Be Mine

Chapter 15: Mall date?

                        Chiaki POV

"N-nanami where are you a-and Hajime doing here?"  Mikan asked. She walked up to me before sitting beside me on the bench. I was playing a game on my switch and didn't bother looking up at her, but I still responded.

"Hajime and I are going to the mall, we still need to get our Halloween costume. How about you?" From the corner of my eye I can see Mikan give a shy smile towards me.

"W-well me and Nagito are also going to the mall, not for costumes b-but as a date." She says with a blush present on her face. I look up from my switch and give Mikan a smile. When I first met Mikan she was a shy and quiet girl, well she still kinda is. But she's definitely opened up more since back then.

"I'm happy for you Mikan, is this your first date with him?" I asked as Mikan's face got more red.

"N-no but I'm really excited about this one." Mikan had a goofy smile on her face while she said this. I look over towards Hajime and Nagito.

It seemed like Nagito was purposely annoying Hajime while they were waiting for the train. Speaking of the train, in the distance you could hear the train approaching. I got up from my seat and waited for the train to stop at the station.

(Time skip brought to you by Nagito talking about HOPE)

                    ( Hajime POV )

We enter the train and take our seats. We all sat near each other but not exactly next to each other. I was with Chiaki of course while Nagito was with Mikan.

Chiaki was on the window side of the train, but her attention wasn't on the scenery flying by. She was playing one of her games of course. I could hear Nagito and Mikan talking about something but I didn't worry about it. I was more interested in the game Chiaki was playing.

"Hajime?" Chiaki called out to me still looking at her game. I hummed in response.

"You think they'll let us use fake blood?" She says as she presses the buttons on her hand held console faster. I hadn't thought about that, but I'm sure it's allowed.

"Yea, I think they allowed us to use fake blood." I respond to her. Then I realized, we're going to be using fake blood. So she plans on actually being scary? Interesting.

"Good, our costume would've been ruined if we wasn't allowed." I hummed in response.

"Also I'm planning on asking Mikan and Nagito to join in our costume." I frowned in displeasure hearing this. I wouldn't mind if Mikan joined in but Nagito as well?! God damnit all.

"What are our costumes even going to be?" I ask her sounding confused. She pauses her game and looks up at me with a pout on her face.

"You'll know whenever we get what we need." I put my hands up as I sign of me surrendering. She still looked at me with the signature pout face.

I smiled before poking her puffed up cheeks, grabbed my hand and held it down. She interlocked our fingers together and closed her console. Her expression didn't change but I was caught off guard, didn't expect her to straight up hold my hand. My face felt hot as Chiaki held onto my hand tighter.

She didn't say anything after this action, only looked out the window. She had a slight blush on her face as she stared at nothing in particular. This'll be a long train ride.

    (Let's skip to when they get to the mall shall we?)

Walking in mall I'm instantly greeted with some common mall music and Christmas decorations. Wait a minute what?

It's not even Christmas season yet and they already got up all these decorations? They just couldn't wait till after Halloween?

Whatever that's besides the point. While we was all walking further into the mall Chiaki decided now was the best time to ask if they would like to join us in our costumes. And of course they agreed, Mikan was clearly excited since she didn't know what to be for Halloween this year. Nagito wasn't going to participate but since Chiaki asked he decided why not.

Chiaki was clearly happy with there answers as she had those stars in her eyes again, blowing steam from her nose in excitement.

Chiaki starts to walk to one of the many clothes store that was littered around the mall and we followed after her.

We walked around the mall for about an hour looking for suitable clothes for our costumes, apparently we succeeded because Chiaki was very happy about what we got. Since we were done shopping we decided to go to the food court seeing as nobody ate anything before coming here.

                 (3rd person POV)

At the food court, there were a lot of different types of fast food and traditional food shops. Chiaki was gonna go with the food she was craving most, which is pizza.

Hajime decides to eat what Chiaki is eating and follows her towards the small pizza place.

Nagito decides to go get a double bacon cheeseburger from one of the many fast food places while Mikan only gets popcorn chicken with a side of fries.

Once they got their food they all sat at one table and enjoyed their food together. They had small talk while eating and from time to time Nagito would deliberately try an annoy Hajime. Hajime didn't give any reaction in particular but deep down he was wishing he would go away.

Then all of a sudden, Hajime's stomach started to turn. Not in a I gotta use the bathroom way. But more like he was having a bad feeling. He didn't know why he was having this feeling but it wasn't good.

His eyes started focusing on everyone around the area. He didn't understand what was happening to him at the moment. Why is he acting like this?

His head started to throb in pain as he looked around seeing anyone suspicious. He didn't see anyone suspicious but he feels like something bad will happen. He holds his head with one hand as he continues to look around.

Chiaki and Nagito both noticed Hajime's weird movements. Chiaki was the first to say something.

"Hajime. What's wrong?" Chiaki asks as she puts her hand on his shoulder, he didn't say anything he was too focused on looking for any threats. She pulled on his sleeve lightly trying to get him out of his trance. That didn't work either, so with both of her hands she grabs Hajime's face and makes him look at her.

Hajime's vision was covered by Chiaki's face, he couldn't see anyone else but Chiaki. He broke out of his trance and stared back at Chiaki.

"Are you okay Hajime? Is something wrong?" She asks Hajime with a worried expression. He didn't respond instantly but he felt like leaving the mall immediately.

"Uhm, no not at all but are we finished with shopping?" He asks still trying to scan around the area with his eyes.

"Yea we won't need anything else from here, you ready to leave?" She says looking at him right in his eyes. Hajime slowly began to calm down, but his stomach still twisted in a way he never felt before.

Hajime nods his head at Chiaki's question and they both get up. Chiaki waves goodbye to Mikan and Nagito. Mikan waves back but Nagito just looks at Hajime as they walk away.

As Hajime and Chiaki was walking out the mall with there Halloween costumes. He could see someone behind them, a girl to be exact. He didn't turn around all the way to see her but he knew she was following them. He turned his head around a little more and he felt like he seen her before. He felt nostalgia actually, he almost wanted to go an say something to her.

But when she noticed him looking at her she flinched and ran off immediately. He was now visibly confused as he and Chiaki made their way to the train station.

As they sat and waited for the train, Hajime couldn't stop asking himself if he seen her before. Deep down he knows he has, but he doesn't remember where or when he's seen her before.

Who was that?

(Jesus it's been damn near a month since I updated this story. That's my fault, been busy with life as usual.

But anyways I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'll see you in the next one.)