Gou and Asahina, a chance first meeting!
Usually Hina didn't like going places alone, but for a bit if a different reason in a way. She was getting over it, but she still preferred to have someone with her when she went anywhere. Going to the festival, there were people everywhere, so she didn't have that sense of worry that tended to hang around. This was always her favorite time of the year and she wouldn't let what happened at Hope's Peak keep her down!
Dressed in a jacket with a hood she could tug up, she didn't have her hair up in that trademark ponytail that stuck up. It was the same red and she still wore shorts, so someone who knew her might have recognized her. Knowing the boys she was friends with had a whole mess of cats, she'd stopped at the same stall with the pet treats to have a look when a girl nearby turned around and she nearly fell over.
Catching herself before she did bite it, Hina laughed and waved it off. This seemed to happen to her a lot, she'd run into Momo the same way. Huh. There was something familiar about this girl that Hina couldn't quite put her finger on while she was looking back at her. In fact, she took a few seconds too long trying to figure it out and her response was a little delayed. "Oh, no worries! I'm fine! This just seems to be how I meet people." What was it that made her look so familiar?
"I have friends with cats, maybe I was standing too close looking at the same treats you bought."