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“Rinne-han can ya tell us why we’re parked in a Walmart parking lot right now?” Kohaku asked from the back seat of the mentioned man’s 2005 Toyota Corolla. The answer was painfully obvious, so obvious that Rinne was probably going to make scene about how dumb he was for asking, but he really just wanted to hear the answer right from the horses mouth.
Rinne scoffed, turning around in his seat dad style, “Well obviously we’re just gonna sit here and sight see- No you dumbass we got business inside the Walmart.”
“We?” HiMERU piped up from the passenger seat.
Niki had actually tried to call shotgun but HiMERU grabbed him like a kitten as Niki scuttled to the front door. There was no way HiMERU was going to sit in the back. He had to make sure Rinne didn’t kill them all with his erratic driving. Motherfucker didn’t even use turning lanes, said ‘the road is the road and he can drive where he wants.’ horrible.
“HiMERU does not recall ever needing to take a trip to this store, actually he remembers Amagi telling us ‘to pile into the car for a family road trip’. Which was obviously a lie…”
“Then why did you come along?” Niki asked in between bites of pringles. He shoved his hand into the slender tube, getting stuck for the 5th time on their short trip, and needing Kohaku to tear it off him. He took another crunchy bite, “If you’re such a smarty pants why did you allow all of us to come along too?”
“HiMERU was hoping this time was finally Amagi’s plan to take us all behind the shed and murder us.” he said plainly.
“MeruMeru!” Rinne gasped, all offended, “I would never kill my precious bees!”
“Ya already are…” Kohaku signed under his breath.
Rinne turned back around, ignoring Kohaku’s stabbing comment, and unlocked the child safety locks to open the door to exit the car. “Do I really look like a murder? Actually don't answer that.” He swung his key ring around his finger before almost dropping it and fumbling with it, looking like a mess. He shrugged it off and hoped no one saw. Everyone saw.
“May I ask again what we’re doin’ at Walmart, or will I benefit more from just not knowin’?” Kohaku asked again, following the three bee’s towards the store's entrance.
“Well if ya must know all my business, I got myself a neat little coupon! For an ice cream maker.” Rinne boasted, like he had just won the lottery, and his winning ticket was a dumb coupon.
“OOOhh!!” Niki cooed, stars in his eyes, “You’re gonna make ice cream Rinne-kun! What kinds? What flavors? Oooo I'm already thinking of so many good recipes to try!!” Niki was bouncing around in Rinne’s face like an overexcited golden retriever, going a thousand words per second.
Rinne put his hand atop Niki’s head and pushed the hyperactive boy away from him, “Oh don’t get your panties in a twist Niki, I ain't buyin’ it for you. I’m gonna make straight vodka ice cream. Gonna be sick as shit.”
Niki was so dejected that he chose not to comment on the fact that Rinne wouldn’t be able to make straight vodka ice cream. On account of the alcohol's freezing point, he’d have vodka and milk soup before he had anything close to a frozen treat.
The 3 followed Rinne into the store, he went through the exit on accident, or maybe it was on purpose because he's a dickhead.
“So ya tricked us into gettin’ in the car so you could buy a damn ice cream maker?” Kohaku didn’t know why he tried anymore. “Why does this even involve any of us in the first place?”
“Family bonding, duh.” Rinne answered, looking for a cart to start his shopping. He eyed one of those children carts with the bright red car attachments on the front. “Ooo Kohaku-chan ya want me to get one of them car carts so ya can sit in it and pretend to drive while daddy does the shoppin’?”
Before Rinne could go to pick up Kohaku like a small child and deposit him in the cart, Kohaku stomped hard on Rinne’s foot and then kicked him in the shins. The redhead doubled over in pain, clutching his assaulted leg.
“Ok yeah- yeah that was fair.” he groaned.
HiMERU sighed, so disappointed, and grabbed a normal cart to begin shopping. Someone had to get the shit show on the road and he’d be damned if he spent more time in the lawless land known as a Walmart, then he had to.
Niki skipped behind him as they walked further and further from the crime scene. His eyes grew wide as they fully entered the shopping mall, the bright fluorescent lights and open steel beam ceilings were quite the sight to take in. It was a marvel to Niki.
Rinne finally caught up, leaving Kohaku behind and assuming he would soon join. He also looked up and around at the expanse of the building. He really hadn't seen anything like it either.
“Goddamn this place is huge, finally a store that can house Niki’s giant dump truck ass.” he proceeded to slap Niki’s ass. And Niki didn’t even flinch, he was so used to the harassment he didn’t even move. He was like a war veteran of this shit.
