"Mm, it was really. It kinda sucked living in a resort, because kids come and go so often and penpal relationships always die out, but it wasn’t the end of the world, y’know? I got teased a bit when I decided to join 00 from the boys, since I want to become Aanya…" They’d teased her for being a bit chubby and not the most athletic or graceful, as well as for wanting to succeed such an ‘odd’ girl, but compared to Juritan, it wasn’t anything at all! Brightly, she smiled. "But when I go back home, I know they’ll be begging for my autograph, hehe!"
Seika perked up. “Yes! You should totally come visit! Its not like we’re short on space and there’s plenty of areas for you to run around too!” Seika wasn’t entirely joking - she wasn’t really connecting it to Jurina not having anybody to spend holidays with, but she really did want to bring the other girl to visit.
Jurina looked over Seika critically, wondering why she would get teased for any reason whatsoever. If she was a bit chubby in the past, that certainly wasn’t the case any more - the rigorous training from 0048 as well as the regular morning runs that she had been assigned appeared to have stripped her of most of that fat. Jurina thought that Seika was extremely cute, and wanted to cuddle her a lot.
Of course, Jurina thought that about pretty much every 00 girl.
“Well, you still had friends at school, right?” Jurina asked, smiling. “Definitely not the end of the world. And why would anyone possibly tease you for wanting to become Aanya? So cute…and cuddly…” She started drooling from the side of her mouth and a small trickle of blood came from her nose. She quickly wiped it away and acted as though nothing had happened.
“Anyway, at least you weren’t as crazy as the guys at my school thought I was. Wanting to be the first to succeed Jurina, and become Centre Nova?” She laughed. “They thought I was insane, especially since I’m already this old.”
Jurina’s eyes lit up at the mention of ‘running around’. That was the only way for her to get rid of her enormous excess of energy when she wasn’t training and practicing, and having a lot of room to run around was definitely very appealing.
“Definitely! When’s our next break…?” She thought about it. “Easter, perhaps?”