talentless au
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Kyoko loved her job, it was easy and most of the time she was sat in the backroom taking stock. But not today, today Ibuki had called in sick and Kyoko was forced on the main floor. It's not that Kyoko didn't look the part of a hot topic employ, she had dyed hair, wore all black, and listened to most of the bands shirts they sold. She just struggled with social anxiety and too many people threw her off, maybe it was a bad idea to work at a store but money is money.
So there she stood watching the few customers walk around the store. Until a blue-haired girl dragging a few normal girls walked in. She looked straight out of 2009. Her hair was up in huge fluffy pigtails that must have been a pain to brush out, her arms were filled with Kandi bracelets, and the shorts she was the shortest thing Kyoko had ever laid her eyes on. She mentally slapped herself because that is a customer and she should not be thinking about this. Kyoko's attention was drawn to the customer buying some my hero merch and raving about todeku. She had watched the show but it was nothing that she would wear.
But then the pretty girl set a pretty big pile of stuff in front of her. "I'm sorry about all the stuff." The girl gave her a bright smile twirling one of the raccoon tails that framed her face. " oh no it's my job! are you part of our loyalty program?" " yep! my number is 098-765-4321" Kyoko tried not to memorize the number she typed in but it happened anyway. " Sayaka maizono?" The girl, Sayaka nodded " your total is 130.45, cash or card?" Kyoko finished checking her out and handed her a bag. " have a nice day and come again!"
A week later Kyoko is scrolling through Instagram and comes across a post by sAyAkA_xxx. She has the same blue hair but this time it is flowing freely around her, and Kyoko's heart skips a beat at the Kandi top she's wearing. Talented and beautiful, Kyoko had tried her hand at the bracelets but they never worked out, they broke the second she put them on her wrist. So she stuck to the chunky band bracelets that she got from work. She found the girl was a Dj but was studying music education. Kyoko decided to attend her next event.
That event happed to be a month later, on a night Kyoko was supposed to close. " Ibuki can you please take my shift, I've covered so you go be with mikan a million times." Kyoko wasn't one for guilt-tripping, especially when it came to Mikan and Ibuki. Mikan was very sick and Ibuki was her primary caregiver so it was easy for her to give in. " Ibuki told you she can't! That's date night and Ibuki never misses date night! go ask eyeliner!" eyeliner or actually suichi, a teenage boy obsessed with her. Kyoko hated working shifts with him because he'd find every way to talk to her, that wouldn't be a problem if he was normal about it. But after one meeting he had followed her on every social media she had, even her old tumbler she hadn't used in 4 years! So in desperation, she sent him a pleading text and he agreed.
Kyoko had never been to a rave before but Ibuki had given her a few outfit ideas and thrown some Kandi at her. Kyoko was wearing a ripped up tank top and black shorts that had colorful paint splatters, wong with half an arm of Kandi she was confused the meaning of. So she stood on the side watching others dance to the beautiful DJ's music. She was enjoying just people watching so she didn't notice the change in people at the booth. " first time?" There stood Sayaka in those same fucking shorts. " uh yea my friend ran off with some dude." lying, real slick Kyoko doesn't scare her off cause you're a stalker. " just be safe they don't do drugs! my friends tried some of the stuff here once and it was not a good time." she giggled slipping the mask off her face and setting it at the table. It was a lesbian flag, she new the pinks and reds all to well as she had it plastered all over her apartment. " if you don't mind me asking you're a lesbian right or did u just like the colors?" " oh duh! I have a girl in red tattoo right there!" she pointed to her thigh right under her shirt it was a timestamp for girls. " oh well glad to find like company."
Sayaka's eyes lit up as she reached for Kyoko's hand. " well since it's your first time I'll show you how to properly have a good time."
Kyoko woke up the next morning in her apartment half-dressed and covered in hickeys. There was a note on the pillow next to her.
"I'll drop by a hot topic again soon so you can get my number, but until then thanks for last night.
xoxo, sAyAkA"
