Everyone getting off the bus smells like sweat and diesel and that weird aroma of stale corn chips that seems to permeate the seats, but there's a big reception hall for registration and...oh, wow. Water. Kou drops his bag indifferently and heads for the water dispenser, chugging down a few paper cones full in a row. It's he sweetest, most refreshing thing he's ever tasted. It helps quell some of the nausea from that intense bus ride.

He decides to get out of the way so others can have some too, but only after filling his cup one last time to take along. He's so focused on the water that he steps to the side and his usual grace nearly fails him. He pulls up just short of running smack into a very tall, good looking man. He stops so suddenly a bit of water splashes out of the cup and onto the floor between them. Damn. Is that Raleigh Becket? No way. They hadn't been told they'd have the opportunity to spill things on celebrities today.

"Sumimase-ah, sorry! You won't believe me if I say I didn't see you, right?"