Window Shopping.

[cinnamonchan]

The hedgecat smiled a bit to herself as she looked in the window, her cerulean eyes gazing at the fancy clothes that she couldn't quite afford. She had an MP3 player, that was true, but she'd worked hard for it. She sighed, relaxing on a bench, as she glanced around, trying to figure out what to do for lunch, lightly humming to her current favorite song, Punk Rock 101, by Bowling For Soup. She stood up slowly, and looked around again, there really wasn't much to do here at the mall, how come so many of those giggling school girls that were around her age that came by random cafes she often worked at, were so giddy and excited about the mall. She just didn't get it. She held a hand to her chin, and held her elbow with her other hand, in confusion.

"Ugh..." She whined softly, before putting her MP3 player into her pocket. Her cerulean eyes once more scanned the area, there were so many people there, and every once in a while people would bump into her. She sighed, and lowered her head, thinking to herself, how lovely it would be to actually be able to shop for fun, instead of necessities, but no, it wasn't exactly possible for this girl. After all, she wasn't the richest girl on the block, but she was probably the most cheerful.

[€l SonikkÜ]

"Alright kid, this is the absolute LAST time I'm saying this. You cannot keep taking food repeativly from the sampler tray. And you cannot KICK the sampler man when he tells you no. Now I don't want to--"

"Lalalala!"

"Fine! I warned you kid, I'm sorry but--OOF!" The police officer, who'd just been trying to protect the law, picked up a foot and hopped in pain when the young hedgehog he'd been lecturing kicked him in the shin and turned to flee before he could react.

Zappix was quite familure with the mall security staff by now. They actually called his name through the radio whenever he'd get caught for something, which, he usually did. But hey, somehow or another, the black hedgehog with yellow streaks always got away....except for a few exceptions...in which cases his mom had to come down and unleash some serious hangover b*tchism on the secuity gaurds. Then she'd be the one hauled to jail while Zappix slipped away. That was the way things usually went, so why would today be any different?

"Zappix! This isn't cool man! I'll take you to juvi if you don't STOP RIGHT NOW!"

The 8 year old sprang onto the gaurd railing that kept dumb and clumsy people from falling to the first story of the mall. "Whoa..!" He waved his arms to keep himself in ballance, then turned to face the slowing officer, still teadering and fighting for balance, "I'll do it! I'll kill me! And It'll be ALL-YOUR-FAULT you motherf***** sucker!"

"Now calm down...don't do anything drastic now you hear? Zap--ZAPPIX!" He lunged forward to grab the little hedgehog who'd lost his balance, wide eyed.

Too late....

The next moment, there was the sound of snapping twigs and shaking leaves in the large flower bed on the top of the wall just beside/above Cinnamon's bench. The bushes shifted and moved until the hedgehog fell off the small flower-bed wall to land next to her on the bench with a loud, "Oof!" landing on his back with twigs and leaves sticking out of his quills.

[cinnamonchan]

Cinnamon's ears perked up at the commotion, and she sighed, hoping she wouldn't get caught up in anything, at least not today...She had work in a few hours. She sighed, placing her hands behind her head, not shifting to look at the younger hedgehog, but was obviously trying to stop herself from laughing. "What'd you do, kiddo?" She asked, smirking slyly as she finally turned to look at him, with her bright blue eyes closed, with a smile, a small giggle escaping her lips. "Getting caught by the security guards is no fun, is it?" She asked, still trying not to laugh.

"Heh, I should know." She muttered, reminiscing, "Though it is awfully stupid to always do it in the same place." The hedgecat smirked and stood up, offering the younger hedgehog a hand, "Here, let me help you up." She stated, with a slight smil, still trying not to laugh at the sight. "Heh, you've got so many twigs sticking out." She snickered, "It's kind of a good look for you." She said, jokingly, as she glanced at him, tempted to move and take out the twigs, but resisted her maternal nature.

[€l SonikkÜ]

Zappix looked dazed at first, half opening his eyes to stare at the lights far above, blinding him, "Did I die...?" He muttered to no one inparticular, not realizing that Cinnamon was sitting next to him because of his knock to the head. His eyes slowly came back into focus and he realized that the lights weren't heavenly, they were floresent, "I didn't know heaven was ghetto..."

He blinked, seeing the second story of the mall and the plants and such, suddenly realizing where he was. And then it clicked. He was laying upside down at the mall on a bench. Hmm...there was some serious deja vu lingering with that. But anyway! He shifted his amber gaze upward -- er...over. And fixed his glare on the hedgecat as her words registered in his mind.

"The h*ll's that supposed to mean?" He barked, sitting up and rubbing his head painfully with a scowl, closing his eyes, "I bet the savage look wouldn't look so bad on you either, b*tchy-mitchy pants. Go get yourself a black eye and a hula skirt and we can go to prom." It could be debatable whether or not Zappix was INTENTIONALLY being so rude. People who knew him learned real quick-like to just ignore it. If not, one of them usually ended up injured. Or Sonic had to step in, since the blue hedgehog was often the one Zappix shadowed.