“Haven’t you been here before? Didn’t you used to work at Walmart Rinne-kun?” Niki asked, ignoring the hand still lingering on his ass.
Rinne made a tsk noise with his teeth and rolled his eyes, “Ugh ok, Yeah Niki, I did. But that was in a different fic and has no continuity with the storyline of this one. So shut it ya smart ass.”
Niki blew a raspberry at Rinne and the redhead only blew one right back. HiMERU only sighed, trying to pretend he didn’t come in with the two embarrassments.
Rinne tried to pull on Niki’s ear and get him to call Uncle and Niki was about ready to beat his ass, when a delicious smell wafted into his nose. Like a trained dog he was, Niki immediately zeroed in on its location.
Before him was a huge open section of fruits and vegetables. The grocery section. There upon the floor were huge bins of mountains of food. All kinds of ripe apples, peppers of all colors, and heaps upon heaps of low priced produce. It was like heaven for a cheap chef. It was like that scene from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory where the whole room was edible. Niki wondered if the floorboards were food too.
“Uhh hey…” Niki tugged on HiMERU’s jacket sleeve, his mouth already salivating like an excited dog, “go on without me, I'll meet you guys at the entrance when we're done.” He didn't wait for a confirmation because after the final words left his mouth he was off like a racehorse.
So HiMERU continued on his way, towards- well, where he could only assume weird kitchen appliances would be kept. The huge direction sign labeled ‘appliances’ was probably his best bet. Rinne finally shuffled up to the blue man and nudged him over to take control of the cart alongside him.
“Hey momma, got the shoppin’ list? We got two hungry kiddos to feed yanno?” he cackled to himself, somehow proud of his little family dynamic bit he was trying so desperately to keep going.
“It’s funny you think HiMERU would be the mother in this situation. Although Amagi does fit the deadbeat dad role almost perfectly. HiMERU says it was a part made for you to play.” HiMERU decided to humor Rinne in the worst way possible, an almost smirk crawling along his deadpan face.
“Hey now, I provide for this family.” he boasted. Rinne jerked the cart right and HiMERU had no choice but to allow himself to be yanked along. Rinne continued to control the cart, weaving and bobbing, through the clothes, and then shoes section. He took a weird path through the store as he sped them down the aisles and just being a general nuisance.
“Amagi stop this, we are going to crash!” HiMERU tried to warn the other before it was too late. And too late came too soon, as Rinne took a sharp turn and crashed right into an aisle. The cart almost toppled over and the shelves rattled as the glass containers on them threatened to fall and shatter. HiMERU and Rinne were thrown back by the impact and landed sprawled across the floor and each other. “What did HiMERU say??” Anger rising in his low voice. He elbowed the red head as he tried to sit up from their spaghetti pile of long limbs.
“Oh we made it to the isle. Fuck yes! Nice work Merumeru.” Rinne said pointing to the appliances sign hanging above their heads. “I knew my route would take us to a jackpot!” he patted himself on the back as he rose from the floor.
“HiMERU wishes we weren’t in public so he could smack you.”
“Lucky me.” Rinne smiled wide, a shiteating grin, “Gotta keep up that image huh Mr. HiMERU?” he laughed again to himself.
HiMERU was surprised he lasted so long without exploding at Rinne. Well long enough, because he really didn’t have to stick around to listen and participate in the ridiculous man’s whims. “You are this unit’s biggest embarrassment. And quite frankly not worth HiMERU’s time. He is going to find another aisle to waste his precious time on that does not include you.”
HiMERU sashayed away to go find somewhere else, far far away from Rinne, to hopefully make some little enjoyment out of the horrible situation. And now his ass ached too. Great!
Rinne apparently heard none of that and perused the aisle for his treasure, “Ah shit Merumeru, they’re all out of the ice cream maker. What do I do now?” He threw his hands up for emphasis of his frustration before noticing the blue man was nowhere in sight. “Meru…meru? Well fuck I guess I’ll have to look in the back myself.”
It was not HiMERU’s problem if Rinne was kicked out of Walmart for trespassing. It would be doing all the shoppers a favor.
Instead, HiMERU made his way through the weaving aisles in search of anything entertaining before he really went crazy. Pots and pans, toaster ovens, garden supplies. One of the garden gnomes gave him a weird look. Ugh. Walmart sucks. Until…
The sparkle of extra bright lights blinded him. The 4 neatly situated aisles tucked in the corner shined bright with popping colors and more glitter than was ever necessary. But HiMERU recognized that aura.
