✔️ Body and Mind 3

Hand or No Hand

-Well Bella, if everything goes well today, next time we go to a vet it won't be in a taxi.

Yuzuru scratched Bellatrix on her head while she was chilling on her little cat tower and a moment later he was locking the apartment door, aiming for the bus stop. Hoping it would be the last time he would need to take this route. He felt absolutely ready and confident but also knew that often when he felt like that before a competition, he tended to mess up.

Two hours later, he was passing by a car dealership with his license card - that he paid unholy money for to get expedited - in his pocket. He stopped in his tracks and before his brain could scream at his legs to stop and think, he was walking towards the entrance. Too gleeful and excited to realize that he knows absolutely nothing about cars.

So it was no surprise when the salesman approached him and asked what kind of car Yuzuru would like, that he just stared at him blankly. And that he kept the same confused stare when he was asked what kind of budget he has. Or any other requirements that would help him to narrow the options down.

Only at that moment, Yuzuru began to wonder why on earth did he just do that. Because as much as he knew a lot about figure skating and headphones and Stochastic processes that Anya had her lecture on, he knew nothing at all about cars, silently cursing at his own impatience.

On the other hand, he couldn't just simply turn on his heel and leave, because being impolite was not his thing. So he just nervously scratched the side of his face and gave the salesman an anxious smile.

-Um....nothing too flashy.

Confusion crossed the guy's face, obviously torn between if it's the most difficult or the easiest requirement he ever received.
But he collected himself pretty quickly and just asked Yuzuru to follow him, showing him a row of silver and black cars.

For a moment, Yuzuru felt relieved, thinking that all look normal and acceptable but then he also realized that every single one of them is completely different and he had no idea what brand or specifics he should want. His goal for the past weeks was only to get the license and now when they let him take the exam even earlier he suddenly realized he didn't think past that point.
He just wanted a car. Four wheels.

-Um....which one is the safest one?

-That would be Volvo, sir.

Great. He would just get a Volvo and that's it. The guy began to walk and Yuzuru quickly followed him until they stopped in front of another row of cars. All twenty of them having the Volvo logo on their front.
Yuzuru tried not to let the pain of that sight reach his face, but the more he looked the more desperate he was because he didn't expect to be there so many models. Why did he have to choose such a large store?
As it seemed, he did fail to cover his discomfort and the guy hurried with more questions.

-Wife and kids that should be taken into consideration?

Yuzuru shook his head and kept staring at the cars, trying to come up with some smart-sounding question he could ask. Something about horses?

-And how about the budget, sir? It would really narrow things down for us.

-No budget.

He said before he realized it was possibly the dumbest thing he could have said because now for sure the guy will just sell him the most expensive car they had. But it was too late to back off and the broad smile that spread across the salesman's face only reassured him of that.

-Well, then....in that case, I would personally recommend.....

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Yuzuru got home just to find Bellatrix in the same spot, her questioning look almost making him believe she did understand him when he was leaving, asking now if he passed the test.