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Just a couple hours prior, Mizuki lay on their bed— only to be informed of the Kamiyma High Festival taking place. A couple hours prior, they were free from chaos from ensuing. Now, Mizuki is in an environment of bustling students, standing in a small group. Mizuki stands with two new friends— well, from their perspective at least. After their exciting journey of finding a runaway troupe member, the three teens hover in a not-so crowded area of the festival.
The ginger teen sighs heavily. "Man, I didn't expect to be so beat. That weirdo really does know how to avoid someone, that's for sure." Akito says in a tired manner. "Hmm.. Well I got to meet someone I haven't seen in a long time! So I think my day has been pretty sweet so far~ ♪" Mizuki hums in response.
The other teen speaks up, "Then, may I suggest we get some food to give you energy, Akito?" Toya smiles at Akito. "There is a cotton candy stand over there, shall we buy some?"
Akito leans back against the wall behind him. "I don't feel like walking. Whatever, I'll wait until the festival is over or something." He stubbornly responds. "Or~ I could get some for you lil' bro! Anything for Ena's little brother!" They smile and try to ruffle Akito's hair; they do not succeed. "I thought I told you not to call me that. But fine, whatever do what you wish." The teen annoyingly says as he moves away from Mizuki's attack.
"Alright then~! One cotton candy for lil' bro!" Mizuki smiles as they turn around to walk to the stand. Akito makes a quiet annoyed sound.
Mizuki arrives at the cotton candy stand, they graze over the sheer amount of colors of the treat that is displayed. "Hello, what can I get you?" A younger man behind the stand politely greets them. "Let's see.." Mizuki places their finger on their chin as they think. So many flavors, so many colors, it's almost overwhelming! Maybe they'll have to come back to sample them all..
Eventually, Mizuki lays their eyes upon a strawberry-flavored bunch of cotton candy. The color of the candy is amazingly pretty— they almost want to buy it just to display it. It shines a magnificent shade of light pink, similar in color to their hair, perhaps that's why they like it so much. But most importantly, it's cute! That's the criteria for anything bought by them!
"I'll take this one please!~♪" They say sing-songily as they pull out a 500 yen bill. The cotton candy vendor takes no time before starting up the spinning machine, pouring in the pink beads of sugar. Mizuki watches intently as the strands start flying, a pretty pink spectacle. The strands wrap around the cotton candy stick until the shade looks similar to the one on the display. After a couple minutes, the vendor takes the bill and hands Mizuki the cone. "Thank you very much! Please come again soon!" He waves to the pink haired teen as they leave.
Mizuki struts over to the other two with their newly acquired treat, making sure not to drop it and ruin the masterpiece. "Here ya go lil' bro! One cotton candy for you! ♪" They hand the candy delicately over to the ginger. Akito grunts happily in response. He wants to acknowledge that Mizuki picked out the girliest color imaginable but he is simply too tired to— he'll get them later for this.
After a few moments, half of the cotton candy has been eaten by Akito as he bites down on the pink fluff. His energy had been restored, thanks to Mizuki's efforts. Maybe they aren't so bad. But Akito has an idea.
One more bite left on the stick, he places it next to an unsuspecting Mizuki's side ponytail. He conceals it in their almost uncanny color matching hair and calls out to Toya.
"Hey Toya! Watch this!" He grins and takes the last bite of the cotton candy— seemingly eating Mizuki's hair. Mizuki turns around surprised and starts laughing, but Toya raises an eyebrow.
"Are you.. eating Akiyama's hair?" He looks at Akito with a puzzled look. The ginger looks back at him with a grin. "Nah, look it's just cotton candy." He sticks out his tongue to reveal the melted pink candy.
"Intriguing.. May I have some then?" Toya asked as a rhetorical question as he leaned over to Mizuki's hair and took a quick bite. "Ouch!! What was that for?" Mizuki gasps in surprise, fixing their slightly messed up hair. "That doesn't taste like candy?" Toya still looks incredibly confused.
Akito and Mizuki look at each other and start laughing. Never before have they laughed like this. Toya now looks concerned— was it something he said? The two continue giggling like maniacs in front of him, not showing signs of stopping.
"Dude. You can't be serious." Akito sputters out between laughs. "You.. actually thought their hair was cotton candy?" Mizuki and Akito exchange another look and continue to laugh, hands holding onto their stomachs. A few moments pass and they calm down enough to talk.
"I'm sorry I'm not quite sure I understand. I apologize for my actions, Akiyama." Toya performs a slight bow in Mizuki's direction.
The two let out a few more seconds of laughter before Akito patted Toya on the back. "I'll explain it to you later, man."