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“Ponyo loves Sosuke!”

     Matt tended to prefer winter, because it gave him the opportunity to pile on clothes to (ideally) cover how thin he was. However, even when just going outside was enough to drag chills up his arm and over his ribs, the young man didn’t ever wear more than his fur-lined vest and heavy boots. Yeah, he was cold, but he told himself that a cigarette would be enough to satisfy him for now. Cold it may be, but anything was better than hanging out at home again.

     He was just about to light up, in fact, when a young girl approached him completely out of the blue. Behind tinted goggles, the young man’s eyes widened slightly in surprise. Usually kids (and more specifically, their parents) gave him a wide berth, either because of the stench of cigarettes or his sketchy demeanour, but this one seemed entirely unafraid.  

She shook her head, her hair swinging around wildly as she did so. 

“No, I had a cup before I left home.” Ponyo pulled the thermos back and opened up the top peaking in as if to check to make sure that it was still there. “It’s milk tea and honey. It’s really yummy!”