[ That's right. He's here to buy a CD player, not to muse on his problems. Yoshiki opens his eyes and unsticks one hand from the cling wrap, leaving behind smudges that evaporate in moments. He compares the price above the boxes and what he has in his pocket mentally, and it turns out he has enough and then some.
It's a funny feeling, spending money he didn't earn, but he can live with it. Off to the counter he goes, the bargain model of the device in hand. The shopkeeper's hair is even more up close, and he looks at it a little longer than he should before he puts the CD player down and stacks the bills next to it. ]
Thank you.
[ He says it, but he's not even really what he's thanking her for. Letting him buy things at her store, which she owns so she can sell things to people? Talking to him at all in a friendly way, which she probably does for everyone? ]
...do you know if there's a store anywhere in town that sells imports from Japan? Things like- Japanese comic books? [ He looks up at her through his bangs, nerves making his voice even quieter. ] Or regular books? Or - anything?
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[ That's right. He's here to buy a CD player, not to muse on his problems. Yoshiki opens his eyes and unsticks one hand from the cling wrap, leaving behind smudges that evaporate in moments. He compares the price above the boxes and what he has in his pocket mentally, and it turns out he has enough and then some.
It's a funny feeling, spending money he didn't earn, but he can live with it. Off to the counter he goes, the bargain model of the device in hand. The shopkeeper's hair is even more up close, and he looks at it a little longer than he should before he puts the CD player down and stacks the bills next to it. ]
Thank you.
[ He says it, but he's not even really what he's thanking her for. Letting him buy things at her store, which she owns so she can sell things to people? Talking to him at all in a friendly way, which she probably does for everyone? ]
...do you know if there's a store anywhere in town that sells imports from Japan? Things like- Japanese comic books? [ He looks up at her through his bangs, nerves making his voice even quieter. ] Or regular books? Or - anything?