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{Morning}

*yawns*

"Mm... It's been a while since I slept like a baby..." You make a kitty stretch as you yawn once more but lightly.

You then hear the familiar deep chuckle, making you turn around and find Vox appearing from your kitchen wearing one of your spare aprons for cooking, as he has like 3 plates with pancakes on him in each arm plus one plate with a cute heart drawing on the top on his head. You can't help but clap and cheer at his admirable balance- making Vox's smile grow wider at you.

Oh well, seeing him holding all the plates at once makes you feel pretty nervous so you walk in front of him and grab at least 1 plate from each arm.

"Let me help you, milord!" You politely offer.

Those words are one of the things Vox least expected, but never knew it would help him made his day warmer so quickly.

"Good morning." Ike greets while yawning, the first thing he grabs in the morning has been always his book and a mug of coffee and caviar toast.

He comes to you and plants a little kiss on the crown of your hair before ruffling it, making you giggle by the ticklish feeling.

"Morning!" Shu says as he comes out with a Minecraft chicken mug he manages to somehow get from nowhere.

"Rise and Shine, everyone!!!" Luca roars as he slides out from the corner, almost crashing into a wall but instead lands on your coach as he faces you and Vox who are in the kitchen area.

"Good morning, losers...- OUCH-" Mysta just tripped for not noticing the near cabinet when he came out...-

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"Mm... besides using two pairs of clothes each- are there any kinds of attires you guys use for outing???" You suddenly question before you start munching on your pancakes that are now slightly showered in sweet maple syrup.

Half of yourself doesn't want to eat the heart drawing on the pancake, but it would be also a waste of food,,,- :c

As you munch calmly, you then look back up to see the 5 boys staring at you speechless, making a thought cross your mind after a minute.

"No way-" You lightly gasp, feeling bad that the boys are literally lacking clothes in this timeline-

"Don't worry, boys! At least my salary is very stable enough to buy extra clothes~"

"W-Wait, Y/N!" Ike is about to protest as he waves his hands around nervously, feeling slight shame that 5 men are depending on a woman to support them financially through clothing shortage.

""

You can only respond each of their protest with these simple two words, which makes the five men remembering their respective moments of you feeling indebted by them as they insisted to either pay things or do a very generous gesture for you.

It may not seen like a big deal, but is actually 5x more powerful than the way the boys have said it individually before.

'Sweet revenge,,,' You think as you beam happily with such pure bright energy, already planning what kinds of cute, nice clothes will you pick for them.

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*Ding Dong!*

You and the boys find yourselves at a huge mall, filled with some decent amount of people. Not too crowded but not too less.

Pretty okay enough to have less people noticing the boys and their distinguishable attires...-

"Come on come on- let's move...!" You whispered to the boys excitedly as you drag two of them that are behind you into both of your arms, as the other 3 are just either struggling to keep up because of their shoes or they just trail up behind calmly.

"Will this hat do..? Or this beanie? Oh! This beret would look cute on you,,,!" You gush quietly as you gently place a black beret on Ike's head while he's sitting on one of the store's chairs.

"...." Mysta just goes silent the entire time as he dozes off while following behind you like a lost puppy, probably a bit bored. You really have to make him try out shoes before clothes so he doesn't suffer too quickly. He honestly stops dozing off immediately whenever you do give him attention or whenever you call him out for something you found that can fit him for his liking-

He didn't know he would actually love having someone this thoughtful as you when it comes to what he likes and dislikes,,,- until now.

Luca is pretty bit the same, but he tends to be helpful when it comes to choosing the suits and the accessories- Like look at him, he's wearing the jacket, fedora and all that good jazz.

You're also going to be really creative when it comes to Shu- You want him to wear something casual and comfy, but at the same time something that can still make him stand out like his current eccentric magician outfit.

Shu's sharp eyes wonder around the mall and inside the clothing shop you're all now in. Before noticing that you're tugging his sleeve while looking at him with the big eyes for some reason. Which makes him grin at you for a moment, giving you his undivided attention. You just hold his hand to guide him to a small stand of perfumes you just found in the shop before waiting for him to face you. You then carefully grab two small tubes with different perfume scents.

"Is it okay if I rub these on you? This is perfume." You ask. The Sorcerer only responds a "yea, sure" despite of having a confused, yet curious smile-

Suddenly, you open the cap of one of the tubes and start rubbing Shu's neck with the perfume cylinder's round tip as if it's lipstick. Making him flinch slightly by how it's pretty cold to the touch.

"Perfume...? I thought this is a clothing store..." Mysta says, while rumbling his forehead as if he's thinking hard. "Why does it look like eh... Lipstick?"

{How an essence oil, perfume bottle with a roller ball a the tip looks like-}

"Some stores are pretty flexible enough with providing different kinds of products- so they would sometimes also add a small section of a different kind of sales with the same brand." You explain. "Im not sure specifically why some perfumes are contained in these kinds of bottles, but I'm sure some perfume liquids tend to have their own texture."

You then let Shu sniff the same perfume container for any thoughts.

"This perfume... smells pretty strong. But nice." Shu comments.

