(Modern Au: Everyone in the Raiders live togethers near a university and high school for the younger raider members. Bundus lives next door.)

It was about a week until Thanksgiving, you were still worrying about your assignments. Not taking any breaks, pulling some all nighters, and just a whole lot of studying. It was so bad to the point even Zodyl had to force you out of your room to go and help Cthoni with grocery shopping.

Since she’s the main cook of the house, she just buys everything a week’s notice. You’ve never done much shopping when growing up as a kid, especially around the holidays, so you didn’t know what was gonna happen at all.

Standing in one of the aisles, you were leaning against the shopping cart, counting everything already in the cart and putting the cost on your calculator. Using your phone. Cthoni was staring at her phone, eyeing the rows of groceries and then back, making sure she grabs the right products to help.

“I swear did they move the brown sugar again?..” She spoke to herself, grumbling a bit as she stared down the aisle, a look of annoyance growing over her face again. “I swear this store loves to screw me over when it’s holiday season..”