Spookengan 7 - Monsters in every Corner
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"Hey, boss, we’re heading out", Koga announces to the old man, while he was in the kitchen.
"Oh, are you two leaving already? Don't you want breakfast before?", Mr. Yamashita cranes his neck towards the door, where the two boys were packing to go out into the cold morning.
"We'll stop at sis's bakery on the way", Ryuki answers, while fixing his scarf around his neck "We have free croissants to eat there."
"The food here is also free", Yasuo, Mr. Yamashita's son, huffs while squinting his eyes, also craning his neck towards the entrance "And you'll get fat if you eat too much bread."
"Nah! The fat always goes to the right places around here" Koga tightens his biceps, smirking "You can basically eat whatever you want if you exercise regularly. Consider this a tip, hehe."
"Hehe, okay, you guys are young, afterall" old Kazuo laughs a little, going back to eating. Yasuo just rolls his eyes.
"See you later" Ryuki waves as he leaves right after Koga, closing the door behind him "We'll go to the costume store first, right?" he asks his friend.
"Yep! You've never been on one of these before, have you?", Koga smiles sideways as they both cross the entrance gate, stepping out onto the sidewalk "You'll have a great time, I'll even help you choose one if you want."
"All right… So for us to participate, we have to go undercover?" When Koga nods, he looks at his friend, confused "Why do we have to hide if it's a party and everyone knows us?"
"It's not hiding, man, it's dressing up!" Koga gestures agitated "You never did pretend play? Never imagined yourself being someone or something else when you were a kid? The principle is almost the same-"
"No", Ryuki answers immediately with a blank face, still confused.
"Uh..." Koga, who wasn't expecting this, pauses to choose his next words "Damn it, how am I going to explain...you know how Sekibayashi, Jose, Haruo and the guys from SJPW sometimes take on others names when they fight? Like they're pretending to be other people? That's basically dressing up."
"Ohhhh, I see..." he nods "I got it now. But how are you going to be the 'Fist Eye'? I'm the 'Dragon King' so it's easier for me, I guess..."
"No, it's not like our fighter epithets" Koga shakes his head "But you can be a “Dragon King”, if we find a dragon costume available… anyway!" He makes a brusque gesture with one arm "To dress up is to put on an outfit that references someone or something, and then you pretend to be that someone or that thing. For example, if we found a cat costume, you could pretend you were one of these cats imprinted on your dumb shirts!"
It was a very simplified, child-like example, but it was Ryuki he was talking to. Someone who until two years ago had no idea what living in society entailed. And it was easy to forget that, living under the same roof as him.
"My shirts aren't dumb…" he "and I like the cat costume idea, then I can play with Medeyami and Dorobo" he nods "Oh, but what you'd be?"
"Me? I can be a shitload of things!" He smiles excitedly "A vampire, a werewolf, a pirate with those classy sixteenth century clothes… or an anime character, like Goku. I already have the hair for that, hahaha!"
"As long as it's better than what you use now, I don't see why not" he laughs a little, already walking away before the blonde boy understood what he meant.
"What…? Argh, fuck you!" Koga yells, going after him while stomping hard "I don't want to hear that from the guy who wears clothes with teddy bear prints like it's the ultimate fashion trend!"
"At least I don't pretend to be Goku!" Ryuki scoffs "You even said you have the same hair!"
"I don't! I wear it like this because it's stylish!" Koga turns very red "You know what? Forget Goku! I'm going to stick with the classics. Some monster, maybe from a horror movie."
"Hnm… sounds nice! That chainsaw guy is cool, but it’s kind of dangerous…" he scratches his head "It'll be hard to find a chainsaw, and you also could hurt someone…"
"You mean Leatherface? He's hella cool, but the chainsaw thing makes it too complex. No, I was thinking more like Jason, or Michael Myers. Much simpler and more efficient… hey, if I go as Jason, you can go as Freddy Krueger!" He suggests excitedly "Then we can pretend to fight, just like in the movie! Wouldn't it be awesome?"
"Oh, but he's ugly" Ryuki grimaces "The other one at least covers his face with a badass mask… I think I'm going with some monster, like the trashy ones from the movies you made me see. You can see that it's some idiot in a costume…" He then stops and stares hardly at a corner of the street, almost causing the other to bump into him.
"C'mon, you don't even have to paint your face like Freddy! Just put on his clothes and hat, these costumes even come with fake claws and- jeez!" Koga stops in time to avoid bumping into the other, stumbling backwards before straightening up "Shit, man, you almost knocked me over here! What is it?"
"Hm?" he stops looking and seemed to wake up from his trance, speaking more seriously "It's nothing. Let’s go, before the store gets crowded and we miss breakfast time at the bakery…" he holds his friend’s arm and quickens his step "I think I'm going as a dragon. A dragon that crushes monsters. What do you think?"
"Aah… okay, sounds good enough! We better run then, that kind of costume usually sells out fast around this time" Koga nods, still a little confused, looking over his shoulder one last time before quickening his pace to follow Ryuki. Whatever it was, it couldn't be that important, if he lost interest quickly…
Koga had no idea, but there were far worse monsters around every corner, spying on them. And Ryuki would crush them all.
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