Magical Girl with Demonic Time Magic-Chapter 82: A Plush Toy Gift

Chapter 82: A Plush Toy Gift
"Ayane, is this the place you wanted to go?" Setsuna asks as we enter a store. Today is Saturday, so I’m bringing her to the store I mentioned.
"Yes, this is the one!" I say excitedly, after defeating the Dream Tormentor and checking on the unconscious allies, they woke up. Fortunately, everything went well, and that was the first place the monster attacked.
So no children were kidnapped, and we were able to help everyone who needed it. Even Setsuna complimented me, and it was great for everyone.
"What are you looking at?" I ask while Setsuna looks at her phone and searches the location as if she wants to confirm something.
"Which section of the store are you going to?" She asks.
"Sections 2 and 4 to buy dresses, go to the movie theater, and visit the plush toy machines!" I say, with everything already planned.
"Great, then we should go in right away," Setsuna says as we enter. We have plenty of time, so I take her first to the dress section, grabbing a basket to put the clothes in.
The two of us calmly start choosing clothes to try on, spending a few minutes picking up various outfits. Once we have several, we each go to our own fitting rooms.
I put on a light purple dress with beautiful black details and come out, waiting for Setsuna to come out so I can see the dress she chose.
"Oh!! You look so beautiful in that dress!" The outfit Setsuna came out in was a casual white dress that suited her, simple but elegant, and the one she’s wearing now is a black dress with lavender details that looks stunning on her.
"Thank you, yours is very pretty too," She compliments my dress.
"Thank you for the compliment! Now let’s go for the next one," I say as I go back into the fitting room, quickly taking off the dress, putting it in another basket to buy, and grabbing the next dress.
Setsuna and I repeat this with several dresses. Setsuna looked great in everything she tried on she really has a perfect body for any dress and color.
As for me, I had trouble with some that didn’t look good on me, so I had to try others. In the end, I bought 5 new dresses, and Setsuna, with a little of my insistence, bought 7 of them.
We had them set aside for delivery and gave our addresses, while I practically dragged Setsuna to the plush toy machines.
"This is it!" I say, showing Setsuna a claw machine for plush toys. There are various ones from popular anime and series.
"Which one of these do you want?" Setsuna asks, hitting the nail on the head that I want a specific one.
"I want that black dragon with gold details! It’s from a really cool magical girl series that used to be on TV, unfortunately the series ended, but they still make toys for it!" I say, seeing a single plush of the cute dragon I want.
"How about we each try once until we get the toy or run out of money?" Setsuna suggests, and I agree. We soon pay $20 to the machine, which turns into 10 play tokens.
"Hehehe, I’ll show you my incredible claw skills! You’ll be amazed by my incredible abilities!!" I say with a small, smug smile as I crack my knuckles.
"..."
"..." 26 minutes later, I’m kneeling in front of the machine, dying of embarrassment. It was 39 tokens, and I got exactly 0 toys, while Setsuna got 11 different plushies.
"S-Sorry for being so disappointing," I say, holding the machine’s button with a dejected expression. I made that whole pose of being able to do it, and now I’ve shown that I don’t even know how to use the toy.
Besides, of the 39 tokens we bought, Setsuna used 11, and I used the rest. In other words, in all the attempts, Setsuna got a toy, while I, despite having many more chances, didn’t get anything.
"Don’t worry about it, Ayane. Here, take this as a gift, I hope you like it," Setsuna says, handing me the plush I wanted.
"S-Setsuna, you’re an angel," I say, taking the fluffy plush I so desperately wanted and hugging it.
"Haaa... please get up off the floor, Ayane. It’s just a game, don’t feel so down," Setsuna says, but the sight of her holding various toys doesn’t help much.
"W-Why am I so bad at this!! It’s literally just pressing a button!" As soon as the machine activates, the claw moves on its own. All you need to do is press a button for the claw to descend and grab something, then just wait for it to bring what it caught to the retrieval area.
"S-Setsuna, what’s the secret?" I ask, getting up from the floor.
"Hmm, you just need to calculate the claw’s speed, the dropping speed, the position of the toy you want to grab, and whether the toy is hard or soft. After calculating all that, you just combine it with the time-based speed the claw uses to carry the toy to the exit," Setsuna speaks as if it’s nothing.
"G-Genius!!" I say, which is the most obvious thing, there’s no way to just use that bunch of numbers without being a genius.
"Want me to teach you?"
"I do!" I say as Setsuna drops all the toys next to the machine and comes up behind me.
