The ti was 2:30 in the afternoon. Led by Yutsuki, Mukuro arrived at an arcade inside a shopping mall.
"An arcade, huh..."
Mukuro looked around with a mix of nervousness and curiosity.
All sorts of dazzling arcade cabinets were placed in every corner of the room, and fast-paced music echoed through the space from the speakers.
Mukuro subconsciously grabbed Yutsuki's sleeve.
"What's wrong, Mukuro?"
Yutsuki asked curiously.
"Um... Muku is a bit uncomfortable with noisy places."
"Eh? Is that so?"
Hearing Mukuro's words, Yutsuki's eyes widened in surprise.
"But this isn't your first ti playing here, right? You ca here with , Tohka, and the others last ti."
Yutsuki asked doubtfully. She rembered that during Mukuro and Tohka's battle over Shido's date, one of the stops Origami led them to was here.
"Muku is ashad to say... At that ti, Muku was only thinking about how to get intimate with Nushi-sama and defeat Tohka, so Muku did not pay much attention to the location... Moreover, it was not this noisy back then."
Hiding her body behind Yutsuki, Mukuro explained in a low voice.
The day she dated Shido was a weekday, so there weren't many custors in the arcade, making it very quiet. That's why Mukuro didn't mind it much. But today was Sunday. Students, couples, adults—there were all sorts of custors. The foot traffic was clearly dozens of tis higher than her last visit, which made Mukuro a bit flustered.
Hearing Mukuro's words, Yutsuki thought for a mont and asked.
"Do you hate noisy places like this, Mukuro?"
To Yutsuki's question, Mukuro hesitated for a bit before answering.
"Muku cannot say she hates it... But if possible, Muku prefers peaceful and quiet places."
"I see. If you don't hate it, then let's kill so ti here today."
"Eh?" Hearing Yutsuki's words, Mukuro was first stunned, then nodded in sudden realization. "I see. People in the martial world inevitably have to face all kinds of situations beyond their control. To beco an adult, one must learn to endure and temper their ntal fortitude, right,Yutsuki onee-chan?"
"Not at all! It's not as cruel as you think."
Yutsuki knocked Mukuro's forehead speechlessly.
"Ufu... Then what is the deeper aning behind Onee-chan's words?"
Rubbing her forehead a bit aggrievedly, Mukuro asked in confusion.
"Uh... It's not so exaggerated as having a 'deeper aning'. It's just that I often co here to play with Kaguya and the others after school, and I quite like it."
Yutsuki scratched her cheek and explained a bit shyly.
"I don't want you to learn to endure to match my pace; I just want to share the things I like with you. Of course, if you really hate it here, I will naturally choose another place. After all, you shouldn't just look at the surface of things. Eliminating it from your choices based purely on a first impression would be a bit of a pity."
"Ufu! I see!"
Mukuro nodded in sudden realization, hurriedly taking out her notebook to record Yutsuki's words.
Seeing Mukuro's eager-to-learn attitude, Yutsuki couldn't help but give a bitter smile.
"Well, that being said, you absolutely shouldn't try things that look very dangerous at first glance. Anyway, let's play and see. If there's a ga you can't play, I'll remind you."
"Mhm, Muku will keep Yutsuki onee-chan's teachings in mind."
Soon, after exchanging coins at the service desk, Mukuro started playing in the arcade under Yutsuki's guidance.
Racing simulators, shooting gas, dance machines, puzzle arcades, rhythm gas.
Because it was her first ti playing most of these gas, Mukuro's controls were very unfamiliar, and her scores weren't very satisfying. But throughout the whole process, Mukuro enjoyed herself imnsely.
Honestly, as a good girl who never made detours after school and went straight ho, although Mukuro didn't say it, she subconsciously held so prejudice against places like arcades, thinking only misbehaving bad kids would spend money to play in such places.
(Just as Yutsuki onee-chan said, judging based purely on subjective impressions is not good.)
Imitating Yutsuki's movents to rhythmically hit the drum surface, Mukuro sighed in her heart.
"Ah, this is so fun. Mukuro, what do you want to play next?"
"Muku just saw an arcade cabinet called 'Strip Mahjong'. Is there any difference between it and normal mahjong?"
"That's a no. Wait another ten years before you challenge that."
Yutsuki rejected it firmly.
"Ufu? Then... how about that one."
