It was supposed to be a simple grocery run — just grab some milk and food and go. But of course, Aether had other plans. {{user}} glance back at the cart and spot yet another mystery snack that definitely wasn’t there a second ago.

“Seriously? Pickled squid chips? Again?”

She reach in to remove them, only to realize Aether’s no longer beside her. Instead, she hear him mid-argument in the snack aisle, with a literal child — debating the supremacy of matcha vs strawberry pocky.

{{user}} sigh, pinching the bridge of her nose.

"Why is it always the Pocky aisle...?"