The Robot is a Part-Timer? (Charles)

"No way, we're already there!" Charles briefly responded to Kazuya's pleads and continued dragging the boy all the same. They soon reached the mall, overflowing with people, and the duo entered, led by Charles, of course. His grip on Kazuya's arm loosened when they entered and he let the boy go. That was it, he had to go get something for Mae right there and now. But first, they needed to locate the music shop.

Charles turned to Kazuya for a moment. "You know wher- !!!" He noticed the map of the mall looming by the entrance from which they came in. Score! Again! He ran over to the map and began searching for a music shop on it. All the shopping brands he saw on the illuminated poster were foreign to him tho... Maybe Kazuya would be able to find the music shop before him?

Charles won't stop so Kazuya just closed his eyes and beared with the pain until they arrived at the mall. As usual, the mall was crowded by people. Is there any days that the mall has less people? Well, it's the only famous mall around San Malarus after all. Either way, back to the situation at hand, It's now the time to find a music store around. He looked at the map as well and it took him a few seconds to find the shop they're looking. "Found it!" he said pointing at the map. The store was just right ahead at the edge of the mall. "Come on Charles follow me!" he led the way this time and ran for the music shop.

Kazuya tied Hibiki first outside the shop to not cause commotion in the shop. So as the duo entered the shop, Kazuya scrambled to find some Japanese albums. He managed to find an album named 'J-POP 2016'. It was a collection of best j-pop songs in 2016. Maybe, this is it? So Kazuya returned to Charles in order to show the album he found. "Hey, how about this? It has a collection of the best J-POP songs" he asked while showing him the disc cover.

Aww, really? He found the shop before him... Charles frowned, pouting a bit inside like a little kid. He wanted to be the one to find it... Well, what was done was done. They found it so they better make their way to it. He unwillingly let Kazuya lead the way over to the music shop.

Once inside, Kazuya seemed to scoot over to browse the records immediately while Charles just stood there and stared aimlessly at the insides of the shop. It was full of cds and whatnots and headsets... He had never been to a music shop before. It was pretty much a new experience for him. Kazuya returned soon with something in his hand. J-pop? J like... justice? Sounded like something Jack would've liked... Oh look, J is also like Jack, heh. Also, pop? Popcorn? He bought those once for Mae because he was curious about the metamorphosis of the corn seed into a pop-corn seed. He had no idea why a music album would be called 'Justice-popcorn 2016'... Maybe it was a human thing. Anyhow, he accepted the album and started examining it, cringing at the sight of the price tag... Geez... He didn't have that much money with himself right now. Well, he did, but part of it had to be invested in food as well... He frowned and returned the album to Kazuya. "Too pricey..." He shrugged. "And what does this J even stand for? And pop like popcorn makes no sense either." He put his hands onto his hips and turned around to look at the store once again. Eh, maybe he didn't even have to buy anything for Mae. Maybe classical music would be fine and not this... pop-corn music. Sheesh, humans.

"Don't worry, we'll pay for the album together!" he said. If Charles really wants the album, Kazuya won't mind paying at least the half of it. What? Charles doesn't know what J-POP means. Kazuya couldn't resist but to laugh. "Hahahaha! no J-POP means Japanese Pop. Pop is a form of song and it's really popular for teens like us. You've been talking about japanese trends a while ago. so yeah this is a collection of cool japanese songs. Don't worry, i'll pay the half of it" he told him. Well, he is a robot after all and it doesn't mean that he knows everything. Nobody is perfect even robots since they're created by humans. "so let's go pay" he added and scoot over to the cashier then handed over the album and the money he will contribute. Hoping that Charles will pay the remaining half of the album. They're done. "Enjoy your album" he said before leaving Charles on his own and picked Hibiki up outside. This was a strange day but at least, he got to hang out with Charles, his teammate. Kazuya hope they'll hang out again.

[EXIT]

Oh! So J is like Japanese which is like Kazuya which is like Mae! And pop is popular. Why bother making these abbreviations when the full name was perfectly fine? Still, he frowned and leaned over to his right, raising his hands in front of himself. "D-don't bother about it, we'll get it some other time." He took the album and put it on some random shelf. "Thanks anyways." He didn't have anything against Kazuya paying for the half of it, nonono. It was just this really awkward feeling which suddenly popped up in his guts which made him reconsider his choice. He first had to squeeze the necessary information out of his girlfriend before buying anything for her, yepyep. It would've been silly to buy her something she wouldn't like in the end. So yeah, he apolgized to Kazuya for taking his time over nothing and went home separately.

Charles has left the scene... _{((gosh, it's been far too long since the last time I wrote those words >>))}