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You four find yourselves in a different part of the mall, where the staff mostly sells plushies or cute trinkets.

As the men proceed to walk, you pass by one of the plush stands to see a big crowd of people, probably wanting to get the plushies before others do.

Oh wait, the sale has a nice discount today----

So you then see the stand filled with sheep plushies of different colors... So many to choose.

"Oh wait..." You start with a mumble as you tug Ike's sleeve as your eyes begin to have a hint of spark in them. "I actually want to go buy one of those sheep plushies,,,, looks floofy,,,,"

You make sure that you just want to buy at least one, and nothing necessarily specific with the color.

But then, you start hearing a boss chase music in your head getting louder and louder....-

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Just as Ike is about to say something, the Archivist quickly responds.

"I'll go get that for you-" Fulgur offers, but then gets cut off by Vox.

"No- I'll go get it for little Yin...." Vox firmly declares, already sneaking through the shadows to get to the sheep plush.

Fulgur, despite being offended by the interruption, doesn't waste his time either and starts running at an inhumane speed. Having a very serious look as Vox's-

"...What's with them?" You wonder out loud as you whisper, Ike just shrugs with a blank look before walking to the same direction as the other two men at his own pace.

Fulgur is just smoothly sprinting and dodging on the people that are passing by but are on his way, from people with baskets to groups of teenagers who are just looking around.

(There was even a young man who just jumped into his lover's arms once he sees Fulgur dashing to his direction- before the couple look to the direction he disappear in a concerned manner)

You can just hear his boots making friction against the polished floor.

"... Did he just jumped into shelves and empty stands, too???" Ike gushes quietly, just witnessing the Cyborg hopping and sliding so fast.

Is parkour and quick sliding really that legal right now???

It may be hard to notice Vox, but thanks to how observant both you and Ike are, you are able to catch quick glimpses of Vox's shadowy form back and forth from every corner that has a shadow; every furniture, every stand, and even other people's shadows.

His shadow form is moving at the speed of light(?)-

Fulgur was the first to arrive to the nearest and last sheep plush present on the stand platform, despite being the second to start running. Which is a black one.

He stops on his tracks, metal shoes bumping into the side of the stand lightly, before his hand reaches for the sheep-

Until some black claws snatch it away before he can.

The Archivist growls, frustrated as he notices that the claws belong to Vox's shadowy form, who is grinning at him in such devilish way before dashing back towards you.

Vox reveals himself from the shadows, laughing as he starts running from an angry cyborg with the sheep under his arm. They both just went on with the very intense chase for you and Ike's dismay-

Until some child makes a wheel cart bump into Vox's torso, who then goes 'oof' as he releases the sheep plush. Making it fly into the air. Fulgur takes that as an opportunity and catches it before it even falls on the floor.

"Gotcha!" Fulgur exclaims as he look towards you, who only give him the thumbs up with the slightly concerned smile as a way to praise which seems to work-

The cyborg didn't stop a second so he starts to run towards you.

Vox takes that as a RED sign, so he tries to travel through any slim, shadow spots before pushing objects to fall on Fulgur's way. A technique to slow the light-haired man down and blocking any path of progress so the demon can get the chance snatch the sheep from his metallic hands.

Fulgur's eyebrows furrow at the block roads sabotaging, yet he keeps smoothly going around them by either sliding under them, or even jump higher to go through them. Which causes the demon's rage to go up within minutes. (hehe, malding huh-)

"That's it... It's over...." Vox breaths out, closing his eyes as if he just bit the dust. He slowly puts his hands on his hips while facing down.

"Take that, old ma-"

Before Fulgur can get the chance to yell out his victory statement, Vox immediately went from a defeated frown to a malicious grin-

"It's over for you, -" Vox darkly states before raising Oni Giri with two hands like Simba, his face darkening as Fulgur's face goes confused by the dark-haired man's actions. "My secret weapon..."

That's what Vox says before yeeting his little gremlin of an Oni companion towards Fulgur, who realizes what's up and turns around to see Oni Giri zooming towards him. The little creature having the same devilish smile as Vox's to add to the spice.

The cyborg widens his eyes and attempts to dodge around him, but too late-

"SHI-"

Oni Giri lands on his face, trapping Fulgur from being able to see his surroundings. The Archivist briefly screams as he tries to grab the Oni away from his head but it seems it has also an inhumane hold despite been small as a little Oni doll-

"Good job, mate. Keep trapping him-" Vox praises as he is about to snatch the sheep plush from the robotic arm-

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"BRO-" Vox complains, he is holding the sheep, yes-

The Cyborg just wheezes through Oni Giri's grip,

sounding like a -

"You son of a-" Vox trails off as he struggles to take off the metallic arm from the sheep as Fulgur struggles to take off Oni Giri from his face.