The Make-up section.
Now Walmart was speaking his language. It was no Sephora or UltaBeauty, but laughing at poor people’s makeup choices was the best case scenario that could have come out of the whole endeavor. He started at the foundation, browsing at the options laid out before him.
“Cakey,” he said picking up a random bottle, “Clown makeup,” he noted another one, the brand being recently endorsed by fine. “Ugh” is all he said, noticing a bottle he’d recently seen in Sena’s makeup bag. How embarrassing.
He had his fill with that and turned the corner to a whole new selection of cosmetics just waiting to be ridiculed. Eyeshadows and blushes lined the linoleum aisle, oh how exciting, where was HiMERU to begin? He had a whole wall of clown paint all to himself.
Except he was no longer alone. A woman sauntered up to him, and started eyeing the same shades of eyeshadow he was holding. She appeared to be older, maybe middle aged, her hair was bleach blond with those awful brown highlights, and cut into a weird slanted reverse bob. Also she was wearing the ugliest black v-neck and white puffer vest combo, truly horrible. HiMERU tried not to gag. Although the sight in front of him was hard to watch, he was going to be respectful, and even gave a small bow to the elder.
She didn’t even wait for a friendly greeting or even a hello, she opened her overlined red lipstick mouth and began to loudly speak, “That’s really not your color you know.”
“Excuse you?” HiMERU scoffed, unsolicited advice was one thing, but coming from an old hag with an obviously fake Gucci bag was another.
“I’m tired of you girlie boys thinking you can hijack women's culture. How dare you trample all over our womanhood!” She was actually mad, like furious. She really thought that men wearing makeup was somehow an attack on women and their rights?? “When you all run around in your makeup and your drag, pretending to be women, it reflects badly. Men should stay as men and women as women.” She practically spat on HiMERU. Now HiMERU enjoyed looking at makeup, but he was willing to give that up in return for verbally beating the shit out of an entitled Karen.
First, HiMERU assessed the situation. He was not one who lost his temper at the slight drop of a hat, that was Kohaku’s job. He looked the Karen up and down, fully taking in what he was working with. In 4 and half seconds he produced the perfect clap back, it wasn't hard, after all HiMERU had much practice dealing with Rinne Amagi.
“First off, how can you make fun of a man in makeup when you look like a circus clown way past its prime. Last HiMERU checked, blue eyeshadow and a bold red lip was reserved for Opera singers, although that would be an insult to them, and they don’t deserve that now do they?” He leaned in close to her face, just as he thought her foundation was cakey, like she was trying to really overcompensate and cover those wrinkles. “Oh and might HiMERU suggest some concealer for those wrinkles, or maybe botox would be the only way to save this situation.”
The woman was shocked, her fake brand purse falling limp off her shoulder, her eyes were blown wide and her mouth agape. She sputtered slightly, no comeback was able to counterattack what HiMERU just layed down.
HiMERU’s work was done, he spun around on his heel and sashayed out of the aisle. But before he turned the corner and out of sight he just had to get one last stab in.
“Also honey, the puffer vest and v-neck aren’t doing your flat deflated tits any favors.”
And with that HiMERU just 1v1 full KO-ed a Karen.
“Good work HiMERU.” he said to himself, dusting off his hands and walking off towards another miscellaneous section of the Walmart.
Meanwhile Niki was battling his own demons.
He was enamored by the size of the produce and fresh food section. So many kinds of fruits and vegetables and meats and cheeses. It was like one huge collection of anything you could ever need ever! They even sold frog legs! The only time Niki had ever eaten frog legs was when he caught a bunch of frogs down at the bog and fried ‘em up at home. He got really sick. Maybe his first mistake was eating bog frogs.
But seriously? Walmart had everything. But apparently it wasn’t a buffet, and Niki wasn’t just allowed to taste test anything he wanted. Bummer. Niki’s stomach growled in protest.
“Awe I know tummy, but this food is off limits unless we buy it, and I didn’t bring any money…” he sadly sighed to himself.
Being around all the food was bad for his starving body. Maybe it was best if he just left and looked for Rinne and HiMERU who were probably in another part of a store, a much more inedible part. That was until a new smell wafted into his nose. It was the scent of cooked food, warm cooked food with no lingering smell of wrapped plastic. Something open to the air! Something he could eat!
