Chapter 173 - Shrine Visit, Part-Two (1/2)

Aomine: ”Geh.”

Shun furrowed his brows and spoke in a faux-irritated tone.

Shun: ”Dai-chan, that is not nice. The correct response is Happy New Year.”

Aomine removed Shun's arm from him and said.

Aomine: ”What are you doing here?”

Shun sighed and reprimanded Aomine.

Shun: ”Again, that isn't the correct question. Why would a person be at a shrine on the first of January?

Look around. It is so cold out here.

There is only one reason to come out here in this weather.”

Aomine grumbled and asked.

Aomine: ”I mean, what are you doing here, right now?

Why did you have to be here, the same time I am?”

Shun shrugged and pointed at the girl behind them.

Shun: ”I don't know. She is the one who decided the time.”

Aomine turned to Satsuki, who just whistled to portray innocence.

Shun: ”Come on, don't sweat the small stuff. Now that we are here. Let's go up and have fun.”

Aomine stared at Shun and questioned.

Aomine: ”What is fun at a shrine?”

Shun quirked his eyebrow and answered.

Shun: ”Well, I know that you are here to see college ladies.

I can't think of another reason you would come here.”

Aomine humphed asked a question but didn't refuse Shun's guess.

Aomine: ”Then, why are you here?”

Shun chuckled and replied.

Shun: ”I am here to buy the merch.”

Satsuki and Aomine looked at each other, and Satsuki questioned.

Satsuki: ”Merch?”

Shun nodded and talked.

Shun: ”Yeah, you know the lucky charms (omamori) and fortune tellings.”

Aomine coughed and exclaimed.

Aomine: ”And, you are calling that merch.”

Shun crossed his arms and answered.

Shun: ”Well, I am paying for that, so yeah, I can call them merch.

And, you can get that stuff at shrines only, so this is exclusive merch.”

Shun laughed and said.

Shun: ”Okay, let's go. It is probably going to be pretty crowded up there.

Let's get this over with and get somewhere less crowded.”

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All three of them went up to the shrine, donated, wished, bought the lucky charm and fortune readings.

Shun laughed when he saw Aomine's fortune reading.

Shun: ”Bad Luck. Well, that checks out.”

Shun turned his reading to show the other two.

Shun: ”Great Luck. Nothing to be surprised about.”

Shun: ”What did you get?”

Satsuki showed her telling.

Satsuki: ”Same as you, great luck.”

Shun smiled and spoke.

Shun: ”Nice.”

He turned to Aomine and patted his shoulder.

Shun: ”Now, Aomine, don't worry. You meet Satsuki every day, maybe some of her luck would rub on you and elevate you from bad luck to normal luck.”

Satsuki giggled while Aomine just grumbled at Shun's words.

Shun clapped and said.

Shun: ”Now, let's go to an empty park. It is too crowded here.”

The other two looked around and saw groups of people here for their first shrine visit.

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The three of them reached a park, three of them sat on a swing next to each other.