Sugar & Spice

Part 2: A kiss from a pocky

"Hold up, I’m not complaining I appreciate it; I’ve just I’ve had some incidents. You know people with ulterior motives; people who just want something from me and bounce whenever they can't crack my candy-coated shell. And before I knew to look out for people like that there were a few people who just sort of I don’t know, saw right through my tough guy act and saw me for the dumb naive scrub that I was. Took what they wanted and then they left," he said to me while poured his heart out. Just who was the person that hurt him.

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"So what I’m trying to say is I’m not trying to run you off. And I’m glad you bother stopping in to see me, we don't get new faces around here and I’ve burned just about every bridge I could around here, so a friend would be real nice," Alphonse said with a smile as he tries to reassure me while I was looking down at the counter.

"That and you know about my secret cam boy side hustle, so if we’re not friends I’d have to smother you and marshmallows and bury you outback and frankly I’m not trying to dig a shallow grave in this heat, me and me manual labour don't get along."

From the minute he said that I couldn't help but let out a small laugh. How is he able to do that? Anything he says is just brightened my mood, chasing away all the negative thoughts and feelings. I lifted my head to look at Al as I offered him a warm smile while he just stood there staring at me.

"Alright, alright, work, stocking shelves, gotta get this done," he said as he finally brought himself back into reality and started to work. I couldn't help but watch him as he put everything away but I noticed this box not far away from me; on the cover was stick biscuits with one end covered in chocolate.

"Hey, Alphonse! What are these?" I asked as I showed him the box, but when he looked at me he had a very surprised expression.

"You don’t know what this is? It’s pocky, it’s like little cookie sticks dipped in chocolate. Lots of flavours and special editions from Japan," he explained to me.

"Oh, I think I've heard about them during my college years but I never got the opportunity to try one."

"Well, then I’ll have to educate you. Alright so here’s a little bit of trivia for you, a while back we had boxes with limited-edition flavours, all inspired by cute anime boys. Then you’d scan a QR code and the boy pops up on your phone and says all sorts of cute things like 'be gentle with me' or 'I’ll take care of you love.' And that was a huge hit! Who would have thought fictional boyfriends to give you warm fuzzy vibes while you munch a tasty treat? Amazing!" he said while explaining the pocky history to me with so much passion. Honestly seeing him like this is giving me some warm fuzzy vibes.

"Alright, so crack open the box and take one out. Makes me think about this little game people play with pocky but I’ll spare you all that."

"Please tell me more about this game," I asked him as the topic took my interest.

"Well, I mean I could tell you about sure, it's called the pocky game. It’s popular among the kid, weebs and cultured individuals such as myself. It’s a flirty little game where you take a stick, place it in your mouth and then a partner comes and you both eat down to the middle and then, woo your lips touch! Cute right?"

I just felt like everything stopped after Alphonse said that. So if anyone played this pocky game, I just might get a kiss? Or better yet; a kiss from Alphonse. I couldn't explain why but I want it.

"What are you making that face for?" He said bringing me back to reality. Was I truly making a face while I was lost in thought? Surely it wouldn't hurt to be honest with him.

"I want to try it out," I said to him with honesty. My response differently shocked him as Al stared at me with wide eyes.

"Oh, you wanna you want to give it a shot, with me? Alright, wow, I didn’t expect you to be so bold. Touché. Well then, if we’re going to do this you should at least give me the crappy end since you first pockey stick ever. Come here," he said as we both gotten ready. Al appears to be very calm but I'm a complete mess inside, we both don't know what to expect.

"Ready?" Alphonse asked me, not being able to find words I just nodded my head. And with that, we both started taking turns on each end of pocky. And as we neared the middle my mind started to race, thinking about the possibility of what could happen if this failed. Then finally we both shared a kiss but sadly I wasn't thinking much of it as my mind was still a mess.

TO BE CONTINUED

(Well the sort of kiss has finally happened, I'm truly sorry if this whole chapter sounds cringe but I'm really am trying my best here😥 Also I wasn't planning on extending the chapter more than it already is but part three will be the last part, don't know if it will be a long one though.)

📢ALPHONES AND SETH DON'T BELONG TO ME! THEY ARE BOTH YUURIVOICE CHARACTERS! SO ALL RIGHTS AND CREDITS GOES TO HIM!📢