Rood stopped and looked over to see a young woman smiling. The two boys looked at each other before turning to walk to the fountain, completely ignoring the woman.

"W-wait! I won't make you pay or anything I swear!" The woman held out her hand slightly. Shic groaned and the two looked at each other. Rood then tugged the older boy to the psychic and they both sat down in front of her.

"Thank you for stopping I just- It seems like your lives are certainly going to be important! So I couldn't help but want to see more!" She clapped her hands together happily as the two looked at her skeptically.

"Right. Whatever." Shicmuon rolled his eyes and looked at Rood as if asking if they could leave already. The younger boy shook his head and he sighed. The young fortune teller clapped her hands together and the two looked back at her. She held out a jewelry-clad hand.

"Can I have your hand please?" She smiled sweetly as Rood hesitantly gave her his hand. She shut her eyes to concentrate as she held his hand gently.

"I see… a difficult future…" As the older boy watched he gave a credulous snort and Rood smacked him with his free hand. Shicmuon gave a huff and crossed his arms. She ignored them and continued to speak.

"You will have many struggles however there seems to be a bright light that stands in the middle of it all. While it will be difficult there is someone that will stand by your side and stay there. Paths will reveal to you and in the end, you will pick the correct one. A fate seems to be bringing you down a difficult path but the path will end in happiness…. And that's all I can see." She let go of Rood's hand and Shicmuon rolled his eyes.

"How vague." He huffs but gave another scowl toward Rood as he received another swat.

"Of course. Do you think I would be stuck in this alleyway if it wasn't?" She sighed and shook her head. Rood, however, gave a gentle sigh before smiling at her.

"Thank you, ma'am." The young woman smiled back before giving a nod.

"Oh, and if it means anything, the two of you are quite entwined which usually means lover or close friends. Rood's face gave a flush while Shic groaned.

"I'm stuck with him?" Rood gave him a scowl before pushing him out of the alleyway.

"Get moving meathead."

"Short Stack."
"Oblivious idiot!"

"Overthinking munchkin." The two stared each other down as the fortune tell laughed softly. Rood turned around to look however the moment his body had turned the mysterious woman was gone.

"?" The crowd was changing ever so often perhaps she had slipped through there? However, as much as Rood tried to assure himself, she was gone with her table and chairs as well.

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The two arrived at the fountain, no one yet to be found. Rood sat on the edge of the fountain while the other chose to sit on the ground. They sat there in silence as they listened to the laughing crowd that shifted from vendor to vendor.

"So why do you have a camera anyway."

"To take pictures." The younger boy rolled his eyes at the response and sighed.

"Okay but why do you take pictures and I swear to god don't say because you want to." Rood glared down at the now smirking boy.

"But what can I say? I just wanna." He gave a laugh as the other groaned.

"Dick…"

"Oooh~ name calling. Terrifying." Shicmuon kept smirking as Rood scowled and swatted at him.

Suddenly Rood stood up at the sight of Lidusis when suddenly he was shoved into the fountain. Shicmuon stood up and grabbed the arm of the assailant who had quickly tried to run off. The assailant turned out to be one of Dirod's lackey's. Rood stood up and got out of the water, his clothes melded to his body. The water slowly escaped from the fabric as the gravity pulled it out.

"I guess he didn't quite like looking like a fool earlier." Rood sighed and waved his hand in a shooing manner towards the boy and Shicmuon. The taller boy shrugged and let go of the lackey who in turn ran off to report back to Dirod.

Lidusis quickly ran to his young friend, his chest tightened at the sight of the dripping boy. At the sight of a lackey, he clearly recognized, his throat constricted. Chevel, Ibriel, and Dio ran quickly behind him.

Rood looked at his worried friend and shook his head. Before Lidusis could speak, the younger boy put a hand up.

"I'm fine. It's just water. Besides this just means I have an excuse to make him regret it." Rood ran his fingers through his hair in a weak attempt to dry it. The other boy gave a sigh, Lidusis's chest released from its tight embrace and he gave a soft smile.

"Why did you let him go?!" Chevel who had just caught up looked at Shic. In return, he merely looked at Rood.

"Because if we beat him up now I can't humiliate him with validation."

"Vali- what?" Chevel shook his head and sighed, "Never mind it doesn't matter. I honestly don't think I would be able to understand anyway."

Rood shook his head before looking around. Once he found a clothing store he started walking to it.

"I'm going to get some clothes so I change out of these wet ones. You can come if you like." The others followed him into the store, each splitting up to look at the clothes in their own boredom. Rood grabbed an outfit at random before walking into a clothing room.

As he took off his sopping wet clothes he looked at his outfit before looking at the clothes. He gave a sigh before taking off his shirt when he noticed something stuck to it. He pulled it up to his face to get a closer look, carefully unpinning it to get a closer look.

"What the hell is this….?" Rood gave a shrug before tossing it to the side. He took his wet shirt and folded it neatly before setting it to the side. He looked in the mirror and looked down at his binder, deciding whether or not he should take it off or not.

'I don't think my chest is that noticeable…. Well, it's not that wet and I don't have a bra or anything else in hand so I'll just keep it on.' With a shrug, he pulled the new shirt on. However, when he went to put on his new bottoms he realized he had grabbed a skirt.

"... ugh. Oh, hey it has shorts underneath… I guess that's not that bad." After getting dressed, he took his wet clothing in hand before leaving the dressing room. Dio looked at Rood before tipping his head curiously.

"Why are you wearing a skirt?" Dio looked at the boy in question who in turn walked towards him.

