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Who: Haruka and Chloe
Where: Junes
When: Tuesday, April 25th, late afternoon after school
What: Every day's great at your Junes!

Chloe was no exception to this. Deciding she would rather not subject herself to cafeteria food, she liked to make her meals beforehand. She would buy the ingredients in town and then borrow the Home Ec. room to make the meals. It was sometimes a bit of a hassle, but it usually paid off in the end; she was definitely not a bad cook at all.

Today, however, was mostly working against her. Most days did, but at least she had met Himeko earlier during lunch. That had gone surprisingly well if she was being honest with herself. One good thing to happen today at least. Right now though? Now was looking pretty bleak. She was exhausted from the shinmen training exercise from yesterday. It felt like a weight on her chest and it was only increasing in size each time she called Garmr. The others seemed to be getting used to it... so why was she having so much trouble? She was already tired from that, but she had just finished Judo practice not even an hour ago as well. The German's face, while fixed in its grim and emotionless mask, seemed a bit more tense than usual. Even her walk was a bit uneven...

Even so, she strode through Junes on a mission to purchase her groceries. She was mostly picking up fresh meat and vegitables. Some rice for practicing some Japanese dishes, and spices for cooking the meat. She was a frugal shopper and was usually able to get the best quality goods for the cheapest possible price. The German's eyes were a bit unfocused this time as she went about her menial task, clearly distracted...

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"I prefer tea. Coffee is nice on occasion."

She said simply. It was true; she had a rather vast tea collection and drank tea pretty much every day multiple times a day. Sometimes Miyume would even join her. It had almost become their thing, really. Iced coffee, hm.... she hadn't had one since she had left Germany. They could be refreshing sometimes, she reasoned with herself. After a few moments, the German shook her head to shake her from her thoughts.

"What else do you need to purchase first?"

"Probably have that too?" Haruka replied with a slight shrug. She readjusted her hold on the basket at the question.

"Some pocky. But I can grab it another day."

The German tilted her head. Pocky, eh? She quietly reached into her own basket and picked up a bright red box.

"Is chocolate alright?"

There were many flavours of pocky, but she preferred the regular chocolate variety herself. She wasn't sure about Haruka, so she might as well ask. Since she was here anyway, she could save the blind girl the trip if she did want the chocolate kind.

Haruka heard the ruffle of something and the question, and she seemed to think on it as she linked the two together, before replying, after a beat,

"Yeah. Love chocolate." She tilted her head again. "So you're the chocolate type?"

Chocolate type? She tilted her head very slightly, wondering what Haruka meant. Did she LIKE chocolate? Yes, she did. She wasn't aware someone could dislike chocolate, now that she thought about it.

"I do like chocolate."

She said in a low voice, carefully placing the package in Haruka's basket. It was the regular size of pocky, so it shouldn't be too expensive.

Haruka heard it placed in her basket, and the slightest change of weight. She thought on something a bit longer, Chloe's response only somewhat registering.

However, Haruka shrugged again, and replied, "Huh. How about candy apples?"

She plucked an apple from her basket and held it out to Chloe.

There was a long pause after Haruka's words as Chloe stared at the apple. She had only ever had one once, and she could barely remember it. Her brows furrowed gently as she tried to remember. She had been 9... her father had brought one home for each of them. She remembered... it had been sweet, but hard to eat. That was probably due to the fact she had been only 9 at the time. She also remembered liking the candy-coated treat. Lost in thought, the pause was obviously longer than it should have been. Chloe cleared her throat awkwardly.

"No thank you."

She didn't want to think of her family right now. Instead, she looked back over her shoulder. She had never eaten at the food court here so she wasn't sure where exactly it was.

A beat passed.

"Darn. Guess I'm not very persuasive." Haruka pulled the apple back and placed it in her basket. She took a leading step towards the direction of the cashiers, tapping once.

"Going to pay for stuff. Meet you in the food court when you're done grabbing stuff?"

Chloe nodded and then remembered Haruka couldn't see her.

"Alright."

She agreed. She looked at the signs around the mall. Alright food court, where were you...?

A bit later, Haruka had paid for her things and was in the food court. She was sipping on an iced coffee she got from one of the nearby vending machines, her bag and her cane tucked under her chair.

Her fingers with one hand flicked across the school assigned tablet, while her other hand read the braile reader. On the screen was pages for a manga called 'Attack on Giant'.

Chloe arrived only a short time later, items paid for and neatly packed into bags. She made her way towards the blind girl, the familiar scent of earthy tea giving her away before she actually got there. Even so, Chloe gave off a small amount of noise so Haruka would know she was there. Aside from that, she was silent in her advance as she sat down beside the blind girl.