Oh boy, it seems they fell into each other's traps-

You can't help but hug Ike as you try to stop giggling against his chest, who's chest rumbles lightly as if he's also trying to contain his chuckles.

Vox tries to look around and wonder around the metallic arm, until he feels a button. Thinking that it's a button for release grip, he hesitantly presses it.

*click!*

*click!*

*clic-*

*BOOM!!!*

A medium-sized explosion just sparked, showering the smoke on both Vox and Fulgur-

The crowd hears the commotion before looking at the men's direction in either confusion, concerned, or alarmed. Good thing they are away from a safe distance at that minute or it could have been worse-

Yet, you and Ike get shocked by the loud boom, so you start approaching through the smoke to check on Vox and Fulgur to make sure they're alive-

And thank goodness, they are??? Their faces (except Fulgur's which is half protected thanks to Oni Giri, who's also fortunately safe-) are covered by black stain stuff as they are wearing shocked looks. Oni Giri's face didn't change much as he still has his grin on, despite right now rubbing his butt to rub the stains away-

Though, they may be okay for being immortal... The sheep plushie is the exception-

"Oh...." Vox mutters, looking at the burned piece of fratricidal that was once a plush.

"What the?!" Fulgur exclaims as he now has no right arm left as it is now exploded by a certain someone-

"Why did you even have a button for explosives?!" Vox accuses, looking so conspfused yet mad at the same time.

"Self defense???"

"Sounds like self-extermination or suicidal decision to me-!"

"I'm still alive-"

"Okay, idiots, enough talking-" Ike cuts off the argument with a disappointment and also tired look, as he has you under his arm for a moment as your comfort. However, you don't seem so upset despite of the loss Vox just committed- You're smiling which causes their confusion.

Fulgur is about to ask about it until your arms move a little, revealing two small sheep plushies in them. Gently placed together against your chest...-

A white one and a black one.

"HOW?!" Vox and Fulgur exclaims in shock, looking at the plushies you're happily holding before slowly starting to stare at Ike.

"There wasn't anymore of those the last time I checked-" Fulgur explains as he knows that the plush Vox just unintentionally destroyed was the last one for sale.

"Don't look at me...- Y/N was able to find another stand with the small-sized replicas so I bought two for her as you two were fighting over the bigger one-" Ike explains as he has the slight unhinged look, internally wondering if those two men are even normal-

But what makes anyone think a demon and a cyborg would act normal-? Barely anyone!

"Alright- we're done here, it's nearly time for dinner and we haven't arrived home yet and cooking something by now. We should leave now."

Ike adds as he walks away, you turn to Ike before turning back to the shocked men with a soft smile. Despite of the many exaggerating obstacles they made themselves to face just to get the plush from the other, you feel bad that they have done all that for nothing...

You end up walking towards and get on your tip-toes before kissing them both on their cheek happily. Which seems to leave them flabbergasted yet slightly flustered.

"Thank you, you two... You both were so sweet still." You praise gently, making their hearts flutter so quickly get softly. You then grab Vox' hand and drag him so you two can follow Ike along. You don't forget to bid goodbye to Fulgur, who just waves back with his shocked, flustered expression unfaltering.

"Hope to see you again, Fufu-chan!" It only has been a few hours, but you already came up with the name after realizing how he starts to love BL books so much after reading one-

"B-Bye, Yin..." The said cyborg mumbles in return, finding the nickname low-key adorable from you.

That's when it is Vox's turn to snap out.

He just snaps out of his trance and flips the bird out on Fulgur while making your head turn around from the sight with his other hand, making Fulgur return the gesture too- HAHA.

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"Where have you guys been??? It's been decades!" Mysta whines once he finally sees a glimpse of you three from afar as he was leaning on the van.

"Eyyy,,,, glad we're all back together safely." Shu says as he smiles. "Anything special happened?"

"Not really, just happened to bump into a friend of mine." Ike answers with a smile before turning it into a tired look. "And also as Vox's nemesis-"

"But hey- he was so nice like Vox!" You compliment happily as you run towards Shu and Mysta to hug them, who then hug you back as well. "I miss you!"

"It only has been 3 hours!" Mysta exclaims but still hugging.

"But you did say "decades ago", right?" You point out as you look up at the fox with a pout. Making him blush a little bit by the cute sight beneath him.

"...Right-"

"Hey, what about me?!" Luca's voice booms as the blonde man appears from the back of the van, looking forward for your hugs as well by how he stretches his arms out so wide-

"I miss you too!!!" You exclaim with such energy before crashing in Luca'a chest- you immediately try to pull away after remembering the Booba, but too late, Luca is now happily pulling your head into his chest so affectionately...-

Shu and Vox just chuckles as Ike mindfully and safely places the two sheep's into your seat while you're busy with Luca.

You might not make it if this position stays longer- not that you're complaining.

Not gonna lie, today has been so much fun for you. Never thought mall shopping would be this chaotically interesting...-