Yayy a new chapter! Gah, I'm so sorry this took so long Dx You see, the school has started and is pretty much eating all my energy and motivation so yeahh... So yeah, I won't probably publish new chapters/stories that often than before. So please just be patient! Oh well, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter!
It was around eleven in the morning, and Haise was standing in front of the flower shop. He didn't really know where to go or what to do, since Juuzou hadn't said anything where they would meet and what time. And he didn't have their number, so he couldn't call them or send a message. So Haise thought this would be the best place to wait for the other. Of course Haise had thought about going to Juuzou's house too, since he now knew where they lived, but didn't really know if that would have been a good idea. Besides he didn't even know how long Juuzou slept. It was weekend after all.
Haise sighed heavily and walked to other side of the street, sitting down to stairs that led to his bakery. He had brought a book with him, so at least he had something to do while waiting for the other. So he opened the book, and started to continue reading.
"Ah, you're here!" he then heard a voice and moved his gaze away from the book. Then he saw Juuzou, running towards him while waving with their hands. Haise put the book to his bag and stood up, without moving his eyes from Juuzou. They were so beautiful as always. They were wearing a white tank top and light, pastel violet cardigan with violet-grayish skirt and pastel pink thigh highs. Their hair was a little curled and it looked really soft and fluffy.
"I'm sorry, I should have told you yesterday where to meet! But thank god, you were here. I thought about to come here and wait for you, but it looks like you managed to be here before me", Juuzou said while trying to catch their breath.
"It looks like we both thought the same thing then", Haise smiled a little. "But yeah, it would have been nice if you would have told me where to meet. Maybe we should add each other's phone numbers so this doesn't happen again", he let out a small laugh.
"Yeah! Phone numbers! That's actually what I thought too! So, what is your number? I'll add you right away", Juuzou said and took their phone from their purse, and they added each other's numbers.
"So, what are we going to do now? You're the one who asked me to hang out, you know" Haise then asked.
"Ahh well, I haven't really thought about it… I'd like to go to a mall and just roam around there for a while", Juuzou suggested after thinking a while.
"Sure, that's fine for me", Haise said and smiled. Juuzou smiled too, and they started to walk together towards the mall.
They walked around the mall for some time, just looking at all the shops and wondering where to go first. Haise wanted to visit a bookstore to see if there's one new book he wanted to buy, and they went there. After that Juuzou wanted something good so they ate some ice cream, and continued to walk around. Then Juuzou saw a game arcade.
"Let's go there!" they suggested, and before Haise said anything, Juuzou had disappeared and Haise followed them to arcade.
Juuzou looked around with a big smile on their face. Haise walked behind them, looking around too.
"Wow, I didn't know there was an arcade…" he said, being a little impressed.
"This is one of my favorite places. I come here always when I'm bored and want to play something", Juuzou then told. "What you wanna play first?"
"Huh? Me?" Haise said with surprised expression. "Ah, well, let me think…" he said while looking around. "What about that one?" he then pointed at one rhythm game.
"Ooh, that's one of my favorites! You like rhythm games too, huh?" Juuzou asked.
"Well, sort of, I guess… I like many kind of games", Haise said with a small smile and scratched his neck.
"Oh, I see. Okay, I'm first", Juuzou smiled and started playing. First they chose the song and adjusted the difficulty level. Their hands and fingers moved smoothly on top of the buttons, Haise looking at them impressed.
"Wow, you're good", he said while looking at the other playing.
"I have practiced", they said, not moving their gaze from the game.
"Aww fuck, looks like I missed some", Juuzou pouted when the song ended. "Do you wanna try?" they looked at Haise.
"Yeah, sure", he said and they switched places. Haise chose the song and adjusted the difficulty one step harder than it was for Juuzou. Then the game started. Haise moved his hands and fingers fast, it looked almost like he was playing a piano really intensely. Juuzou's jaw dropped as they looked Haise playing, speechless and impressed.
"Well that was easy", Haise said as the game ended. He had missed only few notes. He looked at Juuzou and a little amused expression came to his face.
"Oi, what's with that face?" Haise laughed.
"Just… How…" Juuzou was still speechless. "Just holy fuck why you didn't tell me you're so good at that?!" they finally got their voice back and almost yelled. Haise shrugged his shoulders.
"I have practiced", he said and smirked. Juuzou nudged Haise's arm with their elbow lightly, letting out a small laugh.
"Damn you. But I have to say, I'm really impressed. I haven't yet met anyone who's better in that game than me", Juuzou said and giggled. Haise smiled gently and placed his hand to top of Juuzou's head, ruffling their hair.
"Don't worry, you just have to practice a little harder. Who knows, maybe you're someday as good as me!" he said a little teasingly and smirked.
"Oi, stop that!" Juuzou laughed when Haise ruffled their hair. Haise stopped, laughing now too.
"Hmm, now let's see what to play next…" Haise said, starting to look around him.
"Hey, I'm choosing the game this time!" Juuzou said with a laugh and showed their tongue to Haise.
