why. Even he grew out of that game. Not that he won't join if he's asked.

playing it because she is bored. She stares over at the person watching her. "...What?"

"Uh..." he was sort of scared of Nataliya but managed to hold his ground. "What'cha doin?"

stares at him a little harder before continuing her game. "What does it look like?"

flinches. Maybe he shouldn't have started talking. he pressed on anyway. "Uh...isn't the weather nice today?"

almost snorts at him. "You are wasting time."

decides that she's probably right. "Can I play with you?"

looks him over before shrugging. "Just don't get in the way."

walks over slowly, observing the state of the hop scotch marks before jumping into the game.

steps aside to let him go.

finds a small rock and gently throw it, making sure not to accidentally hit Nataliya. He wouldn't usually care but he felt uneasy around her

stares expectanly. "Let's see how good you are."

nods and hops on the first step, then the second. It seems that the rock landed on the second-last square.