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Ah! That made sense. Jerichos would like meat and barbecue eyescream. It had been awhile since she'd seen the dragon boil, she wondered how he was. "Have you seen Jericho lately?" Junko untangled herself from Lizzy to check how many seeds she had on her to pay for her eyescream. Oh, good! Enough for three scoops.

The young worker behind the counter gave the two ghouls a strange look. Junko handled it better than she thought she would, the only sign of discomfort over being stared at in such a hideous dress being a faint blush on her cheeks. "Uh...hi. What can I get for you?"

"Three scoops, please! Candy corn, cotton candy, and cookies and cream." Junko ordered cheerfully, offering the boil her seeds while he took down her order.

"And for you?" He looked to the pink-haired ghoul beside her, giving their dresses a not-so-subtle glance. He might have been judging a little bit.

Junko frowned. He still didn't remember anyone? Riley didn't remember anyone either...what could they do? Would they have been better off leaving the two behind? To be alone forever as those..things? Junko wasn't sure which was harder, to let them live forever in whatever form they became or to come back with no memories at all and know that no matter what you did with them the memories you had once shared were gone? "..You can make new memories with him." Junko smiled. "He's trying, right? All we can do is be there for them and help them along."

She reached out and took her eyescream when it was offered to her, waiting for Lizzy to join her before she walked out of the shop with her. She was quiet for now, seemingly just enjoying her frozen treat, but she was thinking. Lizzy was still feeling the pain of her own breakup and how many Octobers had it been? For Junko it had only been a few weeks. Lizzy had shut herself in as well...something that bothered Junko. It had been why she'd broken up with Seiji for the most part, and then she went and did the exact same thing for a few days. Hypocrite. Ugh. "..We blindsided each other." Junko finally admitted quietly. "He was gone for a few weeks. He'd told me he was going to see his parents but he'd be back..but when he told me, he expected I would throw a fit about it. Like, he felt I needed to be held down and restrained to be told he was visiting his parents when really I was totally okay with it, you know?" She made a strange face at that. Had she really blindsided him that much? "It wasn't until after that I realized he'd left around our anniversary, and with Scarentine's being the same day it was kind of a bad day for me..." She would leave out the part where she had vented to Mac after. Lizzy didn't need to hear that, she did feel bad keeping a secret from her best friend but some things were better off just not being said, and after what Mac had told her about their breakup she didn't want to bring him up right now.

"So after some talks with people I...I decided..it was time to end it. In the long run it wouldn't be fair to either of us if we kept going, you know? I wasn't happy. I haven't been happy for a long time I was just really hoping that maybe if I ignored it long enough I'd find new reasons to be happy..." Junko sighed. "And then Seiji..he proposed to me." She frowned. "He asked me to marry him. And that's when it overwhelmed me..I don't articulate well when I'm upset. I told him I couldn't marry him, and he...he was really hurt." She took a huge bite out of her eyescream as if doing so would erase the memory of the hurt and heartbreak on Seiji's face that day. She chewed it, keeping quiet until after she'd managed to swallow the huge bite.

"He made me keep the ring, so I put it and a necklace he gave me into a locked box and fed The Mistress the key." Junko sniffed, and rubbed her eyes for a moment. "He said I blindsided him. He was so angry..I think he hates me now. But he also blindsided me..and what I was doing hurt me too. I told him if I didn't do it I'd begin to resent him like I did my parents, and try to cut him out the same way I am doing to them..I was hoping maybe we could still be friends and stuff, you know? I wasn't breaking up with him because I hate him. I still love him just..not...the same way I used to." She took another huge bite of her eyescream to stifle her body's strong desire to break down into sobs. Nope. Nope. Not going to happen. Nope. Nooooope.

