~𝘓𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘳~ // 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘪 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘻𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘸𝘢 𝘹 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳

- 𝕏𝕀𝕀: Date...? -

Of course, you tied. Both of you insisted that you had won. Eventually, after bickering for several more minutes about who got there first, you began to laugh.

Shinazugawa sighed, and began to walk further into town. "Did she give you a list?"

"Uh... no. She did not."

"Are you fucking- okay. Whatever. Just buy whatever we think we need."

You peered into shop windows, and ended up buying some basic ingredients; things like flour, sugar, butter, bread, starch, etc. sat in your pouch of purchased items.

"Hey, look!" You smiled, pointing over to a new stand. "They opened a new stand! Can we please try it? Please?"

Shinazugawa sighed and nodded reluctantly, allowing you to drag him over to the person selling the dango.

"Two, please!" You help up two fingers and the seller nodded, turning to grab your dango. You pulled out a wad of your cash and counted it so that it was just a little over the total- you felt inclined to tip the person giving you the dango- and handed it to the shopkeeper.

"No. I'll pay." Shinazugawa pulled out his money and you chopped him in the gut. He grunted and looked at you pissed off. "What the hell?"

"You bought me a good kimono, I'll buy you some good dango. Shut up and take it, dumbass." You nodded and the seller passed you the dango and put the money away. "Thank you!" You smiled and handed Shinazugawa his dango.

"Damn. This is good." Your mouth watered at the taste of the treat. "How's yours?"

Shinazugawa shrugged. "Fine." He took a bite and didn't say another word.

"Are you mad at me 'cause I hit you? Because it's not my fault you're acting dumb and all weird. I'll pay for you when I want to."

Shinazugawa ignored you.

"Okay! Okay! I won't do it again!"

"I'm not mad at you because of that, so stop bringing it up." In truth, he was confused by the funny feeling that returned to him when you paid. He was trying to process it still when you spoke, trying to put pieces together that just wouldn't fit.

"Oh, okay. Sorry."

"Would you maybe... want to go into town with me?"

"You... huh?" You felt flustered. Was he quoting when you had asked him out, or were you dreaming?

He stared at you blankly, waiting for a proper answer.

"But, we're already in town?"

"I mean... you asked me into town a while ago, so... what did you do that for? Show me what you were going to show me."

You nodded hastily, a grin spreading across your face. "I- yeah! All right! Follow me!" You led him along by his wrist. He looked baffled by how quickly this started.

"There's this really amazing sushi place around the corner! We could go there!" You stopped and let him go, still smiling. "Or, if you want we could do something else! I don't really mind! It's all up to you!"

"Sushi is fine." He said.

"Okay! Yeah! Let's do this!" You laughed, giddy and overly happy. You didn't know for sure if he just asked you out, or even if he realized that you had initially asked him out, but you weren't complaining.

You sat down in the restaurant, your cheeks beginning to ache because of your smile. Your stomach was doing flips. This is perfect! Mitsuri would be so proud of me! Was this what she was planning all along...?