He really doesn't know how he ended up here. This is not the nexus' fault. Somehow Nephrite (not Nefukichi-kun!) is working at Crown Karaoke on the half-charity of some crazy human boy who doesn't seem to mind if Nephrite shouts or threatens him or breaks the dishes (again). It's like nothing he could do could make that guy really mad, and it's
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A head peers over the book. "Eh?" One surprised Mizuno Ami stares. How did she end up here?! She reads often when she walks, so it's entirely unlike her to not pay attention enough to end up somewhere she didn't expect...and especially not in a different district! Isn't this--Crown?!
But...this person is... "Excuse me for intruding!" she blurts immediately (even though this is a place of business), bowing in apology for almost running into the new part-timer she doesn't recognize quite yet.
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"Watch where you're going!" he bellows at Ami. He doesn't even take a second look before the words come out. But when he does, the little twitch of his brow changes to some combination of shame, anger, and the confusion of which to feel and why. He stares at her, dumbstruck.
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There's an awkward pause. She should turn and go now, but something keeps her from it. Isn't that...? No. But if it was the nexus, couldn't it be...? No.
"Um..."
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"What do you want?" he asks her with ill grace.
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There's a moment, and she stares blankly. 'I should be going,', but the words don't come and neither does she go.
Is it...maybe? Somewhere in her bag still. But it shouldn't be there. But there's a small, laminated card with a cute black kitty with a crescent moon smiling from a pink background and the words 'year-round pass.'
"This!" she says finally. She offers an awkward smile and a little smile. "Um! It's all right, isn't it?"
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Oh. He's supposed to be handling customers, too, while Motoki's gone. (This is quite possibly the worst business decision in Motoki's personal history so far.)
"It's fine," he says, turning his face away so he doesn't have to look at it - or her. "Year pass, right?"
He's pretty sure that's something new in the past few months. Motoki said something about it, but it seems like only a very few people have them.
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Her hand touches the handle. What if the others are inside?
In the end, there's no one there after all, and Ami comes back up after only a moment or two, holding a tall glass of some blue liquid that's probably soda.
She waits for Nephrite to finish his work, standing properly off to the side.
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"Why aren't you drinking it? Didn't you buy it?"
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She offered it out to him. "If you please."
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He can't make himself say anything in the end, but Nephrite reaches for the bottle.
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But that can wait.
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"Did you do something to whatever's in here?"
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Weird girl, Mercury.
"You shouldn't bother," he tells her, but he takes a swallow anyway- and immediately spits it out, all over the floor. It's not his fault. (It's not hers, either.)
"What is this?!"
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"If you came here for karaoke, aren't you going in one of the rooms?" Why is she---- Crap. Hanging around him means she knows who he is, doesn't it?
Crap. Double crap.
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