Shopping Through Ikebukuro

[Mikado Ryuugamine]

The school bell at Raiga Academy rang three times indicating that the day was over with and time for students to either head home or go do their after-school activities. Mikado along with Anri had to deal with being the class representatives, but thankfully since they were still only freshmen, there wasn’t much work to be done by them.

Once they were done with the meeting, Mikado waved good bye to Anri wishing that she had a safe way home that he had to go run a small errand that he unfortunately could not walk with her that day. As he walked back into the classroom he noticed that Kida’s bag wasn’t there. Which he found odd because Mikado remembered telling him this morning to wait up for him after class.

Fearing Kida let him behind, he dashed out of the classroom and to the front courtyard where thankfully he spotted the blond hair just waiting by the school entrance.

“Hey Masaomi!” Mikado grabbed a hold of his school bag again, making sure it didn’t fall off his shoulder as he ran to catch up with his best friend.

“Where are you running off to so quickly? Did you forget we agreed to go check out Sunset drive and that part of Ikebukuro today?” he then poked his fingers together suddenly nervous.

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((Sorry about the short-ness. Eheheh... I just basically extended the one from tumblr.))

Masaomi had left. He was happy school was done with for today. He didn't care for school. Except for English. That was a good class. He was walking along. Wondering when Mikado and Anri were going to get done.

He though it would be better to at least pretend not to wait for them. He didn't wanna seem dependent on them. Instead of waiting, he walked. He wasn't going anywhere really.

He stopped by the school entrance. They were later than he thought. He might as well wait. It wouldn't kill him.

That's when he heard Mikado calm him.
He scanned the crowd until he saw him. He was running over to him, holding his bag with one hand.

“Where are you running off to so quickly? Did you forget we agreed to go check out Sunset drive and that part of Ikebukuro today?”

Masaomi grinned. "Yeah yeah..." He waved his hand in the air.
"But why do you want to fo there anyway.

[Mikado Ryuugamine]

Mikado put on that silly smile of his and nervously laughed, scratching behind his head as the blush rose up to his cheeks.

“Oh it’s just that Anri’s birthday is coming up soon, so I was wondering that perhaps we can get her a small gift. After all she is a dear friend of ours who just got over that incident concerning the Slasher. This gift can be sort of a cheer-up, didn’t it seem to you that she’s been feeling a bit down in spirits, Masaomi-kun?”

So said Mikado, leaning in a bit more to his best friend to whisper in close to his ear. “So I was thinking that Sunset Drive being the street where all the stores were at, that we could find her a gift there. Or do you have a place in mind already Masaomi-kun?” he then asked curiously.

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Kida tilted his head, contemplating. There were a lot of presents that he could think of to get their ero-cute best friend for her birthday. "That's right, the 31st is coming up soon."

He grinned. All the fun opportunities that could come up from this situation. Love Triangles were a wonderful, driving force.

"Soon, it will come to the both of us getting her presents that express our love for the beautiful Anri and one or the other shall win her heart." He winked at Mikado. "Let's go find something that'll knock her socks off." And with that, he pulled Mikado to Sunset Drive.

[Mikado Ryuugamine]

“Whoa! Wait up Kida, my bag is about to fall!” it was Mikado had a chance to say before he was pulled by the arm by Kida and dragged to Sunset Drive. Sure it was his idea in the first place, but Kida’s sudden eagerness suddenly made him regret his decision.

The regret did not last for long however once Kida brought them to Sunset Drive and pulled Mikado into specific stores that held many cute items that a girl like Anri would have liked. Looking up and down the many shelves that held porcelain dolls that had age-old beauty, Mikado couldn’t help but see a bit of Anri in those princess dolls.

Was it because of her inner and outer beauty? Mikado couldn’t stop the blush coming up to his cheeks after that thought.

“H-Hey Kida? Do you think Anri would like one of these for her birthday?”

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Finding a good present for Anri was like searching for a present that would impress the an empress who already had everything. He had thought back to some of the things that she seemed to like and had decided to go for something cute (like the cell phone charm in the shape of a Star from Mario) when Mikado called him over to check out what he found.

It was an old porcelain doll, one that looked almost lonely. At one point, she was probably well taken care of, but now her hair was tangled and her eyes, which were supposed to hold a look of wonder, seemed to look almost desperate. He could almost hear a tiny voice, one that was going "Please Mikado, buy me, buy me."

Kida took the doll from Mikado's hands, absentmindedly straightening out the hair and then imitating the voice that he could oh so clearly hear, holding her by her delicate waist and swaying her from side to side in an attempt to show Mikado that it was her talking, not his friend.

[Mikado Ryuugamine]

“Masaomi! Stop that, you are actually starting to freak me out.” But as Mikado took a step back from Kida with the doll in his hands, the face Mikado was wearing was not of someone actually scared. In fact Mikado was grinning and lightly laughed because just the way Kida was acting was making him smile.

“I’m going to buy the doll alright?” so Mikado said taking the doll from Kida’s hands and bringing her to the counter of the shop to be rung up. As Mikado paid the cashier, he couldn’t help but wonder.

“You know, before we can give her as a gift, I say we first shine her up a bit. Wouldn’t you agree Masaomi?” Mikado turned his head to see his best friend, only to find him playing other with the other gadgets in the store.

“Masaomi, come on. We need to make sure Anri enjoys her give. Do you happen to know anyone who can help?”

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Kida tilted his head, thinking. Dolls weren't really his thing, after all, and the idea being suggested that he would know where to find somebody who could bring that doll back to her proper glory, had it not been said by none other than Kida's very own best friend, would have resulted in either a backhand, comment or physical.

However, this was not the case, and Mikado had been the person to ask such a genuine question, one that was not a way to simply question Kida's masculinity. That was enough to make him give it serious thought. Did he know anybody? Well, if they headed off to Harajuku, there were bound to be lots of sexy EGLs, and most, as far as he knew, tended to know their way around doll repair, which was important in this case.

"I bet if we hit up Harajuku, we could probably find somebody. Plus, beautiful girls and beautiful costumes!" Kida bribed. How could anybody say no to a sweet lolita or an expertly done decora girl or maybe even a kogal? Mm, kogals. Not like those sluts that bullied Anri, of course, but more of the actual, non poser ones.