Complicated {Sequel to What Am I?}

Twelve: The Mall

"So, what did Mom want to talk to you about?" Ayano asked. "Just about school and stuff." I lied. "Yeah, she asked the same thing about us, too," Yan-kun said. 

"But I don't see the point of her in sending us to the mall. There's nothing here that interests me."

"Maybe you could find an outfit you could model for Taro." I said, sarcastically. Yan-kun blushed at my comment. "That's... actually not a bad idea." He mumbled. 

"I was only kidding." I said with a sweat drop. "Why don't we get something to eat, like ice cream or something?" Ayano suggested. 

"Good idea." I agreed. We went to the food court and bought ourselves some ice cream. "What are you thinking about, Ayano?" I asked, noticing she was blushing with a smile on her face. 

"She's probably fantasizing about her and Budo sharing a milkshake together," Yan-kun said. "I'm actually really excited to see Dad soon."

"Yeah, it'll be nice to have the whole family back together." I replied. "I think there's an arcade here. You guys wanna go check it out?" He asked. 

"I was kind of hoping to check out that new pet store to pet the animals." Ayano said. "But I wanted to go buy some sweets." I complained.

"Okay, looks like we've got a bit of a delimma," Yan-kun said, and me and Ayano nodded our heads in agreement.

"Hmm... Okay, I've got it! We'll go to the places we want to go, and when we're finished, we'll back here in the food court. What do you say?"

"That sounds like a good idea." Ayano agreed. "No complaints here." I said. "Then, it's decided." Yan-kun said.

When we were finished with our ice creams, we left to our own destination. I taste-tested some sweets while I did some looking around. 

Then, I bought some candy, mostly ones that contained chocolate. I also bought enough for Mom and my siblings. After I was finished, I headed back to the food court. 

I was almost there until I spotted Nemesis-kun with Saki. I hid behind a wall as I watched them. Why is she talking to him?

I watched as the two of them chatted and Nemesis-kun chuckled at something she said. I gripped the bag of candy in my hand as I watched them. 

I couldn't stand seeing them together. I was about to go over to them until a hand grabbed my shoulder from behind, causing me to turn around.

"Hey, Amaya. How ya been?" Osano asked. "Hey. What are you doing here?" I asked. "Just doing some browsing." He answered.

"Are you heading this way? Can we talk?" Osano asked. "Um..." I looked back towards Nemesis-kun and Saki as they were walking away together. 

"Come on, there's something I wanna show you." Osano said as he grabbed my hand. He dragged me away, taking me to some other part of the mall. 

"They just opened up this new haunted house. Wanna try it out?" Osano asked. "I guess so." I said, shrugging my shoulders. 

Although, I really wanted to go back to Nemesis-kun. Osano led us inside the haunted house, leading down a hall of scary stuff. 

Ghost sounds echoed around us as holographic projections of ghouls loomed over us.

I was unfazed by any of this because I don't get scared easily. I was too distracted to be scared since I was thinking about Saki and Nemesis-kun. 

"I-I-If you're scared, you c-can h-h-hold my hand." Osano stuttered. "I'm okay." I said as we continued to walk down the hall.