work in progress fanfic i have

“The ideals of being an “perfect” Inferno to the eyes of society feels off. I mean just imagine being a little bit different compared to others and there you have it. Everyone thinks of you differently now and all because you got some issues. Frankly, it’s annoying and tiring to deal with. Alongside with all the babying they do to you and don’t actually see you as a person. “Oh you didn’t deserve all that pain.” I hate it. - November 3rd.

The nights felt more chiller than before when November finally arrived. Soon, it wouldn’t be much longer until all the Inphernos living in the Crossroads see snow gently falling from the sky. Which means that everyone will be preparing for the holidays with festivals, decorations, food, and music. Although that sounds exciting, especially when it’s with the people you’re close with, the festival is a conversation for another day.

Over at the northeast of Crossroads has a big plaza with a mall that is most popular with the younger generations who visit from time to time. Mainly due to some shops that caught the eyes of the majority of the Inphernos either for its bustling arcade, huge clothing stores populated for its unique styles and genres, or food courts that others may take a break and have conversations with their buddies. One of them being a small music shop.

Though the shop has certain popular music ranging from pop to even indie, the owner always tried their best to add other artists that some may enjoy that they wouldn’t find in other shops and fairly that’s the reason why others loved visiting. Especially during the summer where everyone could go out and have their fun for the day.

Today, the shop didn’t have many Inphernos visiting. It makes sense since the mall always had less Inphernos coming in during November and overall throughout the winter to which some enjoyed visiting when the mall hit its quiet state. A Inpherno, sort of known through their father’s shop, came around to buy some music disks to gift to their close pals for the holidays and for their father and themself.

Swinging the door open, along with the bell reacting to it, they stepped into the bright litted room with shelves along the walls filled with music disks ranging from different  music artists in different genres and some tables in the middle of the store with boxes of other music disks. Heading straight to the tables, they started looking at each disks in one of the boxes. They passed on a few albums. One having a character holding her hands together, another have a dark pink background with maroon highlights of different shapes, and a light pink heart with a bow and a demon tail with text saying Daemon/Doll and some others that were popular.

Before they were able to continue, the bell ringing was heard at the entrance. They didn’t mind at first. It was probably another Inpherno coming in to grab something and get out. Though they realized that wasn’t the case after hearing a certain voice cutting out the silence.

“こんばんはロケット”

Only taking them a second to realize their close bud was standing at the entrance, they turned to face the direction of where he was at and gave out a small wave.

“Yo Sling! How’s it been?”

“おお, It’s been alright. I’m just here to return some stuff”