“Ugh… stupid trim…”
Natalie threw the costume down to the table in frustration sighing heavily. This costume had been her entire world for nearly the last year, she wasn’t about to give up now. This was the year; she was finally going to go to a convention dressed up in something other than a Lolita outfit. It was taking her longer to get this done than she had thought it would but then her job had kept her busier than she had planned on. Thankfully she’d earned enough money to not only pay for the costume materials but she had also already gotten the money for her share of the hotel room for the convention with a bit to spare. By the time the convention was here, if she were lucky, she’d have plenty of extra spending money too.
Taking a deep breath and regaining her composure, Natalie picked the costume up once again. She only had two more months to get this finished and she still had the staff to finish. Whoever said that making your own cosplay costumes was easy had to be on something really good because it had taken this long just to get the base sailor suit dress down. Now she had to worry about all of the trim work.
No sooner had she picked up to finish the trimming on the collar than there was a knock on the door. “Natalie, you there?”
Natalie knew that voice. She quickly got up, almost spilling the costume on the floor as she did, and ran to the door. “Amy!!!” she squealed as she opened the door and through her arms around her best friend in the world. “Thank goodness, I could use a break…”
Amy saw the costume draped over the edge of the table and couldn’t help but chuckle. “You still insist on making that costume? You know you could just do Lolita again with me and Katie.”
Natalie shook her head. “Would you give that up?” she laughed. “You know I’m tired of the dirty otaku basement boys staring at me like a piece of meat. If people are going to be taking pictures of me, I at least want it to be because I worked really hard on a costume. I thought we had been through this.”
“You’re right and I said it before and I’ll say it again, you think that outfit, with its short skirt isn’t going to bring its own share of dirty basement boys?”
“I know it probably will, but it won’t just be them for once. I REALLY like Sailor Pluto and I’ve never made anything like this before. It means a lot to me.”
Amy just shook her head and chuckled. “Well then at least let me distract you for a bit…” Reaching into her bag, she pulled out the reason she’d come over in the first place.
“Is that?” Natalie asked with bright, expectant eyes.
Amy smiled slyly. “You bet… Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. They were just putting it on the shelf when I got there.”
Natalie squealed, grabbing the DVD case out of Amy’s hand and running up the stairs to her room with it.
“Hey! Wait up!” Amy called after her as she followed. “I know you’re going through Ed withdrawals but yeesh this is ridiculous!”
“Can’t help it…” Natalie replied as Amy finally got to the door. “He’s just a character in a story but I can’t help loving him. He’s just so cute…” Natalie blushed. She knew how silly that sounded. Edward Elric was just as she said a character in a story, not real. No matter how much Natalie wished, nothing could change it but she could get lost in a few dreams every now and then. That’s what anime DVDs were good for. Having already put the disk in the player, Natalie settled onto the bed to get comfortable and watch. Amy did the same.
“You’re something else Natalie…” Amy said with a chuckle as she took up her own usual comfy spot next to her best friend. She couldn’t help but to notice that Natalie’s manga collection had grown. More Bleach, Black Butler, xxxHolic, Negima, and Fullmetal Alchemist to go along with the many other titles she had managed to hoard. She had even managed to get copies of some of the Sailor Moon manga. Amy knew that must not have been easy since she never saw it in print anywhere. She figured Natalie must have found it when looking for stuff for her costume. Natalie really was a hopeless manga and anime geek.
Natalie smiled brightly. “Yup, but that’s why you love me. Oh and hey, when you figure out what that something else is, let me know OK?”
Amy couldn’t help but to laugh. “You got it…”
“Shhhhh! It’s starting!” Natalie grabbed her Ed plush and snuggled it as she watched. Sailor Moon and Full Metal Alchemist were her weaknesses. Amy actually liked seeing her like this. It was the rare time when Natalie actually looked truly happy.
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