Date A Nia Honjou

Chapter Two - We're Back At It Again, Huh?

"It.. can't be her..right?" Souji mentally asked, his current thought being that Souji guy. "Isn't she..d-ahh!"

Souji's thoughts were interrupted by a long line of people, though so much more inferior in terms of quantity compared to [Honjou-Dou]'s line.

Apparently, he was so immersed in his little..train of thought that he didn't notice they existed.

He quickly bowed and apologized saying, "I'm sorry! I didn't see your there!", recieving a grunt from the person that he bumped into.

"Phew.." He relaxed, looking over to his right, only to be met with a booth next to the previous one he visited. "..what?"

Confused, he rechecked the map and as a result, he saw a completely different circle, owned by a completely different mangaka. It was supposed to be owned by some mangaka that went by the pen name of "TenTen".

On the map, it even had the words "READ MY DATE A LIVE X MALE READER PLSSSS" imprinted on it. but when he looked back up, it was some mysterious booth.

Oh, how he loved a good mystery.

Taking a good look at the board - which was above the desk, held up by two wooden polls - it had the words "Ratatoskr" visibly painted on it.

"Oh. My. God. This is how they'll do it?!" Souji screamed mentally, his red lacy glasses sliding down slightly. (Idk if he has glasses or not, but if he doesn't, then just accept the undeniable fact that he has one)

"That'll be 1000¥." said a red-haired cashier, handing out two copies of their respective manga in exchange of the buyer's money. "Thank you!" She waved them goodbye.

"Now this, I've gotta see." Queuing up, he waited as the people infront of him slowing decreased in numbers.

"Hello! Welcome to [Ratatoskr]!" A blue-haired boy greeted with a smile, albeit later shifting his gaze towards his left, where he laid eyes on the previous booth.

He shouted, "You can't lie to yourself, Nia! You want friends, don't you?!".

"Wait what? Nia?!" Souji thought. "You're alive?!And just what has that Angel done to you?!"

The blue-haired boy then returned his attention to Souji, with the latter going, "I would like one copy, please."

He smiled. "Sure! That'll be 500¥, please!!"

When the boy bended down to reach for a manga copy, Souji noticed that the [Ratatoskr] circle and the [Honjou-Dou] circle had the same amount of books left.

"Are you guys co-workers or..?" Souji asked, with the boy meeting his line of sight again, and with Souji using his index finger to point towards the person - now known as Nia - and the boy, repeatedly switching back towards each of them.

"Uhh.. I'm not sure how to answer that...?" replied the boy, scratching the back of his head with his eyes closed. Typical anime pose.

Souji let out a "huh?" before noticing the irritated look on Nia's face and recalling the Shidou's latest exchange of words with her.

Realizing this, he awkwardly laughed it off and placed his 500¥ on the desk, taking his manga copy from the cashier just after.

Glancing at the cover, he muttered. "Wow. This guy looks hot as fuck."

Shidou blushed a deep crimson colour as he ducked down to hide his visible blush and embarrassment, though his action was all in vain as he saw a snickering Nia.

"Boy X Male Reader?" She chuckled, the lens of her blood-red glasses shining white before it turned back to normal.

Shidou retorted as he tried to stop Nia with a counter of his own.