𝔸ℕℕ𝕆𝕐𝕀ℕ𝔾 (Toji X OC)

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1ST POV
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We ended up at another cafe where I finally got to enjoy my flan in peace while he drank his coffee (since he wasn't a big fan of sweets).

This time we truly talked about ourselves since it was the purpose of the date. I noticed how he was trying to say things about himself as well, even though I already knew some of them. I did learn a few things not mentioned in the manga tho, like the fact that he considers his cursed spirit as a pet despite his inability to see curses-lack of cursed energy, all the jazz- and his love for weapons and, funny enough, plushies
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"Chotto- Plushies?!"

He bashfully looked away as I cackled like a dolphin, repeatedly slamming the table where my empty plate rested, earning me several concerned glances.

"holy crap! this is adorable my guy, I didn't know you'd be into this!! I gotta show you my collection then!"

"Shut up..." He pinched the bridge of his nose as my shoulders shook with laughter. "I regret telling you," he muttered.

He ended up groaning and flicked my forehead while giving me a glare that made me guffaw even harder. I just couldn't stop laughing—

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Okay, it caught me off guard but frankly, I found it hella cute and started teasing him about it until I took pity on him and decided to buy him some later to make us even.

After that, we went for a walk to random places, from the simple little manga store to the roof of a building. A manga store that I spotted and dragged a reticent Toji with me into, to buy some merch, resulting in him calling me an otaku which I smoothly corrected by saying that I was instead a weeb. Let's just say that he didn't get it and dumbly repeated the term, that boomer.

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"Aren't you a little too old for this? What is this, One Piece...? The hell is this...?" He took the 15th volume, seeing the two giants, Dorry and Brogy, displayed on the cover with their arms extended, holding their weapons. Luffy and Usopp also stood proudly with their usual grins. Toji turned the book back and forth, scrunching up his face at the sight of the cartoonish drawings, still unable to understand my fascination with it all.

I did a complete 180 towards him, offended by the blasphemy he had just spouted, which startled him slightly before he simply raised a brow.

"Ah! Never say that! One Piece is a gift from the heavens, don't you dare disrespect it- Oh it's the 15th volume!", I gasped, completely forgetting his preposterous comment, "You should get the first one before Oda goes crazy and ends up drawing more than 1000 chapters in the future! Don't want ya to stay uncultured and miss a masterpiece!"

My little jibe made him scowl as I trotted towards him, arms loaded with the few mangas I knew and others I had never heard of, totally disregarding his affronted look.

"or...you could try this one!" I somehow managed to pull the first volume of Berserk from an aisle, showing it to the man who seemed a bit more interested now.