"these look cute..."
she hummed deep in thought, conflicted between the supplies before her. there were some notebooks with eye-catching floral patterns; some with cherry blossoms, some with roses, and maybe some with daisies. finally settling for the cherry blossoms, she decides to head for the next aisle, when she felt herself wham against something and she quickly turned around.
it was a person.
"o-oh, dear, i'm sorry!! i-i didn't see you!" she squeaked, quickly bowing down to the student in front of her.
[Starting this again! Let's go]
"It's fine! I'm sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going, so its partially my fault, are you alright?"
Kakyoin blinked at the girl in front of him, a few notebooks in his hand. He had been too focused on looking at the larger ones on the shelves and didn't notice her next to him.
The girl straightened up and he got a good look at her. Long, purple-ish hair with a few blue and pink streaks. Kayoins brow furrowed a little, she looked a bit familiar. Maybe he had seen her around the shops before? Hmm, most likely.
Giving her a small polite smile, he shifted to the side to let her leave the aisle.
[have i...seen him before...?]
"...ah, y-yeah, i'm okay. th-thank you."
she couldn't get her thoughts straight at all...was this part of the impact from having bumped into him by accident? shaking her head, she decided to brush it off to the side.
"..apologies again, i was looking for pastel stationary and got distracted. hence the little accident we had earlier." without noticing, she had her hand extended out in a handshake, then looked at her hand in confusion.
"sa-sakura hirakawa. a pleasure to meet you."
"Ah, Kakyoin Noriaki. It's nice to meet you miss."
He shifted the notebooks to his other hand, then shook hers. 'She looked a little dazed, I hope I didn't smack her with these notebooks' It was possible, he had a hardcover one and he had been walking a bit fast....but then she blinked a few times and the look faded.
"I believe the stationary is two aisles down, I picked up some sticky notes and pens there; they have some new colors that look nice."
{ no wonder that name sounded familiar... }
her interest piqued at the thought. “you mentioned new colors...? i should probably go look at that, my supply is almost running out, hehe...”
she rubbed the back of her neck, a sign the shyness had already kicked in. it just came naturally to her, though, so she didn’t really mind.
He nodded to her, raising up the stationary he held.
"Yes, just a few new ones. Some old ones are on sale as well, so you could get a few patterned ones as well as solid colors..."
"Oh!" Glancing at the watch on his wrist, Kakyoin sucks in a breath, "I'm sorry, I really should be going or I'll be late for something. It was nice talking you, I hope you find what you're looking for!" He bowed slightly and started for the end of the aisle. He still needed to get some groceries his mother asked for, and it was getting late.
she shyly waved back in return, nodding with a warm smile before shifting her glance back at the table before her. there were some sets that caught her attention, so she snapped a photo and sent them to her family.
[which ones do i get??]
her thumb swiped back to her contacts list, and she froze in surprise. the guy she had just spoken to was...mutuals with her on social media?
she quickly opened a message and stopped to think. what should she tell him?
would it be strange if a fashion model tried to befriend a fan? maybe so.
he was an old classmate of hers, too; it's a small world, she thought.
[hey! it's sakura, i know you just saw me at the store a while ago and i happened to find you here too, i apologize if this is a little sudden >_<]
Kakyoin gently tossed his bag onto his bed and sighed when a few pencils rolled out. Having raced to get the groceries he had got home with time to spare, so he might as well reorganize his notebooks. Buying new ones certainly gives him motivation to make room for them on his bookshelf. Taking the new and a few half full notebooks out and placing them on his desk, he started hummed and started shifting them around, but paused after a few minutes. Some song was stuck in his head and it was getting rather annoying just remembering part of the chorus, so he decided to look it up and opened up his phone.
‘That’s odd, I have a message from someone...not even a half hour old, must not have come in until now.’ His face scrunched in confusion for a moment before it smoothed out and he tapped on the notification. He didn’t normally get messages from many people on social media, simply because he didn’t use it often. A classmate had gotten him to add most of his class a while ago and it was probably one of them reaching out to him for some reason or another, but he didn’t recognize the name.
Oh.
It was the girl he bumped into at the store, it seemed they followed each other...was she an old classmate? That might explain why she seemed familiar he mused, considering how to answer. Eventually he settled on a something friendly, even if he couldn’t remember her he could still be polite.
[Hello! It’s fine, though I’m surprised we seem to be following each other on here. We must have been classmates I suppose. Did you find any stationary you liked?]
[to answer both questions: yes, we’re classmates! i’m in the desk next to you if i can recall correctly. and i did! the sakura-themed sets were on clearance and i couldn’t resist] [school can sometimes be overwhelming but that’s mainly because of the fact i’m a model and i always have a train of students following me 😭]
sakura swiped the camera open and held her phone above her desk. the stationary still hadn’t been opened yet, but she thought it’d be nicer if they weren’t unpackaged yet.
[here’s the aforementioned sakura set! i also had some animal crossing themed stuff too, haha]
did the verified checkmark on my display name scare him, i wonder?
she later emerged from her closet in sweatpants and an old t-shirt from a concert tour her brother had recently hosted. finally she decided to unpackage the stationary and set it aside for future use. she knew her mom needed help with dinner, so she hurried downstairs.
