"Anju, huh?" Kafei's friend mikail asked. Kafei blushed.
"Heh heh, yeah."
"We will have to take you out then!" Kafei's other friend, Jilon said.
"I know! We will take you out to the milk bar for a drink!" Kafei's cousin Oliver exclaimed.
"A drink huh..? Kafei said, a bit unsure. He had never really liked the milk bar. His father and mother had told him stories when he was younger, about men who ruined their life with alcohol. He agreed to go though, he didn't want to be rude. Just this one time.
Kafei met his friends at 7pm. They went inside and sat down. his friends ordered their drinks and started goofing around and laughing.
"Kafei, why arn't you having anything to drink?" Jilon asked.
"Oh, I'm just not thirsty." He replied.
Kafei sat there bored out of his mind, while his friends seemed to be having a great time. He would much rather be with Anju right now. He wondered what she was up to.
"And… done!" Anju exclaimed. she had just finished sewing her wedding mask. Kafei and Anju had decided to make masks to exchange at the carnival instead of rings. She ran down stairs to show her grandmother.
"Oh! That's lovely dear!" her grandmother said, as Anju's mother walked in.
"Are you sure you want to exchange masks? All the other couples exchange rings, darling."
Anju swallowed her anger.
"Well, mother, now why would I want to be like everyone else?" She said with an innocent sweet smile.
"hmph" her mother mumbled and marched out of the room.
"I think I'll pay Kafei a visit tomorrow!" Anju said, thinking aloud.
"But for now, I'm off to bed!" She smiled, and scurried upstairs.
Kafei slammed the door behind him as he left the milk bar. His friends were acting too stupid and he had to remove himself.
All of a sudden a young boy shuffled out from behind some crates.
"Having fun?" He whispered. "Can I play too?"
"What are you talking about? No! kids like you should be in bed!" He scolded.
The boy laughed manically and twisted the mask he was wearing around. He then disappeared.
Kafei all of a sudden felt strange. He felt as though he was shrinking. He slowly felt his arms get shorter and his legs get smaller. Soon his shirt became a gown and his shoes 4 sizes too big. This continued until he was only four feet tall. Kafei tried to convince himself this was all a dream, but he knew in his heart it wasn't. This boy had used some sort of whichcraft and turned him into a kid. He needed something to disguise himself.
His wedding mask came to mind. No, that wouldn't work. He had shown half the town that. He then remembered his friend that runs the curiosity shop. Surly he would have something he could use while he tracked down this demon child.
"We're closed! Come back at ten tonight!" The curiosity shop man yelled.
"Please! It's me, Kafei! I really need your help!" He pleaded. The man inside slowly opened the door.
He saw no one until he glanced downward to find a boy roughly about the age of ten. He was wearing clothes that resembled Kafei's and had the same hair and eyes.
"K..Kafei..?" He asked dumbfounded.
"Yes, its me. I was turned into this by an imp." Kafei sighed. He pulled his sun mask out of his bag. He thought of the day him and Anju met.
FLASHBACK:
"Why do you have purple hair?" One of the bomber kids asked mockingly.
Kafei rolled his eyes.
"Purple is a stupid colour." Another one said. They ran in a circle around Kafei saying mean things about his hair."
"Stop it!" Said a tall girl with red hair and blue eyes.
Kafei looked up from the book he was pretending to focus on.
"I think Purple is a great colour!" The girl exclaimed. Kafei blushed.
"It's such a great colour that I want to play with you for the rest of the day!" She said.
Kafei got up from where he was sitting and joined the girl. They had lots of fun together and became best friends.
END OF FLASHBACK
"So what can I help you with then?" The man said shaking Kafei out of his thoughts.
"I need a mask, a mask I can use to disguise myself." He said.
"I think you're in luck." the man said, and disappeared inside his shop.
He came back out with a yellow mouse like mask. He explained to kafei that the mask is supposed to resemble the mystical creature called the "Keaton." Kafei thanked him and started to walk away.
"Wait!" The curiosity shop man said. "If you need a place to stay I have a room out back."