no one seems to care
"Heyyy! Are you my partner?"
It takes a moment for Melia to fix eyes on the other girl, who's bouncing so exuberantly up on toes that her voice sounds to be coming from much farther away than in reality. Perhaps a common issue.
But nevertheless. Having now properly taken her "partner"'s meaning, Melia nods, and responds, "I believe so. You're Mia, yes?"
"Melia!!" Ah, she's...definitely going in for a hug, now. "We're gonna be such great friends, I just know it!"
After enough rather...jocular pushing and pulling in this direction or that, Melia begins to believe, too.