Riho blushed furiously at his comments, completely caught off guard. "Woah woah woah! Wait a second! Can you repeat that? I'm not sure I heard it right?" she said in confusion. She had to have misheard him, right? Surely?

Lloyd blinked and seemed to be confused by it as well. "I think I like you Riho and Marie said I should ask you on a date if I felt that way?" He repeated himself exactly to make sure that it would be something he was understanding either. "I just... like being around you."

Riho still couldn't believe it, but was happy she had heard right. "I.... I like you too, Lloyd. And I'd like to start dating you, but I think we should keep it between us for now, since there are people who might not approve" she said.

“Mhmmm okay but I don’t get why if we’re both happy why we shouldn’t be honest?” He blinked but shrugged it off all the same. “I’m glad you feel the same though!” He remarked and hugged her to his chest.

Riho hugged him back. "We should be honest, but... Selen and the old lady might not be very happy for us" she said, knowing full well of Selen's obsessive nature and possessiveness of Lloyd. "About honesty, there's something I need to tell you. Let's meet after school" she suggested.

“Sure we can go to my place if you want or yours if you think Selen will avoid us there?” He offered thinking she wanted to be alone for it but after they both let go they eventually would feel Selen’s presence, specifically behind Riho. “What are you two doing here all alone?” She asked menacingly.

“Oh hey Selen we were taking about some work Riho needed to get done.” He offered innocently enough.

"Ahh, y-yes, I n-needed something carried for me, but it's too heavy so I asked Lloyd if he would help me carry it..." Riho said nervously, feeling Selen's eyes burn into her soul. She hoped Selen was stupid enough to buy this explanation, although she had to admit she didn't expect it.

Selen pouted and looked at them. “Then you should have no problem having a second set of hands.” She stated as she looked at her burning a hole through her. But they didn’t have much time and would end up heading back to classes. As they were ending however there was a brief window where Riho could sneak Lloyd away with her guile and survival instincts if she hurried and dragged him along.

Grabbing Lloyd by his shirt, she pulled him along, saying "come here, we'll never get a better chance than now" and dragged him to an abandoned building nearby. "So, to be honest, I... don't deserve you, Lloyd" she started. "Because the reason I spoke to you, befriended you to begin with, was to make money off of your strength. It sounds horrible, I know, but I swear it isn't the case anymore" she then said.

Lloyd could have easily ignored the grabbing but instead looked at her as they were brought to the building. He seemed confused by it. "What do you mean I'm not all that strong am I Riho?" He asked her curiously still believing himself as weak.