Seeing Yutsuki refuse, Mukuro didn't insist. After looking around, she pointed at a purikura photo booth.
"Purikura, huh. Mukuro, do you know how to use this?"
Yutsuki asked, a bit surprised. To this, Mukuro shook her head slightly.
"Muku does not know. But Muku heard Onee-chan ntion it in the past; she seed to have played it with her classmates."
Hearing Mukuro's words, Yutsuki frowned slightly. She naturally knew that the "Onee-chan" the other party was talking about wasn't herself, but Mukuro's true older sister from her adoptive family before.
"I see... Then let's take a purikura picture together next?"
A bright smile appearing on her lips, Yutsuki pulled Mukuro into the photo booth just like that.
[—Please strike your favorite pose—Countdown starting—5! 4! 3! 2! 1!]
"Cheese!"
"Ch-Cheese?"
Nervously striking a pose along with Yutsuki, the photoshoot ended just like that, accompanied by a few "click" sounds.
"Phew..."
Mukuro secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She was sure she must have looked very weird in the picture.
[Please select your favorite effects, and then write your text.]
"Um, Yutsuki onee-chan, what should Muku do next?"
Hearing the machine's instructions, Mukuro looked at Yutsuki helplessly.
Seeing Mukuro's flustered state, Yutsuki found it a bit funny.
"Well, I'll choose the effects. Mhm—stars. You just take this pen and write what you want to say on the screen, and then the photo will be printed."
"What Muku wants to say..."
Hearing Yutsuki's words, Mukuro looked at the screen in front of her. After hesitating for a mont, she took the stylus and carefully wrote a few words.
—Love Onee-chan the most.
"..."
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After leaving the arcade, Mukuro looked at the freshly printed purikura photo in her hand, a smile covering her face.
"Do you like that photo a lot?"
Seeing Mukuro unable to put it down, Yutsuki couldn't help but ask.
"Mhm, this is Muku and Yutsuki onee-chan's first photo together, so Muku will naturally treasure it."
Carefully putting the photo in her handbag, Mukuro nodded happily.
"Well, thanks for that. How was it? Did you have fun playing at the arcade?"
"Mhm, very fun."
Mukuro answered without hesitation.
"Trying gas Muku had never played before today felt very novel. Muku feels her horizons have been broadened. Thank you,Yutsuki onee-chan."
(Next ti, I will bring Nushi-sama to take a photo together too.)
At the sa ti, Mukuro secretly planned with a bit of selfishness.
"Well, if you're this happy, it was worth bringing you here."
A relieved smile appearing on her face, Yutsuki breathed a sigh of relief and took out her phone to check the ti.
"Mhm... It's only four o'clock. There is still quite so ti before six. Mukuro, let's go walk around the mall to kill ti."
"Mhm, Muku will follow Yutsuki onee-chan completely."
Mukuro nodded with a smile, stepped forward, and hugged Yutsuki's arm.
"M-Mukuro! There's no need to cling so tightly, right?"
Feeling the soft sensation coming from Mukuro's chest, Yutsuki replied a bit awkwardly.
"Ufu? Is there sothing wrong with this action?"
"I'm telling you—You're a girl in the pri of your youth, aren't you embarrassed in a public place?"
Seeing Yutsuki's cheeks flush just like Shido's did before, Mukuro tilted her head in confusion.
"Muku and Onee-chan are both girls, why should Muku be embarrassed?"
"Uh, that makes sense..."
Hearing Mukuro's words, Yutsuki nodded with a subtle bitter smile.
Normally, although Yutsuki interacted with the other Spirits, she tried her best to avoid this kind of overly intimate physical contact, and everyone else wouldn't intentionally cling to her either. Although Miku liked to get handsy with her, because her desires and wicked thoughts were too obvious, Yutsuki had plenty of legitimate reasons to resist.
But Mukuro was different. Her actions had no malice; she simply wanted to act spoiled towards her, so Yutsuki couldn't really refuse.
(I am entirely devoted to Shiori-chan, I am entirely devoted to Shiori-chan, I am entirely devoted to Shiori-chan... I am entirely devoted to Shiori-chan's oppai!!!)
(Shido: "——Achoo!!!!!")
After silently chanting this a few tis in her heart, Yutsuki's sowhat flighty mind instantly cald down.
After that, Yutsuki and Mukuro just wandered around the mall to kill ti.
"Hm?"