"Let's see, let's see…" they mumbled while looking around. "Ah! What about some dancing~?" Juuzou asked with a small smirk. Haise looked at him a little confused, until realized.
"Oh, you mean DDR? I haven't played it that much, but sure, if you want to", he said with a smile.
"Oh really? Well in that case, you're not gonna win this time", Juuzou giggled.
They had to wait for a while in the line until it was their turn to play. They chose the song and set up difficulties.
"You ready?" Juuzou asked, ready to press start button.
"Ready when you are", Haise said, getting ready for the game. Juuzou pressed the button and the game started. Their difficulty was much higher than Haise's and they had set 2x speed. Juuzou moved easily on top of the arrows, missing only few. They were really skilled.
Song ended and they both panted heavily.
"So… What you say about that?" Juuzou asked, trying to catch their breath.
"Well… I have to admit that… You're really good", Haise said while panting.
"Wanna go again?" Juuzou smirked after they had rested for a while.
"Hell yeah!"
And so the game started again. Again, they chose the song and adjusted the difficulty levels. Juuzou wanted to try a little harder one this time. They pressed start button, song started and they started to move their legs as the arrows appeared to the screen.
Juuzou was now missing more arrows than last time. Haise noticed that they missed right side arrows the most, and soon he noticed that Juuzou was hobbling their right leg a little.
Just when Haise moved his gaze back to the monitor in front of him, he heard Juuzou letting out a small scream, followed by thud. Haise looked at the other and saw that they had fallen.
"Juuzou, are you okay?" Haise asked with worried tone and rushed to other.
"Y-yeah, I am. I just slipped. Don't worry, I'm okay", Juuzou said, smiling a little.
"That didn't look like a slip, you clearly fell! Maybe it's better that you sit down for a while", Haise helped other one up from the ground and put them sit to the bench.
"I told you already that I'm okay", Juuzou pouted a little. Haise sighed.
"Just let me at least look at your leg to see if there's something wrong, okay?" he knelt down to front of Juuzou and took their right leg to his hand. As he started to squeeze it gently, he noticed that it felt somehow weird.
"I told you I'm okay!" Juuzou quickly pulled their leg away from Haise's hold. Haise looked at Juuzou, noticing a little bit uncomfortable expression on their face. It looked like they didn't like when others touched their leg.
"Ah, I'm sorry…" the man got up and scratched his neck. Juuzou kept quiet for a while, until got up.
"It's fine. Thank you for worrying, but I'm fine, really. To be honest stuff like this happens a lot to me. My right leg is… How could I describe it..? Well, it's just not very good…" Juuzou then said, scratching their chin a little. They sighed and looked at Haise. "Come on, let's go somewhere else. I don't feel like playing anymore", they started to walk out from the arcade.
"Oh, okay", Haise said and went after them. "So, what do you want to do now?"
"Hmm, I want to go buy some clothes. I know one really good store", Juuzou said and smiled.
"Okay then, just lead the way", Haise smiled too, starting to follow the other to the second floor of the mall.
There they arrived to the front of small, cute looking clothing store. It was full of Lolita and different kind of street style clothes. And it looked like women clothing store. Haise hesitated for a moment until followed Juuzou inside.
"So this is the store you were talking about, huh..?" Haise asked with a little bit awkward smile.
"Yup! This is where I mostly buy my clothes actually", Juuzou smiled brightly while they started to look at the clothes.
"I see… You must really like girls clothes?" Haise wondered, and Juuzou turned to look at the male.
"I don't like "girls" clothes. I like cute clothes. I don't care whether they're meant for girls or boys. As long as they're cute, I'll wear them. And hey, they're just clothes, they don't have a gender you know", they said, looking somehow a little bit offended.
"Ah, r-right! Sorry…" Haise apologized and rubbed his neck. Juuzou just turned back to look at the clothes.
"Oh Juuzou, you're here~!" suddenly they heard a woman's voice. Both of them turned around, and saw this beautiful, young blond lady. She had a name label on her shirt, so she probably worked here.
"Akira~!" Juuzou suddenly exclaimed, running to hug the woman. Haise just stood there, astonished.
"You've come to buy some clothes again, huh? Oh, and it looks like you're not alone. Who is this handsome young man with you?" Akira turned her gaze to Haise with a gentle smile.
"He is Haise! The baker from opposite my shop. The one I told you about!" Juuzou said with a big smile on their face and turned to look at Haise.
"So that's him? Juuzou has told me about you. I'm Akira Mado, nice to meet you", the woman introduced herself.
"O-oh, yeah, nice to meet you too, Mado-san. I'm Haise Sasaki", Haise said, bowing a little. Akira giggled.
"Well, what a charming young gentleman you are. But no need to be so formal, just call me Akira", woman said with a smile.
"O-okay… Umm… So, you two know each other..?" Haise then asked.
"Oh yeah! Akira is my cousin!" Juuzou said.
