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"Look at what you did Marth! Now we have to go all the way to that store, which happens to be all the way on the other side of Sports Mix!" Ike was still grumbling, obviously upset Marth lost the game of rock-paper-scissors. If anything, it looked like he cared more than Marth did, who was just happy that the Health Food Store was somewhat close to the bookstore. Though, it did look like he was tempted to hit Ike upside the head, but he knew better than to anger Ike further.
"Ah, stop complaining. We'll make it there...eventually." Samus gave Ike a smug smile, face falling into a small scowl once she saw the rather rude hand guesture Ike was giving her. With that, it made Honey question why they were exactly friends with him again, if he was so rude to them. Of course, he had never been rude to her, well, yet she thought, so maybe it was just his way of affection. She didn't know, and she didn't think she was going to find out soon.
"Helllllo little lady, can I ask you a question? When you fell from Skyland, did you hit every single branch of the beautiful tree on the way down?" They all had to groan at that one, because the cheesiness in it was enough for a large batch of nachos. Roy's line was directed towards the same gray-haired girl from earlier, who they somehow caught up with.
"Actually, I scraped my knee climbing up the stairs from the Underworld. So you're quite wrong." Her bright red eyes screamed unamused, and her response just confirmed that she was having none of Roy's shenanigans. Unfortunately for her, he never knew how to stop.
"Is that so? In that case, are you a succubus? I'll gladly die if it means I have the chance to get with you." This was the point in time where Honey was willing to pull a Samus, and Samus looked like she was about to raise her hand, but instead the action was pulled off by the girl, who slapped Roy straight on his right cheek.
"You've got another thing coming if you think I'd even give you the time of day." And with that, she walked off, the aura around her screaming bad mother-shut yo mouth. Honey looked at Roy, slightly concerned about his cheek, but all of it went away when he chuckled, holding his cheek a little.
"She's feisty, I like it. Never seen her before though, hope she's a transfer or something." The fact that he was serious concerned Honey, because who could be attracted to someone who just slapped them at full force? Then again, there were people into that kind of thing, but Roy didn't seem like he was one of them.
"Give it up Roy, you aren't going to find that summer fling like you wished for. You're simply that undesirable." Samus was just amazing at tearing Roy down in varying degrees of mean. But, with the scowl he made at her as she walked off into the store she wanted to go into, Honey could tell Roy was used to it and either didn't care, or didn't let it show that he cared. They all followed her inside, the store being very low maintnence and earthy, shades of green and brown everywhere. With the way she made a beeline from a shelf to the counter, it was easy to tell that Samus came in here often.
"What's she buying again?" It was a simple white canister, but her hand blocked the label. Honey wasn't specifically directing this at anyone, though she was expecting Marth to answer, so she was pleasantly surprised when Ike did.
"Some sort of weird green tea powder. I dunno, she puts it in all of her water, turns it green, I think has some sort of health benefit. I don't mess with it though, she gets mad when you take some without asking. It tastes bad anyways, way too damn bitter for me." She was going to point out the obvious and say green tea is bitter, but decided not to in order to avoid redundancy. They waited paitently, but with Samus enjoying her conversation with the cashier, they'd probably be here for an extra few minutes.
"Samus, come on! You're not here by yourself, you can flirt later!" If looks could kill, Ike would've been dead times 3 from the glare Samus sent him. One could assume she apologized as she walked away from him with the bag, shoving Ike's shoulder rather hard as she passed by him.
"I wasn't flirting, can't someone talk to someone of the opposite sex without someone assuming they're flirting? He was just nice, that's all." Samus was hard to read. A straight face almost 90 percent of the time with only variants being a smirk or a scowl, figuring out how exactly she was feeling at the moment was difficult for Honey. She personally didn't think Samus found him cute, seeing as she didn't smile at him the whole conversation, but then again she also didn't know Samus long enough to be able to tell when she liked someone. Why was she so concerned about this anyways?
"He looked too old for you anyways Sam, like he was in his mid-20's or something. That makes him off-limits, no matter how cute he was." Hearing Zelda call someone else besides Link cute sounded foreign, because of the short time Honey knew her, she was certain Zelda was into 2 things: art and Link. Zelda was quite knowledgeable in the fine arts, as if it was her specialty. Drawing was her forte with instruments being her second, Honey finding a small harp in her bottom desk drawer a couple days after arriving at the manor. She could quote old writings of literature faster than you could say Shakespeare, and could identify any piece of art even with a small glimpse of it. Link being her boyfriend made it obvious he was the second apple of her eye, but either way, it was kind of weird.
"I didn't think he was cute anyways, so why does it matter?" Honey exchanged a look with Zelda, who exchanged a look with Ike, and the three of them decided to stay silent, not wanting to push it any more. With Samus's choice out the way, it was to the bookstore next, seeing as Marth had came in second. It wasn't as far as Honey thought, only an escalator down and a few stores to the right.
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"Aha! Sonic and the Black Knight! Last copy on the shelf too!" Marth dusted off the cover before toting it under his arm, trying to make his way through all the people to get to Honey. As she was the only one willing to go in with him, mainly because she was just curious as to how it looked, he gave her the task of waiting in the long line for him. It was quite ridiculous, because by the time he found her, she had only just made it past the halfway point.
