Lei waited for Yu to put away the coat and sit down. Lei had been so focused on Yu's and her own appearance, she wasn't sure anymore, from where Yu had stood up from. 

So she waited for her to take her to the seat, which she had chosen in this coffee shop. 

The place could be described with two adjectives, fuzzy and cute. It looked comfortable, especially for cats and other small shifters. There were a lot of pastels and a second floor with a lot of climbing opportunities leading from or to it, but also scattered around at the ground floor, where she was at. 

Lei smiled and watched as tiny animals were jumping about and playing. She knew that they were not from the café inherently, and wouldn't stay here, but for the non-magick people there was detailed information about how the neighbours brought the cats here and other tiny creatures, so that they could exhaust themselves better. 

A small smirk played on Lei's feature's most of the owners on the fotos, probably were the animals in question and just loved to play around here and with the people, and the other shifters, to entertain themselves and the other customers.

The dragon found this so adorable, and was really tempted to turn and shrink herself, to play with the other animals around her. 

Laughter emitted from her, and Yu turned around to reflect this with a smile, as she pulled a chair back for her to sit on. 

Lei followed her unspoken plea, and Yu sat down across from her.  Yu, after sitting down, crossed one leg over the other, before giving her the menu. 

This was a small booklet with a section of warm drinks, cold drinks, bakery goods and snacks. There was no meal-type of dish, which had to be expected, but there were special dishes for the small pets. 

They looked very interesting and cute, so as Lei browsed through the booklet, her eyes were really stuck on all the salads for the rabbits. 

She was a vegetarian. Not all her siblings had this trait from their father, but some had. Her other father ate meat, but he also had stated multiple times, that this was not necessarily tied together. As in just because he was a french dragon didn’t mean there were no other’s from that region that weren’t vegetarians, as well as her other father was. 

His mother had hunted and it had thus been passed down. Even though he still looked as if his husband wanted to poison him, he still ate the salad, which he lovingly had made for him.

"Can you recommend anything?", she asked after ripping her eyes away from the dish and looked up at Yu, who had already closed her own menu and put a hand against her cheek. 

"Hmmm ... I love the Momiji Manju and white cocoa, with white peach flavour, or strawberry...", Yu started to answer. "You need to tell me first, what you like, and then we can look together?" - "I also like peaches and hot cocoa. I love salads and cherry tomatoes. I'm a moderate sweet tooth, so maybe fruity Mochi? Or Dango?", Lei stated and hesitated a bit, because she hadn't been asked this in a while, she really needed to think. 

"Well that sounds like something they can do, and about the dish you were eyeing, they also have a person version that will be less suspicious.....", a pause. 

"Oh, and maybe try tangerine, that and hot cocoa is the best in my opinion.", she gave her a brilliant smile and then asked for Momo-san, one of Ai's siblings and gave her the order. 

"How is Ai-chan?", she inquired as Momo-san collected the menu from both of them. "You know her, either learning or practising until her finger's bleed. Thus, Ruika-kun needed to fill in today. He is not amused. There is a wolf leering at him.", Momo had bowed closer to Yu's ear at those last words, so that only she and Lei could hear them.

 "Do you know anything?", a glint appeared in Yu's eye, answering Momo's question and Lei's unspoken one.

"Well. I will go get your drinks then. You guys have fun!", she said and turned around to leave, her orange ponytail bumping up and down on her back. 

Yu nodded and looked at Lei, and Lei gazed into her starry eyes at the same time. 

They were so pretty, and she wanted to delve into them.

"Do you want to take a picture together?", Yu suggested and put out her phone. "It's okay if not, though..." - "No, don't worry, it will be a nice memento. I already have so many pictures…I’m kind of a photo geek, since the invention of the camera. It makes capturing moments, so much easier. ", Lei beamed at her shyly and scooted a bit closer for the photo. “Plus it’s always clearer than the memory.”, she added in a lower tone, not wanting to talk through the shop. 

They were interrupted by Momo bringing the drinks, after the 5th photo, regardless, even with the phone put down now, they stayed where they had moved to.

"So you have premonitions?" - "No. I can do readings. It's more spellwork than inherent gift. But it's very accurate and yes my inherent intuition is the hint of magic, which I need to be this accurate... It makes it so much easier to guess correctly.", the joke left her lips with a faint smile. 

"I know what you mean." A pause. "My element is lightning, but I technically could work some weather and rain spells, but it’s so infrequently working… I’ll sooner be able to create fire." Lei admitted and looked at her beverage, that was steaming, and nipped at it to test its temperature. 

Since she was a lightning spewing dragon, this heat didn't bother her, on the contrary it warmed her up more, as she was inherently not self warming. The beverage caused her to be warmer than she was in general. 

So, when she brushed Yu's shoulder and noticed that the other was cold, she looked at her quizzically. 

Yu nodded, guessing the question resting in Lei's golden eyes. 

This prompted her to put an arm around her, while Yu put her hands around the cup, which was too hot for her to drink, but perfect for warming her regularly cold fingertips.

