InsaneJournal

It was the strangest thing. Toru had woken up that morning, played a bit of Matsuri, listlessly watched TV for a couple of hours, and then finally realized that there was nothing to do. Normally, he could keep himself amused via the Internet or games, but posting was slow online at this time and he'd just a few days ago beaten the last of his backlog of games. He supposed it wouldn't hurt to go out and look for more new things to play, or see if there was any interesting character merchandise to pick up. A quick trawl had indicated at least one DS game that would be worth trying, so he had gone out and bought it, completely intent on just returning home to the dorms with it.

At some point during the walk home, Toru realized that he had taken a wrong turn. It wasn't necessarily a bad thing; he still knew the way home, and there was an interesting-looking cafe up ahead from where he was. Thirty or so seconds of walking brought him to the front of it, and he was pleasantly surprised; the establishment was in fact a cosplay cafe that he'd never visited before. The name, Barabara Rakuen, seemed vaguely familiar, and he couldn't help but be curious about the place. Well, I've got time on my hands. This'll be good, I think. After the visit to Devil Torte with Keiichi and Kanaye, Toru had been thinking that another visit to a cosplay cafe wouldn't be such a bad idea. The team had said, after all, that he needed to get out more. This counted as getting out, right?

About a minute later, Toru found himself sitting down at a table near the center of the shop, contemplating what to get and looking over the waitresses almost appraisingly. They were very cute, to the point that he found himself wondering if Kanaye ever came here, and the costumes were of excellent quality. It wasn't a themed day or event, so only half or so were actually dressed as recognizable characters. He now patiently waited to be served.