Complete Private I flew all over the sea to see you!

[Chako]

Lisa could only smile at the reply she received... She was hoping to not get rejected, alright, but she didn't expect miss Yuhan to be baffled at the idea of not taking photos together.

Perhaps Lisa was overthinking this... Still, hearing this kind of thing just made her even happier, "Alright, let's take plenty of photos together!" Lisa replied.

Then, miss Yuhan proceeded to ask some passerby to help them with the photos... Lisa had been expecting her mom to take selfies, but... This worked too. Perhaps it was even better.

Lisa smiled again as she saw the photos afterwards... She wasn't sure of what to expect of this trip, but she certainly didn't expect to have this kind of wonderful experience. Things were going way better than expected... Lisa didn't even know if miss Yuhan would have been willing to talk to her when she suddenly appeared in the opera, after all! This was a lot more than Lisa could have hoped for!

Which reminded her that now was a perfect time and place... "Ah, miss Yuhan, can you..." She opened her harp case and took out a sharpie from her pocket, "Give me an autograph, please!?" She asked with begging eyes while holding her harp.

"Oh, you finally asked? I thought you had forgotten about it, already." Sophia commented.

"Mooom! Don't ruin it!" Don't make it sound like I was planning on asking for it when I found a really special moment to do it even though that was the plan the whole time! It will make me sound desperate!

@Crimson Ruby

 

[Crimson Ruby]

As the pictures went on, Yuhan felt herself to be in a photo shooting. Striking all types of poses, some even idol-esque, others in a rather traditional pose, and then, mostly casual ones. This consumed a good chunk of the passerby's time, but they didn't seem too bothered about it. With a thank and a carefree apology, Yuhan returned the phone to Lisa and her mother.

But then...

"Autograph?" Yuhan hummed with a hint of surprise. It wasn't that she wasn't in the level of being asked for an autograph, even if it wasn't a common occurrency. But it was surely the first time someone asked her to sign their instrument.

That felt like a bit too much honor for someone like her.

Yuhan eyed Lisa up and down, with a self-inflicted hesitation. But then, a small smile crossed her lips at Lisa's interaction with her mom.

"That is a hard one, Lisa..." She crossed her arms, pretending to muse for a moment before kneeling and reaching for the permanent marker she was offered, and looking at Lisa with a small smile. "This needs a bit more of courage than climbing trees, so can you help me with that?"

She elaborated: "Autograph my liuqin when we get home, alright?"

This way, she would always be reminded to become good enough to be in someone else's instrument.

 

[Chako]

Lisa was pretty happy to have multiple of their photos taken, and she was very excited to look them over later and send the best ones to Evelyn.

Although... Lisa did not expect miss Yuhan's reaction to the autograph request. Like... Meeting on Earth, eating together, going to the statue of liberty, taking photos together, and even visiting her home and meeting Bao on Earth were all okay... But an autograph made her hesitate? Lisa couldn't quite understand what was going on there.

I feel like climbing trees required me plenty of courage the first time... But I guess it wouldn't be as worrying when you have had functional legs your whole life? Though then what is the point of the comparison...? Lisa was still confused at it as miss Yuhan talked.

"Sure, I can help, what do you need-?" Lisa was stunned at the request, "Autograph... Your liuqin?

"Uhn... That is..." It makes no sense! I'm not a pro like miss Yuhan! Why would anyone even want my autograph!? And I'm not someone worth admiring either, so miss Yuhan shouldn't want my autograph for that!

It really didn't make any sense to Lisa, but... Well, Lisa made her decision and motioned to miss Yuhan to get a bit closer to her... When she came close enough to be in whispering range, Lisa said, "I dunno how much I can do here, but I'll do my best as Chako to make you proud of having my very first autograph."

She had already been thinking of leaving Honeyhome to try doing bard work in other places, after all... It was still a bit too scary, but Lisa was seriously considering it... So who knows? Maybe she would eventually become a bard who was well-known all across Falderen!

... It was a shame that the music industry was so hard to get into on Earth... Lisa still hadn't figured out anything else she would actually want to work with, but she felt like she should think of something soon... Something that could give her a stable income at least.

Well, that was something she could worry about when she was not in a trip abroad and about to get her harp signed, so Lisa happily passed the marker to miss Yuhan and told her, "Sign here, please!" While pointing to a part of her harp.

@Crimson Ruby

 

[Crimson Ruby]

The request clearly caught Lisa by surprise, but it was a serious one. Probably Yuhan could make it do without that, but it would be an encouragement that would help her on it.

Yuhan's small smile widened at Lisa's declaration, that seemed very aligned with the one hesitation Yuhan had. "... You are the courageous one in here, hm?" She chuckled warmly, glancing over the signing spot requested by Lisa. Writing her name in hanzi and then adding her stage name under it.

梁雨涵
The Crimson Ruby​

Finishing it up, she gently took Lisa's hand placed the marker on her palm, whispering— "This way both of us will keep an eye on you." She winked, standing up and humming satisfied.

Now she would need to really work to get even better as fast as she could.

 

[Chako]

Lisa would normally be very confused at this kind of compliment, but... This time she giggled instead, "Courageous? Me!? I can't imagine many compliments that feel more off than this one!" She replied honestly. Lisa truly didn't get how she would be the courageous one when she chose to only try pursuing a life of music as Chako, and gave up without even trying as Lisa. That felt like pure cowardice to her.

Not to mention wolves- Let's not think about that! Lisa told herself as some shivers went down her spine. Right now was too much of a wonderful moment to let herself be consumed by this and that kind of worries.

Then, she happily watched as miss Yuhan signed her harp. She didn't expect to see the Chinese symbols being put there, but she figured that this must be miss Yuhan's name in her native tongue.

And then, Lisa could only smile at miss Yuhan's next comment, "I'll be in your care!" She happily replied.

Meanwhile, Sophia was just staring at the exchange with a warm smile on her... Lisa could certainly appreciate her mom not getting bothered by them exchanging whispered messages and the like. It was nice to be given some privacy in times like this.

With that out of the way, Lisa stared back to the horizon for a bit longer to take in the sights, to make sure to commit this moment to memory... And once that was done, she happily turned her face back towards miss Yuhan and asked, "Would it be okay if we visited you and Bao now!?"

@Crimson Ruby

 

[Crimson Ruby]

"I won't disappoint you." She promised with a gentle smile, then nodded.

"Of course, you two are welcome." Yuhan said while pondering, checking her phone to see the time.

"It will be getting dark soon too. I'm sure you two would love to see the night time New York City... But that can be for another day." Especially if @Chako wanted Bao to come along. If her little sister would be available, anyway. She was rather busy this week.

Leaving the statue, the trio took a boat back to the city, and then a taxi to outside the New York City, moving to Yuhan's neighborhood.