Ever since I was young
I had a dream that I will be living in a castle
Made out of chocolate and cake
What a sweet sweet dream it was

(Y/n) pulls out their earphones, which had just begun playing chocological by Mili. They open the gate to their house and enter.

"Mom, I'm back." They greet upon entering through the main door.

"(Y/n)!!! Welcome home!" instead of being greeted by their mom's sluggish voice, it's Kokomi.

"Hey Kokomi, I didn't know you were going to come visit today."

"Don't worry, I just got here. I heard from your mom that you went to the Kamisato residence for tutoring." Her grin was blatantly suggesting something. "Which one of them? Ayaka or Ayato?"

"I went there for tutoring. Keep this up and I'm going to tell Sara you have a file dedicated to photos of her."

"I was kidding!"

"Oh? Kokomi has a crush on Sara?" (Y/n)'s mom snickers. The kitchen wasn't too far away, enough for her to hear what the two are talking about.

"Awh now even your mom knows." She grabs a nearby pillow and plants her face into it.

"Even if I did tell Sara you kept pictures of her she'd probably take it the wrong way, like an insult instead. That you have her pictures to make fun of her."

"Huhu. She keeps photos too you know! Just... Photos of Baal." Kokomi cries into the pillow.

"There there."

Quite the love triangle? Square? Pentagon???? Or whatever, quite the love dilemma Kokomi was in. (Y/n) was relieved that they weren't in such a dilemma.

Just the dilemma of not catching feelings for anyone at all.

Bzzt bzzt

(Y/n) pulls out their phone, receiving a notification.

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Ayato (1 New message)

Ayato: Ayaka just got back. I made her try one of the experimental cookies.

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Ayaka appears to be covering her mouth, appalled.

Oh no! Poor Ayaka :( : Y/n

Ayato: I don't know what to do with the rest of them... It'd be a waste to throw it out.

Why don't you eat them yourself then? : Y/n

Ayato: Fair.

Ayato: They taste a little funky. Not bad.

??? : Y/n

Ayato: My honest opinion. Anyways, are you busy?

Not really. Why? : Y/n

"(Y/n), let's watch Encanto againnn." Kokomi recovers from her sulking.

"Uh, we've watched it every Saturday for the past three weeks."

"And we're watching it again. I quite like it ok?"

"Fine." (Y/n) sighs.

They glance back at their phone, awaiting Ayato's reply.

Well, I'm going to watch Encanto with my friend. I'll talk to you later Ig. : Y/n

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After the movie and dinner, Kokomi heads home and (Y/n) opens their phone once again to respond to Ayato who had messaged a couple hours back.
 
  

Ayato: Oh that's a nice movie. Enjoy!

It was my fourth time watching it. Still enjoyed it though. Anyways why were you asking if I was busy a while ago? : Y/n

Ayato: I was going to ask if you wanted to go to the mall with Ayaka and I tomorrow. Ayaka wants to shop for some things.

Sure, I'm free. Your place isn't that far so I can meet you there? : Y/n

Ayato: Ok. By around 10 AM? Does that sound good?

Yesss, I'll see you then. :> : Y/n

'To think I'd even hold a conversation with him about anything not tutoring related. I guess we get along ok.'

(Y/n) approaches their mom who was scrolling through animal related tiktok videos just to inform her of their plans for tomorrow.

"Hey mom, I'll be going out with friends sometime before lunch."

"Okay. Oh and look at this cat! So cute right? And the babies! Cutie pies."

"Uh huh, yes they are very cute."

"Can you wash the dishes by the way?"

(Y/n) nods their head and gets to the chore. It was never too much to do. Never much chores. It was just them and their mom most of the time, their dad worked abroad.

So for Kokomi to come by and stay for a while every now and then made (y/n) and their mom happy.

"I'm kind of excited for tomorrow."

Their mom gives them a look. "Hmm? Who are the friends you are going with?"

"A classmate and her older brother. The guy who is tutoring me."
  
   

Jump down to the slide
Banana split with extra bitter chocolate lava
Bounce on the playground
Exotic açaí juice dipped in condensed chocolate stream