Niki followed the smell, wandering around bins and shelves, tracking down his target. Until his eyes finally fell upon it. A stand, in the middle of the open aisle, with a bright red sign above it. Spelling out; ‘FREE SAMPLES’.
Free? As in free food? Free food all for Niki? It was like a page out of a fairytale! Walmart was truly the land where dreams came true! The hungry boy scurried up to the stand. The poor worker behind it didn’t know what was about to hit her.
The stand itself was promoting some kind of fruit and waffle combo, it smelled divine. Anyone would want a chance at their taste buds gracing such a heavenly gift. Apparently a lot of people had that same idea, because the free samples were almost gone. Only one little cup of sample was left on the table. Oh and it was gonna be Niki’s.
Niki smiled pleasantly at the worker, “Thank you very much!” He graciously said, his hand grasping around the little plastic cup of food. But felt another hand grab at his too. A small and clammy hand. The hand of a greedy child. Niki’s face dropped to a frown and then twisted into a mean grin. “Oh sorry kiddo, this is my sample.”
The kid evilly grinned back. Oh it was on. The devil’s spawn stomped hard onto Niki’s foot. The man let out a pained yelp, but his grip around the cup didn’t budge. He wasn’t gonna lose.
“Very clever, but you’re gonna have to try harder to win this tasty treat.” Niki said, strain in his voice. His foot was stinging badly, holyshit that kid was strong.
“Don’t you have better things to do than steal food from a little kid?” The little girl asked all innocently, “Adult things, like filing taxes or buying overpriced gas?”
Niki scoffed, offended, he didn't look like some balding old man! He didn’t even know how to file taxes.
“Don’t you have little brat kid things to do like- like…” Man Niki was really bad coming up with insults on the fly, “...like…uhh”
“Wow, sad.” the kid said, she tugged at the cup, causing Niki to stumble forward slightly and tug right back in return. Their silly game of cup waffle tug of war continued, while the poor worker did nothing to stop them. She was not paid enough to care, plus the public display of embarrassment was entertaining.
“Just- I was here first kid, so back off.” he tugged.
She tugged back, “You’re really gonna take food from a little girl, old man?”
Niki tugged again, harder, “Old man??? I’m only 18! Am I really getting wrinkles already? It’s all Rinne-kun’s fault too.” Niki wailed.
Speaking of Rinne-kun, a flash of messy red hair shot past the stand and skidded to a halt. He was out of breath and carrying a rather large box under one arm.
“Niki! There ya are! I’ve been runnin’ all over lookin’ for ya.” he panted.
“R-really? Looking for me?” Niki’s eyes sparkled, Rinne was looking for him wow! What a first!
“Well yeah, duh!” he answered, “I couldn’t find Merumeru first so you were the next best option, chop chop we gotta get outta here.”
Before anything more could be exchanged between the redhead and the now 10x angrier Niki, the sound system above them beeped loudly. The speakers rang out their message.
“Rinne Amagi, we have your kid. Please come to the front of the store. Repeat, Rinne Amagi please come to the front we have your lost kid.”
Niki and Rinne looked at each other.
“Ah shit Kohaku-chan.” Rinne’s palm slid down his face. “We gotta go get ‘em come on.”
“Oh man you’re about to be in so much trouble Rinne-kun.” Niki snickered.
Rinne began to walk off, with or without Niki. “Ah shuddup, at least my fatass ain’t fighting a literal child for a single bite of a cold waffle in a cup.”
Niki deadpanned, forcefully ripped the cup from the child’s hands and ran off towards the redhead. He threw the cup back like a shot glass and swallowed its contents without even chewing.
“Not sure if that’s impressive and hella hot or if it’s just plain fuckin’ weird Niki. But that’s what I love about ya.” Rinne said, squeezing Niki’s ass. “That and yer fatass.”
Niki swatted his hand away as always, “Not now Rinne-kun looks, I can see Kohaku and he doesn’t look very happy…” The pair shuttered.
“Ah shit yeah, I was starting to wonder where he had wandered off too. Kinda forgot to bring the child leash this time. I just assumed he’d be in the toy’s section lookin’ at legos. That or the gun section.”
“I just can’t believe they sell guns at Walmart.” Niki said, the last thing said between them before a very very pissed off voice tore through.
“Fuckin’ pieces of shit! Ya left me behind! Again!” Kohaku barked.
“I-Is this your child sir?” the security worker apprehensively spoke.
