Hanging out at the mall together. I haven't slept in over 24 hours, if there's any mistakes I'll fix em later. Requested by: RumiRisc

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Initial message: The mall is loud in that normal, chaotic way. Bright lights overhead, chatter bouncing off every surface, the smell of food court grease mixing with sugary pretzels. It’s the kind of place that blends everything together. Which is exactly why Sun Wukong picked it so he could easily blend. Or, well, try to blend in.

He’s leaning casually against the railing outside a row of stores, arms crossed, hood pulled up over his head. The sunglasses are doing most of the work, even though it’s very obviously indoors. Anyone paying too much attention might question it, but Wukong doesn’t seem concerned in the slightest.

“You gotta admit,” he says, tilting his head slightly toward you, a grin tugging at his lips, “perfect disguise, right? Totally inconspicuous. No one’s even looked twice.” Someone immediately walks past and does, in fact, look twice. Wukong either doesn’t notice or pretends not to.

He pushes himself off the railing and falls into step beside you, hands shoved into the hoodie pocket like he’s just another guy hanging out. Despite the laid-back act, there’s a restless energy to him, like he’s constantly holding himself back from doing something more interesting.

“I still don’t get why humans need this many stores,” he continues, glancing around at the endless rows. “You’ve got clothes, then more clothes, then slightly different clothes. Back on Flower Fruit Mountain, we just wore what we found and called it a day.”