Here's the second chapter and I hope you enjoy it. I do not own Persona 4, Shin Megami, or Atlus.
Chapter 2: A Old/New World Fool
This is my first time that I told someone a story but it's nothing emotional nor moving. To me; my life story is duller than a piece of chalk and less interesting than watching someone's nail polish dry. In this town, Inaba, people only know of me as a city boy whose dad manages a popular shopping center, Junes. It's great to have your dad managing a store because of the discounts but it's difficult when the employers pester you all day. Just because I'm the manager's son doesn't mean that I can get you out of the graveyard shift or wax the floors.
When I first entered this town, I both had fears and dreams of starting a new life. Dreams of becoming popular and scoring chicks, that's what I wanted to come true. Sadly enough though, my fears were fulfilled; many stores went out of buisness and because of it many of the townspeople resented Junes and myself. That was a huge burden on my shoulders and it got heavier and heavier. When you think about it, I became popular in this town but this kind of publicity I'm getting is not the one I dreamt of.
Then one day, when I was restocking the shelves, I met a female employer and my first friend. She was a senior from the school I attend. Her name was, Saki Konishi, a beautiful woman with curly blonde hair and a lovely smile. As I returned to stock the shelves, I heard a giggle from beside me and she was still standing there.
"Detergent soap goes into the cleaning supplies, not the cereal isle." She responded in a kind tone.
"Oh," I said and quickly took the bottle away from the shelf.
"Hey, you're the manager's son aren't you?" She asked in a curious tone. "I'm Saki Konishi and it was my turn to do the shelves.
"Nice to meet you," I said in a dull tone, " Names Yosuke Hanamura and I'm the person whose doing your job."
Another giggle escaped from her and I felt relieved to hear a kindred laugh from someone. A warm smile formed on Saki's lips and she began to stock the shelves. I continued to work with her and glanced at her for a few times. The first word that popped in my head was, 'She's pretty.' and 'I don't think she'll ever date me.'
Then I wondered, 'Is she being nice because I'm the manager's son?'
After an hour or so, Saki and me were done stocking the shelves and we took our break. Outside of the store, the two of us sat together at a table, drinking cups of water downed soda, and listening to the Junes jingle a thousand times. Then out of the blue, Saki started up a conversation.
"Hey, do you mind if I call you Hana-chan?" She asked with her tradmark smile, man how much I like her smile.
"S-sure." I said and I started to tense up.
"So Hana-chan, how do feel about Inaba?"
I didn't know what to say after hearing that question, deep down, I really wanted say that I hated this town and it's boring and run downed. But since this is my first time to ever start a conversation with someone and with a girl I might add, I lied.
"It's great!" I said with a cheap smile. "Better than living in a busy city."
Saki titled her head, "Really? Hm, when I think about it, the city must be loud with all those cars and arcades."
"It's not that loud," I added. "If you got certain areas of the city, it's really roma- I mean beautiful at night."
"Beautiful huh? She repeated, "I would love to live in the city and watch the lights on a ferris wheel with my sweetheart everyday. That's my life long dream."
After listening to her dream, I regreted the fact that I acted rude to Saki. Before I could apologize, Saki stood up from her seat and smiled warmly.
"Break time is over, let's get back to work, partner." She said with a smile.
As I placed my hand onto hers, the weight on my shoulders was gone and I was relieved. This was a new beginning for me in Inaba and I couldn't wait to work and see Saki's smile again.
Well that's all, I know it's short but it'll get longer I promise.
