In a Hurry
"Hello, miss. What would you like?" the clerk asked. A blond girl looked at the many different kinds of hamburgers from the menu with enthusiasm.
"A small rye bread hamburger, one small coke with ice and small french fries, please."
The cash register pushed out the receipt, and the clerk handed out a plastic card-like thing which had the number 27 printed on it.
"Here's your waiting number, please put it somewhere visible on your table. We currently have many customers, so you may have to wait a few minutes. The waiter brings your meal directly to the table."
The blond-haired girl took the card-like thing and headed towards an empty table.
When she was just about to sit, she noticed somebody waved at her from one of the tables.
A familiar looking brown haired girl was sitting in a nearby table and grinning merrily.
Cometositwithme,shegestured with her mouth.
Mugi picked up her bag and the plastic card and headed to the other table.
"Hi!" Jun Suzuki greeted. "Nice to see some familiar faces 'round here."
"Oh, yes, indeed it is. I was shopping for cookie ingredients, but then I got so hungry when I browsed through the shelves.. Such a nice aroma was floating in there.. So then I decided to go and take a break. What brings you here, if I may ask?"
Jun snorted. "I was shopping for christmas presents, but couldn't find anything nice. Everything's so expensive, especially under the christmas time. My wallet is howling, it's so empty."
"Oh, my. Can I help you in any way?"
"If you want to. I was trying to find some presents for Ui and Azusa. Nothing seems to fit them well enough. Beats me.."
"Well, we could go look for something together. Four eyes sees better than two, don't you agree?" Mugi smiled at the suprised look Jun gave her.
"Let's go, then. No time to dawdle, eh? Christmas Eve's nibbling my heels! Drives me crazy! Duh!"
"Oh, behave", said Mugi and both of the girls laughed at her Austin Powers impression.
"How about this? It just screams 'Azusa!', doesn't it?"
"I don't know.. It's a bit too expensive for my wallet." Jun frowned.
"Oh, I can help you! With money, I mean."
"Nononono! I can't possibly accept money!"
Mugi looked angry and pushed the paper money to Jun's hands. "No complaints!"
"B-but.."
"It's Azusa-chan and Ui-chan we're talking about now! Presents! Christmas! Don't you dare to say no."
"All right.. If you insist. But this does make me feel uneasy." Jun let out a long puff of air. "Let's go and get something for Ui, too."
"What shall we find, la la.." Mugi hummed merrily and Jun grinned at her peaceful expression.
