𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡'𝗦 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬! ━━━━ mao isara (on hold)

33. raffled hangout (mayomao)

ᡣ𐭩 . no au | fluff

"Isara, it's your turn to pick." Next to Mao on the settee was Hokuto, who held a box with various papers sliced into strips inside of it, with every idol who lives in the dormitory names on them.

"Thanks, Hokuto!" Mao takes the box out of his friend's hand, and places one hand inside, his head held high as he didn't take a peek inside. He shuffles the paper pieces around.

Every weekend, the idols all come together in the commons area to do a large meet up and have a raffle. The raffle is made so that everyone can get a chance to hangout with another idol whether they know them well enough yet or not.

Mao soon grabs a slip, reaching his hand out of the box and handing it to Eichi who sat on his left who waited quietly for Mao to announce who he will be hanging out with for this present weekend. "I've got..." Mao unravels the paper slip. "...Ayase!" Mao folds the piece of paper back up and glances upwards, his eyes cast around to look for the purple-haired nervous wreck, finding his culprit to be sitting on a pouffe by the television screen and trying his best to cower behind Aira. Mao smiled towards him. "Can't wait!"

...

Mao fiddled with the sleeve to his winter jacket, playing with the buttons on one side as he awaited by the front door of the dormitory for Mayoi to come down. Mao thought of heading to Mayoi's shared dorm to coerce him to come out himself, but he felt bad if he made the taller one panic, so instead he urgently asked Aira to help him out who he knew that Mayoi would at least listen to.

Right then, a pad of footsteps came thumping down the stairs, looking towards the direction of the noise, Mao saw the duo he was just thinking of. The situation amused him almost, seeing Mayoi be pulled by what looked like a somewhat-angry Aira who huffed like a steam train.

"Aira~"

"Nope! Not listening! You're going out Mayoi - today is your and Isara's turn to hangout and you're going to have fun! I promise you a thousand times over, you'll have a great time with him. Isara is cool to be around once you get to know him!"

"Well, I wouldn't exactly call myself that-" Mao tries to butt in, only for Aira to send a vocal 'hush' by interrupting him any further.

After minutes of back and forth between the Alkaloid members and with Mao standing stuck in the mud of confusion on whether to help convince Mayoi with Aira, the two had finally left campus grounds, walking down the street of Osaka. Tramples of snow took over some spaces of the pavements and road, leaving a tangled stretch of white and patches of the original grounds beneath it to be shown only every now and then.

"So... Ayase..." Mao begins albeit awkwardly, stopping in his steps mid-walk as he awaited for Mayoi to catch up with him. Mao wasn't even walking at his usual fast pace, yet he still seemed to find himself ahead of the taller. "Is there any shop you want to scour through? All we've done is walk around and I'm sure you're getting cold too by just doing that. This winter's chill seems to be more harsh with its bite this year~" He talks on.

Mayoi looked up from watching his own feet crunch beneath the blanket of snow, finding the sound mesmerising to listen to with each step he created. "Not that I can think of..."

Mao hums, thoughts beginning to swirl in his mind as he goes quiet for a second. Where would be a good place to go for him and Mayoi? Mao would hate it if he didn't make the day special for the taller, he always likes to see those he hangs out with having fun and enjoying themselves.

"I might have an idea, if it's okay to suggest." Mao announces a second after. "There's a large shop downtown that consists of everything you can imagine. Clothes, snacks, and any little tidbit that is available to sit on the shelves! Would you like to go there? It isn't far from where we are now, actually."

"Sure." Mayoi smiles lightly.

...

The feel of the warmth brushing into their faces from the heaters built into the ceiling above gives the duo a sense of comfort once stepping past the automatic doors.

A small 'woah' comes from the left of Mao, the sound of surprising leaving from Mayoi's lips.

The shop was indeed large as Mao explained to the Alkaloid member. Colourful shelves and racks filled orderly and neat and created their own sections of what they may consist of in each area of the perimeter.

"Hey look! I recognise these!" Mao announces once he did a scan around, immediately jogging over to a shelf lined with toys and other small random items. Mayoi followed hesitantly behind.

"Headbands?" Mayoi questions the beaujolais-haired younger.

"Yeah! Anzu told me about these. They're new idol merchandise that have recently been added to the shelves after a popular demand by fans all over the world. Every headband has decorative pieces to do with per unit or unit member - look! Here's one based around you!" Mao explains after digging through the small plastic box. He finds a purple one for Mayoi. The headband had two antennas on them made of springs with a small pompom on each spring. Glitter and stickers decorated around the main section of the headband.

"Try it on, Ayase. Join me!" Mao giggled, his smile bright and large as he wore what seemed to be a headband themed around 2wink. He couldn't find any theme around himself or the rest of Trickstar in general. He doesn't mind though, Mao liked the bright two colours that 2wink consisted of!

Mayoi hesitated for a moment, running his thumb over the fabric of the main part of the headband. It was soft, made of a delicate fabric. He then reached the headband up and slid it onto his head. The piece felt a bit odd for a second to wear, but eventually Mayoi got used to the feeling of the headband sitting albeit heavily above his head.

Mao, on the other hand, was shuffling through the box and looking at all the different headbands, exclaiming and rambling to Mayoi with each one he picked out.

"What do you think, Ayase?" Mao asked as he picked out a Leo themed headband and wore it, imitating the orange haired male by noise and pose.

A small laugh was shared afterwards by the two males.

"It suits you a lot. You look like a cute alien."

"Cute...?" Mao freezes.

The purple haired older panics, "was that weird to call you? I'm sorry!"

"Heh. You're fine! It just shocked me for a moment!"

"We should buy some of these and bring them back for some of the others! I'm sure we'll be able to get a kick out seeing the other guys wear headbands. I wonder what Hasumi would look like... actually I'm sure he would have a go at me if I put one on him." Mao seemed to ramble on, changing the subject back to the objects at hand.

Mayoi couldn't help but feel himself growing more and more comfortable and relaxed with being the young Trickstar member. His cheer and energy was infectious, Mayoi realised.

"Come on, Ayase~ let's explore more around the shop! I want to see what else they have here!"

"Alright, alright. But please... Don't drag me by the arm, Isara! You're too fast at walking!"