Chapter 1: doughnut crisis
Enshirou Akihiko had a secret.
It was nothing ridiculous like he was a supernatural creature of immense power or he was a descendant of an ancient hero that had been born with their heroic characteristics.
No, those things were relatively tame compared to what Akihiko's secret was.
You see... Akihiko had the ability to attract a certain something.
That certain something... was supernatural in nature.
That something... was a dragon.
And not just any dragon either, no. Akihiko had the ability to attract the strongest of all dragons that even the gods themselves would thrown in the towel and run away from were they to cross its path.
It was the dragon of infinity.
It was the strongest creature on the planet.
It was...
"Ophis, please quit with the puppy-eye trick. With those emotionless orbs of yours it just doesn't work."
...current in the form of a little girl that was looking up towards a taller teenage boy that held that which she desired.
That of course being a bag of doughnuts she'd bought with his money.
...What? Didn't you know that dragons like doughnuts?
Well... you do now.
"For the last time Ophis, stop going out and taking my wallet." the teenage boy that possessed light blue hair that fell to his neck and a pair of sapphire coloured eyes looked down towards the being that could easily annihilate him from the face of the earth as easily as swatting a fly with a chagrined expression while holding the bag of doughnuts in one hand while his, empty, wallet in the other.
This was Enshirou Akihiko, meet our hero ladies and gentleman.
"I, want doughnuts." The dragon god that boasted the greatest power in the world said this of the boy while continuing to attempt the face known as the puppy-dog eyes (with very little success).
"Yes, I understand that..." Akihiko replied shortly. "And had it been just 1 or 2 I would have been fine with it... the problem is that the bought all the doughnuts the store had!"
Indeed, while he was able to hold the bag in one hand relatively easily what laid within was around 60 or so of the savoury treats.
To explain why this was a problem let us put some things into perspective.
When one normally bought doughnuts they usually bought only one or two from a bakery store, between the prices of 115-147 yen depending on the type. Ophis had bought sixty, meaning she'd paid between 6900-8820 yen.
But that wasn't the worst part of it. No, the worst thing was that the place she'd bought the doughnuts from was notoriously known for its prices that boarded on extortion; usually at around 400 yen per doughnut.
This meant that Ophis had bought the doughnuts for... 24,000 yen.
I repeat, Ophis had bought 60 doughnuts for 24,000 yen!
(and before anyone asks no, there was literally no difference in quality and taste between that stands doughnuts and store bought doughnuts).
That was the equivalent of £183 or $233.
All on doughnuts!
A British tourist could rent out a cheap apartment for a weekend with that kind of money!
To properly explain why this was such a set-back for the teen let us look at some basic facts:
Akihiko lived alone (technically, not even his landlord knew Ophis lived with him)
His monthly rent was 35,000 yen.
His part time job earned him 780 per hour and he worked between 25 hours a week- it depended on whether the restaurant he worked at needed him or not).
That all came too 78,000 yen a month.
Now then, 78,000- 35,000 came to 43,000.
Half of that went into Akihiko's back account every month (to keep the temptation away from spending it all and also to pay for daily necessities like food and for the gas and electric bills) so 43,000/2= 21,500 for personal use.
In other words...
Ophis had used a little over a months worth of personal use funds in one purchase!
Needless to say, Akihiko was fuming.
"We're going to give those things back!"
"But, I want doughnuts..."
"You can keep 5! We're selling the rest back!"
After a rather strict, nerve-racking negotiation with the stand owner Akihiko managed to gain back a full refund for the doughnuts he'd given back on the condition that they only bought doughnuts from there from now on.
Akihiko released a relieved sigh. "Thank god, now I'm not falling into the red this month."
"Red, Great red..."
"No, I don't mean Great red; put those snakes away!"
All and all it had been a rather average day for the dragon gods mate.
Hope you guys enjoyed that little skit. The idea just came to me so I wrote it down for you all to enjoy.
For those wondering the figures that were mentioned- like the minimum wage and the monthly rent of apartments- were ones that I actually found online and didn't just make up.
If I got something wrong then feel free to message me to help me correct the mistake.
Since this'll only be a pet project I'll only ever update it when I feel like it so, until the next chapter comes, please wait for me :)