me. But only for this day, okay? Because I'm pretty busy and I'll leave this city tomorrow."
"Ahmm… Really? You'll let me come with you?"
"As I said, yes. So stop crying already."
 The girl wiped her tears and stood up. She then suddenly gave him a cheerful hug. Happiness can be clearly seen from her. She was smiling and it was kind of making him feel relieved.
"Thank you. Thank you very much."
"Okay. I get it, so release me already. By the way, what's your name?"
"Ahh. . . . ? I apologize for my rudeness. I asked you for help without even introducing myself. I'm Yume, nice to meet you." she then gave him an elegant bow.
"There's no need to be formal. Hehehe. I'm Yuoh Mikuo. Nice too meet you too."
"Ahmm…. C-c-can I call you Mikuo?" it seemed she was shy about it.
"Go ahead. I really don't mind."
"Well then Mikuo-san, would you mind taking me to a tour around the city?" she asked that with a wide smile on her face.
"Huh? But what about those guys who are looking for you?" he was starting to get a bad feeling about this.
"Hmmm… Don't worry about them, you'll protect me from them right?" there was a pleasing smile on her face similar to that of a small child asking her parents.
"Geezzzzz….. Okay. Okay." He then raised both of his hands as if he already gave up. (What a very unfortunate day. tsk. tsk. tsk.) he said that in a volume that is inaudible for the girl.
"Okay then, let's start our tour. \(^_^)/"
But what he did not know was that bad feeling was not unfounded.