"Oh?!" Haise raised his eyebrow in amazement. "Well I actually thought that you look kinda similar. I mean, you're both very pretty and-", his sentence got cut off as he realized what he said. "U-umm, I-I mean… I'm sorry I just..! Oh god I don't even know what I'm saying anymore", Haise stuttered and then turned his head away in embarrassment, blushing brightly. Juuzou and Akira looked at him for a while, until both started to giggle.
"Is he always like that?" Akira asked from Juuzou.
"Well, yeah, I guess he is", Juuzou said and then looked at Haise with a small smile.
"Hmm… So, you want to try on some clothes? We got a new set of brand new clothes yesterday" Akira asked and smiled.
"Well that's the reason why I came here, so yes, of course I want to try them", Juuzou said, laughing again.
"Okay, just follow me", Akira said and started to walk away.
"You come too, Haise! I need someone to tell me what they think about the outfits and if they look good on me", Juuzou took Haise by his hand, starting to drag him behind themself.
"Oh, okay…" Haise said, blushing a little when Juuzou took is hand. They followed Akira to the fitting rooms, where she was waiting with a pile of clothes on her hands.
"Here you go", she said as she gave them to Juuzou. "They're some clothes I picked just for you, since I thought you would like them".
"Ooh, thank you! I'm going to try them on now", Juuzou said and went to the fitting room. It took a while until they were ready with the first outfit.
"So what do you think?" they came out and Haise looked at them speechlessly. Pink Lolita dress and cute ribbon on their head. Juuzou was looking just so incredibly cute. They turned around a few times to show off the dress and then looked at others with waiting expression.
"So… cute..!" Haise covered his mouth with his hand and blushed while looking at Juuzou.
"Oh..?" Juuzou blushed a little too. "Do you really think I'm cute, Haise~?" they then asked, giggling a little. Haise nodded. Juuzou giggled again and smiled.
"Okay, I'll go try on another one then~", they said and went back to the fitting room. Next they came out with colorful skirt, white crop top and small jacket that matched the skirt.
"Ooh, looks good", Akira praised.
"Really? What do you think, Haise?" Juuzou looked at the male who didn't move his gaze from them.
"Mmh, turn around a little", he said, and Juuzou did so. "Yes… It's very nice too. Not as cute as the previous one, but yeah, it's nice", Haise said, looking really focused and preoccupied.
"Hmm… Just nice?" Juuzou turned around once again. "Actually I don't really like this either. Time to try on next one!" they said, going then back to the fitting room.
Juuzou tried on still about ten outfits.
"Okay, I'm going to buy these ones", they said when they were done with trying the clothes, holding six outfits on their hands.
"Okay. Just come to the cash desk", Akira said and Juuzou followed her. "Hmm… Aren't these all the outfits which Haise liked?" the woman then noticed when she looked at the clothes.
"Ah, w-well… I chose them because I liked them too…" Juuzou felt a small blush on their face and turned their head away. Haise looked at Juuzou with little bit surprised expression, and let out a small laugh.
"Oh~? How cute you chose those outfits because of me", Haise smirked, giggling then a little.
"N-no I didn't! I already told, I chose them because I liked them the most!" Juuzou protested, blushing now even more.
"Yeah yeah, whatever you say" Akira said teasingly. "It'll be 10 500 yens", she then told the price and Juuzou took out their wallet and payed the clothes. Akira packed them to a bag and handed it to Juuzou.
"Here you go. What are you going to do now?" Akira then asked.
"Hmm, I don't really know… Ah, actually I'm kinda hungry. Wanna go eat somewhere, Haise?" Juuzou turned to look at the man.
"Sure! Actually I'm starting to get hungry too", Haise said and smiled.
"Okay, let's go then! Bye, Akira!" Juuzou said goodbye to their cousin and they left the store with Haise.
After some time looking, they found a good looking restaurant, and decided to eat there. When they finished eating, they roamed around the mall for some time, until it was already six on the evening and they decided to go home.
Again Haise walked Juuzou to their home, and they talked and laughed the whole time while walking there.
"I… Had really fun with you today", Juuzou said with a small smile when they finally arrived to their home.
"Yeah, me too. I don't think I've had this fun with someone in a while", Haise smiled too. "So, see you on Monday?"
"Oh, yeah! See you", Juuzou smiled again and Haise turned around to leave. "W-wait, Haise!" Haise turned around, and for his astonishment Juuzou ran towards him, and hugged him.
Man stood still a while, feeling a blush on his cheeks. He felt how Juuzou tightened their hold around him and pressed their face against his chest. Haise slowly wrapped his arms around Juuzou, hugging them gently.
After a while Juuzou let go of Haise and rose their head up, looking at Haise with a smile and small blush on their face. Then they turned around and walked back to the door.
"Good night", Juuzou said with a smile, waved, and went inside.
"N-night…" Haise mumbled and just stood still, being a little abashed about what just happened. A smile came to his face and he let out a small laugh. Then he turned around, starting to walk towards his own home, with a small smile on his face.