“Yeah he’s mine,” Rinne then exploded into overly worried mother mode, complete with fake tears and dramatic wailing, “Oh Kohaku-chan!! There ya are! Daddy was so worried when ya went missing! Never ever do that again okay? Hold real tight to my hand this time k?” He even knelt down on one knee to get face level with Kohaku. And oh boy did he not like that.
Kohaku smacked him across his dumbass face, “What did I say about ya callin’ yerself daddy, ya disgusting pervert. Like you’d ever be my dad. I pray for yer future kids safety and even hope they never get born.”
The security guard looked back and forth frantically, in fear that he just handed the poor child over to an actual creep.
“This guy’s not a bad person, don't worry sir.” Kohaku quelled his worries. “Shit human being, yeah, but he ain’t a suspicious character.”
“Awee Kohaku-chan that's the nicest thing you’ve ever said to me!” Rinne clutched his heart as if it was melting in his chest. “Daddy’ll have to reward your good behavior with some ice cream? Whaddya say sport?” He ruffled Kohaku’s hair.
“I’m envious of the people who have never met you.” Kohaku said, staring at Rinne like he was really about to strike the man dead.
Then the beep of the securities’s walky talky buzzed on and a fuzzy voice spoke through it, “Be on the lookout for a tall red haired man with an ice cream maker, he uh- walked into the off limit backrooms and took it off the shelf. Over.” The security man looked down at his walky talky and then up at Rinne and his ragtag team. Rinne gulped. It suddenly buzzed to life again. “Oh and we have apparently an old man who stole from a child on the run too.”
Kohaku and Rinne looked at Niki. Niki looked nervous, “W-wonder what monster would have done that, right guys?”
At the worst possible time HiMERU walked onto the scene. He must have heard the announcement about Kohaku too. The walky talky spoke one more, “To add to that, watch out for a blue haired feminine man who assaulted a woman in the cosmetics section. Lotta criminals in the store today. If you see any of these nasty fucks make sure to apprehend them for the police. Over.”
The static stopped and there was only silence between the four bees and the security guard. HiMERU froze. “Oops?”
The guard picked up his walky, pressed the button and spoke into it, “Yeah heard you loud and clear, I gottem right in front of me, send backup.”
That was the cue.
“SCRAM!” Rinne shouted, practically grabbing Kohaku and taking off into the store. Niki and HiMERU were not far behind. The four scurried off into the heart of Walmart, attempting to outrun the now two guards hot on their tail.
“God! All three of you's! How coulda ya get in deep shit at a goddamn Aalmart?? The scum of the earth and y'all still somehow manage to cause a ruckus that’s gonna get ya kicked out.” Kohaku complained from Rinne’s hold.
“K-Kohaku-chan shut up! If we get caught we’re gonna get more than kicked out! We’re gonna get sent to jain! And then all our past run-ins with the law- the Applebees, the entering private mountain property, the lying about therapy! We’re gonna go to Ultra Jail! I heard they don’t even serve you breakfast there!” Niki cried.
“Oi Niki, less whinin’ more runnin’, if we do get caught that means no more breakfast lunch or dinner, because I’ll kill ya myself for bein’ the weak link.” Niki only cried out harder and sped ahead.
“HiMERU thinks we should split up and hide, perhaps they will grow tired of chasing us.”
“Got it!” Rinne shouted, “Hide in a place ya don’t think anyone would look in a Walmart!” So the gang split up, all sprinting in different directions to find the perfect hiding place. And Rinne hid in the only place NO one would ever come looking in.
The vegan food aisle.
“This is fuckin’ ridiculous Rinne-han.” Kohaku said, hidden neatly behind a row of vegan oyster crackers. Why did they have to make vegan oyster crackers? The damn crackers never had oysters to begin with. They were already vegan!
“Shhhhuuuush Kohaku-chan!” Rinne shouted back, louder. “It’s not ridiculous, it's a fool-proof plan. Who the hell is gonna intentionally go down this aisle? Sucks the life outta ya. That’s why vegans are such bitches. They’re souls were sucked outta their assholes by milk free milk and bland ass flourless bread rolls.”
Kohaku pinched the bridge of his nose. Maybe he should have stayed lost. Maybe instead of letting that weirdly overbearing mother drag his ass to the front of the store he should have kicked her in the shins and ran away. He audibly groaned.
“Oh shit I hear footsteps-” Rinne whispered, trying to disguise himself more behind the boxes of crackers. The footsteps grew louder, and the louder, until they stopped right in front of the oyster crackers. Rinne and Kohaku held their breaths. Someone began to tear into the boxes, carving out their hiding spot and letting the fluorescent lights of the aisle flood in.