"W-What are you doing!!" I say when she suddenly hugs me from behind, completely oblivious to the embarrassing position.
"I’ll guide you," She says, unaware of how intimate this is. I can feel her soft breasts rubbing against my back, and I can feel her body touching my rear due to the incline.
’T-This is so embarrassing’ The worst part is that she doesn’t notice.
"Let’s start, we only have one token left, so you need to be careful. See, the claw moves 3 centimeters per second and descends at a speed of 6 centimeters per second," She says, guiding my hand to put the token in the machine, which activates.
"Do you see that heart plush?" She speaks while I nod in embarrassment.
"The claw will reach it in 7 seconds, so we just need to time it and release it at 5.5 seconds, considering the descent speed and the movement maintained by this type of machine."
"Since it’s a fabric plush, the claw can grab it more easily than something completely solid," She says, carefully guiding my hand to the button, her soft voice directly in my ear.
"Ready?" She asks as the claw starts to move. Setsuna counts the numbers softly in my ear, while everything seems to spin from the embarrassment.
"4...5...5.5" As she reaches 5.5, she moves my hand, clicking the button. The claw moves horizontally as it releases, falling while moving, landing directly on the heart. The claw then closes, pulling the heart plush up and back up.
"There... any problem? You’re blushing," Setsuna asks, completely oblivious to the suggestive position we’re in, with her breasts rubbing against me and her hips connected to mine.
"I-I’M FINE!!!" I say urgently as she lets go and steps back. The machine soon releases the plush in the open area, and I finally got a toy.
"With this, we have 12 plushies, but we don’t need all of this. How about you donate the rest to the store’s children?" Setsuna suggests, unaware of my immense embarrassment.
"Y-Yes, that sounds like a good idea..."
’D-Damn those perverted dreams!!’ This is all the fault of dreaming about a kiss that never happens every night. Now I feel strange having Setsuna so close.
I take a deep breath, picking up the toys and deciding which plush to keep. In this case, I want the dragon, and Setsuna gave it to me, so the rest were all things Setsuna got. The only thing I got was the heart, so I decide to give that one to Setsuna.
"Setsuna, I want you to keep the heart plush. We’ll donate the others, and I’ll keep the cute dragon, and you can have the cute heart," I say with a calmer smile, handing her the plush.
"Sounds great to me, thank you for the gift," She says, taking the heart plush. Soon, the two of us walk with the various plushies, handing them out to the children on the way, who accept them with a smile.
’Setsuna didn’t notice or seem embarrassed...’ I feel strange. She seemed not to care much, very different from me.
’I should stop thinking about this. I have a boyfriend!!’ It’s just a weird dream. I keep telling myself that as Setsuna and I go to the movie theater. After this, we can go to the diner to try and buy the limited-edition burger.
The two of us enter the theater, clinging to our respective plushies, while we choose the movie I told Setsuna about. Soon, we sit in a spot, noticing how empty it is here.
There are only a few people in this section. Strangely, people prefer to watch this movie at night, so the afternoon and morning sections are almost empty. I watch the film, paying attention.
It’s the story of a man and a woman who meet under a cherry blossom tree. Both have personal problems that end up colliding, while a romance slowly forms.
The story of the two is so sweet and romantic, the film is fun until suddenly it reaches the middle.
’W-WHAT THE HELL!!!’ They are in a room in the female protagonist’s house and have started to engage in relations! My face turns as red as a pepper as the film progresses.
They don’t stop, the woman’s moans spread through the cinema while the man speaks words of love. I look at Setsuna, who just stares at the screen with her natural neutral expression.
’O-My god!! I’m dying of embarrassment. I can’t believe I invited Setsuna to watch this.’ Next time, I’ll try to read more carefully about what the film is about. The synopsis didn’t mention these spicy scenes.
The rest of the film passes like a blur, with many more of those scenes happening as the couple surrenders to love. The film is undeniably a beautiful story, but it’s not something you’d watch with a friend by your side.
When the film ends, Setsuna and I leave the room. Setsuna acts as if nothing happened, while I’m as red as a pepper.
"...S-Setsuna, please let’s eat the burger and not talk about this film..." I say, looking at the ground.
"...Of course, I know it’s not what you expected when you told me about it on the phone, but it was fun. You look cute when you’re embarrassed by something fictional," She only says that, leaving me more embarrassed to know that she observed my reactions.
"..." With that, we follow in silence. At least the friends’ outing was really fun.