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“I hate this.”
“What?” Lisa paused in the middle of stacking a can pyramid, to look over at Moca whose upper body was splayed over the counter, ready for god to take her.
“It’s too hot!” She stood up abruptly, surprising Lisa who almost tipped over the pyramid she’d spent the last 20 minutes making, aligning all the cans perfectly. “Uh, sorry. I’ll help with that.”
“It’s fine. It’s slower this way.” The supermarket was almost completely empty at this time of the evening, making the only two people on shift take turns between staring into the abyss behind the counter, and arranging the candy aisle as symmetrical as possible.
“Nah, I got caught dozing off last week when you weren’t here. Might not be in Boss’s Top Ten list anymore.” Moca stretched and slowly made her way towards the pyramid.
“Were you ever there though?” Lisa smirked, and watched as Moca leaned down into the box, only lifting up a single can, which she placed in the middle of the new layer.
“I’m in everyone’s Top Ten. The beloved Moca-chan, who steals everyone’s hearts.” She took up another can and placed it directly on top of the previous.
“You’re going out of mine soon if you keep stacking them like that.” Lisa removed it again, and put it beside the first.
“Hope I’m going directly into the Top One instead~.” Moca lifted up the box from the floor and carried it towards Lisa, who thanked her and gave her lips a quick peck.
“We’ll see about that. You still haven’t gone to the beach with me yet.” She'd been pushing for a beach date long before vacation even started, and Moca was having an increasingly hard time coming up with excuses to avoid the sun.
“Incredible, isn’t it? Summer vacation has been going for two weeks and you still haven’t seen your beautiful girlfriend in a swimsuit. Such is life. A true tragedy for the poor Lisa-san~.” Maybe she should just talk to her.
“Whose fault is that?” Or maybe not.
Looking for a means of escape, she pulled all her strength into what she hoped was a charming wink. A wise decision judging by Lisa’s reddened cheeks.
“See that’s exactly why. If I get you to blush just from winking at you, then I don’t think you’d be able to handle Moca-chan in her ultimate form.” She smiled sheepishly.
The older girl rolled her eyes and emptied the rest of the box in silence. Victory for Moca!
With impeccable timing, a customer walked in just as the last can was placed on what was possibly the best pyramid this store would ever seen. At least according to Moca's flawless judgment.
“I’ll take care of this one, so could you go recycle that?” Lisa pointed at the box. She nodded and picked up the rest of the empty cardboard boxes from the floor, while Lisa had put on her most fake customer service smile possible, greeting the customer with a voice 3 octaves higher than her normal one.
With three badly folded cardboard boxes under her arm, Moca ventured through the store and out towards the storage area, a large and dark room that didn’t fit the rest of the store. A perfect place to make out. She smiled to herself, mentally running through all the perfect spots and hidden corners she usually dragged Lisa to on evenings like this.
She came up to the large yellow machine, she never found out what really did and tossed the boxes in. Pretending to brush dust of her hands, she took her phone up from her pocket and looked at the clock. 9:54 PM. That should be late enough. She wandered towards the staff room, grabbing Lisa bag from the hook, and her wallet from its hiding place under the gray filing cabinets. Then she locked the door and made her way back to the store.
When she came out, she caught Lisa lifelessly staring into her phone. She considered saying something, but was hit by an idea. She moved towards the freezers carefully avoiding making any noise and potentially spoiling the surprise.
Unfortunately she was met with the sight of an empty freezer. Couldn’t blame the customers for having the same idea as her. Plan B activated.
She sneaked behind the shelves, somehow managing to slip unnoticed past her girlfriend and up to the freezer by the counter. Making sure to pick the cheapest popsicles she could find, she strolled up in front of the counter.
“You’re right. This is suffering.” said Lisa deadpan, not lifting her eyes from her phone despite Moca’s presence.
“But,” Moca placed the popsicles and the bag on the counter, “It doesn’t have to be. The great Moca-chan is here to save the day!”
Pride overcame her when life slowly returned to Lisa’s eyes at the sight laid before her.
“I love you so much.” She scanned in the items. “That’ll be 500 yen” It was weird standing at this side of the register.
“If you really loved me you’d give me a discount.” She pulled out a point card with only half the stamps filled.
“And if you really loved me then you’d want me to keep my job.” Lisa took it and added another.
“True. I’d hate it without you here.” Moca smiled and handed her the money, letting her fingers slowly slide out of Lisa’s palm. The other girl giggled, making Moca’s heart skip a beat. She watched as Lisa put the money in the cashier, logged off the system and locked up the drawer.
“Now come on.” She put her bag on her shoulder and smiled at Moca. “I’ve been looking forward to those.”
Moca smiled back and took her hand in her own, when she came out from behind the counter. Lisa glanced around the store nervously. “It’s fine. He’s that age where he thinks stuff like: ‘Girls hold hands all the time. What good pals they are!’”
“We really shouldn’t do it at work.” Despite of her words, Lisa didn’t let go.
“Says the one who kissed me earlier. Lisa-san just can’t help being in love with lil’ ol’ me, huh?” Moca couldn’t help but tease her. Especially when it was followed by the sight of Lisa’s reddened ears. “But then again, I feel the same.”
Feeling the grip on her hand tighten, there wasn’t any place she’d rather be than right by Lisa’s side, only letting go of each other to the lock the door and open their ice cream. If every day of this summer could be like this, then maybe Moca would grow to like it.