sweets ✧ r.kaji

chapter sixteen : outing

"woww! it has four floors!" you exclaimed, looking at the building in awe. it was made of a red-brown brick with white wooden frames and pots holding pink flowers lined the windows. overall, it was like a cozy modern type style.

you and kaji were side by side entering the mall with kusumi and enomoto behind you. when the automatic glass doors opened, you were greeted by bright white lights, clean tile floors, and reddish brick walls. small throngs of people were present everywhere—inspecting shiny products displayed on stalls, caressing well-made items of clothing, and reading the menus of restaurants. the air was alive with chatter and held wafting scents of delicious food on its wings.

it was such a lively atmosphere; it delighted you. "let's go there first!" you yelled, snatching kaji's hand and beginning to drag him towards a gashapon machine store that caught your attention.

inside were rows and rows of those gumball machine-like things containing circular containers. without a word to spare, you made your way to the cashier counter and bought twenty whole tokens to spend.

"omigahd jjk plushie keychains! blue lock rings!! kn8 standees!!! kny figurines!!!!" you ran to a nearby machine with a kaiju number 8 sign in front and observed the images. "i want hoshina!" you said almost immediately after checking the choices.

kaji who was beside you was staring boredly at the multicolored circles inside the machine. his hand was still in yours as he watched you excitedly chuck some tokens inside the slot and twist the handle.

"please be purple!" you prayed, picking up the sphere from the machine while closing your eyes. you kept them tightly shut while you turned to kaji and held up the container. "kaji! is it purple?"

"yeah."

"HAH!!" you quickly opened your eyes and your gaze fell to the purple tinted container. "VICTORY IS MINE!"

"what're you celebrating for? you'rre being loud," enomoto said, appearing behind you.

"i got the hoshina one, look!" you explained excitedly, sticking it to his face. "that's so lucky!"

kusumi smiled warmly at you, seeming to be happy that you were happy.

you scanned the rows of gashapon machines and your eyes found a demon slayer figurines one. "i want that one next! i need a sanegiyuu pair!"

"i want a satosugu plushie keychain pair!"

"look, a nagireo keychain!"

"vanoe!!!"

"i wanna get the megumi one!"

"holy shit, kuroken!!"

"kaji, let's get matching keychains!"

"ybc mushroom keychains fuck yes."

"moboroshi merch!"

"i need the childe one!!"

"sokouku! shin sokouku!! ranpoe!!!"

"jinx standees? no fucking way—"

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you ended up spending way more than you intended to as you were engulfed deeper into the gashapon store and by your side was now a large white plastic bag containing all of your precious items.

"mm, this is so yummy!" you said, stuffing a piece of chicken karaage into your mouth.

"eat slowly or ya might throw up," enomoto warned, dipping his own karaage in sauce before eating it. "it's crazy how you spend so much on the things you love."