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Leila and Zahra held hands as they dashed to the temple - they completely forgot about their skateboards which they'd left by the fortune teller's door outside. Both their mouths made an "o"-shape as the approached the vibrant temple.

"Wow! Nothing like the ones back home! Those were musty~" Zahra said, waving her hand in front of her nose to drive the point home. She broke out into a fit of gleeful laughter and skipped over to the flowers to sniff them.

Leila followed quietly after her and looked around at everything slowly. She was particularly attracted to the blue lights which shone brightly with its own color despite the warm yellow sunlight pouring in from above.

The two ended up poking around each doing their own thing but not straying from each other's sight.

Zahra was running here and there and everywhere, focusing her attention on something for but a moment before moving on to something else. Leila had since slowed down somewhat and had her hands clasped behind her back as she glanced around, mostly gazing at the rays of light poking through the bright green leaves and colorful flower petals.

When Leila's gaze drifted downward, she did notice a glint in the grass that was a bright yellow green because of the sunlight. Tilting her head just a little, Leila suddenly brought her head back upright as she spotted her sister dashing towards her.

"Oh, hey! Watch out Za Za!" Leila's hand went out to warn Zahra who was about to trip over someone lying there in the grass. Zahra stopped her next step and her foot hovered over the ground. The other leg that held her up slowly wobbled and wavered along with her arms as she regained her balance and stopped herself from falling over the stranger. Upon planting both feet back on the ground, Zahra placed her hands on her hips and leaned in, her torso nearly parallel to the ground as she stared at the boy in the grass.

"Hunh? Who lies down in the middle of nowhere? You could get run over!" Zahra said, poking him lightly as she squatted down next to him. Leila jogged over, shaking her head and sighing. Wasn't meaning to bother him...but there's no stopping Zahra.

"No! I'm sorry I nearly stepped right on top of you!" Zahra said, shaking her head after hopping back up to her feet. Her hair swished back and forth with the force. Smiling brightly, she asked, "You wanted to take a nap? Why close your eyes to all the prettiness here?"

"Za Za..." Leila sighed and beckoned for her sister to come stand beside her. Zahra followed without complaint and linked arms with her."Maybe it's because it's so pretty and peaceful here that he wants to take a nap. Sorry for bothering you."

Zahra pretended to frown but she shrugged moments afterwards and smiled again.

"Aw...well okay, guy! If you wanna take a nap, we'll be quiet...and..." A finger tapped the spot just under her lower lip as Zahra's big blue eyes looked around. Finding a spot where a bunch of colorful butterflies were, she pointed over to it excitedly. "We'll be quiet and way over there!"

Without another delay, she waved to the guy and dragged Leila along.

Zahra eventually ran ahead of Leila and spread her arms out as she ran. Reaching the spot with the butterflies, she giggled as she spun around on one foot, arms still outstretched while she did so. Leila laughed softly and skipped to catch up with her sister who suddenly stopped, planting her foot back on the ground and staring behind her sister.

"Hey look...he followed us." Zahra said, pointing in the guy's direction. "Wonder why..."

Leila sighed, clasping her hands behind her back as she turned around from the waist up to look at him. She smiled and then waved as she hopped up once to turn her body completely around to face him.

"Hello! I thought you were going to take a nap...did you want to explore too instead?" She asked. Zahra took a few paces to stand beside Leila.

"We're here to explore! The fortune teller told us to go here...I don't know why though, but we asked for something exciting!" Zahra added.

"Um, yeah! A fortune teller! You haven't heard of one before?" Zahra asked innocently, tilting her head to the side just a bit. Leila shook her head and laughed a little.

"No, no, silly..." She turned to her sister but didn't finish her statement. But he probably thinks that's weird... "We asked for an interesting place to go - he recommended this place. You can come along if you like...but to be honest, we're exploring without any sense of direction..."

"It's more fun that way!!" Zahra called out, having dashed off on her on and up some steps. "So you guys coming or not?"

Leila sighed, smiling just a little as she shook her head. Turning back to the guy, she held out her hand for a shake.

"I'm Leila, and that's my sister Zahra. Sorry - kind of forgot to say that earlier."

"Nice to meet you too, Jun and...oh never mind." Leila just shook her head and laughed a little as Jun mixed up their names. The only way you could tell them apart was by their eye color and by remembering who wore what that day. She walked over at a leisurely pace to her sister and Jun.

"Why ask about love or death?" Zahra asked out loud and over her shoulder as she skipped around a few large stepping stones. "I've got my sister to love and death comes no matter what - why not ask the fortune teller how to enjoy the lives we've got?"

Zahra laughed cheerily and hopped back nimbly to meet up with Jun - she hadn't heard his name yet, so with hands on hips and feet spread apart, she nodded and grinned.

"I just ran off, didn't I? I'm Zahra but you might hear sis call me Za Za. You can call me Za Za too I guess. What can I call you?" She said, her voice light and bubbly.

"Oh! Well hey, that's a good point there." Zahra said to Jun's observation about typical visits to the fortune teller. Tilting her head a little, she added, "Oh...and well, guess I haven't thought about that - Leila has always been with me! But we want to make new friends too! Wanna give it a shot, Jun?"

Leila had since made it to where they were and smiled happily.

"Yes, that'd be nice I think - if you don't mind." She said to Jun. "We just got the city maybe a few days ago...haven't settled down yet either but-"

"But there's SO much to see!" Zahra cut her off excitedly. "I've never seen a city so big! Hahaha!"

Zahra skipped around, chasing butterflies playfully while Leila sighed but giggled anyway.

"Have you been in the city long, Jun?" Leila asked as there was a lull in the conversation since Zahra had dashed a few feet away from them again.