Suit Suite (Zaku / Tomomi)

He didn't belong there.

As Tomomi looked at the glass display case at the front of a shop, the boy came to that conclusion. No, he was supposed to be working, in his mask, gloves, with bags in one hand and a picker in the other. Slung over his shoulder was his jacket, where it always was, and he stared with what could only appear to be a sorrowful expression at what had caught his attention.

And what was it that had caught his attention? Wonderful attire, superhero apparel, maid outfits with novelty knives next to them. Cosplay.

The litter picking boy was currently staring with childish wonder at a shop dedicated to selling both cosplays and the materials to make them. And for a few minutes, he just stood there looking at the displays.

Zaku had been shopping around that day, buying supplies for her business and hobbies, and thinking up new designs and what cosplays she could fit into, some where a bit to risky for her to try though, sometimes she wished she was a bit less....developed..but as she payed for her supplies and stepped out of the shop, not noticing the boy standing staring through the window, she stood there a moment thinking to herself about some more Tame Cosplay costumes she could try.

As she stood there thinking her cowlick seemed to be looking around as if trying to plot out their next course of action, or their path of travel after this shop, until it turned and "seen" Tomomi it then looked at him and leaned over getting a little closer to him as if studying him before it seemingly nodded and went back to rest above it's owners head apparently deeming him not a threat as Zaku took out a paper and looked at it and started to mark off the supplies she had just bought and looked at what else she needed.

A shadow loomed over Tomomi in that moment. Wait, a shadow? Tomomi turned mildly, seeing a flat out terrifying sight out of the corner of his eye, as something of a height nearly twice his own loomed above him. As he turned to inspect properly however, it seemed there was a swift movement, and suddenly it instead seemed like a simple shifting in her hair.

What the actual fuck was going on?! Was it a demon?! In the day?! Tomomi was trying hard to stop himself from panicking at the sight, catching his breath. It couldn't be a demon. It was a day. Was it a trick of the eye?

To say he was confused was an understatement, and for a moment, Tomomi just stood there with a finger in the air being the only sign that he had something to say. Then, after umming and ahhing about it, the boy spoke up, voice timid and soft. "U-um... E-excuse me, is everything okay?" He asked, eyes displaying the confusion that was otherwise covered by the hygiene mask as he tilted his head.

Zaku continued to read her list for a moment double checking it when a voice suddenly spoke up and she looked over at the sound and seen someone standing there, looking at the boy Zaku blinked a moment as she adjusted the large metal backpack on her back and adjusted her glasses and looked around a moment for the person that the boy was talking to, not really realizing he was talking to her, most people didn't talk to her after all, and the few that did only seemed to have talked to her once or twice before never being seen again for some reason.

Though after a moment it became obvious that he was talking to her and her cowlick seemed to be surprised by this fact, it had checked the boy before and decided he wasn't a threat at least but as Zaku seemed to Freeze a moment looking away from the boy, her cowlick turned to look at him once again and it decided it was best to double check moving closer to the boy it made a motion as if it was sniffing him, before it seemed to nod and return to it's normal position just as Zaku turned to look at the boy.

"Oh..y..you were talking to Zaku wern't you? Zaku?" she asked him as she moved away from the door so other people could get in, fidgiting a bit as she looked at the boy "umm..w...why...d..do you ask if Zaku is okay? should she not be okay? Zaku?" she asked wondering if maybe she had done something to warrant the question.

Now facing properly, Tomomi could see with certainty now what was happening. Well, his eyes could, but his mind could not fathom the reality of it. The person in front of him, whose attention he had asked for... Their hair was moving on its own. It was day time though! There was no physical way! The idea was so baffling that Tomomi had to supress his natural urge to call for help. This was too terrifying. Even more crazy was that the person eventually replied to Tomomi, and they sounded how Tomomi felt. They kept repeating Zaku, which Tomomi guessed was their name, and seemed super confused. Tomomi himself was also confused.

"U-um... T-th-there's no reason for you to not be okay? I-it's just you, um, seemed to be staring off into space, so, I um, wanted to make sure everything was okay? S-so, um, I hope you are okay?"

Deep breaths. Don't run away or panic. Deep breaths. It's day time. It's safe.

Zaku noticed the boy was looking scared and seemed to be staring at her weirdly, on top of that as he replied he started to stutter, but he seemed to be worried and she looked away thinking maybe he didn't like being looked at? "O...oh...n..no Z...Zaku just...Zaku was th...thinking..o...of...w..what..u...umm...of wh...what things..s...she...she could make...Zaku" she said as her face slowly turned red, and she fidgeted in place a bit. honestly not sure how to say she was thinking about cosplay as she wasn't sure if she would get teased or not, though the boy was staring into the shop maybe he did cosplay?

She wasn't sure and she wasn't about to venture a guess on that, he could just be a hobbyist that did other things that required similar materials, so she decided to not mention cosplay at all as she stood there trying to look a bit smaller. which was helped with the baggy clothing she was wearing to hide her form really.

Meanwhile her cowlick seemed to be keeping an eye out around them, as if making sure no one was sneaking up on them or anything, though it seemed to do a little stand to attention anytime she said the word Zaku, but after it would seemingly relax and go back to keeping a look out as it had already determined the boy as not a threat....how a cow lick decides that is really unknown though

While the person was seemingly nice, Tomomi couldn't focus on anything she was saying, too freaked out by the evil demon hair. Was this person a psyche terrorist? A cadet? A demon that functioned during the day? Literally no situation made this a good scenario to stick around in, and the idea of calling for both help and the police rung in his mind. All that made him choose against it was the risk of being questioned on how he could see it if it was a demon, so, he went for the second best idea.

Without another word, Tomomi turned around, and sprinted off as fast as he could in complete and sheer terror.

[Exit]

Zaku looked quite confused as the boy ran off and she only looked around to try and figure out what had spooked him, but seeing nothing out of the ordinary she simply shrugged and adjusted the heavy metal backpack on her back and headed off to go get a few more of the things that were on her list.