I don't own Dramatical Murder. It is owned by Nirtro + CHiRAL.
Before Aoba could fully press start to begin this thing and get it over with, the voice spoke again.
"Remember, Aoba, that the choices you make will affect the future, so think wisely on what you pick."
That message seemed a bit cryptic, but he figured that since this was being shown to them like it was a game, then there was probably going to be some choices to be made. Of course he was going to be careful with what he chose. If this was really about the future, he didn't want to ruin it.
The scene starts with a phone ringing. Aoba is seen leaning back in his chair as he answered the phone.
"Hello, thank you for calling. This is Junk Shop Heibon." he greeted.
"Working hard there I see, Aoba." Koujaku said in a teasing tone.
"Of course, I work harder than you do." Aoba replied back. His attention was turned to Koujaku, who was sitting to the right of him so he didn't notice the little smirk Mizuki, who was sitting on his other side, was giving to Koujaku.
Mizuki knew how Koujaku felt about Aoba and had been trying to stublety get the two of them together. He wasn't the only one.
Tae was sitting on a chair near the group, watching how her grandson and his friend interacted. She was honestly surprised the two weren't already together, but she knew it would happen eventually.
Aoba and Koujaku finished their little back and forth, neither aware they had been being observed and the blue-haired man turned back to the game.
"Uh... Umm.. There is something I'd like to ask." Came the voice on the phone.
"Yes?"
"Do you have any custom parts for S II type Allmates in your shop?"
"Yes, we do. We also have them in stock." He told him, checking the computer.
"Ah, is that right. I see. Thank you very much."
"Would you like to place an order?"
"Ah, no. Um, well..."
"Yes?"
"Well, this may come off as very sudden, but..."
"Yes?"
"If you're okay with it, then... When your shop closes today, could I meet you?"
"... What?"
"Ah, no, umm, how should I say this, you see, your voice. It's like, you have a very nice voice, I was thinking..."
"Well, that was a rather weird think to say." Mizuki commented.
"It is not the first time someone has said something like that to Aoba." Ren responded.
"Ren!" Aoba scolded, having wanted to keep that to himself seeing as it was a strange thing that happened way more than he would like.
"Apologies, Aoba. But they are your friends. You should hide it from them. Besides, I am sure things like this may come up again in the future."
Aoba sighed and patted the Allmate on the head, running his fingers through his fur.
He sighed. "...No, no, not at all, I'm very grateful. Ah, by the way, sir, I just remembered one thing, would that be all, right?
"Ah, sure..."
"In fact, to continue the talk about S II type custom parts a while ago, this time the new parts of that series will be arriving shortly.
"Right..."
"So, we are accepting reservations and specially introducing them only to the most loyal customers right now. Would you be interested? I think they will be popular products and will sell out immediately, but you will definitely be able to purchase them if you reserve now."
"Yes, um, but..."
"Of course, because this is a special opportunity limited to special customers only, if you would like to reserve.. I could do it for you as a service."
"S-Service?"
"Yes... a service."
"A-Ah, then by all means! I'll- I'll make a reservation!"
"Certainly, thank you very much. Now then, could you please send your personal date over here?" He asked, typing on the computer. The computer beeped after a moment. "... Okay, thank you very much! We have received your reservation. Well then, please keep supporting our shop in the future too!"
"Yes!"
"Thanks!" With that he hung up the phone with a sigh. "... Haah."
"You're so good at making sales, Aoba-kun." Yoshie remarked.
"Yeah, he is a good employee." Haga agreed, glad to have Aoba working with him.
Aoba blushed lightly at their compliments and focused on the game, not noticing the fond look Koujaku was giving him.
As soon as I hang up the phone , I let out a huge sigh .Although I do it knowngly, speaking to the customers with ulerior motives is really annoying. Well, if it goes well, I'm sure to sell something so it's fine.
-Your voice is so wonderful, I need to meet you no matter what.
Among the people who contact our shop by phone, there are an awful lot of guys who say that. They want to meet me when all they know is my voice. If I was a woman it'd be better, but usually a guy wouldn't ask another guy something like that.
At first I could handle them well, but like anyone else would, I became irritated when it kept happening. But it also became easier to entice customers to buy products. From then on, like that phone call just now, I could make even more sales.
"Sales are worth making you uncomfortable, Aoba-kun." Haga told him. If he had known that people were making the boy uncomfortable, he wouldn't keep having him answer the phone, despite the rise in sales.
"It's fine, Haga-san. I can handle it." Aoba assured him.
"Well, if it keeps making you uncomfortable, let me know. I can handle the calls."
"I will." He agreed.
Strangely enough though, it doesn't happen in the actual shop. Sometimes a customer actually comes to meet me after a telephone call, but I just play it off. They all end up leaving without noticing I was the owner of that voice.
Since there's not much harm done, I just think "Well, whatever", and leave it be.
"That's strange. Why would it only be like that on the phone?" Koujaku asked.
Aoba shrugged. "I have no clue. I don't really mind that I don't have to actually deal with the guys who only want to meet me because of my voice. It's easier that they don't recognize me." He didn't notice the look on Tae's face, his grandmother in deep thought.
Here's the next chapter. Let me know how in character they are and whether I should have more of their reactions, or less. Remember, reviews are greatly appreciated(critizime or not) and will help make this a wonderful story for everybody to enjoy.