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Fortune Telling Gone Wrong

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Shinji didn’t know why he volunteered for this fortune telling session. As much as he liked Tezuka, their goals aligned as well—he still didn’t believe in his fortunes. Ren absolutely wasn’t going to do it though, Yui already had a session of her own, and Auntie was out doing errands. Even in this dreadful weather.

He wasn’t sure what made him go along with it. The gears continued to turn in his head, almost feeling as if smoke was coming out. No matter what, he couldn’t find an answer.

But Tezuka was his ally, his friend…

“Are you ready?” Tezuka’s voice cut through all the noise in Shinji’s head.

Well whatever the reason might have been, there was no turning back now. “Yeah.”

The Atori cafe was dimly lit, making the room feel strangely foreboding. It didn’t help that there was a big storm going on right outside. Normally this was a place Shinji found a sense of comfort and safety in. For the time being, Atori had been a safe enough space from the never-ending hell of the Rider War.

Though when it was like this… It felt so different. Even kinda scary.

Shinji shook his head.

He wasn’t doing this in some dark alleyway in the furthest depths of the city. Everything will be fine!

Tezuka lit a match. Its light felt so much brighter with the cafe being so uncharacteristically dark. Shinji found his eyes becoming glued to the flame. Unable to look away. For someone who didn’t believe in fortunetelling, he found himself strangely starting to get invested in this.

Small tea lights were lit, adding to the mood as Tezuka began to look into the small crystal ball placed on the table. His gaze was unwavering. Looking the most focused he’d been while doing one of these sessions.

What was going on in his head? What did he see, was Tezuka even truly seeing anything to begin with? Shinji couldn’t help but wonder as he tilted forwards. Looking straight at him.

As Tezuka’s brow furrowed, something in the air of the room shifted. The lights that were on began to flicker rapidly. A flash of lighting, alongside a crash of thunder. Shinji jumped right out of his seat.

Surely this had to be a coincidence. But that didn’t change the fact that Shinji was still trembling like a small dog, no matter how much he tried to control his body.

Tezuka became even more focused than before. As his expression intensified, yet another bolt of lighting struck. Shinji couldn’t help but feel the atmosphere of the cafe continuing to rapidly transform right before him.

And that was when Atori’s power suddenly went out. The pair able to hear a muffled “What the hell—” coming right from Ren upstairs through the ceiling.

Now this was getting really creepy.

Outside the wind had become so strong it burst the windows open. Blowing out the tea lights in the process. Everything had become nearly pitch black. Say for the beams of light from the moon that had found their way into the cafe. A burst of freezing cold air struck right against Shinji’s skin. Even with his coat on, it did little to protect him from this attack from the elements.

Shinji had enough of this. He didn’t believe in fortunes, but he sure as hell didn’t like whatever was going on!

“I’m going upstairs!” Mumbling while making incoherent noises under his breath along the way.

Tezuka only quietly looked at Shinji as he left, before going to close the windows.

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