"Actually, not. Sonic told me not to go places with strangers. And I'm too good for you anyway." Truer words have never been spoken by an 8 year old eh?

[cinnamonchan]

She smirked at his comment, and sarcastically bowed, "Oh, I'm soooo sorry, kiddo!" She grinned, glancing back up at him, with a slight smirk. She was probably shorter than him, even when he was off the bench, after all she was only 2'5". She smirked slyly, "Oh, please? You mean blue boy?" She rolled her eyes, "He can't even swim, from what I've heard." She stated, having read the newspaper every day since she was younger. She sighed and shook her head, "Nya, you're weird y'know....Nya..." She pulled down her eyelid and stuck out her tongue blowing a raspberry at him, "I bet I'm far more childish than you!" She said, grinning childishly.

She got an anger mark on yer forehead, "Too good for me? Hah, I'm better at insulting little boys than you are." She said, crossing her arms stubbornly, "Besides, I'm not the one who's trying to be dishonest." She stated, glaring at him out of the corner of her eyes, "Besides, I was joking, dumb*ss. She hissed at him, before returning to her normally happy nature, "Heh, you're kind of a weird kiddo." She said, pushing him on the forehead before turning away, "Y'know, you're kinda cute for a hedgehog kiddo." She said, cheerily as she turned to face him, after dashing a few feet away, "Seeya around, I suppose." She said, smirking.

The Security Guard dashed up to Zappix and grabbed his shoulder, "C'mon, kid..."

Cinnamon sighed, "Hey, Mister Security Guard?" She asked, winking at Zappix, and then turned her attention to the security guard, "I'm sorry, I let my kid cousin bother that poor man at the table." She said, "Though I'll keep a better eye on him, now, I promise!" She said, smiling innocently at the Security Guard who blushed a little, and frowned.

"Uhhh...Alright, Miss..But keep him out of trouble, y'hear?" He asked, before walking away.

"Geez, you've gotta get into lots of trouble here, if they know your name." She said, watching the security guard leave, then looked back at Zappix.

[€l SonikkÜ]

Zappix stood still the whole time, blinking between her and the security gaurd. Half of him wished the gaurd WOULD take him away.

"SHUT....UP!" He stressed the two words at loud volume, holding out his hands for emphisis, "WHYY must you talk so much?!" He paused then looked up at her, going back over the conversation, "You think I'm what now? childish?" He crossed his arms and gave her an offended glare, "I am NOT childish! You're just a dumpwad with twisted world views." He made a face back at her, teadering his head from side to side as if to say "ohh torched yo biscuts!"

A man with a brief case passed by, catching Zappix's attention and his amber eyes followed it. "Hey...fresh mea--I mean, conversationist!" He shot a sneaky glance at Cinnamon, then turned to follow him, eyeing his case.

[cinnamonchan]

Cinnamon burst out laughing at Zappix when he told her to shut up, "Why? Because it's fun to make little boys yell." She responded, smirking at him in a mocking fashion. She sighed, letting him go, with an arched eyebrow, and shook her head. She sighed and shook her head, placing her hands on her hips, watching him, "Ergh..." She muttered, brushing a stray strand of hair back behind her shoulders, and headed towards the food court.

"Nyuuu...I suppose I should get something to eat. Nya!" She smiled to herself, and hummed softly as she headed through the crowded mall. "Same song, second chorus..." She hummed under her breath, hugging her backpack to her shoulders as she walked along. "Huh." She glanced up, still walking, watching the signs of the stores go past, and sighed, shaking her head, and stopped in the food court, to decide what she wanted to eat. ~I bet that the briefcase is filled with worthless bunk...~ She thought, the thought making her chuckle a bit under her breath.

"Nyuuu." She grinned slightly, she really did talk too much, but whatever. She blinked, "Aww, sh*t..." She muttered, ducking out of sight of the security guard going past, with a sweatdrop on the side of her face, she came back out when she was sure he was gone, and stared at the menu with her large blue eyes, ears twitching every once in a while, before heading up to the counter of the Chinese Fast Food place.

[neoboy767]

The gray hedgecat wandered around the food court, looking around. Man, was he hungry...this was clearly stated by the loud rumbling emerging from his stomach. Unfortunately, it was rather hard to pick-pocket someone with the highly obnoxious sound.

He was sorta getting desperate. He needed a refill for most of his water bottles, only having one half-empty bottle left.
Half-empty. Now he was just getting pessimistic. Anyway, he needed to find a target...a good one. One rather well-dressed, in a crowded place.

Unfortunately for him, he only spotted a few, and each of them had a security guard nearby. He didn't want to risk gettng arrested, he'd been to the Juvy before. Blech.

Speaking of blech...he found someone. Apparently 17...no...18. Obviously prep, wearing a private-school uniform. And the blech? Ugh, he was wearing a plaid sweater-vest. Disgusting. He would do this guy a favor, taking his wallet, at least he wouldn't be able to buy any more of those ugly abominations.

