OC Stories

Mall Trip Remake 🥀

A/N: I'll finish this one day

The local mall was huge to little Chamomile, amazing the young girl with how big a building could be. She'd been inside her school's gym many times before, but this was beyond compare. Escalators, elevators, balconies that allow you to see up to the entire ceiling through the floors upstairs... it was all so incredible to her 7-year-old mind.

She clutched her father's large hand tightly while walking along, her steps smaller and faster than his. He had to keep her from stumbling quite a few times because she couldn't stop looking with awe at everything around her, not paying any attention to where she was stepping.

"Daddy..." she says, staring at a palm tree as they walk by a sitting area. "Why is there a tree planted inside?"

He glances at the tree, then down at her, and smiles. "It's to make the room look nice." His daughter stares at the tree until they've passed, then she chooses another thing to marvel over.

"Are we almost to the arcade?" Noelle suddenly calls from behind them, causing Chammy to let go of her father's hand and turn around with a huge grin, walking cheerily backwards. Noelle returns her grin with a wink.

"I believe it's around the corner now," her father says with a chuckle, carefully turning his daughter back around again. "Take care of Chammy while the boys and I go elsewhere, alright?" He addresses Noelle directly. "Make sure either you or your sister have an eye on her at all times."

"Don't worry," Noelle assures him, throwing an arm over her sister's shoulder, who is walking right next to her. "Sophie and I have her covered. Ain't nothing gonna go wrong with us around." Sophia nods in agreement, matching Noelle's huge smile.

"What are you and– and–" Chammy puzzles in her mind for a second, flexing her fingers. "And..."

"Peter and Haku?" Her dad guesses, and Chammy quickly confirms that that is what she meant. He puts on a sly grin, showing his little tooth gap, which makes his daughter giggle. "You're not allowed to know, little one. Not yet. It's a surprise."

"A SURPRISE?" Chamomile gasps, projecting her voice just a little too loudly. A couple people walking by glance in their direction.

"Yes, yes, a surprise!" he laughs, lightly shaking her hand. "Keep your voice quiet, honey. You're going to love it."

"I will!" she gives him the brightest smile of the day thus far, now walking with a skip in her step. Soon, they come to the end of the corridor they're in, turning left into the one that has the arcade. Her father lets go of her hand and she skips over to Sophia, hugging her leg tightly in excitement before properly grabbing her hand. "Сюрприз, cюрприз, cюрприз..." she repeats to herself in a gleeful whisper, making her dad chuckle.

"Have fun, Chamomile!" He waves to her as she walks away with the twin sisters. "Я люблю тебя!"

"тебя люблюююю!" she calls back, squeezing Sophia's hand tightly, looking back one last time with a cute little wave of her own. As soon as he's out of sight, she jumps in place, happily squealing. "The arcade and a surprise and Sophie and Noelle on the same day!" She tugs on her hand, running forward. "Let's go, let's go! It's so close!" Sophia laughs and jogs a little bit to keep up with her friend's daughter's hyper daughter, Noelle tagging along close behind.

They quickly reach the arcade, the flashing and swirling lights from inside only fueling little Chamomile's excitement more. She flaps her free arm and laughs gleefully, squeezing Sophia's hand even harder than before. The three walk in, Noelle leading them all to the token machine first. As she's taking a ten-dollar bill out to slip into the machine, Chammy is looking around the arcade, carefully searching for her favorite game. "I know what I wanna do first," she announces, smiling.