( LOUD & DEAFENING SILENCE — @romagyarv
❛ tap . tap my muse on the shoulder to garner their attention .
kirako leapt a couple feet off the ground at the touch, losing both her cigarette and lighter in what felt like slow-motion. she whipped around to face the other person. her recovery was less than smooth.
jin told her he was sending a friend to meet her. for what, she wasn’t sure yet ; ‘a surprise,’ he said. but only he and her coworkers knew she liked to take her breaks in the alley behind the restaurant, so this must be the stranger he told her about.
“geez, kid, you need a bell around your neck or somethin’.”
Toga had been watching Kirako for quite awhile now, pretending to examine the menu while the blonde worked. She enjoyed people watching, picking up little subtleties of their body language, the way they communicated with others, the entirely unique way they dressed and accessorized- It made her feel more familiar and at ease when surrounded by strangers.
There was excitement, sure- Eagerness to meet the woman that Jin spoke so fondly about, but closely followed by those feelings were no small amount of dread and anxiety. What if Kirako didn’t like her? If she didn’t put on one of her faces, then strangers often sensed there was something ‘wrong’ about her. ‘Wrong’ and ‘scary’, they always said. Especially her smile.
Silently, she shifted her weight more towards one leg, angling her hip in a self-assured way. Her hands held a phantom order pad and she plucked the imaginary pencil to go with it from behind her ear. Himiko leaned forward as she smiled in a less open way than she herself normally did, lowering her eyelids a little more as she practiced the lower octave of the woman’s voice.
“i’ll be right back with yer coffee, so sit tight,” she said carefully, adjusting the pitch a few times as she repeated the statement.
After she finally got it right, she couldn’t help but feel proud of herself. They were closer, already!
She did a little hop and spin from her hiding place in the alley, approaching and then standing on her tip-toes as she delicately gave the elder woman’s shoulder a little ‘tap’.
“Oh-haa~ Toga desu~” she singsonged happily, splaying her fingers out from within the sleeves of her slightly oversized cardigan.
The girl’s head tilted to the side as Kirako mentioned a bell, her golden eyes widening slightly in realization.
“I can wear one next time! Toga has lots and lots of stuff like that. Ears, too!” she she explained eagerly, mimicking the pointed ears of a kitten with her open palms framing to the top of her skull.
“Sweet and adorable: Toga the Kitty Girl! That was a popular cosplay on Toga’s livestream. Toga got sooo many views and was able to buy even better outfits for her loving fans!”
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