"Why would you turn the page? You know that's where I jot down my story ideas..."

I had almost forgotten that Yori works for Electron Inc, one of the most successful dating sim companies which targets their romancing games towards young women.

The idea's that were written in they're  were so damn cheesy...

"What hell Makoto? Are you like, lactose intolerant or something?" She started patting my back for comfort.

"Ugh.. romance is so disgusting." I mumble after I started feeling better. I lift my head from the table and sigh. "Thanks again. I'll update them as soon as possible."

"Sure, and let me know how it works out for you. I'm pretty sure you'll do phenomenal!"

I leave the cafe after reading that gross dating sim stuff, and rush home to change my prices.

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As soon as I update my prices and made a post about it, a lot of people seemed pretty pleased. Many said things like. 'Now you're gonna make some real profits, good for you!' and 'if you continued with your previous prices, I was going to question if you ever took a decent math/economics class.'.

I felt happy that people were worried about me but at the same time it made me pissed that they thought I was stupid just because I'm not good at math...

Whatever.

I started another commission I had received and began sketching it. Now that I knew I was getting more for my work I felt pretty enthusiastic. This actually turned out to be some good motivation.

The only thing I procrastinate on is the asks and little requests for doodles. I used to get tagged in a lot of stuff but recently I've just had no time for it.

Does this mean I kind of have a life now.

"lmao sike." I answered my own question out loud.

I hear something downstairs. It's probably my bro, but is already that late?

I glance at the corner of my computer screen and gasp at the sight.

"What the hell? Where did all my time go?"

I was shut in my room all day until six pm.

I open my door to go down stairs and meet my new brother.

"I'm back!" He calls out as he walks into the kitchen, leaning forward in the direction of the stairs to check if I was here. Which, I was, on the stairs.

"Hey, bro. Welcome back." I greet him casually.He pauses as he loosens his tie and lets out a breath. "How was your day?"

"It was pretty good. I mean, I suck at math but today one of my friends helped me out so I think I'll do okay for a while now." I answer truthfully.

"That's great Makoto. I'm glad to see that your peers are very supportive. Those are true friends and they are the ones you should keep until you grow up. What subject are you particularly good at?" He asks casually.

"Uh..."

I was thrown off for a second but then I remembered that he still thinks that i'm in high school or something. I shrug though, and answer the truth. "Art."

"Oh yeah, that's right." He remembers and laughs lightheartedly

It became a little quiet and i started feeling a bit guilty for not correcting his misunderstanding so I decided to turn the subject towards him.

"How was work for you?"

"It was alright." He answers. "Things are pretty busy, but we've been getting a lot of good stories lately, so once those are published it'll be nice."

"Yeah? Is your job fun?"

"Hm.. I suppose." He grins shyly. "I feel accomplished when my team does a good job and manages to get stuff done smoothly."

"I see." I nod in understanding. I wouldn't really know though, I mean I procrastinate a lot. It's only recently that I got motivated again to start taking commissions again. Like, last month.

"You hungry?" He asks going upstairs, "I'll let you help me so you can learn some stuff. I'll go ahead and change first though."

"Kay'."

I take a seat on the kitchen table and wait for a couple minutes before he comes back.

"Alright." He begins speaking as he ties his apron on and throws one towards me. "What are we gonna eat today?"

"I don't know bro, I feel like anything you teach me will be good. Although I do think we should start with something easy."

"Yeah...how about...curry? I mean, it's practically instant right?"

"Sounds cool."

We got through it smoothly. Truth is even trash like myself knows how to make curry. Well, at least the packaged kind, but still. It was easy and we sat and ate together comfortably. I did the dishes and we both went to our respective rooms after.

I was feeling pretty tired, I hadn't really done anything worth my fatigue, so i guess it was that food that made me drowsy. I had to finish the commission though, so I tried to work through it.

My vision started to blur so I thought it would've been better to just take a power nap before I continued.

I pushed all of my stuff aside and there where I sat, on the floor, on my tiny table, I rested my head and fell fast asleep.

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Akiyoshi P.O.V.

I needed to go pee in the middle of the night, and despite the struggle of getting out of my already warm bed and perfect sleeping position, I had to make the sacrifice.

I quickly went and when I got out, I noticed that Makoto's light was still on.

I shook my head. Thinking there was no way that he could've still been awake, so I walked there quietly, softly knocking on the wooden door to wait for a response.

None.

I tip toed in silently and realized that this kid was sleeping on his floor table. His sleeping position was terrible. His back was all bent and his neck was most definitely going to hurt when he woke up.

I debated weather or not I should move him, after all he did look pretty light even though he was not too short.

So I grabbed him from his under arms and gently dragged him over to his bed. I took his blankets and threw them over him.

Surprisingly he didn't wake up. He was practically dead.

I turn off his light and quickly exit his room.

His frame felt pretty delicate and soft when I was moving him. I hope that he grows out of that. After all, he probably wants to be a big, strong man.

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A/N:
Lmao sorry for really slow updates but better late than never...

Right?

Oh yeah I got some recommendations for
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AlonzoRomolo writes some pretty dope poetry. It's dark but the stanzas he writes are fire (flame emoji)

itchyro has an awesome romance story that's totally original, it full of drama and all the good stuff

Booteen one of my first wattpad buddies yo, she got some dope voltage fanfics so check them out

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