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“Amagi, HiMERU told you multiple times before we arrived at the airport to make sure your carry on had no liquids.” Those words did not give Kohaku confidence for how Crazy:B’s airport experience was gonna go. He expected Rinne to do something that’d slow them down but he had at least hoped he’d listen to HiMERU. He got unsurprisingly strict about traveling as efficiently as possible.
Not that he ever turned that attitude on Kohaku that is, unlike Rinne and Niki he did actually bother to ask HiMERU for a list of what he’d need and double checked before they left. HiMERU was right to have them leave extra early, as they had to turn back for something they forgot no less than 4 times. Kohaku did not envy HiMERUs position as the trip leader at all. He’s happy to just follow along with whatever he says to hopefully get there on time.
“Calm down MERUMERU I told you I checked before we left! I just must’ve misssed it.” Rinne waved his hand as he dismissed HiMERUs complaint. It was at this response that Kohaku could see HiMERUs jaw tighten as he tried to keep his cool. Even after leaving extra early they had maybe 15 minutes til boarding. They didn’t exactly have time to spare.
Niki, with an expected lack of self preservation, jostled HiMERUs shoulder “Nngah, there’s gonna be snacks on the flight right HiMERU-kun? I feel like I could collapse at any moment..” and flopped over whining about it. Kohaku opened up his bag to fish out some bags of sweets that were supposed to be for his own snack time on the flight, but whatever got Niki moving quicker would be worth the sacrifice.
“It is a 5 hour flight Shiina, they will provide on board snacks but not full meals. As HiMERU has told you repeatedly as well.”
Kohaku taps Niki on the shoulder and shoves the sweets into his eager hands “Here you go Niki-han, you can have my sweets til we can get you some proper food.” At which Niki’s face lights up as he rips them open with no remorse.
“Thanks Kohaku-chan! You’re a life saver, I thought I was gonna die of starvation before we even got to the gate!” Niki said through a mouthful of food, one might find that rude if they didn’t spend most of their days with him. Kohaku however does not get the luxury to avoid him (not that he would… for the most part).
“Yer Welcome Niki-han. Rather have you rarin’ to go than whining over all of us about how hungry you are.” He puts a hand on his hip and turns around to where he expects HiMERU to be rooting through Rinnes bag so they have no more problems getting through security.
“Mmm- I getcha Kohaku-chan! I’ll make you some homemade sweets when we get there in return!” Not that Kohaku wouldn’t have given Niki the snacks even if he didn’t get anything in return, but he is glad he gets some Niki homemade sweets out of the deal. The triumphant feeling of securing some of his favorite sweets in the future is quickly dashed as he sees a HiMERU that looks about ready to strangle Rinne. Not an unusual sight but an unwelcome one, considering they’re on a time crunch.
Kohaku doesn’t know what went down in the momentary exchange between him and Niki, but apparently it was bad enough to get HiMERU looking ready to commit a homicide. If he did Kohaku wouldn’t have a qualms about helping him hide the body, though he’d be a little sad to see Rinne go. Not that he would ever say those words out loud to the man, who knows how that’d inflate his ego.
“We will just have to ditch your bag Amagi, we do not have the time to argue about this.” HiMERU very sternly grabbed Rinnes (very worn) backpack and shoved it in the garbage bin. Not without some heavy pushback from Rinne, but usually once you piss HiMERU off you just gotta accept your fate.
“Hey! MERU I’ve got important stuff in the-“ Rinne is cut off by HiMERU roughly grabbing his arm to shove him through security, at which Kohaku taps Niki to let him know they’re finally gonna make some progress.
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It’s a complete hassle, but they finally make their way through TSA and all the way to their gate. They would be late, by at least 30 minutes mind you, if it wasn’t for both Kohaku and HiMERU finally getting to check their phones and seeing a notification that their flight got delayed by 4 hours. Rendering all their hurry for nothing.
Safe to say Kohaku has never seen HiMERU looking less pleased, even if it means they won’t miss their flight after all.
“See what you get when you rush MERUMERU! The universe is telling us to take it easy!” Rinne throws an arm over HiMERUs shoulder. Kohaku watches in silence as HiMERU slowly turns his head to Rinne.
Kohaku decides to start booking the funeral arrangements. He’s sure they can save on food if they leave the catering to Niki.