𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦

𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 | 1.

The school hallways were filled with laughter and yelling. Kids just doing the kinds of stuff kids do. Gossip, complain, banter, and so on. For Hunter High School, it was just another regular day. Or so they thought.

"Ah, shit! I told them to wake me up." Machi mutters as she stretches and arises from the chair, annoyed that her friends forgot about her. She hears a faint creaking in the locked laboratory room adjacent to the classroom as she starts to leave. She gets curious and walks in the lab, looking around.

"What the?" When she doesn't hear anything, she says, assuming she's surely imagining things before she hears clattering items. As she turns around, she witnesses a metal box moving. She approaches the box, crouching down to examine it more closely, and taps on the metal, which would not budge until the box rattles slightly louder, startling her.

She instantly removes the metal out. She chuckles at what she sees, revealing a cage with only a hamster within. "Hey." The hamster squeaks back and gets closer towards the cage wall. "Hey," she calls once more, clicking her tongue to attract the hamster's attention.

"Come here." As when the hamster squeaks louder and moves, she commands it. "Where are you going?" Machi asks as the hamster wanders to the opposite side of the platform. "Damn it. Won't listen." She remarks, furious at the rodent, as she clicks her tongue.

"Hey." She says repeatedly as the hamster begins screeching and bites her finger, causing her to wince in pain. "What the hell. You bastard." She scowls at the hamster while holding her bloodstained finger. She notices the hamster running around the cage, scratching the glass, and screeching at her, making her frightened. She then notices the door open, which is Kenji.

He pauses and glances at the young girl, who's still gazing at her bleeding finger.

"What are you up to?" Glancing at his hamster inside the cage, he asks Machi. "Nothing. It nipped at me. I'm pissed." As she turns away, she expresses her anger.

"Goodbye."

As she leaves the room, he examines the hamster and the little droplets of blood on the floor. As she walks out the door, Kenji drags her back inside the lab.

He slams the door shut.
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"So the restaurant relocated? How about a grand opening?"

"However, we're not doing one." Gon says as he glances at Zushi, his arm around his shoulder.

"What?" As Gon was about to respond, his phone vibrated, and checks his phone to see whether his aunt had given him a text with the new name she had chose for the restaurant. "Seriously? I told her to change the name." Gon sighs deeply as he speaks of the restaurant's new name.

"What about the previous name?" Zushi inquires, perplexed. "We haven't done it yet. The fryer hasn't even arrived yet." Gon responds as he texts his aunt.

"I mean, don't you think I'd know better than you?"

"My aunt is the worst," Gon says as he receives a text from his aunt criticizing about the restaurant. They both bumped into a person while chatting, causing Gon to drop his phone on the ground.

"Hey!"

"Damn, my phone!" Gon says as he picks up his phone. "You can't run away." Gon is told by one of the females. "Hello, gopher. Let's go get some chicken." Retz says as she hands him her backpack.

"But were not open."

"Sure you are. Your aunt says she's testing out a new recipe today." Zushi hits Gon on the shoulder, enraged that he didn't inform him. "You're going too, right?" She turns to Zushi and asks. "Of course." He replies.