"Is it always this crowded in here?" She had a reason to ask, because for a bookstore it was quite packed. She noticed that the majority of people in here happened to be teenagers, which weirded her out further. She usually didn't generalize her whole generation, but she knew that a majority did not like reading.
"I like to call this the Summer Reading Rampage. Everyone comes in droves to get their summer reading books now just so they can get it and the reports done. Don't worry, I'll lend you one of my books." He must have noticed the shocked look on her face. Of course she expected summer work, but if she knew there was going to be reading, she would've found a book herself. She had seen Marth's book collection before though, so she didn't think it'd be hard to find one she would like.
"Ah, thanks! I'm just curious, seeing as I'll be going to school with you guys soon, do you recognize anyone here?" Marth scanned over the crowd, face lighting up once he saw someone.
"Hey, Rock! Rock, it's me, Marth!" A boy with black hair and blue eyes turned around, looking around until he found the source of the voice. The boy smiled brightly at Marth and beckoned him forward, so with Honey in tow, they managed to make their way up the line to them without upsetting too many people.
"Marth, it's nice to see you! I see you've picked up Sonic and the Black Knight as well, and brought someone with you!" He offered Honey a smile, who returned it with a small one of her own.
"Rock, this is Honey, she arrived a week or so ago. Honey, this is my good friend Rock Lightman! He's a bit of a jack of all trades, with a specialty in mechanics, so if you ever need help, he's the one to call!" They shook hands, his hair falling in his eyes. He sighed and blew it out, it falling everywhere.
"So Honey, are you a junior like us? Or younger I presume, if Marth was able to rope you into waiting with him?" Marth gave him a look for this, to which he responded with a lighthearted laugh, he preventing his hair falling in his face again with two fingers.
"I'll be a sophomore this year, though I'm not 15 yet." Rock nodded his head, while Marth looked a little surprised. After a question from Rock regarding Marth's memory, which he answered that he did know this, Marth still looked a little shocked.
"You haven't turned 15 yet? That means you have a late birthday, correct?" They both looked at her, waiting for an answer.
"Uh, yeah. November 17th. Pretty late." They nodded, it making sense to them. They inched their way along the line, enjoying a casual conversation about school, it mainly consisting of them filling Honey in on random facts about the school. They made it to the front of the line, parting ways with Rock who was in front of them.
"He's very nice, he's kind of like you get at the same time not like you." He raised an eyebrow as they walked to the next available cashier.
"Hi, how are you? Just this please. Ok, how so?" As he paid for the book, she explained their similarities and differences, he agreeing with some and disagreeing with others.
"I'm not more uptight than him!" When he looked at her, she shrugged slowly, causing him to insist again. This little bickering continued as they made their way out of the bookstore, to the rest of the gang sitting around in a little area with couches.
"Took you guys long enough! We had started to think you got trampled to death or something!" They all stood up, a few stretching, and when Honey surveyed the general area, she realized that a certain couple happened to be missing.
"Oh, you noticed they're gone, didn't you? Link went to go take Zelda to Yoshi's Cabana because she was getting impatient, so we told them we'll just meet up with them at the food court once they're done. But anyways, I think we should follow Ike, who's already trekking to Sports Mix, impatient ass." Roy was right, as Ike was already a few feet away, walking away in the other direction. They had to hurry to catch up with him, as he was pretty tall and his legs went on for miles.
"I was wondering how far I could get before you guys caught up. I was predicting that I'd make it to Sports Mix before you even made it close to my back." Did they all have the same deadpan look when it came to Ike? It look similar on all of their faces: eyes slightly closed, mouth straight, head tilted slightly. Even she found herself tilting her head a tiny bit.
"What do you even need to buy again? All the sports equipment we have, what could you want?" That was true, in the garage, equipment for all types of sports could be found. A wrapped up volleyball net under a pile of hockey sticks, a dodgeball stuck in a broken basketball hoop, if it had to do with sports, you could find it.
"We need a new pump. Someone broke the needle while it was inside a soccer ball, so it's ruined now." She wanted to question if that meant they had to get a soccer ball as well, though it hit her that the needle would've been sticking out and easy to take out with tweezers or pliers. Ike was right, Sports Mix was far from the bookstore and Health Food store, and as they passed all the stores, she swore that she saw Link and Zelda inside one of them. They were going to fast for her to confirm it though, but she could just ask later. When they made it to Sports Mic, Ike went in with Roy as help to find the pumps. It took them a while, but they came back with a big bag with more than a pump.
"What do we need a can of tennis balls for? Or golf balls? Or badminton shuttlecocks? Did you guys even buy the pump?" Samus continued to look through the bag Roy was holding, shaking her head at every new item. Roy eventually pulled it away from her, grinning as he glanced inside.
"We're using them for something. Now, to the food court!" Honey opened her mouth to ask, but the head shake from Marth told her it was just better to not know at all. With everyone having got what they wanted, soon they were on their way up to the highest floor, where the food court awaited them.
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So I realized I've kind of made this whole mall excursion into a 3-parter, but it still works out, right? R&R please, and have a amazingly amazing day!