He made his way over. The place was slightly crowded, though not as much as he would've hoped. However, luckily, the prep was last in line at a food counter. He slipped behind him, pretending to get some food to buy. As he reached the back, his hand quickly slid in and out of the young man's pocket, snatching his wallet. Success! He backed away, casually, as if deciding he wanted something else instead.

Now...what to choose...
Neo's eyes fell upon it. Chinese food! SCORE!!! He walked towards it...but a hand was placed upon his shoulder. "Hm?" He turned. "Oh...sh*t..." Standing there was a rather large security guard, who had apparently seen him take the wallet. "Ummm...meow?"

[cinnamonchan]

Cinnamon sighed, her cerulean eyes glancing up, hearing a bit of a confrontation from Neo and the Security guard. She let off a sigh, and grabbed her food, before walking past the two, as she headed over to a table. She set down her food, and sat down, pulling out her Ipod, and plugged her headphones into it, and the earphones into her ears, as she listened to the music that she had on, humming softly to it, her eyes half closed as she began to eat her Chinese food. She loved Chinese food, and she hardly ever was able to get any, so she enjoyed it when she could. She sighed, her ears twitching at an argument between a couple. "Huh..." She sighed, shaking her head with a frown on her lips.

[neoboy767]

He sweatdropped, and took a drink from his water bottle. "Eheh..."

The guard reached for the water bottle, taking it out of the hedgecat's hands. "HEY!!!" The guard looked down at him. "Gimme back my water!"

The security guard rolled his eyes, starting to pull the gray hedgecat away.

"Hey! Le' go!" THWACK! The guard grunted, falling to his knees, his hands away from the hedgecat, now inbetween his legs, grasping the spot he had just been knee'd in. "Ooh...that looked like it hurt. Oh well...'least it wasn't me!" He snickered. He took back his water. "No one takes my water bottle! ...I'm hungry." He walked to the chinese food counter as if nothing had happened, stocking up on water, using money from the wallet, and also buying some food. He hummed as he looked for a table...

Eh...more crowded than before, every table was full...except for one, where there was only one person sitting. "Meh...oh, well..." He walked towards it.

Three guesses which table it was...

[cinnamonchan]

Cinnamon sighed, her cerulean eyes glancing up blatantly as she heard the little interaction between the Security Guard and Neo. She sighed and shook her head, continuing to eat her own Chinese food, as she listened to the disagreement between the lady and her boyfriend. She was so glad that she'd never had anyone close to her, she never had gotten into a fight like this, at least. She glanced down at the food, pushing it around on her plate in a non-interested fashion. There was about half her meal left, and she was full....

"Nya?" She asked, glancing up at Neo as he walked over to the table, "Hullo." She said, quietly, before looking down at her food.

[neoboy767]

"Myeh. Hi." He sat down, starting to eat, organizing his food and his setup.

Obviously he was...er...'slightly' obssessive compulsive. He had his bottle set up perfectly at the right hand side of the tray, the label facing towards him, his food was separated, each next to the other. He would take a bite from one, move to the right, take a bite, and so on. When he got to the final one, he would move to the left.

He looked up from his food. "Hn...you look familiar...not very familiar, but familiar..." He started eating again, taking a drink every second cycle around.

[cinnamonchan]

She arched an eyebrow at him, curiously. What in h*ll was he doing? She wondered to herself. Was he an OCD or something? Must be pretty bad. She smiled and shook her head. She nearly laughed, but kept herself from doing so because it would have been quite rude. She shook her head lowly at him. "Nyu...I dunno. I don't know you. And you don't look even slightly familiar." She shrugged, "Unless of course I've met you at the Castle Cafe. That's where I work." She said, more to herself than to him, as if reminding herself that she at least had a job. She was happy for that, quite. She glanced up at Neo once more in curiosity.

And neither of them would realize it, but they had grown up in the same town together, though they hadn't been very good friends, perhaps even rivals, who knew, neither of them remembered, they probably hadn't seen each other much, anyways.

[neoboy767]

"Nyuu...wait...yeah...no...hn...nope, don't remember..." He just continued with his strange eating habits.

His ear flicked back and forth when there was a crash sound in the background. "Meh?" He turned to look. There, standing, talking to eachother and pointing at him, were three security guards. "Nu....I'm still eating," he whined, starting to eat faster, with one hand. His other hand went to his hip, where there was a sheathed katana. "They're gonna take my water again..."

[cinnamonchan]

Cinnamon sighed, and glanced at him, then back to what he was looking at, three security guards. She sighed, and shook her head, unphased by their appearance. Her ears twitched gently towards the sound of the cras ans she sighed, slipping off the bench, and standing up, before picking up her food, and closed the box it was in before heading over towards the trash bin, where she placed the tray, and held the box of food, in her free hand, as she began to walk towards the exit of the mall, humming softly to herself.