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A Day in the Life of a Part Time Job Slave

Who: Yu Narukami, and everyone and anyone and all the things.
Where: Virgo, Aquarius, and Taurus Districts; any given week.
Summary: Yu's still working his three jobs to help save up for an apartment. And now it's almost Christmas time... you can pretty much guess how this goes.
Warnings: Crossdressing antics.

[Christmas time again... never mind it had only been a few months ago for Yu. He didn't want to think much about what happened before last Christmas, so... well...]

[MONDAY-WEDNESDAY; MAYS GROCERY STORE CLERK, ~~5:00~~ 3:00-11:00PM]
[Being the superstore of Hinoto-Ri, of course Mays is swamped on a regular basis. Yu is totally and completely not shocked when they start calling him in to work extra hours. He was thinking about going back to school, but that's obviously out this month... at least the extra money will help with his apartment funds.]

[Yu can be found, quite literally, all over the store. Seeing as it's busy, he's willing to go where ever they need him: grocery, check out, deli area... everywhere.]

[THURSDAY-FRIDAY; AQUARIUS DISTRICT LIBRARY, 5:00-9:00PM]
[He would say that Thursday and Friday are his break days, but guess where some shoppers drop their kids off while they shop? Hinoto-Ri really needs a Chuck E. Cheese or something...]

[When Yu isn't child wrangling, he'll be around helping with anyone that wants to study or needs some kind of tutoring. He would also bring Nanako with him while he works, if she wants to come.]

[SATURDAY; NYX'S NIGHTCLUB, 10:00PM-4:00AM]
[...he hates the fact that he's starting to love this job.]

[No, seriously, after he got over the overwhelming shame, he found himself having a lot of fun at work. Sure, it sucked when demons got a little too grabby, but he was strong enough to remind them that touching was against the rules.]

[Since it's going to be cold on the 8th, Yu's going to work wearing his wig. Hey, the extra hair helped to keep his ears warm.]

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Hey, this time stalking him was completely unintentional. Also, come on, what are the odds of running into Rise at the public library?

"I'll have to go say hi to him, too!"

"It's kinda packed in here. Are you doing alright?" she asked, ready to move on if he, rightly, shooed her off so he could work.

"Yeah, more or less," Yu replied. "It's the Christmas season, so they're trying to cater to all nationalities that might be here."

"Oh yeah, there's a lot of Westerners and strange space people here, aren't there?" she asked, wondering what some of the people from the future actually did for Christmas now that she thought about it.

"Exactly, so everyone in the departments are scrambling to provide for every possible way to celebrate Christmas."

At this point, he'll be happy with just a small tree and some sushi for Christmas dinner.

"Hm...I see," she said.

"Hey, I just had an idea. Do you think everyone would want to do a Christmas Day party like we did last year?" she asked. "Since you're working so hard, I wouldn't ask you to host again, of course..."

Yu smiled at that. "I would like that, and I'm sure Nanako would too," he replied. "But I think our apartments might be too small for everyone. We should all go out somewhere."

"Yeah...hey, I'm gonna let you get back to work. I'll call everyone later and we can figure out where, okay?" she asked, grinning with the new idea.

"All right..."

He trailed off, thinking a moment. There was someone else he wanted to invite too, but...

"Rise, can you come back in a few minutes? There's something I want to talk to you about."

"Hm? Oh, okay Senpai, I'll stop by again on my way out," she agreed, leaving with a small wave. "Try not to move, I'd hate to have to use Kanzeon to find you in here."

"I... don't think that's a good idea."

He managed to look amused, before going back to his duties. He was still in the vicinity once she came back, sitting down for his break and looking rather tired from all the hard work he had been doing lately.

And sure enough, Rise is lugging a package of sliced ham along with the rest of her groceries. And briefly appreciating how hard Yu was working for himself and his cousin before she came back to talk to him. Such a reliable guy...

"I'm back!" she said. "What did you want to talk to me about?"

