The Empathetic Eraserhead

Chapter 12

After the trio got done with the office store, they walked down the street a ways to the grocery store.

"So Eri, what do you want for dinner," Yuki asked the sweet girl as she got the backpack, full of all the supplies Eri would need, plus more.

"I'm not sure," she replied as she looked up at Yuki.

"What sounds good, there's Mexican, Italian, traditional Japanese, and I know a little of traditional American Southern recipes," Yuki started to list off what she can cook, but with the Southern foods, she could just go online and look up the recipes, hopefully it'll be good.

"Tacos sound good," Eri thought of the possible choses, she honestly couldn't decide, but tacos sounded good to the young girl.

"Okay," Yuki said as she mentily made a list. "That's easy enough, do you want refried beans and rice," she asked as they entered the local grocery store.

"Eww, no thank you," Eri said as she made a face at the thought of the nasty beans and rice, making the two laugh.

"A girl after my heart," Yuki said, agreeing with her. Yuki didn't have many foods she didn't like but refried beans were definitely on the top of the list.

"You don't like them either," Eri asked, surprised a bit.

"Yeah, last time I had them, they were not prepared properly and I got sick," Yuki said as she remembered the last time she had the beans, which was a few years ago.

"That sucks," Shouta said as he stifled a laugh.

"It's not funny," Yuki pouted a bit at his laugh, blushing a bit. "I was sick for the whole day," she informed him.

"Okay, okay," he said holding his hands up in defence, smiling at the woman.

"Do you want corn, onion, or tomatoes," Yuki asked Eri as she got a basket. "And do you want hard shell tacos or soft shells?"

"I like all of them," she said nodding, "Can we get the hard shells," she asked as she looked at Yuki.

"Sure, that wouldn't be a problem, oh Sho, did you want some too," she asked him, almost forgetting he was with them.

"Sure, dinner with two pretty girls sounds great," he said as he smiled at the two girls, making Yuki blush at the words 'date' and 'pretty.' As they shopped for the tacos, Yuki tried not to overthink what Shouta said, and tried to remember if she had enough space for three people in her almost empty dorm.

"What's the matter Yuki," Shouta asked as he looked at her, he had asked her a previous question but she was so lost in thought.

"Oh," she giggled, "Yea I was trying to remember if I have enough chairs for three people," she said as she spaced out a bit more.

"If that's the problem, we can have dinner in my dorm," he offered, remembering that Yuki just moved in just a few days ago. "Or I could bring a few spare chairs to yours?"

"Sure, that should work," Yuki thought as he put some meat into the basket.

"What else did we need, we got the meat, shells, taco seasoning, taco sauce, and the produce," Shouta asked Yuki, his previous question he had asked her.

"I don't have any drinks other than water, so maybe some juice or some soda," she said as she remembered the bear fridge in her dorm.

"Ok, lets go," he said as he took the heavy looking basket.

"What aisle is it down," Yuki asked as he led them.

"Can we get apple juice," Eri asked Yuki, or Shouta, whomever was listening to her.

"Sure sweetie," Yuki said sweetly as she looked at her, smiling.

"Yay! Can we get some, what was it, some coke as well," she asked, almost forgetting the name of the soda.

"Sure," Shouta said as he offered her his big right hand, while Yuki offered her her petite left hand, so all of them are in a line. They swung her a bit as they walked toward the drink aisle, a content little family, or so it had seemed to the other customers who didn't know any better.