Junpei had been awfully giddy ever since he came to school which in itself was a reason to be suspicious however, finally when classes came to an end he found his partner in crime, his best friend Ryoji all the while holding a lucky coupon in his hand. “Hey, Ryoji, buddy, pal you'll never guess what I got. Ta-da!!! It’s a coupon, not just ANY one but for the new maid cafe that opened not too long ago. With this baby we get 1500y worth of free food with ANY maid of our choice.” Oh the boy was practically drooling at this point. “What’d say, be my ally on this trip?”
Reaper looks unsure, but he nods his head "ok, let's go then." He says leading them in the direction of the hotel's cafe.
Tosk is looking at him, a small blush is present on his face. Reaper sees Tosk's blush out of the corner of his eye and he smiles a little.
The two arrive at the cafe and Reaper looks at the menu board in contemplation. "what do you like?"
"Coffee, black" Tosk answers shortly.
Reaper orders Tosk's black coffee and then orders some overly sweet sugar-mocha caramel abomination for himself.
They sit at a table, Tosk is smiling.
Reaper takes a sip of his drink smiling "so tell me about yourself."
"Well there's nothing much to say, I'm a pretty boring person I think . . ."
Reaper chuckles "the skeleton running a hotel in a mysterious death-free au that defies logic is boring?" He quirks a brow. "sounds like a latte bs to me."
"Heh . .. maybe . . . em . . .well just tell me what you want to know, I'll gladly answer your questions" Tosk is giving him a small smile.
Reaper takes a thoughtful sip from his 'coffee.'
"well then lets get the standard get to know you questions outta the way... what's your star sign? your favorite color? aaand hmm... a pet peeve."
"My star sign is Leo, my favorite color is blue and my pet peeve is dirtyness" Tosk took a sip from his coffee.
"dirtiness like a messy room? or, heh, say i walked into the hotel covered in mud?" Reaper's wearing a slightly mischievous grin.
"Probably both"
"noted" Reaper takes another sip of his drink "for your information i technically don't have a star sign but i like to think i'm an aquarius, also blue" Reaper winks "and my biggest pet peeve has got to be people who are rude to service workers."
"Hehe, well it's nice to hear that"
Reaper grins "ok now we got the basic bitch questions outta the way tell me... your greatest fear."
"Um . . .." Tosk looked at him nervously.
Reaper freezes, realization painted clearly across his face "heh... it's me isn't it?" He looks uncomfortable.
"Not you exactly, just dying really . . ." Tosk is nervous.
"oh...." Reaper stares at his 'coffee' like it could transport him out of there "sorry, i noticed you were nervous before but i thought it was just the regular fear people tend to get around me... or maybe not i dunno now... but it's a no death-zone... sorry..." An embarrassed blush spreads across Reaper's face.
"You don't have to apologize, really, you didn't know . . ." Tosk feels bad about telling Reaper about his fear.
Reaper sits in silence for a while nervously downing his coffee. "heh i'm afraid of clowns and dolls..." He chuckles halfheartedly. "isn't that dumb?"
"Well I guess every fear is valid, heh" Tosk is drinking his coffee.
Reaper smiles a little "well thanks for saying so."
"No problem" Tosk smiles at him.
Reaper looks curiously at Tosk.
"i'm sorry back to fears but i'm curious, if you are afraid of death so much, why'd you agree to go on a date with well, very literally a personification of death, me?"
"Don't know really . . . Just felt like it would be nice" Tosk rubbed the back of his skull nervously.
Reaper chuckles "well i hope it's nice, i haven't exactly dated much. thought i'd give it a try when i met this really cute guy at the reception desk though."
Tosk blushed, he nervously chuckled.
Reaper smiled wide. "thanks for saying yes to the coffee date despite your fears by the way. can't expresso how much it beans to me."
Tosk laughed at the puns, he Has a beautiful laugh.
Reaper blushes looking at Tosk shyly "alright, good to know puns can mocha you laugh. "
This made Tosk laugh a bit more.
Reaper blushes and stirs his drink with his straw.
"Hm? Is everything alright?"
"yeah just can't get over that beautiful laugh of yours."
This caused Tosk to blush a soft shade of blue, he looks at Reaper.
Reaper winks at Tosk. "and what a beautiful blush to match."
Tosk blushed harder, He doesn't really know what to say.
Reaper finishes his drink and gets up "heh i'm gonna go grab another, want anything?"
