Being friends with Yuji brought a lot of random and odd situations with him. Like the time he asked you to help him take one of Yaga’s cursed dolls. Or the time he lied about needing you to help on a mission and ended up taking you to a Human Earthworm fan club. And it’s that unexpectedness that brought you here.

He’d landed a date and had asked you to help him practice how he to act so he wouldn’t embarrass himself. Knowing he wouldn’t let you out of it, you agreed. You walked up the steps to his house and knocked on the door.

He opened the door, dressed black slacks and a black button up, “to really give in to the simulation” as he said. He walks you into the dining room, the table set with candles, a bucket full of ice with a bottle of grape juice inside, and a small bouquet of flowers in a center vase. He pulls a chair out for you. “C’mon, I’m not gonna bite.”