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We went out the other day.
A new shop opened. Mizuki just had to go check it out, and I just had to go because I'm their girlfriend. Fair.
It was cold out, and Mizuki cried the entire time about not dressing heavy enough for the weather.
"It's so hard being so cute..!" They complained, clutching my arm as we walked.
The inside of the store was honestly annoyingly pink, but Mizuki was in heaven. The walls were adorned with dresses and skirts and cute stockings with different patterns sewn into them.
I had trouble keeping pace with Mizuki. They grabbed accessories, dresses, jackets, shirts, gloves.. I almost had to remind them of our tight budget as of late. They even grabbed something for me.
At the register, we saw a group of girls from Mizuki's school. They were staring in our direction, whispering and laughing as I spoke to the cashier. Mizuki gave the lady their credit card and rushed me out of the store.
When we got home, I didn't mention it. If Mizuki wanted to talk to me about it, they would. And they didn't.
We went to an aquarium the next day. I had been wanting to go for awhile, and Mizuki wanted to treat me after I did the same for them.
We stood so close.
We didn't touch hands, but we wanted to.
God, we wanted to.
But we had to protect ourselves. Protect each other.
I wish we didn't have to hide like this anymore.