I'm in a shopping mall that I've never seen before. The sky is cloudy, rare since in the real world It's been hot these past few days. I can't feel the outside air, though i can see the sky through the large rectangular glass roof that spans 3/5 of the ceiling in the building. There are 4 levels in this shopping centre. Strangely though I see many people on each level, all noise is muted, and I can only hear noise coming from the very top floor. I follow my family (which consists of parents and an older brother) around the bend of the 3rd level, and we make our way up to the highest level. Upon reaching, we are greeted by the sight of a furniture sale that has been set up around the rectangular barrier that is present on all floors.
The barrier forms a large empty rectangle, so that one may be able to look all the way down to the first floor from whatever floor they are standing on. All around this empty space there are shops lined neatly against the walls. As there is quite a modest amount of space between the shops and the barrier, it's no surprise that special sales like these would be set up in the empty space.
The furniture sale is quite specific, selling only tables and chairs of different ranges in size and shape. My brother decides that he wants to purchase a table and chair for his room, as he wants a proper table to eat when he brings his food to his room in our house. My parents decide to stay and watch over him to help him out and dish out advice, but what interests me more is the gaming arcade at the opposite far end of the level. I run over past a shop called Haru House (something that actually exists in the real world) promising myself that I would take a look at it later. Upon reaching the arcade, I see a few fun games that I wouldn't mind trying out, but most of the games are already swarmed by teenage boys who are either playing or just watching.
I run back to Haru House. It's a nice shop in my opinion, with pink walls and a wooden floor. It isn't very big, but it gives a feeling of happiness and involuntary girliness upon entering. There are Japanese lolita dresses hanging on racks to the right that stretch up to the ceiling, and glass cases to the left front of the shop that sell earrings and other types of jewellry that bear resemblance to cakes and sweets. Further in on the left there are the same ceiling-high racks, but instead cosplay costumes of all kinds and sizes are on sale, and on the innermost right section of the shop, high socks of different colours and patterns, including shoes and boots of extraordinary proportions, are resting neatly on a victorian style cabinet that is painted a warm white with floral designs creeping all over the head.
I instantly recognise the girl who is working there, for I have talked to her before on my previous visit to the shop (in real life). We talk about a subject that I can't remember, and then I proceed to picking out a Japanese school jacket that is baby pink with a tiny ribbon applique on the left brest. As she writes out the receipt, there is a small awkward silence. For some strange reason, once she hands the receipt to me, I do not take the jacket, but rather leave it back on the rack and exit the store (it's a dream...i had no choice)
I proceed back to the furniture display, where my brother is looking interestedly at a small squarish table with red edgings and metal legs. He seems rather set on buying that table, and my father agrees with the choice. He then turns around to look for a nice chair, and runs his right hand over the smooth-looking surface of a well laquered farmhouse style chair, made of a light brown wood.
The vision slowly blurs and mists up.
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