°˖✧Gaijin✧˖°

°˖✧It's Terror Time Again✧˖°

"You know, Arianna, when you told me you were going to have a party, I didn't expect you makin' food for a whole fuckin' army," Mrs. Anaya comments from her spot on the couch, watching as Ari carries the fifth baking tray of sausage rolls into the living room.

"Mom, you don't understand. We have a lot of people coming over," she pouts, setting the rolls on the serving plate.

"Well, I get that, but you've made at least two pounds of queso, a whole build-your-own croissant sandwich making station, two dozen deviled eggs, and... what, 200 sausage rolls?" She asks with a furrowed brow.

"No!" She says defensively before she looks down with a little bit of a pout. "It's 192... but the Body Improvement Club definitely eats a lot! I've seen it with my own two eyes!"

Her mom rolls her eyes playfully and lays back against the couch. Bubba jumps on the couch beside her, wearing a matching devil costume, and she immediately begins to pet his head. "How did you even become friends with guys like the Body Improvement Club anyway? You've got nothin' in common with 'em."

"It's because Shigeo is in that club."

Ms. Anaya gets quiet for a moment before she slowly looks over at her once more. "Shigeo... like, your Shigeo? Shigeo that looks like he can't even do a pushup without his arms snapping in half Shigeo?"

She bristles, and she begins to flail her hands as she speaks. "Yes, it's that Shigeo! How many other Shigeos do I know? And he can do a pushup! He set a new record a bit ago and now he can do 35 without collapsing!" She exclaims.

"Ooh, a whole 35..."

She grumbles at her mom's consistent smart-assery and walks into her room so she can put her costume on before their guests get here. She'll have to thank Chizuru again for helping her sew Daiya Higashikata's iconic sweater dress with the hood, especially after the heartbreak she suffered at Shinji Kamuro's hands.

Damn bastard... making her think she had a chance and then doing such a thing!

She pulls on the striped tights and the fluffy dress, flipping the hood up just like Daiya has it in the manga. She loops the little belt around her waist, too, and takes a moment to admire herself in the mirror. Dare she say it, she thinks it does her some justice! She hopes everyone thinks so, too... especially...

The doorbell goes off, and she squeaks in excitement. She hurries down the stairs and barrels toward the door, careful to not mess up the decorations she hung up. When she opens it, Shigeo, Ritsu, and Teru stand before her. Her heart leaps into her throat, seeing that Shigeo is dressed like a vampire, wearing those cute little ear prosthetics and his normally neat bowl cut is all tousled. He's... absolutely adorable!

Ritsu is matching him, just with a different kind of outfit, and his hair doesn't look much different than it usually does. Teru, on the other hand, took the opportunity to dress like a zombie, green face paint and tattered clothing and all. She's happy that they're taking the whole costume thing just as seriously as she is!

"Yo!" Teru grins.

Shigeo doesn't say anything at first, just staring at her with wide eyes and a redness across his cheeks. It isn't until Ritsu nudges him that he finally snaps out of it and stammers. "Y-You... Um, I-I like your costume..."

She beams, feeling her own cheeks growing warm at his compliment. "O-Oh, thanks! I like yours, too! You all look so nice!" She giggles girlishly. "Um, come on in!"

She leads them inside, and she feels a sense of pride seeing how all of them look around the whole home and how she and her mom decorated it in wonder. "Wow, you really went all out, Ari-senpai," Ritsu observes. "I'm impressed."