Suddenly, while strolling down the street, Mukuro stopped in her tracks.
"What's wrong, Mukuro?"
"Um... Muku seems to hear a child crying."
"A child crying? Where?"
Hearing Mukuro's words, Yutsuki looked around and asked doubtfully.
"Muku definitely heard it, this way."
Saying that, Mukuro followed the source of the sound and walked outside the mall building.
Sure enough, on a public bench not far from the door, Mukuro and Yutsuki saw a crying little boy.
"What is wrong? Why are you crying here?"
Crouching down, Mukuro asked in a gentle tone.
"Waa... Mommy... Mommy doesn't want anymore..."
His face covered in tears and snot, the little boy looked at Mukuro, then sobbed and complained while crying.
"She hit ... scolded ... said I was stupid... kept speaking ill of ... and said I wasn't her child... told to get out..."
"How terrible! How inhumane! As a mother, how could she treat her own son like this."
Hearing the little boy's complaints, Mukuro instantly got so angry that her eyebrows stood on end, and she spoke indignantly.
"Waa... I'm so tired from walking... I'm hungry... Mommy doesn't want anymore... What should I do next... Waa, aaaaah"
Hearing the little boy crying, Mukuro couldn't help but feel her heart ache. She stroked his small head and comforted him.
"Do not worry. Muku will lend you a hand!"
"...Really, Onee-chan?"
The little boy wiped his snot and looked at Mukuro with expectant eyes, looking just like a stray cat hoping to be adopted.
"Mhm, that is natural—"
"Wait a second, Mukuro."
I will take you in and take care of you. Just as Mukuro was about to say that, Yutsuki suddenly patted Mukuro's shoulder, interrupting her words.
"What is it?Yutsuki onee-chan."
"Mhm... Anyway, wait a second. I have so things I want to ask him."
"Ufu... Muku understands."
Although she didn't know why Yutsuki interrupted her, Mukuro still obediently stepped aside.
Walking up to the little boy, Yutsuki carefully observed his clothes.
(Mhm... Although there are indeed so faint red marks from being hit, they are very light, nowhere near the level of dostic violence. And he's only wearing a short-sleeved shirt in winter. It looks like he really did run out from ho, and his slippers don't have much wear and tear. His ho shouldn't be too far from here.)
Looking down at the little boy, the other party first secretly peeked at Yutsuki, then covered his eyes and continued crying.
Although this action was very subtle, it didn't escape Yutsuki's eyes.
(...I see. This brat...)
Having a general idea in her heart, Yutsuki turned her head to look at Mukuro, and couldn't help but sigh helplessly.
"Little boy, what is your na?"
Putting on a gentle smile, Yutsuki asked kindly.
"...Shou..., Shouta."
The little boy answered in a low voice.
"Shouta-kun, huh. How old are you this year?"
"...T-Ten years old."
"What did you do wrong to make your mommy angry?"
"..."
The little boy, Shouta, fell silent.
(As expected.)
Yutsuki sighed, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
"Eh?Yutsuki onee-chan... what is going on?"
Hearing Yutsuki's words, Mukuro's face was full of questions.
"This child, he kept complaining to you just now about being beaten and scolded by his mother, but he didn't ntion the reason for being scolded at all. It's obviously because the fault lies with him, so he's guilty and doesn't dare to say it."
Yutsuki shrugged and explained.
"Eh? Is that so?"
Widening her eyes in surprise, Mukuro looked at Shouta and asked.
"..."
The little boy, Shouta, still cried while keeping silent. But his reaction was no different from an admission to Yutsuki.
"What did you do to make your mommy angry?"
Yutsuki asked with a smile.
"I-I don't know."
The little boy, Shouta, turned his head away and said in a low voice.
"Ah, what a pity. I have a piece of high-grade chocolate I bought from the sweets shop here. But—"
Saying that, Yutsuki took a snack out of her pocket, then pulled her hand back, dodging a certain naughty little hand, and said with her smile unchanged.
"It is only for kids who do not lie."
The little boy, Shouta, flushed red and gritted his teeth. He looked at Yutsuki with teary big eyes. Finally realizing that he couldn't fool the other party, he cried out in frustration.
"Ugh— I-I played a mobile ga on my mommy's phone without permission, and secretly spent 300,000 yen on microtransactions, which made mommy angry waaaaaah!!!"
(TL:fking brat..)
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