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Rakia Just Woke up from his long sleep and looked around, Confused.
"Am I left alone?" He thinks, Maybe it's true because he found a note besides his Dopudding Gochizo on the table
"Hello, Rakia! Sorry for leaving you alone at Hapipare, we got a call from a client who needed help. The place was far away from the Hapipare, so you couldn't follow us. You're sleeping when the client called us. Since the client's call was so sudden, we were forced to leave you alone in Hapipare. While Shouma and I went to the client's place, you can eat the food in the fridge. :D -Sorry!, From Sachika."
Rakia, who had just read the Note, sighed and had no other choice but to wait. After all, he's too lazy to follow them.
Rakia lay down on the sofa again and thought about what He's going to do. "Hm... Since I'm alone, maybe I can have a snack first in the morning and then go for a walk..." He thought.
Rakia then unpacked the box containing his stuff to look for his stone snacks, but He just remembered that He had finished eating the stones yesterday before going to bed. "I think I let it slip yesterday... so it turned out like this. I had to buy some more outside..." Rakia muttered. Rakia was looked at by the Gochizos, who turned out to be mostly Shoma's. What Rakia noticed was that Shoma only brought Gochizo Gummy, Zakuzakuchips Gochizo, and Gochizo Blizzard Sorbet.
"Shouma's Gochizo is quite a lot, huh?" He thought, "Hey, aren't you all bored of being in Hapipare all the time? Do you want to come along, looking for stones to eat?" Rakia asked Shoma's Gochizo. Their reactions were very happy, and they nodded.
Rakia then changed his clothes, because the clothes He wore to sleep were torn in several places from fighting Granute. The Gochizo hid in Rakia's jacket, and Dopudding stood on Rakia's shoulder. He took His hat from the jacket stand and locked the Hapipare door.
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When Rakia arrived at the shop where He usually bought stones, it turned out that the shop was closed for renovation. "Damn... There's no other choice, I have to go to the river and find good stones there..." He muttered, "You guys, Gochizo. Stay hidden in my jacket, you know, you all not allowed to be seen by people." He said to all the Shoma Gochizos in his jacket.
While walking towards the nearest river, He met Hanto, who was looking for information about Shoma's mother. Hanto was shocked and immediately asked, "Rakia? Why are you here so early?" Hanto asked, he was shocked because usually Rakia was bored of traveling without a destination, so if Rakia went out, there must be a destination.
"Hey, I should be the one asking. Why are you here so early in the morning?" Rakia asked back. He knew that Hanto was a journalist, and seeing him in the housing complex, He knew that Hanto was investigating something.
Hanto, who was afraid that the investigation about Shoma's mother would be exposed, lied to Rakia, "I-I was just looking for my wallet that fell! It fell around here, that's why I've been looking for it since this morning!" He said, a little panicked. Rakia, who was starting to know a little about the human world, was confused. "Can't you check with the police station first?" Rakia said to Hanto. Hanto panicked even more, but tried to stay calm, he tried to find another topic.
Suddenly, one of Shoma's gochizos came out of Rakia's jacket, "Hey! That's Shoma's Gochizo!". Hanto immediately took the Gochizo from Rakia, Rakia took the Gochizo back. "We're looking for rocks to eat, don't interfere," Rakia said. Rakia grabbed the Gochizo and walked away, but Hanto took it and pulled the Gochizo again. They both pulled the Gochizo from 2 directions, the Gochizo feeling a lot of Pain. Until finally, Rakia tripped over a pebble, and all of Shoma's Gochizos in his jacket fell out.
"Damn Granute! How many did you pack in there?!" Hanto said angrily to Rakia. Rakia stood up and tidied up his clothes. "I told you, I only brought all those Gochizos to accompany me," Rakia said to Hanto with a bored look. All the Gochizo that fell returned to Rakia's jacket. Hanto had no other choice but to let Rakia go to the edge of the river while carrying all the Gochizo. "Okay... Just- Give it back to Shoma later." Hanto said before finally walking away. Rakia sighed tiredly and continued his journey to the river and looking for delicious stones.
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Arriving at the River, all Gochizo in Rakia Jackets, including Dopudding and PuruJelly came out from Rakia jacket. They then gathered, seeing Rakia, who was busy choosing delicious stones to eat as snacks. Rakia took 1 stone that looked good and showed it to the Gochizos. "Look at the marbling of this stone, its shape is very beautiful. This type of rock is a delicious stone, remember it well," He said to all the Gochzos that were gathering together.
Dopudding took 1 stone near it and gave it to Rakia, as if asking whether this stone was delicious or not. "... I think this is a bit ugly, but good job," Rakia said to his Gochizo Dopudding and stroked it. The other Gochizo also joined in trying to find delicious stones for Rakia's snack. They looked for delicious stones until the sun began to be above them; it was already noon.
The stones that had been collected were already 1 bucket full, enough for 2 weeks. Rakia stretched his stiff body from squatting all this time, "It seems like there are enough stones, good job, everyone." He said. The Gochizo jumped up and down for joy. Rakia lifted the Bucket full of Stones to Hapipare to be stored, and the Gochizo moved their hiding place into the bucket.
On the way home, Rakia passed Sachika and Shoma, who had just come home from work. "Lakian!!" Sachika shouted as she ran closer to Rakia. Shoma tried to follow Sachika, but Sachika was too fast. "Sachika-san! Slow down..! I'm tired..." Shoma said while panting. "Hm?" Rakia looked back and saw Sachika and Shoma.
"The two of us just finished working on rearranging a House...! It was a bit tiring, but the work was quite easy. Right, Shoma?" Sachika said proudly. "Yes. And Rakia-san, why are you here? We thought you were still in Hapipare," Shoma asked Rakia.
"I ran out of my Stone snacks, and the shop where I usually buy stones is also being renovated. I had no choice but to walk all the way here," Rakia answered tiredly, but Rakia immediately saw the small wound on Sachika's cheek. "What's wrong with your cheek?" Rakia asked. "Eh?.. Oh! This was when I was moving a bookshelf, I accidentally got scratched... Hehe," Sachika answered with a little laugh. Rakia sighed, "... Be careful next time." She said. Sachika was confused. Why did Rakia suddenly ask about the scratch on her cheek, but she immediately ignored it. "Okay..! Let's go home!" Sachika said loudly, she pulled Rakia and Shoma's hands to Hapipare.
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In Hapipare, Rakia starts snacking on his Stone while lying on the couch, while Shoma and Sachika are eating the Snacks they bought before coming home from work. Shoma doesn't know that his Gochizos were taken by Rakia, and all Rakia do today with Shoma's Gochizos feels like a small journey for Rakia that tires him. Meanwhile, Hanto... he's still looking for Information about Shoma's Mother.