[She rapidly blinks her eyes at the sudden sensation of the nails on her back, a feeling that reminded her a lot of her cat when they hadn't clipped her nails in a while. Shiki's pleasantly surprised at how receptive he is with the hug, though; she had expected him to "tolerate it" only for a moment before gruffly pulling away with some excuse or another. He had changed a lot since their first week together, but she didn't think it would have been enough for him to tolerate excessive touchy feely stuff. She wasn't gonna question it, though; she was really happy to see him again. She writes off his familiarity with her appearance as him having a really good memory-- time issues didn't even cross her mind as any sort of possibility-- and smiles up at him bashfully, nodding a little.]

I'd be blind as a bat if they'd washed away! I hope I didn't lose Mr. Mew in the ocean, though... I was holding onto him before I got here, however that happened. I'm still pretty confused and disoriented from all of this.

[The adrenaline was starting to wear down from the excitement of the surprise meet-up, and Shiki found herself noticing more and more seemingly wrong with Neku as she stared up at him. Frowning deeply, she pulls back a little, placing her hands on his shoulders with a small squeeze and looking up at him with a concerned and worried expression.]

Neku... are you okay? You're not looking too good.