SEND NUDES ANN TAKAMAKI

              “ What if they had no taste buds. ”

              “ That’s what I’m talking about. You just seem like you want pocky! ”

                   ❝   Yeah — or three million crepes, assuming the shop was still open !  … Well, a little more than that if it’s a Tuesday.   ❞

              “ O-Or! Stop an alien invasion Yusuke! ”

                  ❝   You’re… Really horrible with money, you know ?   ❞

         GRANTED  , it was insanely cute… Did he not check that it was compatible with his phone before he bought it ??  Ann finds herself wondering — quite often, actually — if she should have actually let him take a room at her place. It’s not like her parents were ever around long enough to notice… And at least he’d have some kind of conscience whenever he wanted to splurge on something. Like that cricket from the Disney cartoon… ? 

         She lets slip a short sigh, gaze sweeping up and down as if she could practically see his stomach trying to eat itself. It was, personally, one of her worst nightmares. 

                  ❝   … C’mon, I’m hungry. My treat, ‘kay ?   ❞

         “Horrible with money? Did you listen to a word I said? I just told you that I spent it all ... though I can hardly imagine how anyone would find it hard to use up currency in such a money-hungry world...”

    It really looks like he’s going to give this some serious thought, but there’s something that will always dominate his attention, and that something is food. Yusuke shifts his attention back to Ann, uncrossing his arms and letting them fall to his side, turning to face her more directly. Inside his mind, a great battle wages: his willpower, his morals, his dignity, and the pressures of society battle fiercely against his appetite.

          “Oh!” It’s surprise at the fox’s sudden appearance before it gives way to surprise at having a fox bring him food. Perhaps he shouldn’t be so shocked at this point. No, really, there’s nothing strange about it at all. 

     A smile softens his lips, and Yusuke already seems to have gained ten pounds just by looking at the food she offers. “Well, thank you,” he says softly, “but I have nothing to give you in return.” He even slides his hands in his pockets to demonstrate, but ...