December 9th, 2018.
Prompt 9: I work at a toy store and you keep coming in but never buy anything
Jonouchi grinned at the wide smile on the boy's face as he handed his mother the bag with his new gift.
"Thank you so much!" the mother said, smiling at him behind the counter.
"I'm happy to help!" Jonouchi grinned, "Happy Holidays!"
The boy and his mother thanked Jonouchi again, taking the bag and leaving the small toy store.
As they left, a tall brunet strolled in, piercing blue eyes making contact with Jonouchi instantly.
He broke eye-contact after a moment and moved towards the card game section in the back corner of the store, as he always did.
This man had been coming to Jonouchi's store for two weeks now, always looking around, but never purchasing anything.
At first, Jonouchi thought maybe he was waiting for something specific to be in stock, but surely the man would have asked by now if he wanted a particular item.
Jonouchi watched the man from the corner of his eye. He looked familiar, but Jonouchi couldn't place him.
He always wore a dark blue scarf, covering the lower-half of his face and his hat covered down to his eye-brows. He was a mysterious guy, but he didn't seem to be troublesome, so Jonouchi never said anything.
"Go and talk to him." his co-worker said nudging him slightly in his side.
"What? Yug', no. He's just looking for something."
"Well maybe you could help him, you know that's your job?"
"It's your job too!" Jonouchi huffed, but he knew the younger man was right.
He made his way over to the stranger, "Can I help with anything?" the blond asked, putting on his best 'happy to help' smile.
"No." the man replied bluntly, not even looking at the blond.
Rude Jonouchi thought.
"Are ya' sure? You've been in here a lot."
"An you're only asking if I need help now? Great customer service you have here."
Jonouchi's eye-brow twitched.
"Are you looking for something specific?" The blond tried again, pushing past his irritation.
"I want to take stock of what's being sold." He replied, finally looking at Jonouchi "I also want to make sure the display is appealing."
Jonouchi was confused "Why?" he asked.
The brunet raised an eye-brow in response. "Do you know who I am?"
"Not a clue." Jonouchi replied, smirking a bit at the shock that briefly flashed across the other's face.
"I'm Seto Kaiba, of Kaiba Corp."
Oh Shit.
Jonouchi gulped. Kaiba Corp was a huge gaming company and produced the majority of games that Jonouchi sold in his store.
"Heh, sorry, Mr. Kaiba," Jonouchi apologised, "I had no idea!"
"That was obvious."
Jonouchi felt his embarrassment fall away and become replaced with annoyance.
"You could have called, save you the trouble of coming all the way down here."
"Yes, but then I couldn't accurately assess the store myself."
"And how does the store fare in your assessment?"
The brunet straightened fully and smirked.
"How about I tell you over dinner?"
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