strawberry flavour - mitsukou oneshot

🍬~! strawberry flavour !~🍓

!candy shop au!

the aroma of sweet smelling candy had piqued the interest of the teenage boy, minamoto kou. he had never had a thing for candy, but he knew that is young sister favoured it severely. kou wanted to get her a special something, he had been away all day for the past week since his part time job had gone short staffed. he knew it was not the best way to earn since he'd be missing out on time with his sister, but there was no other choice.

step by step, he was drawn to the petite store that had only opened recently. the glossy pink paint on the outer building had caught his eye multiple times on the way to work yet he had never made the time to stop by. the night was begging to fall, street lamps had begun illuminating the beige pathway that fell in front of him, and he began walking towards it.

the shop bell chimed as he entered, slowly closing the door behind him as to not make a racket late in the evening. slowly but surely, the boy turned to face the counter, the sight that met his eyes made his heart thump erratically. there, standing behind the glass cased display, was a young guy with strawberry pink hair that glistened in the dim light of the display. the boy looked up and their eyes met, the instant connection hitting kou like a brick.

"can i help you..?"
the unenthusiastic worker sighed, tapping on the case. kou slowly drifted towards the till, still utterly out of it.
"i-uh"
"what do you want?"
the faint breath of the pink haired boy echoed through his ears,
"s-strawberry?"
his uncertain voice murmured. kou hadn't given his answer a second though, but it began to set in that he was too preoccupied thinking about the other guy in front of him than the flavour of candy he would bring home for his sister.

the boy hurriedly grabbed one of the pink and white striped paper bags and began loading it with strawberry flavoured candy.
"how much do you want?"
he said, stopping midway through.
"i-ill take 10!"
kou said, trying to compose himself as the boy rolled his eyes and folded the bag shut.
"that'll be 200 yen"
kou fumbled with his wallet, his spiky blonde hair falling over his eyes. he picked out his money and gave it to the other boy, their hands brushing as they parted. the now slightly flushed pink haired guy gave kou a smile, it wasn't sarcastic or fake, it was a genuine, embarrassed pure smile. that was enough to strike his heart. kou did infact have a soft spot for cute smiles, especially the one he had just seen.

"wait! can i have your number..?"
he rushed, earning back the attention of the young man.
"wh- you pervert! why would you suddenly ask for the number of someone as cute as me?!"
the other guy lashed out all of a sudden, his face red like a strawberry. strawberry, like the sweets that glistened just like the young mans hair in the light.
"i'm not a pervert! it's an innocent question!"
huffing, the other guy pulled out a small folded piece of paper from his pocket, grabbed a pen from the side and began writing. kou could tell he was trying to focus on tidying up his handwriting.

"h-here dumbass"
the strawberry boy slid the small slip of paper across the counter and turned away,
"get going now!"
the blonde turned and began making his way for the door, the confusing events that just occurred flashed by before he stopped in the middle of raising his hand for the doorknob due to the sound of a voice, one that said,
"it's sousuke mitsuba!"
"kou minamoto, nice to meet you strawberry"
silence overcame the two for a brief second, kou taking his chance to leave just as yelling came from inside the building. all he could faintly make out were the words,
"you didn't just pick strawberry flavour because of me did you?!"

in the end, kou did in fact gain a liking for candy after sharing the sweet goods with his siblings. especially the strawberry flavour.