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KO was his regular self when he came to the bodega, except for something else… His greetings. He had Enid lean in close for this, and then he rubbed his nose against hers, causing Enid to suddenly reel back. "KO! What the heck!"
"What? I just gave you a Kunik."
"What the heck is a kunik?"
"It's a type of greeting humans used to o before the fall out of the United States!"
"United States? I thought you were supposed to learn about that in high school."
"Well, Ms. Quantem wanted us to read different folk-lore on different species in our class. No one else wanted to do human, so I took it. I was reading up on how the the more south you got, the less likely people would want to make physical contact as a greeting. Up where a state called Alaska used to be, people would greet each other by giving a kunik!"
"That's sweet and all…but you should realize that it has a very different conotation now a days."
"Wassat?" KO asked.
"Welp, now only romantic couples tend to do that. It's kind of weird if you do it to a friend or stranger now."
"Oh." KO looked at his feet. "I'm sorry Enid."
"You didn't know. It's also good for family and extreamly close friends who would be okay with it. If you want to give one again, just ask permission. The answer's most likely going to be 'no,' but it's better than just doing it suddenly."
"Oh, okay!"
The doors to the bodega indicated that someone came in, and cheers informed everyone who had entered. "Hi Dendy!" KO walked over to the kappa.
"Hello KO."
"How was your day?"
"I would say my day is going swell."
"Neat! Oh, Dendy, can I give you a Kunik?"
Kunik? The thought pestered Dendy's mind. Was that a new POW card? No, I would be aware of a new POW card coming out… "What is a Kunik, KO?"
"It's an Eskimo Kiss." Enid said, not looking up from her magazine.
"That's not the correct term, Enid." KO chided.
"I…still don't know what that is." Dendy admitted
"Well, it's when you…wait…" KO let out a moan of dispair and sank to his knees. "Oh, you can't do it…"
"Why not?"
"You don't have a nose."
Dendy was slightly taken aback. He was just now noticing that she didn't have one? Kappas were aquatic reptilian and amphibian based, so they had no need for a nose. They had a sense of smell, but nothing more than that.
KO thought to himself for a moment, before snapping his fingers. "I got it!" he said, before hanging his arms around Dendy's neck.
She was about to question it when she felt his small nose rub against her cheek in an affectionate greeting. It was almost as if he was using his nose to dust her cheek with a blush.