[Picking something out to surprise his girlfriend sounds nice! It's a downright wholesome idea. Why not, right? There's so much to choose from, surely he'd find something she didn't see and be enamored by it.
Which would be fine...if Haru didn't just hop away from him before he could open his mouth to think to say anything more than-]
Haru-chan-
[Before she's already gone. And he's just...standing there, sticking out like a sore thumb in the damn middle of the small mammal section, dinosaur jesus give him strength.
He'd already been hunched over a little talking to Haru, but that increases by several inches as he tries his best to seem more...unassuming, which is literally impossible when even crouching he can see easily over the tops of the aisles without having to lift his head. Immediately, he focuses his attention on the rest of the onesies, trying to ignore the cold sweat that's broken out on the back of his neck as a very expectant mother chipmunk suddenly steps into the same aisle he was already standing in. It doesn't help that she's not just expecting, but already holding a toddler on her hip as she goes, a little girl with a bright pink bow and one of her paws in her mouth as she stares wide-eyed at Legosi while he tries desperately to melt into the floor.
Oh god. Haru. Why did you do this to him-
...oh. In his muted panic, he does spot something that catches his eye. There's a stag beetle printed on some fabric, so he reaches behind a few of the others to pull it out...and what do you know! It's completely covered with cute little patterns of different bugs. Beetles, dragonflies, ladybugs...it's softly colored too, even with the more eclectic pattern it's got going on there.
Doesn't mean he isn't still being watched like a hawk, but. You know, it's something he has now.]
HARU NO COME BACK
Which would be fine...if Haru didn't just hop away from him before he could open his mouth to think to say anything more than-]
Haru-chan-
[Before she's already gone. And he's just...standing there, sticking out like a sore thumb in the damn middle of the small mammal section, dinosaur jesus give him strength.
He'd already been hunched over a little talking to Haru, but that increases by several inches as he tries his best to seem more...unassuming, which is literally impossible when even crouching he can see easily over the tops of the aisles without having to lift his head. Immediately, he focuses his attention on the rest of the onesies, trying to ignore the cold sweat that's broken out on the back of his neck as a very expectant mother chipmunk suddenly steps into the same aisle he was already standing in. It doesn't help that she's not just expecting, but already holding a toddler on her hip as she goes, a little girl with a bright pink bow and one of her paws in her mouth as she stares wide-eyed at Legosi while he tries desperately to melt into the floor.
Oh god. Haru. Why did you do this to him-
...oh. In his muted panic, he does spot something that catches his eye. There's a stag beetle printed on some fabric, so he reaches behind a few of the others to pull it out...and what do you know! It's completely covered with cute little patterns of different bugs. Beetles, dragonflies, ladybugs...it's softly colored too, even with the more eclectic pattern it's got going on there.
Doesn't mean he isn't still being watched like a hawk, but. You know, it's something he has now.]