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The shopping experience for Kazuyoshi had been reminiscent of the ones he used to take with his now estranged social circle. That is to say he spent the majority of his time there lifelessly staring at his phone, looking at old text messages while waiting for the digital clock to slowly tick up towards the next hour. The main difference, of course, was that each passing minute usually brought a new brick to the roads of conversation for the popular punk but this has since reached a dead end since his summertime faux pas. It felt odd to not be suffering from sensory overload via SMS smalltalk, even after months of experiencing effective isolation in a hospital ward. Taking its place were now the mundane yet sincere conversations of three men buying cat litter and their late afternoon itinerary, of which he had not thought about until asked just then and there. Though, Kazu did beam in delight at the question Noriaki posed. 

Yes, he did indeed love chicken.

However, his companion's choice of convenience store did flare up the signature snark that Noriaki should come to expect. [color=#2c669b]"Bro I really don't wanna say it because I respect you, yeah? But the best konbini chicken? Definitely Lawson's, for sure."[/color] he would state, ripping off the paper cover from the greasy chicken filet he had just bought. Though he had just protested against it, one wouldn't be able to tell based on the vigour that Kazu had just started chewing with. Within a few bites, the deepfried delicacy had been decisively devoured. At the suggestion of Noriaki, he had also made a second transaction for a second piece of chicken along with curry bread but also with a neon green energy drink that definitely looked like something Kazuyoshi would enjoy unironically. 

[color=#2c669b]"I'll humour you but I'm telling ya this: Lawson's all day, all the way. Back me up here Daigo, you're the good food dude."[/color] He had turned to Daigo with a glare patiently awaiting for approval. Surely, he knew his fried chicken.