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What do little kids like? How old is she even? Seven? She's too small to be seven. She was held captive her whole life, of course she is small for her age, she's seven. Shinsou didn't think this would be so hard. Go to the store, get his mentor's adopted daughter, that he totally DOES NOT see as a little sister a present, and go back to the dorms. He hasn't been in the dorms long, just under a month. It was kinda nice, watching all his classmates antics while he quietly enjoyed the presence of other people. It's not that others don't engage with him, even if it took about a week. He can't remember what actually triggered everybody to start talking to him.
"No no no no no!" Sounded next to him as the sound of boxes toppling followed shortly after. Kaminari stood about three feet away, red dusted cheeks barely visible behind the yellow mask he was wearing, with a pile of dinosaur toys piled around his feet. Maybe he does remember what caused the shift in the dorms.
"What did you do now?" Shinsou asks blankly even if he does find it amusing.
"I was trying to find one with a better color." Kaminari spoke voice completely abandon of any shame or embarrassment as he walks over showing the dinosaur to Shinsou. "You should buy it for me." Scoffing Shinsou shoved him away and continued to round the next aisle. Kaminari really wasn't letting him slip by without a friend. Every time Shinsou turned around he was there; inviting him to dinner, asking if he wanted to play video games, needing help on homework, and then today inviting himself along for the shopping trip. "Ugh why did we even come if you're not gonna buy me anything?" Kaminari complained, catching up to Shinsou.
"I wanted to get Eri a present, nobody said you had to come." Kaminari pouted, wrapping his hands around Shinsou's bicep to shake him as he walked. Shinsou in turn stopped to look at him.
"Come on Shinsou just one thing, besides Eri has done nothing to earn a present." Kaminari 'reasoned' actually earned a shocked smile from Shinsou, even if you could only tell by his eyes.
"And what have you, Kaminari, done to earn a present?" Shinsou loved the instant look of annoyance that crossed his friends face, he did see the slight bit of hurt though so he waited for a response.
"I got a whole letter grade higher on my test this week. The whole letter!" He argues. This was true, Kaminari did get a C on his last test, usually he was sitting at a D- so it was definite progress.
"So I should buy you something instead of my little sister?" Thank god for the mask cause Shinsou couldn't see Kaminari's shit eating grin, and he coulndt see Shinsou's blushing face. "Eri is a little girl she should have something to play with." He argues a slight bounce in his posture as he looks awkwardly at Kaminari's shoes. Stupid Kaminari, with his stupid face.
"How about we buy Eri something, then you can buy me some food?" Kaminari offered, as if this was a compromise even though it was Shinsou's money. Shinsou moved his eyes up to the box he was picking at on the shelf.
"We could go get boba tea." He offered eyes flickering between Kaminari and the edge of the box he was messing with.
"Sounds great! So what should we get Eri, she's like seven right?"