#toddoy

It'll soon be their second anniversary, and of course, they wanted it to show! They'd spend hours at the mall looking for the perfect outfits to celebrate their Dating anniversary in. Unfortunately, they weren't very lucky, sure, they already had some shopping bags in their arms, but they didn't find the perfect thing to wear yet.

They decided to stop to a coffee shop in that same mall to take a break, plus, they were feeling more than hungry.

"you should have got the strawberry cheesecake; they make it so tasty here!" Joy said as her girlfriend sat before her, "I'll have it next time! Plus, you know me, I've gotta steal a bite or two of yours." Toddy replied with a wink, and Joy laughed.

They sat and chatted while enjoying their meal, the conversation casually turning into gossip.

"I can't believe she had the audacity to say that!"

"I know, right? And you won't believe what he did!"

The girls kept chatting, and laughing, even after their food was finished. Joy got up and paid for both, in the meantime, Toddy got up and tidied up the table a bit, then they both went out of the cafè, still smiling to each other.

That's when Toddy's eyes dropped into something; a clothes shop, right in front of the pastry shop they just got out of (honestly, Toddy had no idea how she didn't notice it before). On the display window, two dresses, the same design, but completely different colours; one had a dark brown crop top with asymmetric shoulder, paired with a mahogany red skirt and matching tights. The other was similar, but the top had a turtleneck line and the colour scheme was a light blue with a baby pink, plus, the skirt had gold details. The thighs in the red and brown one were opaque, while in the other they were white fishnets. Simple, but Toddy knew they had accessories at home that would make them beautiful.

"oh. My. God." Toddy said, excitedly, slightly pulling joy's arm to herself.

"they're so pretty!" Joy exclaimed, Toddy pulled the girl impatiently to the direction of the shop, both of them not noticing the red "closed" sing on the door until they got nearer.

"What!?" Toddy exclaimed, Joy got to take a better look at the sing, and what was written on it.

"looks like it will be closed for a full week." Joy said, Toddy sighed, frustrated.

"so, now what? We went through the mall, like, twice."

"we should head home now, we both have homework to finish... And the mall's gonna close soon."

The two took each other's hand, and started to walk to the mall's exit. Toddy had an unhappy expression on her face, and Joy soon noticed.

"Toddy?"

"yeah?"

"are you sad because we couldn't get those dresses?"

"maybe... They were just so pretty! And I bet you'd look marvellous with the pink and blue one!"

Joy laughed lightly, a bit flustered by the compliment. They already were outside, heading to the parking lot where Golden's car, which he generously let his cousin borrow, was parked.

But Joy took a second to stop, and hug her girlfriend tight.

"you know, I'm disappointed too, but we don't need new clothes to make our anniversary special, right?" Joy's voice sounded softer than usual, as she held toddy by the waist. Her own shopping bags hanging from her wrists.

"yeah... We just need each other." Toddy answered, letting out a sigh and finally smiling. Joy was happy about that answer, and let her go.

They spent the night at Toddy's place, her mom made them dinner, and after that they watched a movie - or better, rewatched 2004 mean girls for the millionth time - and then went to sleep together. Joy borrowed one of Toddy's pijamas.