《 Main Street 》
"That store was...amazing, in a way." ᴅᴇᴜᴄᴇ ꜱᴀɪᴅ.
"Tch. Stingy Deuce..." ɢʀɪᴍ ɢʀᴜᴍʙʟᴇᴅ, ᴀʀᴍꜱ ᴄʀᴏꜱꜱᴇᴅ.
"Who are calling stingy!?"
'Wow...These bags are heavier than I thought.'
"Ah, Azuma. that bag of cans looks pretty heavy." ᴅᴇᴜᴄᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴇꜱ ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ, "I'll carry it, I'm used to carrying heavy stuff."
ɪ ʟᴏᴏᴋᴇᴅ ᴀᴛ ʜɪᴍ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴡɪᴅᴇ ᴇʏᴇꜱ.
'Is this a special cg event???'
"Azuma...?"
"Oh right! Sorry..." ɪ ᴘᴀꜱꜱ ʜɪᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀɢꜱ.
ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀᴡᴋᴡᴀʀᴅ ꜱɪʟᴇɴᴄᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ 3 ᴏꜰ ᴜꜱ ᴀꜱ ᴡᴇ ᴡᴀʟᴋᴇᴅ.
"Deuce? You seem a bit off." ɪ ꜱᴀɪᴅ ᴀꜱ ɪ ɴᴏᴛɪᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ꜱᴇᴇᴍꜱ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴡᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ꜱʟᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴜꜱᴜᴀʟ.
"Wh-What do you mean by that!?"
"You just seem more...how do I say it? Uncomfortable around me. Like you mess up what you're saying and you're more nervous."
"Am I really...!?"
"Yes."
ᴅᴇᴜᴄᴇ ʟᴇᴛꜱ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴀ ꜱɪɢʜ, "I'm not really good with girls so when you told us you are a girl, I just...panic."
"Well, you don't have to."
"Hm?"
"You were the first one to help me out in this school so there's no need to act like that all around me. Besides...I'm younger than you so treat me as any student you see passing by. You can also call me by male pronouns too if you need to feel more comfortable." ɪ ꜱᴀɪᴅ ɪɴ ʀᴇᴀꜱꜱᴜʀᴀɴᴄᴇ.
"Is...Is that okay with you!?"
"Yeah. I don't really mind."
ᴀᴡᴋᴡᴀʀᴅ ꜱɪʟᴇɴᴄᴇ ʏᴇᴛ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ...
"So...You're used to shopping?" ɪ ᴀꜱᴋᴇᴅ ᴛʀʏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴄᴏɴᴠᴇʀꜱᴀᴛɪᴏɴ.
"Yeah. My mother always takes me with her during sales. She buys a lot, so I end up helping her with the bags."
"I'm the only boy in the family, so I'm used to helping with hard labor...Oh, my bad. I keep talking about myself."
"You really care about your mother..."
'I'm actually jealous...'
"No. That's not true at all. I always my mom— OOF!"
"AAAH! The eggs!" ɢʀɪᴍ ᴇxᴄʟᴀɪᴍᴇᴅ.
"Shit...half of the eggs broke. There's egg all over the bag...!" ᴅᴇᴜᴄᴇ Qᴜɪᴄᴋʟʏ ɢɪᴠᴇꜱ ᴍᴇ ᴀɴ ᴀᴘᴏʟᴏɢᴇᴛɪᴄ ɢʟᴀɴᴄᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ʀᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ...?
"Hey you! Watch where you're— Wait a second. You guys are the ones who ruined my carbonara's soft-boiled egg earlier." ᴀ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟɪᴀʀ ꜰᴀᴄᴇ ꜱᴀɪᴅ.
"It's you guys again. Ya can't catch a break, can ya?" ꜱᴄʀᴀᴛᴄʜ ᴛʜᴀᴛ. 2 ꜰᴀᴍɪʟɪᴀʀ ꜰᴀᴄᴇꜱ.
"You were the ones who bumped into me. At lunch, it was like you couldn't eat the egg anymore but you still came to pick a fight. Just now, you broke half of our eggs." ᴅᴇᴜᴄᴇ ꜱᴛᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ꜱᴇʀɪᴏᴜꜱ ᴛᴏɴᴇ ɪɴ ʜɪꜱ ᴠᴏɪᴄᴇ.
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