Yu stood up, motioning for her to follow him, before he headed out of the store, hoping to talk to her in relative private. He wasn't exactly the type to beat around the bush, so... may as well get right down to it.

"Do you know about the Moel Station's attendant?"

"You mean that he was Izanami in disguise? Uh, yeah, Senpai, that was a couple months ago," Rise said, wondering where he was going with that.

"...so it was just me and Yukiko that came from before that moment..." Yu murmured to himself, before shaking his head. No, no feeling bad; stay on topic.

"Izanami is here, in this city."

"She is? That's..."

She stopped to think for a second.

"Okay, yeah, dead god, I don't think I can say it's impossible," she admitted. "What do you mean 'came from before that moment,' though?"

"Some of us seem to have been taken from different points in our timeline," Yu explained. "Yukiko and I were taken from before we confronted Izanami. The only reason I know about it, is... she showed me what happened."

If the change of his tone was any indication, it was obvious Yu knew there was a difficult conversation coming.

"Huh? You're from the past?" she asked. Darn it, science fiction was his hobby, she didn't know about time travel.

"But if she...showed you...oh."

That had been...difficult enough to watch as it was happening to her friends. Especially at the end. To know it was going to happen to yourself in the future? She had no words for that.

"That...must have been rough, Senpai."

Lame. Also potentially misleading, crap.

"But, um, don't let her get to you! Everything turned out okay! You were really incredibly cool, in fact!" she hurriedly reassured him.

"I know it turned out okay; you're all here," he replied with a small smile. "But... I know how you all felt too; when she showed me what happened, I could feel everything from us and... her, too."

Izanami's determination... her hope, but not for what was expected.

"...she's alone, Rise, and we're the only ones that can attempt to understand why she did what she did," he continued softly. "That's why... I want to invite her to the Christmas party too."

"...I'm all for accepting people in spite of their flaws, but remember the part where she killed you?" she asked, serious now. "I mean, she sounded like a gracious loser and everything, but do you really trust her just like that?"

That was bad enough to live through...to watch once.

Yes, Rise, he does remember that part. He remembered that even though it wasn't really happening to him in the visions Izanami was showing him, it still hurt like hell and he couldn't breathe for a moment, but...

...he couldn't get her own pain out of his head.

"I'm not saying to trust her, but... I think we should reach out to her," he replied. "She doesn't mean us any harm here because we've already defeated her; she already has her answer. Trying to understand why she did what she did is the least we can do in exchange."

"Trying to understand..."

Reaching out, understanding, accepting...that was what they had been doing, right? Seeing the worst of a person and pulling them back out into the real world. More than 'Investigation', that was what the Investigation Team had been about. Even the other 'culprits'...

On the other hand, she thought, looking down at her groceries to give herself time to mull it over, it hadn't been a Shadow they'd been fighting. That had been all of the Great Goddess Izanami, and it was all pretty awful. Or...

"You're way too nice of a guy," she concluded, "but I guess you're right. If nothing else, we can find out more about how to avoid something like that in the future, right?"

That was probably going to be important, after all.

Congratulations, Rise; your response earns you a rare, warm smile from your leader.

"Thank you, Rise."

"Like I can really argue with you on stuff like this," she admitted, blushing at that smile. "But if she tries anything, we'll just fight her again, I guess."

"...I hope she doesn't, though," she added. After all, Yu seemed to be pretty fond of her for some reason. "Anyway, I should get going. Call me and help me plan when you get the chance, okay?"

"Don't worry; I don't think she will."

He felt pretty confident about that, and he could feel that Izanagi felt the same, even if he wasn't ready to admit that yet.

"I will... and let me tell Yukiko about Izanami. We're both from before that time; it might be better."

"Well, as far as I'm concerned, you're still in charge for investigation stuff, so if you're sure...," Rise said, a little unsure herself.

"Anyway, make sure you do that soon. That'd be a pretty terrible surprise."

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