{Discontinued} "Valentine's Day" | Yandere Shuichi Saihara x Reader | Rewrite

Chapter 3

"Woah... this place feels bigger than I remember it being on orientation..." You breathed out as you looked around. The food court almost looked like a mall, except all the stores served different kinds of foods! There was also one small store that was basically like a convenience store which you'd bought some chips from on orientation because why not?

To both your left and right were several different restaurants, some of which were busier than others. There were some cafeteria style tables in the center of the very large hallway between the two sides of the building as well as a few booths and a lot of normal tables, all of which were of varying sizes to fit different amounts of people. Several of the tables were already occupied but there were still plenty left, and this was only the first floor! There was a second floor to the food court, and although it was smaller you could still peer up and see several people that were hanging around the balcony looking down onto the first floor.

"There's so many people here," Shuichi commented as he also looked around, clearly nervous at the surplus amount of people. You could tell he was scanning the large crowd of people, but you didn't blame him. How many people were in this college?!

"Geez... I guess Hope's Peak wasn't kidding around when they said they'd be finding as many Ultimates as they could to attend. Guess that makes sense why they were so desperate for me to attend... but doesn't that make being an Ultimate less special to have so many of them?" You sighed, realizing that every single person in this college had an Ultimate talent. Every single one. That was a lot of talents!

"Just because they scout more people does make finding an Ultimate more common, but it doesn't mean it's less special. They scouted everyone because they had a true talent in something, even if it was just a raw talent that hadn't been sharpened yet," Shuichi turned his head to face you for a brief moment, "...And... don't say that about yourself. Judge yourself based on your actual skills, not your opportunities to get a job..."

"What, did you suddenly turn into the wise guy who has the best life advice ever?" You flatly commented. He had given you good advice but you didn't want to admit it- you wanted to just keep attacking yourself and your talent and keep complaining, "Anyways, let's go get some food. That's why we came here in the first place!"

You lead the way without waiting for Shuichi's response, browsing the different restaurants that were available. It would've been nice if they were things like Dairy Queen and McDonald's all put into one area, but they were all restaurants made up by Hope's Peak so they had boring names and it was harder to tell what was most likely on the menu until you actually saw it or saw what people were getting when they picked up their food. It was kind of annoying to have to guess what each place served, but eventually after a while of browsing the two of you found a restaraunt that seemed to have quite a diversity of foods, so the two of you decided to peek inside and see if you found anything you were interested in.

"Hmm... I think a cheeseburger sounds good," You thought aloud as your eyes scanned the menu, Shuichi doing the same.

"Really? I think having some pasta sounds beter," Shuichi slightly chuckled, making you giggle a bit.

"Okay weirdo, have your pasta. I'm geting the actually good food," You teased him, getting in line to order your food with Shuichi right beside you. While the two of you waited in line, you realized that the lady at the cash register looked vaguely familiar but also like a stranger for some reason, but you couldn't place your finger on where you might've seen her. You read her name tag to see that it read 'Astrid Rostock' but since the name didn't ring any bells you dismissed it as deja vu or maybe seeing her in passing. However, something that was definitely interesting to note was how long her hair was! It was currently tied back in a long ponytail, but it went all the way down her back!

"Hello, may I take your order?" 'Astrid' asked you when you got to the front of the line, her fingers ready to document your order so the food could be prepared. You told her that you wanted a cheeseburger with {toppings} and {drink}, and then Shuichi ordered a bowl of pasta. There were a few different types he could choose from, but he ended up choosing the one called 'four cheese corkscrew pasta' and chose to have vegetables with his food as well as a medium sized water. 'Astrid' pushed a few buttons on the register and the total amount showed up on the screen visible to you, "That will be $15.82."