The Origin of Botan

Chapter 5: Friends!

Parkerring: Friendo!

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Botan and Asko leave the Vaatteet clothing store with a cloth bag for girls' clothes.

"Wow! It's been a long time since I was last looking at and touching baby girl stuff!"

Asko said as he grabbed a pair of panties and smelled it.

"Damn! Vaatteet's clothes are the best!"

Suddenly, Botan stopped, which also made Asko stop. That was also the moment Asko realized that he shouldn't have smelled the panties he bought for Botan.

"Ummm, Botan, I...am sorry for that...hehe..."

Asko smiled embarrassedly and slowly turned his head to look at Botan with a look on the face that was ready to be slapped by her. But when he was completely looking at Botan, she wasn't looking at him but was looking at kids playing ball together in a playground. There were a total of four kids, three boys and one girl.

"Botan..."

Asko said as he put his hand on Botan's shoulder, which startled Botan.

"Y-Yes?!"

"If you want to join the fun with them, then join."

"But...will they let me join them?"

"You have to try it to find out!"

Hearing words of encouragement from Asko, Botan looked at the four children and gulped. She took a deep breath and exhaled, then she took off her hoodie, revealing her white lion demi-human appearance, and gathered up the courage to approach the children.

"Go! Botan, go!"

Asko cheered. Botan then also successfully approached the children. The children continued to play ball as if unaware of her presence.

"Ummm, guys...?"

Hearing Botan, the four children stopped playing with each other and all at once turned to look at her. Being looked at by many people, Botan felt scared and shy.

"Ummm...you...can I...can I play ball...with...?"

Botan said broodingly. Hearing that, the children looked at each other for a while and then turned to look at Botan. Suddenly, the only girl among the children came forward and threw a ball at Botan. Reflexively, Botan used her arms to block the ball, causing her to fall.

"HEY!"

Asko yelled as he ran over and helped Botan up.

"Ragne! What are you doing?!?!"

"I was just passing the ball to her! If she can't even catch a ball then how can we let her play with us?"

Hearing that, Botan's pride of a lioness rose, she immediately picked up the ball and threw it at Ragne. Ragne easily caught the ball.

"Ragne, your name?"

Botan asked with a serious look.

"Umm, yes?"

"Now, pass me the ball as strong as you can."

"Umm... Ok?"

Ragne replied in confusion. She then threw the ball hard at Botan, Botan quickly used his hand to catch the ball but Ragne's throwing force was too strong for Botan to catch the ball and it hit her causing her to fall.

"Ow!"

Botan cried out in pain. Seeing that, everyone laughed at her, Asko also chuckled. Seeing Asko chuckle as well, Botan's tears started rolling down her cheeks. She immediately got up and ran away but was grabbed by Asko's hand, which took her by surprise.