October 29, 2010
Costume
"Seriously Shun, you don't know what Halloween is?" the brunette asked with disbelief. The two of them were sitting on a bench in the park and were having a random conversation when the black-haired male realized all the weird decorations on the houses. He asked his younger friend what they were, and was replied with shock. Still, it was true that the boy didn't know at all and really didn't see the point...unless the people who put the accessories there are weirdos who love to scare kids.
Shun shook his head with a neutral expression at Dan's question.
"Man, not even trick or treating?"
"What's that?" Dan face-palmed. "Okay, it is now my mission to teach you about Halloween. Simply put, it's supposed to be the scariest night of your life."
"Really?" the raven-haired boy asked; doubting that people would make such a holiday in the first place.
"No, not really. What most kids focus on is the candy." at the mention of the word 'candy', Dan's eyes literally sparkled with glee and delight. "Ooh...this year's going to be great!" he muttered while licking his lips. Shun was already freaked out by the sudden change in his friend's nature. Is Halloween that influential to a kid's mind?...and candy consumption?
"Hey Shun, since you don't know Halloween, you probably don't have a costume right?" the brunette asked while cutting through his thoughts. The raven-haired boy was about to mention his grandfather's old ninja outfit, but chose not to bring it up. "Nope...I don't have one."
"Then we're going to get one then!" he exclaimed while pumping his fist in the air. "I already have some money from mom to buy us both costumes for tomorrow." he smirked as he showed him the wad of cash in his pocket and shoved it back in. "Are you ready?"
"For what?" the older boy was then pulled/dragged to the mall not far from where they were. Once in the mall, the brunette quickly brought him in front of...a kid's paradise. "Welcome to the largest toy store in the world Shun! Bask in its glory!" he proclaimed with the biggest grin he could muster. All the other boy could do was gape and stare at the sheer number of things inside the large store. Never before had he seen so much...toys. Plushies, gadgets, cars, dolls, whatever you can think of. Just multiply that by a hundred and that probably won't be enough still to describe it. In one word, it was amazing.
"C'mon Shun! Let's go to the costume section!" he shouted excitedly as he grabbed Shun's wrist again and hauled him along. Soon they were in front of an entire room filled with different garments and stuff. The best thing was…there was discount. And Dan knew how to 'bargain' with the adults to get it at an even lower price. Whoever knew Dan knew how to do such a thing?
Shun started to look at each one and tried to see which one would be cool to wear. There was an awesome vampire costume, Frankenstein, cowboy and whatever else. He thought of them as plain though and wanted something that most people wouldn't try. The boy then spotted cool looking general-style clothing that seemed to fit him perfectly. It was mostly green and had blue outlines, yellow marks and seemed to be accompanied by a white turtleneck undershirt. Shun then wanted to find some accessories that would go well with the costume...and settled with a leather brown belt and matching color boots since the outfit looked like a one piece.
Getting it off the rack along with the other stuff he turned to his friend. "Hey Dan, what's your cost-" the boy was surprised that the brunette picked a clothing that looked nearly like his...except the main color were light brown, had red lines instead of yellow and didn't stretch all the way down to the legs...there were pants accompanied with it though. Dan also grabbed a belt and a real-looking sword out of the pile of add-ons and smiled when he saw Shun's pick. "Wow Shun, that somehow really suits you for some reason." he commented while pointing at the outfit.
"Are you sure it's okay for both of us to go like this?"
"'Course! People will think that we're brothers or something!" he beamed. The raven-haired boy smiled at that; it would be pretty cool if they both went in these costumes.
After buying the things they chose and a persuasive argument, they both exited the shop when Dan heard something that quickly piqued his interest. "Sounds like a costume contest..." Shun muttered as he saw the stage with people crowding around it. "Let's enter it!"
"W-what?" he shouted while taken aback.
"We already have out costumes Shun! Now's our chance to see if it's really good!"
"Uuh...okay then..." the boy had a bad feeling there was something wrong once they went past the gate. Unfortunately, all the slots have been taken already for the competition. The thing was that one pair wasn't there yet and it was starting in a few minutes. So the clerk said if they weren't able to arrive on time, they can cover for them.
So that's how Dan and Shun ended up changing into their new outfits that fit them nicely and were waiting with the other contestants. The older boy already realized that there was something really off with the contest. None of them looked really scary...in fact; some of them were dressed in school uniforms. Some were people holding huge swords and had a mask on their face. And others looked either plain cute, cool or weird.
Once the MC of the show started speaking though, his worst fears were confirmed almost instantly. "Welcome to 2010's Halloween Anime Cosplay!"
Shun didn't know what was more shocking...that Dan got them wrapped into an Anime Cosplay or the girl that was speaking on stage was an eight-year-old and looked suspiciously like Tomoyo from Cardcaptor Sakura. He had no idea how he knew that either.
The brunette didn't seem to know what an Anime Cosplay was though since he looked so...blissfully ignorant. "That's a weird title for a costume contest." Shun was debating whether to tell him about it or not. He decided not to, but at the same time, he didn't know if these costumes would do anything.
Finally, it was their turn to go on stage and show all the otakus...the raven-haired boy shuddered. But the younger child looked excited anyway.
"And here are our last contestants!" the MC smiled happily as she raises an arm to the red curtain. "Dan Kuso and Shun Kazami!"
Shun closed his eyes and feared the worst when the silence hung on them. Suddenly, one of the judges stood up and squealed. "OMG! That's the cutest Conrad and Gwendal costume I've ever seen! They're just adorable!" she screamed while nearly jumping over the judge's table and running towards the stage if it not for the two other persons with her.
The to-be ninja sweat dropped. They were cosplaying an anime she knew? Really?
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In the end, the both of them didn't win but got a runner-up prize anyway…which happened to be the amount of money Dan 'borrowed' from his mom. The brunette was happy that he can get away with stealing scot free (to Shun's anger) and that they sort-of won their first contest together.
Later on, Shun found out that somehow, the costumes they picked happen to match the outfit of the characters from Kyou Kara Maoh...not that he really cared though.
A/N : Yay~anime cosplaying un. XD So I promised the new story and here it is. As the title says (I'm not in a creative mood) there's going to be two more chapters from where that came from. Problem is that you have to wait for the next day...and stuff.
Aww...Shun doesn't know what Halloween is. Oh, and I give points for those who know the anime and squealed at the imagined picture un. XD Please Review~(10/29/10)
