= Chapter 5.5: Kirishima-kun's Toothbrush Dilemma Part 2 =
"Kirishima-san? Kirishima-san? Wake up!" Kirishima woke up abruptly to a certain blunet shaking him.
"Huh…? What's the matter Lil' man?" he asked, sitting up on his bed and rubbing his eyes.
Nagisa beamed excitedly, "Guess what? While you were asleep last night, I solved your toothbrush problem!"
"Huh?" Kirishima finally met the younger boy's eyes as he registered his words, "Didn't I tell you not to worry about it Lil' dude. It's fine-"
"But it's not!" Nagisa cut him off, "You shouldn't have to spend so much money on something as trivial as toothbrushes!" He placed both hands on his hips, "So that's why I sent an email to the company of the brand of toothbrushes you usually buy and I told them one of their customers were unsatisfied with their product!" He smiled triumphantly.
"I never said I was unsatisfied though…" Kirishima deadpanned.
"But you were probably thinking it!" Nagisa pressed on.
"No I wasn't."
"Listen! I know it bothers you. You just don't want to admit it." Nagisa said solemnly, "So that's why we're heading down to one of the stores today!"
Kirishima sighed and scratched his head, "You're not gonna let this go are you?"
"Well of course not. I want to help you!" Nagisa persisted, "You should be comfortable with your daily life!"
Kirishima thought about it for a moment. While he didn't think it was that big of a deal, he admired Nagisa's determination and perseverance. In the end he gave in.
"Alright fine." The redhead agreed.
"Great!" Nagisa cheered, "Let's go!"
Kirishima, who was about to go back to sleep, paused in his movements and looked to the boy, "Wait what?"
Nagisa was halfway out his room door when he turned around, "C'mon!"
"You wanna go now?"
"When else are we going to go?"
"I dunno? In the afternoon!"
"Time waits for no one!" Nagisa said, "I told them we'd meet them in the morning!"
Kirishima sighed, "Alright, lemme shower first."
~| TIME SKIP |~
"So this is the place?" Kirishima asked as they stood in front of a store.
Nagisa double-checked his phone before nodding, "Yup! This is it!" He looked toward the older teen, "Let's go in!"
As they walked into the store, they were immediately met by manager of the place, who brought them to the owner of toothbrush company, Frix.
He was a bespectacled man with black hair and eyes, wearing a grey business suit. He smiled at the two boys, "Welcome! My name is Kurahashi Kato. How can I help you two?"
'Kurahashi? Huh, that makes me think of the Kurahashi back home...' The blunet thought absentmindedly before addressing the man. "Oh, I'm Shiota Nagisa and this is Kirishima Eijiro. I sent an email to you guys concerning your toothbrushes."
"Ah yes! That's right!" Mr. Kurahashi said, "Well we enjoy feedback from our customers! What's seems to be your problem miss?"
Nagisa sweat dropped, "Well first of all, I'm actually a boy. And second of all, I'm not the customer, Kirishima-san is."
"Really?" The man looked surprised, "I had no idea. Terribly sorry." he turned to the redhead, "So you're the one having issues?"
"Well I wouldn't really call them issues per say-"
"Kirishima-san!" Nagisa protested and in the end, the older teen gave in and sighed. "Alright, here's the thing. I'm not saying this is your toothbrushes fault, if anything it's just my genetics."
"Hmm, what do you mean?"
"Well if you haven't noticed I happen to have a full mouth of fangs and because of this my toothbrushes wear out a lot faster than it would for someone with relatively normal teeth." Kirishima explained before showing his teeth.
The man's eyes widened at the sight. All this time, he had only heard rumors of people possessing teeth like this. He had no idea it was true.
His assistant, a girl with a brown ponytail and glasses came up to him. "Sir, I think that one that we've kept under wraps could be of use to him."
"Yes," the man nodded, "I believe so too. Bring it."
The girl ran off to the back and the two boys looked at the man curiously. He smiled.
"Thank you for bringing this up you two. Had you not then we would be neglecting those in need. Oral hygiene is very important and we take pride in that above all else. With that said..."
His assistant returns with a box and he takes it from her. He shows it to Nagisa and Kirishima just as he opens it up, revealing a toothbrush that was slightly bigger than a normal but it definitely looked stronger.
Mr. Kurahashi smiled, "Please take this, Kirishima-kun! It's a prototype for a toothbrush that uses stronger material. We didn't want to bring it to public because we thought it was too hard for a person's teeth and would potentially injure them. But since a normal toothbrush doesn't do that much for you, this one should work perfectly!"
He handed it to the red haired teen and he stared at it for a moment before smiling himself.
"Thanks so much for this sir! I really appreciate it!"
"Not an issue, I'll have a special team put together to develop more of these so hopefully we can help others with similar issues." Mr. Kurahashi said, "I hope there's an improvement!"
"Me too! Thank you!"
"Bye now!" The man waved as the teens began to leave. "And please come back if you need anything!"
"We will! Bye!" They waved back as they exited the store.
As they walked home, Kirishima continued to stare at the box. He couldn't deny he felt a bit happier that he would save a lot of money on this, but of course he couldn't forget the person who went through all the trouble to make this happen.
"Hey Nagisa."
"Yeah?"
"Thanks. I didn't think it was a big deal but I was honestly relieved when they brought out this toothbrush. If you hadn't fussed about it, I would still be having such a tough time." Kirishima grinned, "So thanks for making things easier for me Lil' man! I really appreciate it!"
Nagisa smiled back, "You're welcome Kirishima-san! I'm glad I was able to help!"
Kirishima ruffled the younger teen's hair and grinned, "You can call me Eijiro. C'mon let's go watch another movie at my house! There's still some left over blueberry pie!"
"Sounds great, Eijiro-san!" Nagisa smile widened.
And so the tale of Kirishima-kun's toothbrush dilemma came to an end and it was all thanks to Nagisa.
A/N:
Hey guys! Sorry for the late update, I honestly could've finished this whenever but I was so lazy and I had a bunch of stuff to do and keep up to date with.
Life, School and Social Media are monsters honestly…
Anyway, I can't tell you the exact date Chapter 6 is coming out because it is a long but funny chapter. Don't worry Chapter 7 is where things really start to go down.
Also thanks for all the support guys! I've been getting favorites and follows on this story like no one's business! It honestly inspires me to keep writing! Until next time!
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