Character Story 9: Yukari, Shape Up!
Yuuki and Yukari were sitting at a table in the usual restaurant.
Yukari
Woo-hoo! Today'sh drinksh're shoooo good!
Yukari
Yuuki, you wanna drink too? Oh, but you gotta shtick to juish, huh? Yeah, yeah, you're too young fer beeeer!
Yuuki
1. "What's beer?"
Yukari
Huhhh? Beer's beer, y'know? Makes ya feel all tingly 'n fluffy!
Yukari
Shmells nice, right? Soon's I shmell it, I shtart feelin' goood!
Yukari
Ooh, looks like yer curioush, huh? But tha's too bad! This's a grown-up drink!
Yukari
Heh heh. Really feels shoo nice drinkin' with you, Yuuki. Beer's like... 500 timesh tashtier!
Manager
Hey, hey, Miss, aren't you drinking too much? You look really tipsy.
Manager
Don't cause trouble for the other guests, okay? There are tool shop owners here who I'm in the middle of business negotiations and such.
Yukari
Dun worry! This's nothin' outta the ordinary...
Yuuki
1. "Watch out!"
Yukari
Huh?
Manager
Ahh... Maybe I shouldn't have said anything.
Yukari
Wah, waah!?
Yukari
... Ooh, that hurt... Huh...? Yuuki, why are you huddling over me like that?
Yukari
Were you trying to shield me from something...?
Yuuki
1. "You're not hurt, are you?"
Yukari
N-No...
Yukari
(To think that he'd shield me with his own body like that... W-Wait, he's too close, too close!)
Shop Owner
Hey, are you okay!?
Yukari
Ah, were you the one whose table I bumped...? I'm sorry, let me pick everything back up for you...
Shop Owner
Ah, don't worry about that -- it's him I'm worried about! When you were covering her, didn't my loss prevention tools fly right into you!?
Shop Owner
These tools are meant to prevent the opponent's movements, so the parts where they hit you probably went numb temporarily...
Yuuki
1. "... I can't move my right arm."
Yukari
What, really!? I-I'm sorry, it's my fault...!
Yukari
You say it's no big deal but... That's not how it looks.
Yukari
Let me take you to my place for today. Since you can't use your arm right now, I'll help you get by, okay?
Later.
Yukari
Okay, say ahhh.
Yukari
How is it? Tasty?
Yukari
I felt bad for causing trouble for that restaurant, so we hurried out of there, but we were in the middle of our meal.
Yukari
I had to make do with what we had in stock here, so the food's pretty simple, but do you think it's all right?
Yukari
You like it? Even better than last time? ... You remembered, huh, that time I tried to host you. I was really flustered that time, but this time I didn't mess anything up.
Yukari
I don't always mess everything up, you know? It's just... When you're around, I tend to get a little sloppy.
Yukari
After all, you've... already seen every aspect of me. Including all my flaws.
Yukari
Hee hee. Anyway, open your mouth again, okay? I'll cool the food down by blowing on it for you.
Yuuki
1. "I can still use my left arm to eat."
2. "Ahhh."
Option 1.
Option 2.
Yukari
There you go -- make sure not to burn yourself. Ah, there are some crumbs on your lips. Let me get those for you.
End of branches.
Yukari
(Now that I think about it, I did it all without noticing, but...)
Yukari
(I brought him home with me, and I've been doing a lot to help him, which means...)
Yukari
(W-W-What do I do -- this is just like...!?)
Yukari
C-Calm down now, Yukari. This is just because I caused a bunch of trouble...!
Yukari
I mean, you're awfully calm about this, aren't you, Yuuki? Even though I'm as flustered as I am now.
Yukari
Huh? You're used to it? Being fed? ... Being waited on, too?
Yukari
(Is this something that people do for him on a regular basis...?)
Yukari
......
Yukari
Still... I want to say I'm sorry, again.
Yukari
It's not fitting for an older, sisterly figure like me to cause so much trouble for you by drinking too much...
Yuuki
1. "It's not trouble at all."
Yukari
Ooh, you always say such kind things!
Yukari
But this can't go on! I can't let things keep turning out like today! So... I've made up my mind!
Yukari
I'm quitting drinking!
Yukari
Huh? Why're you making a face like that!? You don't think I can do it!?
Yukari
I-I'm definitely going to quit!
Yukari
I, Yukari, am going to be alcohol-free... Wait, that's a bit of a mouthful. Alco-free -- wait, that's not right. Um... Right -- I'm going dry!
Yukari
I'm going dry!
On that quiet night, Yukari loudly proclaimed that she would be going dry.