Chapter Seven - Apologies
Six days and counting.
That was how long it took for George to grow some bollocks and walk back to the shop in Akihabara. He tried to use the smartphone, he really did, maybe even more than he should. After a couple hours disappearing icons, sudden sounds and surprise shots, a red message flashed on the screen announcing the battery was low and it turned off. Not even with magic, he figured out how to make the thing work again.
She would sure understand he was new around and didn't know how to use the device, right? Also, there was a valid excuse: he was looking for an apartment.
Firstly, he had to find a wizard bank and exchange his galleons into iene. However, he found out that living in a big city is quite expensive and the amount he had at hands was no near enough to even start looking for a place. The problem was that all of his money was kept in a British account and, obviously, the goblins wouldn't waste an opportunity to grab his money by forcing him to open a Japanese account so he could transfer and access his funds. Bill was absolutely right, one should never trust a goblin.
It kept him busy and only now he had the time - and confidence - to go after her.
He found Kagome inside the store. She wore a different outfit that day. A skin-tight white dress with short blue skirt and two big red bows, one on the chest and the other on her lower back. Her long black hair was tied up in two buns. Elbow-length white gloves and pink knee-high boots gave the final touch.
She saw him but didn't come close. It was his time to take the first step.
"Hullo," he greeted, "can we talk?"
"Why should I bother with you? I waited for days and you didn't bother to call me," she said in a fake friendly tone, probably because they are in her workplace.
George panicked. He didn't want to lose a friend before he even had the chance to know her. "Sorry, I- I don't know how to use that- thing," George said, scratching the back of his head. He showed Kagome the dead phone and thought about how hard it must be to operate it. Hell, he and Fred figured out how to use the Marauder's Map by themselves and yet a muggle creation was too much for him. Maybe he was just Fred's sidekick after all.
"Why didn't you tell me? I could've helped you! Trust me, if I can use a smartphone, anyone can. Are you used to iPhone? Android is quite different from iOS. When they changed from KitKat to Lollipop I was lost too."
"Blimey." What else was he supposed to say? First, she was talking about an eye phone, whatever it was, then she went on talking about muggle sweets. Has he missed something? It was not so simple to be a muggle, after all.
"I'm off in half an hour. Can you wait?"