From the moment (Y/N) and Nobara met, they bonded over their shared obsession for shopping. It wasn't even always about buying clothes, but more talking about the latest brands or browsing a fashion magazine together. But the latter occurred only, when they weren't in the actual shops. When they were looking through the clothes, they kept themselves busy with gossiping. Sure, some might look down on the concept of gossiping, but they never meant any harm. It was more of just analysing themselves, the people around them and everyone's relationships, nothing too bad, right?
(Y/N) and Nobara had been shopping for at least two hours straight. Yuji and Megumi were long forgotten as the boys had gotten tired and escaped somewhere. (Y/N) was carefully going through every piece of clothing, looking at the sizes and prices. She felt someone's hand creep up to her waist.
"You sure are sneaky, Nobara."
"How did you know it was me? What it had been some creepy old guy? You really need to work on your survival skills."
"Yeah, yeah, sure. Anyway, did you find anything?"
"Nothing in my aisle, I am coming for yours."
"Hey! You can't take my aisle of clothing!"
They chuckled and continued to look through the clothes side by side. They didn't speak, sounds of fabric shuffling and the background noise of the store's music filling the comfortable silence. It was peaceful, until Nobara decided to speak.
"So, how's it going with Yuji?"
"Huh?"
"You know..."
"Let's not talk about that." Said (Y/N) and kept her gaze focused on the clothes, obviously ignoring Nobara's curious eyes.
"Why not?"
"You know it's never going to go anywhere, he doesn't like me like that."
"You don't know that, (Y/N)."
"Well, there is nothing I could do anyway. I would rather die than face the days of awkwardness after telling him."
"Why wouldn't he like you? I mean, you are beautiful and smart," answered Nobara, emphasising the 'and' between beautiful and smart.
