/jp/ - Otaku Culture

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"Wow, I thought love at first sight was a total legend, but I guess it's true huh?" Kogasa said, looking from over my shoulder.

I turned my head mechanically to face the red and blue eyes. "Pardon?" I asked.

"Eh? You can't tell? You're seriously blushing right now!" She exclaimed.

Slowly, I took off one of my gloves and put a hand on my cheek. It was, in fact, warmer then normal, but it could be the biting cold. Crap, did I seriously just go ga-ga for some random man I met of the street? This sort of thing has never happened before, no, calm down, it's likely just a misunderstanding. After all, I expected villagers to act totally inhospitable toward me so I was just caught a little off-guard by the kindness is all.

"I guess it would make sense that a business-minded Yamawaro is attracted to someone like Fuyuichirou-san, after all, he keeps his business afloat by somehow selling out-of-season goods. There's a lot of gossip on whether he has connections, or a secret recipe, or a new way of preserving ingredients..." Kogasa went on.

Ah, that was a delicious mystery after all. I hadn't really been all that interested in food stuffs asides from cucumbers for exactly those issues, if he had some way of solving it...

"See! Your brains already filled with thoughts about him!" Kogasa said, poking my cheek.

I swatted her hand away. "I'm interested in the logistics is all!"

This did not deter her smug look. "Well, I'm satisfied you're more then a soul-less goon at Yukari's fingertips. Someone like that wouldn't stop for a downed child or become love struck after all. feel free to give me a call when you've got work for me or if you want love advice!" She said with a flourish as she dashed out of the alleyway.

I got the applicant, but somehow this didn't feel like a win.

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Next chapter is vent-crawling, employee abuse, and maybe healing, who knows?