"Hm, maybe another cup of coffee?" You can notice that Tosk Has dark circles under his eyesockets.
"sure." Reaper leaves and grabs the two their drinks and returns. He sets Tosk's in front of him with a smile. "hey if you don't mind me asking," Reaper says sitting down. "why do ya look so tired all the time? do you sleep ok?"
"To be honest I very rarely sleep and when I do actually sleep then it's for a long time, more than a regular person would ever sleep" Tosk took a sip from his coffee.
Reaper looks intrigued "really? how long do you go without sleeping and how long do you sleep?"
"Without sleep I can go up to two months maybe? And I usually sleep for like a week or more sometimes if I'm like really tired"
Reaper lets out a low whistle. "woah. that's quite a while, s'nothing to snore at." He chuckles "when are you planning on sleeping then? 'cause you do look pretty tired."
"I'll probably take a nap today, and after a few days I'll go for a full sleep" Tosk is drinking his coffee.
"to be honest i wouldn't mind sleeping for a whole week." Reaper says grinning.
"Maybe one day" Tosk shrugged.
Reaper chuckled "that would be interesting." He sips his drink idly and pipes up "so what do you like to do for fun?"
"Well I like to read and listen to music, and it may sound weird but I enjoy cleaning too" Tosk smiled at him "You?"
"cleaning? really? haha that is out of the ordinary. whatever floats your boat though. i like reading and music too. honestly i haven't done much for fun i get stuck doing my job too much to do many hobbies."
"Oh, well that Sucks"
Reaper shrugs "it is what it is"
"well this has been a latte fun." Reaper said with a wink "i've finished my second drink though, wanna part ways?"
"Sure, we can, I have to go back to work too so yeah . . ." Tosk finished his coffee and stood up.
Reaper stood up and took one of Tosk's hands blushing "heh i really did have a latte fun, we should do this again..." Reaper cups Tosk's face with his other hand and plants a sweet chaste kiss on Tosk.
Tosk' face is covered with a blush, he froze trying to process what just happened, He's internally panicking, "Y-yeah . . ."
Reaper's blushing furiously "heheh alright, well i'll see you later." He backs up from Tosk shooting finger guns and quickly absconds.
Tosk stood there for a second, thinking about what just happened, then he went back to the front desk, trying to calm himself down.
There was something particularly wrong about following someone at night. Had it been a man following a woman, it’d be creepy, and people would have the right to call the police on them; had it a woman following a man, he would probably retaliate at one point, unless he was fearing not being able to stand up to her... But she was not a woman, and Aigis hadn’t pinned down what he was, but she believed he was no man.
He had been walking, running and jumping around town, and she knew this. His presence had been bothering her for entire days, and while he was safe from her watch when in Junpei’s room, she had been paying attention to the moment he leaves.
It is, truly, wrong. Everyone thought like that, and they either believed Aigis was malfunctioning, or they believed she was innocent, that she should receive pity for going out of her way to do this... Yet, the thought lingered in her mind, that perhaps it was the case. No matter how much analysis she ran through her body, through her mind, memories... All of it meant she was alright.
He stopped, and she stopped as well. Aigis wasn’t hiding, and she didn’t move from her place.
Hikari was sitting by herself, reading a pamphlet to herself, when she lifted her head up and noticed that she wasn’t the only in the lobby anymore but rather there someone else... Someone whom she hasn’t seen before...
“W-Who are you?” She asked; clutching onto the pamphlet tightly.
“Mochizuki-san, how have you gotten used to this... rural town? I have heard from my senpais that most people who arrive here for longer than a month eventually get bored with this town since most you can do is explore the Shopping District and try seeing how far the rumors are spreading.” She was sounding calm when speaking to her acquaintance she found to be not as imbecile as majority of this town as a whole.
Rise was back in Tatsumi Port Island for another secret concert. After the incident with he last secret concert, her staff insisted on coming out two days early to make sure that the venue was all ready to go. There was even a backup system made in case something went wrong with the venue’s system. She already finished her mic check so she was free for the rest of the day. She switched into street clothes and slipped a pair of sunglasses on to hide who she was. While going back to the hotel and ordering room service was an option, she decided to stay out for a bit longer and explore. Maybe she could get one of the locals to give her some restaurant recommendations.
Once she was far enough away from the venue she walked up to the first person who seemed like they lived around here.
“Excuse me! Could I ask you a few quick questions?”