You're fried (*fired)
Denki’s brain is already fried after a long day.
All he wants is some fried chicken, and not to become twice-fried by the guy working at the fast food restaurant.
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The guy in front of Kyouka isn’t responding.
To be slightly more precise, he’s lagging.
”Oi, can you move it!” screams the staff member handling the queue - the one with the explosive hair and the explosive voice. “The snake behind you is growing.”
Kyouka looks behind her. He’s right - the queue is getting longer by the second, impatient feet tapping, impatient stomachs growling.
”Do you need help?” Kyouka tries. “I can help you if you’re not familiar with the ordering machine.”
The guy doesn’t seem to hear her. Seems like his processor really has crashed.
He stays like this for the next two minutes, unmoving, silly expression on face and silly finger in air. Kyouka really wants to laugh, but the tension in the air is growing and -
“FUCK OFF ALREADY!!!” Explosive Store Worker loses it, exploding at Lagging Brain-Fried Guy.
Commotion erupts as the poor silly guy falls onto the cold hard ground; as he does, he seems to regain his senses somewhat, wincing in pain. Another staff member - the white-haired one that was multitasking really hard (handling both the fire for frying chicken and the ice for soft drinks at the same time), comes to control his co-worker.
Poor Silly Guy runs away from the scene, looking traumatised. Kyouka hurries up with her order at the self-serving kiosk and quickly gets out of the restaurant, too.
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It takes Kyouka five minutes to find him, sitting sadly on a bench at the park beside the mall.
”Are you alright?” Kyouka tries to speak in her most compassionate voice as she plops herself down on the empty seating space beside him. There’s a bit of extra space in between them, so there she places the box of chicken and fries, plus two paper cups filled with Cool-Aid and ice, fitting the space perfectly.
Poor Guy (now no longer silly) stares at her, looking confused and a little sad. “Huh?” is all he says, eloquently.
”I was the person right behind you in the queue. That worker guy shouldn’t have done that to you, no matter how slow you were.” Kyouka picks up a French fry, handing it to him. “No worries, he's been fired already.”
A slight pause, a series of three confused blinks, a chewing of French fry later, another “Huh?” is all that comes out of his mouth.
“Yeah, in fact he was fired twice. First by his co-worker, the cool multitasking fire dude, who had to restrain him with actual fire. Then by his manager, who fired him from the job.” Kyouka hands him the box. “Here. You can have the whole box.”
”Oh,” Poor Guy responds quietly as he chews on some fries, seeming to get it by now. “Thank you.” A slight pause. “Wait, why am I eating your food?! And who are you?!”
(Because first I felt extremely bad for you and wanted to lend you a listening ear, and then I realised how extremely cute you are when you are being silly, and now I realise how extremely cute you are even when you’re not being silly, is what Kyouka wants to say, but -)
”Because I thought maybe you’d like to enjoy some fried chicken and fries, after a long and tiring day like this.” Kyouka smiles. “And I am your new friend, your new fried chicken buddy.”
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*me talking to the empty laboratory I work at as if to a grand audience at a panel*
"don't get me wrong, todobakudeku is a good ship but I just feel momojirou jiroukami better represents a more average poly experience while letting jirou both go after the smart dumbass and the dumb smartass at once so I feel-"
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