The morning went relatively well. We saw everything there was to see, which was quite a lot, but I couldn't take any more photos, and no one came to ask me for them.
Although we weren't bored, we were just fooling around the whole time. I didn't have time to think about anything, otherwise, we'd be either looking at figures or laughing at silly things. &$%"! is the only person I feel is truly my friend.
I feel very distant from the rest. More than friends, they're classmates I hang out with occasionally.
It's not that I don't care about them, but I feel like I wouldn't refer to them with the word "Friends," although only in some cases.
Well, I don't even know where the line between acquaintances and friends is, so it's not like I can judge them either. Maybe I'm just overreacting or overthinking too much. Isn't a friend someone I like being with? If I do like being with them, the answer should be obvious...
For lunch, we went to a fast-food restaurant inside the convention.
Luckily, the prices weren't that inflated, so we got a pizza for both of us.
After this, we planned to start buying things we liked. I had already made a plan for myself: a Rem, Emilia, and Subaru figurine—at least one, if possible—as well as a Rem plushie and a keychain from any other series I liked.
I'm not going to buy based on just one series, either, although I do want a lot of this one.
I don't know what &$%"! is going to buy, although it's definitely something from 'Dragon Ball' or 'Steins;Gate'. He really likes both. I also like 'Steins;Gate' quite a bit, but I can't say the same about 'Dragon Ball'…
I'm also planning on buying something for Amaya, especially a 'Code Geass' figure, or a 'Made in Abyss' one.
She likes both of them very much, and I'm not going to ask for the money back, I'll give it to her as a gift.
Honestly, I want to see how he reacts, since I've rarely given her anything other than a birthday present. Let alone something so expensive, which would be a figurine worth around 6,000 yen or more. It's usually just some shitty drawing or some cheap figure, things she ends up loving anyway. Somehow.
I'm still overwhelmed by the number of cosplayers. I want to take pictures, but I still can't relax enough to be embarrassed about ordering. Although, as soon as I leave this table, I'm going to take 200 pictures! That way I'll beat &$%"!
He decided to break the silence that existed while we ate.
"Okay, listen to me. I have the perfect plan to help you stop being such a loser."
"Damn, man, that's so nice of you," I said sarcastically, with a slightly serious face. "You're going to kill me with all this politeness."
"Aren't I really nice?" He responded in a rather flippant manner. He even seemed to be laughing at me. How innovative.
"Come on, tell me what you want to do."
"So, let's both go to one of the small stages we saw, where there were people doing karaoke, and we'll sing something. I vote for… um… well… The first opening of Code Geass?"
"Oh, so you've seen Code Geass…"
"That's not what I want you to say! Yes or no?"
Honestly, I don't even know why he's asking me. He knows perfectly well that I'm not going to do it.
I mean, if I can't ask a single person to take a picture of me, how am I going to sing a song on stage?
"Of course not! How do you expect me to do something like that?!" I refused without a second thought. I reacted as if he had asked me if I would kill someone for money.
"Doing it."
" You're going to kill me laughing, Mr. Comedy."
"It's just once, and it'll do you good. Do it for me!"
It's not like it's a death sentence, but for me it was. Although, at the same time, I wasn't wrong about it being good for me. If I don't mess up, I could get rid of the shame. Just for today, of course.
" No. I refuse. Not in a thousand years!"
"What if I give you 5,000 yen?"
"Let me take five pictures and I'm in." I offered my hand as soon as he told me there was money involved, and he accepted. That's when the operation began: Operation 'get a fo-'
"Good! Then let's start operation 'Get my lame friend a girlfriend!'"
"I'm already regretting this..."
With the same ideas as always, &$%"! said out loud that tremendous attack towards me.
I can clearly hear two or three people laughing. Although I can't tell if they're laughing at something else or at the joke. Maybe it's too optimistic to think they're even paying attention.
"Hey, you don't have a girlfriend either."
"Yeah, but you just don't want a girlfriend."
"Are you gay?"
"No."
"And how can I know? Do you have proof?"
"Tits are great."
" How filthy. You're absolutely right."
"I know."
&$%"! He took care of eating the remaining two slices of pizza, even though he had already eaten three.
I don't know how &$%"! doesn't gain any weight, with all the food he eats.
"Ahh!" He sighed with relief. "With everything I've been eating, I don't have to eat all day."
" With that amount of food, I'm sure you'll even lose weight…"
"The worst part is that you're probably right."
We'd already paid for everything, so we left the leftovers and left the place. It was packed, so we were giving a favor to the people who wanted to eat a favor.