Kyousuke and Rin made their way through the crowd of people, hands joined together as they stepped into the shopping mall. It wasn't very often they went into a place like this. Rin was looking around in amazement, eyes shining and a bright smile fixed on her face.

"I wonder if they have a pet shop here?" Rin looked up at her brother. "Maybe I can buy lots of things for the cats. You know, I've kind of been wanting to buy a cat tree. Do you think we could get one?"

Did she ever think about anything other than cats? Well, Kyousuke was probably not one to talk, seeing as he was looking forward to finding out what manga he could get from the bookstore.

How much did a cat tree even cost anyway? As much as he would have liked to indulge her, they couldn't go too crazy with spending. They had come here for clothes after all, and he had hoped to have a little left over for buying manga. Anyway, he hadn't even seen a pet store last time he was here so he doubted he could even get her one.

"Sorry, but I don't think they even have a pet shop here, Rin."

"Oh." Rin looked downcast. "That's too bad."

"Maybe we can get a cat tree online. You can get all sorts of things from the Internet, you know." Wait, should he really have told her that?

"Hmm." Rin frowned. "I don't know much about this Internet. Maybe you could do it for me."

Oh right, Rin wasn't really the best at technology after all. It had been hard enough for her to master her cellphone, she was still quite a ways from figuring out the mysteries of the Internet. At the very least, she could watch cat videos. Kyousuke was always seeing recommendations for cat videos, no matter what else he watched. It was something he had just come to accept, along with the myriad of cats cluttering the apartment.

They walked through the mall, looking through the shop windows as they passed.

Kyousuke stopped for a moment, catching sight of a mannequin festooned with a maid outfit. On the head was a frilly headpiece complete with cat ears.

"Huh, what is it?" Rin had stopped as well, looking perplexed.

Could he get Rin to wear something like this? Kyousuke side-eyed her, instantly deciding that it was impossible. There was no way she would ever do it. What a pity. Anyway, he was pretty sure he couldn't afford it in the first place.

"Nothing." Kyousuke flashed her an innocent smile. "Let's keep going." He resumed walking, his mind filled with the image of Rin wearing a maid outfit complete with cat ears. What a pity that would never be reality.