I Don't Run An Orphanage!

Chapter 92

Cupid Candy Chaos Part 2

"Ohhh Fuku!"

"Eap!" Fuku jumped after suddenly hearing Mina's voice on the other side of the door, quickly closing her laptop and cutting her writing session short. "M-Mina!?"

"That's right! Mind letting me in? I have a present for you!" Mina said in a sing-song voice.

"A present?" Fuku thought about what Mina could possibly want to give her. "I-Is it acid to the face!"

"Oh come on Fuku you should know me by now! I'd never hurt a hair on your head." Mina told her.

"Does that mean you'd hurt everything but my hair!?" Fuku asked, holding onto her messy hair.

"You know what I mean. I'm not gonna hurt you. Trust me. Eri and Kei have said good things about me right? That has to mean something." Mina pointed out.

"Well, they do say good things about you." Fuku reasoned. "I...I guess I could let you in."

And so hesitantly, Fuku opened up the door and allowed Fuku into her room.

"Hey, Fuku! I don't have much time because I'm trying to give these out to a bunch of people, but I have some special candy for you." Mina told her, putting a piece of candy in her hand.

"Oh! That sounds good!" Fuku was about to eat it when Mina stopped her.

"Wait! Don't eat it now! Eat it in front of the mirror!" Mina told her, as she ushered the child over the mirror.

Fuku stood in front of the mirror and gave Mina a confused look. "Why?"

"Just trust me. And make sure you're looking directly at yourself when you eat it!" Mina told her, as she stood off far to the side. "Go ahead! It'll be great!"

Fuku gave Mina a suspicious look and considered not doing it, before also considering that that might anger Mina. And in fear of that, she just decided to do what she told her.

She looked directly into the mirror and put the candy in her mouth.

After chewing it for half a minute and swallowing, she kept wondering why Mina was so insistent. I don't see anything different. It's just my adorable self...wait what?

Fuku's eyes widened. Where did that thought come from!? Since when did I think I was cute!? I'm not cute! I'm...not supposed to be cute but...

She took a closer look at herself in the mirror, and noticed that despite not changing in appearance one bit she looked...different somehow.

Her messy purple hair, her eyes, her face, her small stature, all of it now seemed...cute to her. She looked cute.

Fuku smiled in the mirror as she admired herself, feeling a wonderful sensation push its way into her heart and her head, and pushed out many of her negative thoughts.

Mina also smiled as she watched Fuku run her hand through her hair, knowing her plan had worked.

"I wonder if I would look cuter if I styled my hair," Fuku muttered to herself absent-mindedly.

Mina wanted so badly to just dress Fuku up, do her hair, cover her in accessories. Make the girl feel as pretty as she actually was for as long as the candy's effect lasted. Let her love herself the way she should.

But she had other things to do, however, she knew someone who could take her place.

"Hey, why don't you go see Toru! She has a lot of cute stuff that I know she'd love to dress you up in! And I know you'd look just the cutest!" Mina told her.