"Cause I can? Why is it against the law?" Rood walked to the counter to pay for his new outfit and the others started walking to them.

"No, it's just weird for a guy to wear a skirt."

Rood shook his head while he paid for the outfit. The person at the counter took no heed of the conversation as they were too distracted by the festival that was going on outside.

As Chevel walked up with Ibriel, he frowned at the skirt.

"Why are you weari-"

"Cause I can." Rood gave a blank stare at the golden boy who put his hands up in surrender. Lidusis tipped his head slightly to the side before noticing Shicmuon walking up with an annoyed look to a girl who has attached to his side. The girl looked at Rood before raising an eyebrow.

"Why is a boy wearing a skirt. I don't care what people say, skirts are for girls, not boys." She put a hand on her hip, the other wrapped around the grumpy boy she was stuck to. Shicmuon looked absolutely murderous.

"Well I'm not a boy so does it matter?"

"You're a girl? Sorry, you just look like a boy…" She gave a frown while putting a finger on her lip.

"I'm not a girl either."

"But you said you weren't a boy. You have to be one or the other!" She gave a huff. Shicmuon finally snapped before ripping his arm away from her. The girl took a step back in surprise.

"And yet he's here he is. Besides, does it really matter if he's a guy or girl to wear a skirt? And don't you have better things to do than stick to some random person's side like a stray dog?!" Shicmuon gave a glare at the girl whose mouth hung wide open. She stood there like a gaping fish before tearing up and running out the store. Rood looked at the scowling boy.

"All this over a skirt. Thanks, Baldwin."

"I didn't do it for you, it was just uncomfortable to have her touching me." He gave a huff before walking outside. The shorter boy gave a shrug, a small smile on his face before following him out. Ibriel looked at her brother who gave an annoyed look.

"He should just take the thanks. Honestly, does he have to be such a jerk about it?" Chevel gave a huff. His younger sister gave a small laugh before turning to him.

"He's just being shy, isn't he?"

"Shy?!" He gave Ibriel a look who in turn laughed even more before walking out. He shook his head before reluctantly following. Dio looked at Lidusis.

"I guess it really isn't that big a deal if he wears a skirt. He looks cute in it. Do you think I would look cute in one?" Lidusis looked at the blue-haired boy before nodding.

"Then tell the others to wait for me! I'm gonna go buy one so I can look cute like Rood!" Dio ran back to where he saw Rood grab the skirt before going to the changing room to buy it. Lidusis gave a soft smile before walking out of the store. Rood looked at him before he shifted to see where Dio was.

"Where's Dio?"

"He's buying a skirt cause he wants to look cute too." Lidusis tugged at his bangs slightly before Rood nodded. Dio came out of the store wearing a skirt that went past his knees just slightly.

"How do I look?! Cute!?" The hyper boy had a wide grin and Ibriel gave a clap of her hands.

"You look absolutely adorable!" She giggled and when Dio looked at Lidusis, the shy boy gave a gentle smile before nodding.

Rood gave a half smile before turning around.

"Shall we get going now? Where should we go next?" The others gave half-hearted shrugs and Dio pouted at the small boy's lack of response.

"How about we get some food! I'm thinking something spicy… and maybe sweet foods too like tiramisu and smores!" the blue-haired boy started to drool slightly at the mention and Rood sighed.

"Yeah, we can find all that alongside the trashcan that contains the hopes and dreams of the world. Is food the only thing you think about?" Rood raised an eyebrow at the now pouting boy, is stomach however decided to make its appearance and the shorter boy blushed at the low grumble. Dio grinned and put his hands on his hips.

"I think your stomach just agreed with me!"
Lidusis gave a soft giggle before his own stomach growled. Rood looked at the shy boy before giving a sigh.

"Let's find some food then. I think I saw some food trucks near the stand with the antique stand." Dio cheered at the decision and the golden siblings gave each other a grin. Shicmuon, unbeknownst to the others had lifted his camera and took a picture of the group. Only Lidusis noticed and he merely wondered if he could gather the courage to get the picture from the intimidating boy.

As the group started walking, it became noticeable that the taller of the group was crossing more distance.

"Guys wait uuuuuup!" Ibriel whined loudly, just in time before they got separated once more. Shicmuon almost kept walking before his arm was grabbed by Rood who ran to keep him from getting separated.

"You guys take longer strides than we do slow down!" Rood huffed and Shicmuon frowned before looking around. He went off to the side, leaving the shorter boy standing there curiously. When he came back he had two skateboards in hands. He held one out to Ibriel and Rood.

"Get on and hold our sleeves, we don't have time to wait, I'm hungry." If not for the blank look, the others would have thought he was joking. Rood burst out laughing and took a skateboard, Ibriel grinned and took the other, wrapping an arm around her brother's and looked at the shortest boy. Shaking his head, he put the skateboard down and grabbed Shicmuon's arm.

Lidusis giggled at the sight and tapped the auburn-haired boy on the shoulder before gesturing to the camera. Shicmuon though for a moment before taking the camera off from around his neck and held it out to the shy boy.
With a soft nod, he took the camera and gingerly lifted it to take a picture of the group. Ibriel and Rood gave a peace sign, Chevel snuck his hand behind his sister's head and gave her bunny ears. Dio dabbed in the middle and received a weird look from Shicmuon who didn't know what he was doing. At the sight of the photo, Lidusis gave a giggle and put the camera around his neck.

As the group started walking, and some rolling, they were about to step onto the road which had all the food trucks when they were stopped by an annoying voice.

"There he is! That's the boy who called me a stray dog at the clothing store!"