Rinne had no choice but to do what he had. He shot his arm out to wrap his hand around the perpetrator’s wrist and yanked them into the dark shelf hidey hole. He clasped his other hand around the intruder's mouth and held them like a hostage. Kohaku threw his eyebrows up in surprise. Holy shit Rinne had some smooth moves. He was starting to rethink how long Rinne would last if they went toe to toe. Kohaku would still destroy his ass, hands down. But the seconds Rinne lasted against him definitely went up.
The intruder licked Rinne’s hand and the redhead almost let him go out of pure disgust. “FUCK! Shit don’t fuckin’ do that- wait a minute-” he removed his hand and his suspicions were correct, “NIKI?”
“I’m not even gonna comment on how ya knew that was him from just a lick to yer hand- actually I don’t even wanna think about it.” Kohaku cried into his hands.
Niki drew in a deep breath, “First off, Rinne your hand tastes nasty, don’t want to know where it's been. Second, did all of us think to hide here?”
“Wait,” Kohaku shook his head, “What do ya mean all of us?”
“HiMERU has been here the whole time.” The deep monotone voice spoke from the darkness.
“Christ.” Is all Kohaku had to say.
“Well if the four of us are all here together, we might as well wait it out.” Niki said, getting comfortable. They’d be there a while.
And wait it out they did. Who knew how much time had passed. Some time in Niki had opened a box of oyster crackers and began snacking. With every bite he made a scowling face and an ‘ick’ sound. Apparently there was food that even Niki didn’t want in his mouth. HiMERU was trying hard to ignore the continuous crunching and ick-ing Niki was doing, while Kohaku was probably texting Mama about everything going on and that he wanted him to pick him up please. And Rinne was still holding on to the motherfucking ice cream maker, the thing that got them into all this mess.
Then the lights went out. Everything went quiet. Not a sound could be heard echoing through the large empty store. There were no footsteps, no chattering shoppers. And certainly no searching security guards.
The Walmart had closed. With Crazy:B still inside.
“Oh god they locked us in! They locked us in and they’re gonna hunt us for sport!” Niki cried, spilling all his oyster crackers. “Either that or they’re gonna see how long we can last before we starve to death!!”
“Calm down Niki, we're in a damn supermarket we ain’t gonna starve. Unless you stress eat everything GYAHAHA!” Rinne cackled at his stupid joke.
HiMERU sighed. He couldn't just get up and walk out, he was locked in with the lunatic bees.
Kohaku however, was pissed.
“Listen listen listen guys. This is the best case scenario lemme tell ya!” Rinne reassured everyone. Nothing he ever said was reassuring.
“Please, do tell us how this is the best scenario.” Kohaku said through gritted teeth. His patience slowly fading and the urge to maim and kill skyrocketing.
“Well ya see, I got my ice cream maker and I didn’t even have to use my coupon. So now I can use it to buy a second ice cream maker later! Totally worth it!” Rinne boasted, holding his treasure close to his chest like a newborn baby ready to experience all of his love and care.
“Was this all worth it??? Was it?? Was getting trapped inside a Walmart after closin' worth it for yer dumbass coupon Rinne-han?” Kohaku was boiling.
“I don’t see how it couldn't.”
Kohaku looked straight into Rinne, his purple eyes burning bright even in the darkness, “Do you value your teeth? Because you better hold onto them, seeing as they're going to be the only thing left to identify your body with when I’m done with you.”
“How much was the sale even huh? It better have been something good or HiMERU will be aiding Oukawa in your murder.”
Rinne pulled out his phone and used it to read the coupon’s print, looking at it again because he apparently had forgotten somehow. He kinda used his hand to hide it from the onlooking bee’s eyes. Then his expression fell and he slowly and nervously put his phone away. The other three watched in anticipation, waiting for Rinne to tell them. But instead, “Not tellin’” He said, holding the coupon tight in his fist.
Kohaku was the first one to strike, tackling Rinne in the darkness, his eyes like a predator, trained to kill even in the darkest night. HiMERU grabbed one of his open arms, sending the treasure box sliding out from Rinne’s lap. He reached for it but Niki dove in wrangling with Rinne’s fist to pry it open. At this point Kohaku had his hands around Rinne’s neck and was gently choking him to death. Finally the man gave, releasing his hand and gasping for air.
Niki quickly nabbed it and HiMERU brought out his own phone flashlight to illuminate the small paper’s surface. Their eyes widened, Rinne tried to crawl away.
The coupon was expired.