Synchronicity
~ 30 Kisses, Neku and Shiki ~
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A/N: Those of you that go to Livejournal and don't see this there, I'm still waiting for my claim to be approved. Enjoy!
Also, this chapter might not be so good. It's nearly 1AM here and I'm half asleep. I just wanted to make sure I got my daily update.
Delta 29: Fragrance
He wondered for the hundredth time exactly how he had gotten conned into going shopping with Shiki.
Neku stood in one of the corners of the Sheep Heavenly shop that he had the misfortune to be standing in, noticing that there were two or three other guys who were sticking to the walls as well. Shiki had gone into the fitting room with about five or six articles of clothing, and if he knew her at all, he knew that she wasn't going to be out for a long time.
He sighed, listening to the annoying pop music that played out over the speakers. If Eri hadn't suddenly had that dentist appointment she completely forgot about, he wouldn't be here at all. But Shiki apparently really needed to go shopping, because for one reason another, there was something wrong with the clothes she already owned, and after being dragged through scary places like Natural Puppy, where a salesgirl had tried to get him to wear some of the clothes, Pavo Real, where he swore colors came to die, Dragon Couture, which wouldn't be so bad until he was almost certain he saw someone that looked suspiciously like Joshua picking out an expensive looking shirt and smirking at him, and Lapin Angelique…oh, God, Lapin Angelique…Neku was about ready to throw in the towel. He glanced at the assortment of bags in his hands. In the end, Shiki had decided on a dress from Natural Puppy and a pair of shoes that were on sale at Dragon Couture.
"Hey, Neku, what do you think about this?" asked Shiki, stepping out of the fitting room and wearing a pink shirt with white flowers on it. He frowned.
How exactly was he supposed to tell her that he thought she looked exactly the same in just about every outfit she came up with? Why couldn't she be doing this with Eri?!? Or Rhyme, for that matter, although…he wasn't sure exactly how interested Rhyme was in this sort of thing either.
"It's nice," he said, after a while. Shiki frowned, glancing at herself in the mirror.
"Well, it's the nicest thing I've tried on," she said, "So, I'll take it. Wait here and I'll go change back."
Neku breathed a sigh of relief as Shiki left. Good. Now they could finally get out of here and do something more interesting than shopping for clothes. He didn't think that Shiki had any more shops she wanted to visit. She stepped out of the fitting room after a while, walking over to the counter and paying for her purchase. Just as Neku thought the ordeal was over and began walking towards her, she frowned, her eyes turning towards several brightly colored bottles standing on a shelf on the wall.
"Cologne?" she asked, walking over to the bottles. The salesgirl immediately straightened up and ran over to her. Neku inwardly groaned. Now they would never be done.
"Our line of fragrances and scents are perfect for girls for any occasion," said the salesgirl, smiling as she handed Shiki one bottle. "For someone with a strong personality like you, you should try this." Shiki sprayed some of it on her wrist, sniffing at it. She frowned slightly in thought. The salesgirl smiled at her, then reached for a pink bottle. "You might also like this," she said.
As Neku watched, she sprayed it on the back of her hand, then sniffed at that as well. Neku sighed and scratched his head as she debated with the salesgirl, a frown on his face as he placed his hands in his pockets and tuned out, listening to the music. He was fully prepared to be in there forever, at the rate things were going.
"Which one do you like best, Neku?" asked Shiki after a while.
He opened his eyes and turned to face her. She was standing right in front of him, her right arm outstretched. She turned it over, showing him his wrist. He sighed inwardly. Sooner he got this over with, the sooner they could leave and find something they both enjoyed. He leaned in closer, inhaling the scent of her wrist.
Neku frowned as the smell of several different flowers hit his nose. The scent was way stronger than he expected, and it sent him reeling. He could feel himself getting slightly dizzy from it. It really was too overpowering. She turned her hand over and he inhaled the scent near the back of her hand as well. This one was a lighter fragrance, softer and sweeter, but still nothing like Shiki. None of them were really anything like Shiki, and he wondered why she insisted on drowning herself out with all of these things.
"Well, Neku?" asked Shiki. He looked up at her, realizing that she still wanted an answer.
…Neku frowned for a minute, thinking it over. Then, he picked up her left hand and inhaled. This time, he was met with the light scent that was Shiki, laced just barely with the smell of the soap she had used earlier. He looked up at Shiki.
"…Whatever's on this hand," he said, pointing at her left hand.
Shiki looked confused. "But there's nothing on there," she said.
"Exactly," said Neku, smiling at her.
Shiki paused for a moment, then smiled, handing the bottles of cologne back to the salesgirl. The girl looked disappointed, but placed them back on the shelf anyway. Shiki turned slightly pink and leaned up, giving Neku a small kiss on the cheek as Neku held her hand, fingers interlacing with hers. He turned towards her, smiling…
"…So we can go now?" he asked.
He spent the next few hours wondering what exactly Shiki was mad about.
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