as we walk ; geto suguru

Meticulous

"Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!"

Nanako throws rock while Mimiko throws paper. Nanako exclaims in defeat while holding her head in her hands and Geto dangles his keys in your face with a smirk and raised brow which earns a scoff from you.

"Toji! You know how to drive my car, I'm leaving it in your hands!" you call out to him, who gives you an unamused thumbs-up and shows you your keys that you gave him so he could drive your car back from the playground.

"You're lucky your car's flashy," you mutter as you buckle your seatbelt, the convertible's hood folding on itself. "Seatbelts?"

"Check!" the girls shout from the back.

"Music, please!" Nanako asks and Geto casually turns on the radio as he drives out of the parking lot.

"Where's this mall again?" Geto asks and turns on the car's screen.

You punch in the address quickly and let the screen ring out the directions. "I thought it would be the usual mall we go to but I guess there isn't a Build-A-Bear there. I don't think I've been to this one though,"

"I'm gonna make a purple one!" Nanako pipes up.

"I wanna make a white one with pink hearts all over like Mai's!" Mimiko follows.

"I'll probably get a new perfume while I'm at it. The one that Nagi got me as a sample the other day still isn't disguising the coffee scent," you sigh.

"I mean it's not a bad smell, it combines with the bread you make in the morning, too." Geto says. "It's pretty distinct to you."

"I get that, but people have told me it's kind of strong," you complain. "I've heard this new one was on the market that's kind of..."

When you begin talking about the new perfumes that the Nagi had recommended you, you don't realize it but when Geto thins his lips, he's hoping you don't get a new bottle of perfume soon to lessen your aroma of mocha beans, sugar, and freshly baked bread. It was a nice and unique scent unlike all the constant floral and other typical scents he would sense from all the female elites in the restaurant.

It's a rather long trip, around a little more than an hour. The summer sun and gentle cradling movement of the car makes you and the girls tired and it isn't long until all three of you are passed out, even with the bustling city noises like the roaring of engines and occasional street honks. The girls' heads are lolled to the sides with the cheeks pressing up against their seatbelts while you're resting your head on your hand with soft breathing escaping you.

The car pulls to a stop at a red light, which makes you breathe in a breath of air after your small nap. Geto watches out of his peripheral vision as your head slowly rises and your eyelids open.

"Are we here?" you mumble, stretching your shoulders out.

"Nah, go back to sleep," he says softly. "We still have a few minutes."

You oblige and put yourself back into your position again, falling back asleep in a matter of a few seconds. Geto supposes the stress of the upcoming trial that's in a month is beginning to settle back into your nerves like what happened a few months ago with Shigemo's dinner. Shigemo himself had come back to Tamamo no Mae a few times in the past month and Geto would cringe whenever a waiter would tell him that a specific customer requested him. Despite Geto being the one that would always tell you not to worry about the trial the most, he couldn't help but feel pressured on the trial as well, considering he was taking part in it along with Utahime and Gojo.

"Geto, Utahime, and you are going to be heard in court as Nanako's preschool teachers," Nanami gestures to his fiance and Utahme. "...and the person that's closest to her caretaker that isn't (Y/N)."