[Contest Entry] A Loliful Christmas

A Loliful Christmas

Screee! Psh! Bus wheels screeched and tightly shut doors slid open. Crch! Crch! Crch! A mob of people rushed me out the door, stampeding on crunchy snow. Light air enveloped me as I got off the bus and broke away from the mob. Tears began to gather at the edges of my eyes as I repeatedly inhaled oxygen. A-A-Achoo! Static mucous particles and condensed breath streamed out of my mouth as I reacted to the cold. Christmas Eve was exponentially frigid this year, especially in the morning. I had arrived at Akihabara, Japan early in the morning to buy a limited time only Christmas goody at the last moment. Time was constrained this past week, since college and a certain somebody kept me occupied. Before arriving in Akihabara, my mind was set to turn around and go back to the warmth of my apartment to resume my anime streaming antic and ignore the reality that existed beyond my apartment door. That mindset was wrong, though, since facing reality is an inevitable part of life. After walking a few minutes to the two story shop GoFigure, which was my destination, I entered and dethawed. GoFigure was often kept clean, and sold a diverse merchandise of anime and manga related items that society refers to as Otaku goods.

Yes; here in Japan many people despised Otakus because they thought of them as bad influences, not normal, and non beneficial to the development of society. Such thoughts were irrelevant to me since there were bountiful reasons I could think of that would contradict them. While walking through the first floor of GoFigure, I walked onto and escalator that carried me to a second story, which was more cramped than the first. Here and there people with the same interest as me would browse clear, fiberglass shelves containing figurines and nendoroids while at a counter a mob of people crammed together, shouting for what they wanted inside the counter. A panicking cashier put a figure on the counter in front of him with a shaking hand, quickly snatched by the quick hand of someone wearing a hoodie. A bunch of sighing followed the dispersal of the mob. As the people in the mob rode the escalator down to the first floor, I had already walked to the register.

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Katching! “Thank you for your business!” said the bowing and once panicking cashier. The person with the hoodie looked familiar, had a female physique, and was much shorter than the average guy, assuming they were male. With the hoodie’s hood on and a wrapped box clutched to their chest, the mysterious short person kicked off toward the escalator. “Wait!” I said abruptly, too late for them to notice. I shook my head and turned toward the cashier. “Excuse me, are there any more Piru Piru ☆ Girl Deluxe figurines left?” asking as my eyes trailed off to look through the window that was made to peer inside the counter through the top. “Oh you mean the limited time only figures? The last one was given to the person in the hoodie.” My eyes swiftly ran up the cashier’s body and glared into his eyes, sparkling like a predator stalking its prey at night. “WHAT!?” I yelled, dashing off from the counter, down the stairs, and out the door of GoFigure.

I puffed condensed air, looking around frantically for a short person in a hoodie. No one that resembled them was found. A fit came over me and lasted until I got back to my apartment. I opened my apartment door with built up tension and slammed it behind me. I kicked off my boots in the doorway after untying them and threw off my coat revealing a sweater that had FAKKU embroidered onto it. Pwshh! I plopped onto my cushioned office chair and opened up an internet browser on my overheated computer. In the URL I typed in FAKKU’s address and clicked on a loli themed doujin. Whipping out my dolphin, a knock on the door became apparent to my ears and was ignored.

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After stroking my dolphin and becoming engulfed in pleasure in my loli fantasy for what seemed a good long five minutes, a slamming noise caught my attention. In reaction to the noise, I swiveled my chair around allowing me to face the door. My ears picked up a shrilling noise and a familiar voice that sounded like KYAAAAAA. In the doorway sitting on her butt was my childhood friend Nia in a hoodie that resembled the mysterious person I saw at GoFigure. She was probably one of the cutest people I knew. A godsend, perhaps, and reminded me of a bunny. Although she was shorter than most girls, I loved her nonetheless and was often kept occupied with the trouble she caused me while I was not busy with college. “N-NIA!?” I yelled, more embarrassed than she was. “WH-WHAT ARE YOU DOING O-KUN!?” Nia yelled back in an embarrassed manner, propping herself back onto her feet and pointing at me. I looked down seeing my dolphin in my hand. I swiftly swiveled the chair once again toward my computer, closed the internet browsing window, and put my dolphin away faster than any movement I had ever done before.

“Geeze, O-Kun” Nia pouted, face flushed, sitting and leaning on my bed with her hands holding her head up and her elbows pushing into her lap and gazing directly at me. “Anyways, O-kun, Merry Christmas!” Nia pulled out a red box out of her hoodie and pushed it against my chest. I opened it. It was the Piru Piru ☆ Girl Deluxe figurine that I wanted. “Wow, Nia! Thanks!” I said in exclamation. She smiled and said, “You're welcome. Now, where’s my present?” I looked up to her and yelled “YOU GET ME!” while jumping in midair and falling onto her in order to pin her on my bed. “W-WAIT! O-kun!? Nooo!~” she exclaimed playfully as I embraced her.