with friends like this...

Kohara's entire fur was standing on end. It wasn't due to fear, however, but due to sheer excitement.

Finally, finally! The Toy Fair was in town! Xe was going to get one of each! No, two of each!

Chloe held their fidgety hands in hers, and sighed.

"You know, when you texted me that you had an 'absolutely urgent emergency that needs help ASAP', I truly thought that maybe you finally planned on confessing to Miyeon, not… this." She finished.

Kohara still visibly shook in place. Xe turned excitable shiny eyes to their friend and tilted their head.

"What do you mean, Chloe?"

She stared at them, and released one of their hands and gestured to the area around them.

Kohara glanced around, eyes gliding over the hundreds of plushies on display, along with the dozens upon dozens of spools of cloth, sewing kits, sewing machines, and the tons of banners promising the softest toys, the sexiest toys, the cutest toys, the fastest learning course to making your own plush, and a weirdly out of place stall that called itself Daddy's Delicious Pizzas, that had an image of a cheesy pepperoni pizza wearing a thong with neon red lights behind it.

Finding nothing weird beside the sexy pizzaria, they turned to her once again, a little confused still at her previous statement, but shrugged it off. Their quick once over had brought to their attention several cute plushies that xe desperately needed to buy.

"Let's go, let's go!" Xe said, before Chloe could complain, "If I get out-bought on a plushie because you couldn't walk fast in those heels I will make it your problem."

She scowled, "I'll have you know I can outrun anyone in these!"

"Good." Xe nodded, "I hope you can fight too." 

At that, Chloe paused in her steps, causing Kohara to stumble, and turn to her, already planning on berating her. There's no time for pauses today!!!

"Kohara." She said, very seriously, "Why would I need to fight today." And then she started rambling, "Oh Murmer below, did one of your suppliers threaten you?! Did you bring me as backup?! What were you thinking!"

Kohara tugged on her hand, prompting her to start walking once more, "No such thing! But there's a limited edition Dan toy being sold today at 3pm that I need, but that's also the time when this one other stall will be giving out spots for their personalized body pillow line and I also need one of those for, um, personal reasons-"

"You want a body pillow that looks like Miyeon don't you."

"-AND there are many more sales happening!!! And I'm just one little guy! So I need your help!" They begged.

"I have a few conditions." The glee in her eyes sent a chill down Kohara's back. Maybe asking Quince would've been better…

"Okay, spill."

"One: I will be the one going to the body pillow shop and placing an order for your Miyeon pillow-"

"Absolutely not."

"-And I know you have pose sketches and her measurements so you'll give those to me. Two: on top of that, you'll give me a discount on your shop-"

"You already have a friend discount!"

"-And three: You will also be buying some plushies for me while I stand in line."

Kohara stared at her. Chloe looked unshakable in her stance, and each second spent not in line was a second that xe was wasting and getting off schedule.

They fidgeted in place, hooves click-clacking on the pavement. It took no longer than twenty seconds until xe relented.

"Fine! Whatever! Just know that if I don't get that body pillow I'll fill all your moisturizer tubs with toothpaste."

"You wouldn't dare."

"Just try me."

With that, Kohara pulled the handful of sketches they had made of ideas for the Miyeon body pillow and thrusted them into Chloe's direction, a dark flush making itself known on their cheeks.

She gleefully took them, but before they could separate, Kohara pulled her into a tight hug.

"Thank you," Xe mumbled into the hug. Chloe relaxed and hugged back. Kohara let go of her and threw her a glare, "Do not judge me for those." They added, pointing at the papers in her hands, and before she could say anything else, they ran in a different direction.

Xe had already lost too much time! There were fabric, plushies and toy sales happening and Kohara needed to get to them all!

—

At the end of the day, Kohara met with Chloe once again, and she was glowing.

Immediately, Kohara became suspicious. Xe knew their friend, and the small smirk accompanied by the glint in her eye was telling that she was up to something.

No matter how much poking and prodding, they didn't manage to learn what exactly she had done.

Chloe just gave xyr a receipt for the body pillow commission, along with a few bags of goodies that they had asked for, and happily gave them a kiss on the cheek, and a wave goodbye, before skipping down the street back to her home.

Kohara squinted at her back, but it had been an especially long day of haggling and purchasing, that both drained xyr wallet and energy storage and filled their heart with joy.

Nothing like some shopping therapy!

—

It took Kohara exactly three hours to rearrange their nest of a bed and shelves with all the new toys, plushies and supplies they had acquired.

It took a week until the body pillow arrived.

When xe answered the door, it was to a small bun holding, weirdly enough, two packages of what they assumed was the body pillow.

They didn't think too much into it, just assuming Chloe had decided to give them another one as a gift. Xe made a mental note to get the fancy make-up set she had been sighing about, and set to opening the packages in the living room.

Miyeon quietly came over once she heard the shuffling of packaging being ripped apart, excited to know what Kohara had gotten.

Not noticing the audience behind xyr, Kohara opened the packaging without an ounce of care.

Indeed, the body pillow was everything Kohara dreamed of. Too much even.

It was Miyeon alright. Half naked, with teary eyes and a pout on her lips. Tiny lilac panties covering her, and an arm thrown over her chest, covering her nipples.

"Perfect." Xe mumbled.

"Is that me?" The voice startled them so terribly, that the body pillow was thrown to the side, landing on the other design, this one had Chloe's finger all over it. It was also Miyeon, but in a different pose, resting on her stomach, her (perfect, juicy, beautiful, in Kohara's humble opinion) butt facing them with Kohara's name as a tramp stamp. Her face was turned sideways and she had a shy smile and a blush.

Face blanching, they turned to look behind xyr. There, standing in all her sleepy glory, was Miyeon.

"Oh, it is me! I look so cute! Too bad the tattoo is wrong! My dream tattoo is butterflies!" She didn't seem to realize what Kohara owning an explicit image of her to sleep with meant, and not for the first time, xe was thankful for how dumb Miyeon could be.

"What's the other package though? It has my name on it." And before Kohara could react, Miyeon already had her hands on it, and opened it.

Out of the package, another body pillow came, but with Kohara on it. Much in the same manner as Miyeon's image, it was very graphic. Even more so!

Miyeon turned, holding Kohara's very much fully naked image (and how the fuck does Chloe even know what their dick looks like–) and sent a smile their way.

" 'Hara, look! We're a matching pair!"

Kohara was definitely putting toothpaste in Chloe's moisturizer. 

(…And they were also getting her fancy make-up and creams and whatever else she wanted.)