"My dad also has a colder core than most. And my father loves to embrace him with a blanket. I don't have one here right now, but I hope that I'm warm enough.", Lei mumbled into Yu's ear and pulled her closer. 

"Oh... Sorry ... I can get too much, too close and too rash..." - "No don't worry, Lei, I was the one who wanted a photo already, as a memento for the future.", both laughed heartily at that and Yu hugged her tightly, warming herself up on the other and with the drink. 

It was uncommon for her to hug so soon, but Lei was so warm... It was deep in her instinct to get closer to a source of warmth - it overwrote her need for distance.

"So you are an actress? Can you tell me about the show?" - "Well, yes that I am, but only sometimes and mostly not longer than 10 years. Anyway, I play Aziza, and I am a 3000-year-old vampire that roams the earth. 

I am supposed to help the protagonist fulfil a prophecy, but somehow I felt this script was a bit lazy and not that unique. 

I tried working it over with the director, but somehow it never clicked. I'm a side character anyway, so I will just be written out of the story." - "What do you think the story needs?" - "I don't know. They want the character to stay, because she could help the protagonist as a teacher, but there is no real reason... Or I should say, not a believable reason that Aziza would stay. She is not much of a teacher and there are so many others around the protagonist… But I understand I really like Aziza, she is a bit tougher than I am." - "Hmm... what about me?" - "Huh?" - "Well, what if we make a character that befriends Aziza with a different motif? I don't know, maybe a quirky werewolf for your cold-blooded vampire?", it had been a thick idea and Yu smiled, before starting to laugh. 

She didn’t hate wolves, still it was interesting that she came up with a bit of a cliché’d idea. Though she kinda vibed with it, if she was honest.

Lei thought about it slowly, turning it over in her head and ultimately she found the idea incredible. 

"I will have to consult the team. Maybe they will be as amazed as I am and if you don't have ... " - "Wait... I'm in, still, this is so weird....All of this, we know each other for only a few days… But don’t get me wrong acting would be soo cool and maybe I could also get my band more attention.", Yu’s features beamed with a radiant smile and shortly after Lei snorted. Now both started laughing until their food came and they started to eat it. 

"Have you made progress on your model? Can you show me a picture? Of the temple you designed?" - "Yes I do have new pictures, but I didn't make any progress, not yet. I only had theoretical lectures today.", Yu explained while showing Lei pictures. 

"Wow. This looks soo beautiful. Especially, how the light flickers in the glass paintings..." - "Thank you. Do you have anything that you created recently, or haven't shown to me yet?", she nudged. 

Lei nodded and showed her a picture of the dress, she had designed and sewn, one of which she hadn't sent her yet. 

"Oh... so much detail, did you embroider it yourself?", Yu was stunned by the details and as she zoomed in on the pictures, her breath suddenly hitched. "I need to wear this at some point, please. Do you also sell them?" - "No, it was either or, so that I don't get too much attention." - "Oh right.... That's exactly what I would like to have with my band. Too much attention that is, and I also hope that someday, eto, that we can leave the broom closet. Haha..." - "Broom?" - "Yeah, it's a witchy term. I know it doesn't speak for all of the members of the Magick community, but if I list off everything, the date will never end." - "Hmm... You don't have to list things, Yu, but why should this date end? I don't mind stretching it for a few days.", Lei's smile was as dazzling as a breaking dawn. 

"What about months?", Yu looked at her dead serious, before they both started laughing again. 

It took a while, before they stopped laughing.

 "Okay so, Yu? I'm generally very bad with asking about things, so I figured we could try an either or, with general things, for example movie genres or favourite colours?", Lei suggested and Yu nodded enthusiastically.

"Red or Blue?", Yu shot first after Lei had suggested the game. "Red. And you?" - "Purple."

"Traditional or Modern clothing?", Lei continued. "Both. But, you somehow seem a bit more traditional? I mean, my dad is about the same age as you and the day he doesn't wear a Kimono has yet to arrive..." - "Haha... Yes, I do like traditional Hanfu, but as you can see I also look very good in a more modern Qi Pao.", Lei replied and finished her food. 

Thus, she got up and went to the pillow corner of the Café hand in hand with Yu and sat down with her. That hand holding was partly used to pull Yu along, so that they could continue their conversation in the field of pillows. 

Yu was again tempted to snuggle up, but she didn't and even though Lei tugged at her, in the end they sat across from one another. 

"Cats or dogs?", the red haired asked trying to get a hold of a kitty, but a puppy seemed to be more comfortable being picked up by Lei. 

"Foxes.", Yu knelt down and snuggled into the pillows. "I also have a pile of this at home." - "That looks uncomfortable but very snuggly.", Lei grinned and held the pup close, unaware that it was a wolf. Her hand caressed the soft and thick fur.

No one was aware of it, except for the black cat that had tried to disappear, but was recklessly picked up by Yu and caressed lovingly.