hugtopia_logs | the pet store was all out of ponies [closed]

♥ Who: Kyoko, Shinji, Kaito, and Magolor if he deigns to bless them with his grand presence
♥ Where: Kaito & Shinji's house
♥ When: July 7th, early evening I guess?
♥ What: b i r t h d a y p a r t y
♥ Rating: G? PG?? I'll update as needed

Kyoko had gotten a little freer about casually stopping by Shinji and Kaito's place lately, especially when she could make up an excuse about swapping ingredients from their replicators, but today marked her first time taking advantage of Kai's unlocked door policy. It also happened to be her first time attempting to enter with stealth.

The final approach down the street to their house took a full half hour, as she ducked around corners and behind confused natives to make sure a certain blond wasn't outside, and paused to listen for faint sounds of a very quiet electric bike. When she drew near enough to fear being spotted from the windows, Kyoko took a deep breath, and called to mind the quick, silent movements she'd portrayed Momiji with--and zipped up to the door. Yesssss!

All that was left in this mission was to slip inside and get to the kitchen without being noticed by the target, and it would be a success. It was only a little harder with the cake box nestled securely in her arms.

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More glances between orb and box, because huh. What. "Maybe it's for Shinji," Kai mumbled, feeling really overwhelmed all over again. But between him and Magolor, well, they both probably knew that wasn't true at all. Shinji wasn't really a "black and yellow as a motif most of the time" sort of guy, and this box was very much Black and Yellow.

Let's just try and ignore how Much this all was! Kai huffed a bit as if that would dispel some of his fluster, reaching over ruffle Magolor's hood a little bit.

"You mean you're not your gift?"

"Talk about a line!"

You know, a Line. Like a pickup line. Magolor titters, though, and leans into the ruffling anyway; it's not exactly a complaint. Neither is it a serious observation. Come on, no one uses pickup lines on him, and he's perfectly fine with that. But if Kai were using that on another human or something? What a heartbreaker!

"Smooth~. But who do you think you're talking to? I'm far too generous to have come empty-handed! Even if I'm not Huge Mystery Box levels of generous. Sorry to disappoint."

"Huh?"

A line. A line? What line. Kaito one percent did not understand what Magolor had meant by that or what was supposed to be smooth here. Ruffles? Smooth ruffles. Okay??? Well, whatever, this cat-like lean into his hand was cute and he was trying to kill him with more presents anyway.

"S'fine, s'fine, I wouldn't know what to do with that level of generosity anyway." As evidenced by Literally All Of This. "You coming over is seriously more than I expected and I'm already real happy with that, so you're gonna have to deal with the consequences of gifts."

Spoilers: it was him being awkward.

"Like your undying thanks and admiration? I can handle that."

That said, in reality, he's already slightly embarrassed just by being told Kai is just happy to see him. The duality of egg: he absolutely loves and insists on being showered with praise, and yet is constantly caught off guard by little genuine unexpected remarks like that. He even blushes, though he's already trying to make his way inside, half to hide that and half just to get inside.

"Anyhoo, unfortunately I can't birthday-spoil you by carrying that thing inside for you. Just looking at it makes my arms wince!"

You know, the arms he doesn't have.

Yes. Those arms. Yep.

"Wow. They winced right out of existence, that's too bad." How terrible. Better let the orb pass by the door so he could have a chance to regrow his non-existent arms or something.

Kai squinted at the Very Large box again before shrugging. "It'll... probably be fine right there for now. We can drag Shinji and Kyoko into assist mode later. You want some cake?"

Because there was so much cake.

"Are you kidding?! Of course I want cake~!"

It's funny—he almost slips and says, why do you think I'm even here?! As good a liar as Magolor is, he has never been so good that he doesn't sometimes spit out something a little too real for his own good. But the funny part is that even as he checks himself from saying it . . . he also knows it's not true anyway. It wouldn't have been a case of "accidentally blurting out the truth." More like accidentally blurting out something he might expect of himself, regardless of whether or not it's real. Geez. That's annoying to contemplate. How unfair is it to not only need to keep a grip on how much truth you tell, but how much truth is even true?

There's only one remedy, and it's cake. His ears prick up with the very real excitement he feels at the prospect of cake (probably made by Kyoko, even better!), even if the part about that being his only motive is very inaccurate.

"Did Kyoko treat you to it? Luckyyyy! She's got talent!"

It's a line that Kai would have definitely expected. Not even because it was Magolor, it just made way more sense for someone to want to come to one of these things because they were there for the Free Food rather than the apparent person of the hour. He wouldn't have been offended in the slightest! Of course, Kai had no idea about the debate over this potential slip, so all he was left with was the complete absence of such a line.

Which just meant that of course Magolor would love some cake while he was here for different priorities. Geez. What was he going to do with all these people and their baffling motives!?

"Mmhmm, a genuine Kyoko delicacy. I've been spoiled rotten today."

"What, already? Without me? Unfair! You'll just have to catch me up on things over birthday cake, presents, and whatever else you've got going on in here. Games? Saving the world~?"

Saving the world being a euphemism for, maybe there's a big cuddlepile in here, and if there's not, maybe there should be. It's the gift that keeps on giving! They get money and to save the planet! . . . And the cuddles. Shhh. That part's definitely not important.

Also, for all that he's having an internal emotional moment over having wanted to come to this party genuinely because he likes the company, he's also not entirely kidding about being offended that the festivities started without him even though he was deliberately late. Just a little! A smidge!

He scoots inside and looks around for the nearest table to set his gift bag on.

Alas, no world-saving is happening in here (yet). Not even any games! When Kyoko pokes her head around the kitchen doorframe to see what's taking Kaito so long, she's merely drying a dish. What a lame party.

But not one devoid of excitement! Immediately brightening, Kyoko hurries out to greet this very important guest. "Grand Emissary Magolor!! You made it after all, thank goodness!"

Aha, leave it to Kyoko to brighten the party! Or at least brighten Magolor's day with her deference to him. He gives her a sweeping bow, giggling.

"At your service~! Or not. No service for anyone tonight! I'm not thinking about work, just cake. And celebrating special people and all that good stuff!"

The fact that it comes after the cake is, you know. But the fact that it comes at all is also, you know. He's gotten a bit attached.

Holding the plate and dishrag close to her chest, Kyoko bows in return, before she pops up grinning again. "I'll serve you a slice right away, though! That kind of service is fine, right?"

the pet store was all out of ponies [closed]

two can play at this game

this time I legit thought I replied like a week ago

time beats us all with its fake cheating rules

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