When she was finished she was still quiet, still thinking. "Hmm...let's make a promise." She gave Lizzy a smile. "We'll move on. We'll be happy, healthy, we'll be the way we used to be...before all this..Hunter stuff. Before the Insanity, before the Haunted House. We used to have so much fun, boilfriends or no boilfriends. We'll just..live life and have fun." She gestured to the two of them. "And remember the day we wore hideous dresses out in public and rocked it better than any supermodels ever could."

At the offer to be part of Lizzy's family Junko smiled. That was sweet of her to offer, the sentiment was nice. She didn't realize just yet that the offer was completely genuine. Wait, promise? Eh? She..was serious? Junko blinked and just stared at her best friend as she went on to say she was going to tell her about the break up. But she already knew why...it was because they both still loved each other; Junko could clearly remember everything Mac had told her. She had been miserable because they loved each other..right?

Junko stopped dead in her tracks. He..cheated on her?! With Hel?! That couldn't be true..there was no way. He'd...but Mac..and Hel..she...what? "I loved her - and still do." Had that been a lie? How could that be true? Junko's hand tightened around her cone, the brittle waffle it was made of giving a quiet crack as it threatened to break and crumble. Hel had said Mac was unhappy? But..but he'd..

Had Mac lied to her? No, that couldn't be it. He'd been so genuine. He had had no reason to lie to her. He could have easily said they broke up because he just wasn't feeling it, he had no reason to lie to her. She wanted to be angry, furious, to go to both Mac and Hel and punish them for ever hurting her best friend and being so stupid as to cheat on Lizzy and probably also Mot. What were they thinking?! But when it all came down to it Junko had no right to be angry; it was all in the past, it had all already happened, and her being angry over something that didn't affect her in any way other than it had hurt her best friend wouldn't fix anything. Lizzy, no...you're not worthless..there were so many people who would be hurt if you were taken by the Hunters...

Junko knew exactly how it felt though. She felt like an ugly, worthless, disgusting beast for what she had done to Seiji.

Should she tell Lizzy that Mac still loved her? What he had told Junko? How he felt? Would that help..? "Lizzy.." She began quietly, looking like she had more she wanted to say. I still loved her - and still do. She deserved someone who didn't have to change. "Mac.." It killed me. Her expression fell.

"Doesn't know what he's missing~." She finally said with a soft smile, leaning over to give her best friend a kiss on the cheek. "You're not worthless or disgusting. You're one of the sweetest, kindest, most loving and friendly ghouls I know. I won't let you hate yourself, there's nothing to hate." Junko looked thoughtful after that. Maybe if they hung out sometime? Lizzy and Mac? Would that ease the pain or just make it worse?

..It would probably just make it worse.

"I love you, Lizzy. Now..what were you saying about being part of your family?"

"He got angry when I said I'd hoped we could still be friends somewhere down the line." Junko admitted with a sad smile and a shake of her head. No more of that.

Back to talk of family. This was pleasant. Nice. Safe. "Like..for real?" She didn't sound like she believed what she was hearing. Junko was interested in what she was hearing, yes, but she couldn't believe it. Was that easy? "I'd...yes! But..wouldn't it be up to your mother? She's never even met me." Wouldn't that be awkward? Hello mother you've never met me but I'm your daughter now!

Visit? That could be fun! "..I'd like that." Junko smiled again. Getting away to visit someone would be nice.

"That sounds good. Maybe in a couple weeks? Give her time to prepare for us." Junko reached back to part her hair, dropping what was left of her eyescream into The Mistress' mouth. The mouth ate it happily. "I'm sure she'll be happy to see you too." The ghoul was grinning again. Now she was excited. A family? A real family? She considered many of her friends family, Nuk was her big brother, as was Nahm, and Tomoko was like a little sister to her...but to have an actual family..someone she could call mother..

That sounded really nice.

"Always, ghoul." The Mistress opened Her mouth to accept the treat, cup and spoon and all. She wasn't picky.

Once that was done Junko fixed her hair and took her friend's hand, swinging their hands between the two of them. "Let's~!"