In your point of view, you know that he meant to say that it's not his cup of tea. :)

"Ah oki..." You nod as you place the two tubes away. Judging by Shu's nature, spicy and woody scents may not hit hard on him. Perhaps something soft yet refreshing would match lovingly.

You them look for a different bottle and found the adequate one. "How about this one? It smells closer to a soft cologne... Hydrangea!"

"Ooooh..." Shu lightly gushes as he feels his left wrist getting brushed by the perfume tip. He then gets his arm closer to his face and sniff it.

Few minutes after, he hums lightly but in much more pleased.

"Smells very good,,,, pretty." The Sorcerer admits, accepting the perfume bottle to hold on to it for you until you guys pay for it.

Mysta grabs Shu's arm as his bro let's him sniff his wrist for a moment, he hums as well.

"Smell... nice. *sniffs sniffs*"

Gosh, Mysta looks like a fox whenever he sniffs like that haha-

"Hey Mysta,,, let's play a game!" You suggest to the fox detective, who and the sorcerer look at you curiously.

"Try to guess the names of the scents... Based on how they smell like!" You explain more, as you make your way to the stand "But of course, don't cheat! You can't look at the labels!"

"And what will I get as a reward?" Mysta questions with his head tilted as he lifts his sunglasses from his nose, trying to look uninterested but fails.

"Mm..." You hum, thinking for a moment. "What would you like?"

"Food." Mysta responds straightforwardly but then pauses, "And.... Kissies,,,,"

"...."

"...."

"...." You can see Shu sitting in the chair nearby, hearing the conversation as if it was some kind of tv show. He is internally, low-key wishing to have some kind of video recorder to record how the challenge unfolds....-

"Alright, that will be your reward!

when you get to guess at least more than half of these perfume bottles,,,~" You challenge Mysta with a tiny smug smile.

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Oh crap, where did that raspy voice come from-

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"Mint, pink rose, honey, aloe, amber, cherry, peach, red oran-" Mysta starts mumbling like 35 names of scents as he goes sniffing one by one whenever you and Shu open the perfume caps and let Mysta sniff them once before checking the label of the bottle that is covered by your hands.

His sense of smell is surprisingly powerful, despite that there are some perfumes he couldn't figure out due to being either a mix or has an unique scent recently released which may not be often smell in an everyday life.

"My gosh- 55 out of 60 varieties of perfume names have been guessed correctly..." Shu whispers with an impressed smile after counting. Making your eyes widen a bit.

"Oh wait- one thing missing." Mysta points out.

You get confused at first by his statement before getting shocked by Mysta suddenly wrapping his arms around your waist and leaning his face into the crook of your neck.

*Sniff Sniff....*

You tremble slightly once feeling the hot breath brushing over your skin.

"Soft Lavender...

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Mysta breaths out as he leans into your shoulder with a more pleased sigh. You can only glance at Shu who seems to be chuckling nervously at the sight, probably feeling like he's being a third-wheel...-

So you quickly cut the moment off gently by pushing Mysta's face away, who whines quietly but still follows you as you grab the preferred perfumes before going to the cash register.

"Shu, Mysta, I think we're done for now. Let's go pay the items...!" You smile as Shu follows along from behind gladly.

But before you walk out, you pull Mysta's collar to plant two kisses on his cheeks.

"I'll pay the food for you."

Mysta swears that his legs are about to collapse-

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"So many purchases...."

Ike mutters to Shu with a slight nervous chuckle, seeing you carry lots of shopping bags but the bags suddenly get grabbed from you by Vox and Luca (who somehow came back from picking shoes for Vox-) to lend you more hands as you go back to shop more. Shu join in as well with the carrying as Mysta helps opening the Luxiem van(a business vehicle borrowed from the Luxiem Lounge-) so the others can place the bags in there.

"At least Luca was able to sneakily add some of the Luxiem Lounge's cash into Yin's wallet...-"

"Hey, treasure! I found this dress that will look nice on you!" Luca chirps as he motions a pretty, dark-colored dress to you. "Or even this one." He then shows a bright-colored, cute and feminine suit.

Wow, the power of spoiling is nonstop-

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After a lot of shopping clothes for the boys (thanks to some crumbs of your ✨fashion knowledge✨ from observing magazines and idols-), the boys just decided go to separate ways to check on any other stores that catch their eyes. So you get to finally treat yourself by checking out one of the bookstores to see if there are new releases you can peek on. Romance, mystery, fantasy, adventure, comedy, manga,,,,, -

Ike also decided to accompany as he also would like to see any kinds of books provided in the present timeline, which is quite understandable as both fellow time traveler and a reader-

While Ike is left lingering around the sophisticating, fantasy books section, you pretty much end up picking up like 5-8 slightly thick books of different genres that seem to be interesting and appealing according to the book descriptions or the super good recommendations some of your friends from the Niji EN gave to you.

But the unfortunate thing is that the pile of books is too tall enough to let you see what's in front of you, so you eventually bump into someone on your way to get to the cash register.

*BUMP!*

"O-Ouchie..." You whispered as you rub one side of your hip after bumping into someone-