Rubbing his head, he thought about his classmates. He didn’t pay much attention to most of them, but now he remembered her. She wasn’t loud, but the gaggle of people who hung out around her desk were, and he had ignored them all as a result. Kakyoin looked at his first reply and felt bad, he sounded a bit stuck up!
[I remember now! I’m sorry, I’m a bit bad with faces, and I believe I passed over you because of all the loud students following you. It’s nice to meet you again]
As soon as he had sent the message, another from Sakura popped up. A picture of the stationary she had bought, which had a rather nice sakura blossom design. Smiling a little at it, Kakyoin hesitated for a moment and typed out a reply before setting his phone down and heading downstairs.
[Those look cute, I don’t care for some of the flower themed sets but I wish I had gotten that one, or at least the paper. And an Animal Crossing set? I wasn’t aware that store had any]
[i buy them occasionally if the sakura ones aren’t available lol] [and it happens! i’m often bombarded with upperclassmen wanting things like my autograph or to be friends or something along those lines haha, hello again!]
sakura perked her head up slightly to the sound of her sister calling her name, tucking her phone in her pocket as she sat through the details of the last business meeting her mom had held. suddenly the memory of bumping into kakyoin at the shop resurfaced in her head, and a vivid, soft pink dusted her cheeks while she dazed off into space.
Pausing in his new sketch, Kakyoin looked over at his phone. He had been so focused in his drawing that it took him a few minutes to realize he had a new message, the buzzing on the desk finally catching his attention. Humming, he picked his phone up. It was a message from Sakura.
[Ahh, I see! a backup design when the regulars aren’t in stock, I have a few like that. There’s a very nice blue one I tend to get...]
[and hello! how are you doing today?]
It had only been yesterday that they had been messaging each other, but it somehow felt longer. Most likely because of the chores he had done today, and he had been so involved in his newest sketch that time felt a bit strange at the moment.
‘Still, it’s rather...nice to talk to someone new’ he thought. Only having a few people he he actually enjoyed talking to led to him somewhat avoiding new people or new conversations.
[ah, hello! i'm doing alright, you?]
she didn't actually think she'd properly get in touch with someone like this in a while, but she welcomed it with open arms, because it was a very positive feeling. there was a thought in the back of her mind and it felt like forcing its way out.
[yeah, it's always nice to have a backup plan ^^]
[and...off topic, but you should be careful. i've heard of a series of muggers lurking the streets and a lot of people are on their toes]
she knew quite a lot about them; the speedwagon foundation warned her in advance. but most of the city knew, too, so it's better safe than sorry, she thought.
This time, Kakyoin was keeping an eye on his phone so he wouldn’t miss her message, it would be rude if he kept taking long to answer Sakura. When his phone buzzed, he quickly put down his pencil and flicked his eyes over her message.
[I’m doing well! Just currently breaking in one of my notebooks]
Sakura’s last text came in just after he sent his, and Kakyoin tapped a finger against his cheek as he read it.
He frowned at the thought of the muggings. He’d first heard of them from his mother, who always worried when he went out into the city and had told him immediately when the muggings started. He would be fine, with Hierophant Green, but it was concerning how much talk there was about the muggings. Even Jotaro had made a passing comment, which made Kakyoin curious. He had become busy before he could ask Jotaro anything else, maybe he should message him soon...
[and I will, thank you for the heads up. I’d heard of the muggings in passing, but recently I was told they were slowly making their way over to this side of the city. You be careful as well please!]
[i'll do my best! thank you ^_^] [and if you're drawing or something i don't want to bother you >_< i'm sure you're busy and i don't want to ruin your creative flow or anything orz]
sakura leaned back in her chair, booting up her computer as she organized the stationary. she had to answer some emails about upcoming photoshoots, but chances are they might be rescheduled or postponed completely because of the muggings. they've been increasing at an alarming rate, according to her mother.
and with her status as a renowned fashion model, her chances might be a little higher than other citizens.
god, how she hated when her status as a celebrity got in the way of things. she just wanted to be a part of society like a normal person. but that wasn't important.
[apologies if i don't reply right away in advance. i might have to check my email for photoshoots and whatnot; i think some of them might be outright cancelled because of all this]
[No, its alright! Currently its just loose sketches so I'm not too focused]
That was a lie, Kakyoin thought ruefully as he sent it. He definitely got focused on his sketches even if they were supposed to be quick things, he supposed his perfectionist side demanded it.
Humming slightly as he pushed away from his desk, he left his room and went downstairs to get some water. His mother had told him she would be out for a short time, visiting a neighbor friend who had recently had a baby. His father was most likely in his study, so it was quiet in the house and he reached the kitchen. His phone buzzed as he picked up a glass, and he quickly checked it only to see it was for a news article about the muggings.
"I hope these mugger are caught soon, everyone has been on edge lately...I wonder if its a group, or even something else..." he frowned as he muttered, slowly walking back to his room. He'd have to ask Jotaro if he knew anything about them, and after he had settled back down at his desk he did so. He also sent another message to Sakura, simply telling her he understood and hoped her schedule wasn't changed or messed up too badly.
