31. Food
The black-haired boy did not know how or why he was dragged in to this.
For some reason, the brunette asked (or more of pleaded) him to go grocery shopping for him. He didn't get why he needed a companion or why Dan couldn't ask another friend, but he guessed that the boy placed a lot of trust in him...
"This feels like déjà vu." he muttered as his wrist was being pulled to the crowded market place. They weren't really asked much...other than to pick up a few ingredients for tonight's dinner (which Shun was invited to for being Dan's guardian.)
"Shun...what does black pepper look like?" the younger child asked as he realized that Dan wasn't beside him anymore. Instead, the boy was looking at a large shelf filled with all kinds of spices...too many for the raven-haired male to count. "It's black. And round."
"Oh." the young brunette then proceeded to look at the numerous bottles; trying to look for something dark and sphere-shaped.
Shun exhaled sharply. "Well this is going to take a while." he thought to himself. The boy then looked around for anything interesting, and his eyes rested on a small stand with a large white sign on the top reading 'Free Meat! Try it!'
The child's curiosity was on high as he approached the stall and asked to eat one of the reddish cubes. The lady smiled and nodded as she handed him the small piece of meat. Shun quickly placed it in his mouth, and then his mouth curved in to a smile. "It's really good."
"I'm glad you like it."
"What's it made of?" he asked.
"Uhm, that's dog meat." she replied.
All Shun could do was gag and spit as he tried to get the taste out of his mouth since he already swallowed it. "Y-you're joking right? That thing was too good to come from a dog." he sputtered as he attempted to make himself throw up. No luck.
She shook her head. "All the meat here is hundred percent cooked dogs."
Out of the blue, Dan ran to him and at the same time was waving a bottle that was filled with black pepper. "Shun I found it-what's that?"
"It's meat."
"Can I try it?"
"Absolutely not!" the brunette was surprised by the sudden outburst. "Come on Dan, we still need to get some more ingredients."
"O...kay..."
A/N : My classmate was begging me to make this chapter already...so I did it. It is kind of cruel isn't it..? But she claims to have eaten dog meat before (she didn't know until her dad told her okay?) and said that it would be funny if Shun accidentally tried it (being the animal-lover she perceived him to be). Anyway, double-update!
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"Hey, did you get any customers to try the meat?" the older clerk asked as he ran to the stall. He had to get something and let the amateur handle it while he was away. "Yeah..."
"Did they buy anything?"
She shook her head. "They all gagged after I told them it was dog meat."
"...you know, nobody said that you had to tell them what it's made of."
"But a boy asked me once..."
"...that's why there's a word called lying."