"Excuse me! Miss!"

Asahi kept bagging things, distracted. He didn't realize that it was for him until he felt a harsh tap on his back.

"Miss!

Asahi turned around, startled. "I'm sorry, I'm not female. Do you need help?"

The lady stared, shocked. "Oh my."

Asahi stared, confused. "Ma'am?"

"Why is your hair so long?! That's disgusting!"

"O-oh. I uh... I just enjoy long hair." Asahi tried to turn to his work. She grabbed his arm, frightening him more. "Ma'am, please don't touch me."

"You cross-dressing fool! You scared me!" She started to hit him, making him terrified. "What are you, a fag?!"

Asahi tore himself away, hurrying to his manager. "Please let me work on self check out. I'm being harassed."

"Have they hit you?"

"Yes."

"Go on. I'll stay close."

"Thank you so much." Asahi switched places with who was working to monitor self check out. He was fine here, relaxed and helpful as always.

"There he is! The man who scared me!"

Asahi looked over, worried. The woman from earlier stomped over, pointing.

"This disgrace raised his hand at me!"

Asahi backed up. "No! No! I would never touch anyone!"

"Sir, please calm down," his manager whispered.

Asahi stared, confused. "There's a camera above the place I was at. I didn't touch her. I swear I didn't."

"Yeah right! You are extremely deceiving!"

Asahi looked around for a higher-up, shaking. He hated being around police and being called bad names. "Ma'am."

Asahi flinched as a male came up to him, who honestly wasn't helping his anxiety with his stature.

"There's no reason to be rude. Please leave," the man stated softly.

"And who are you?!" The angry woman cried out, although it was a bit quieter as she realized how large he was.

"I don't like sharing my name with everyone. It wastes time." He picked up a pen off of the floor. "Did you drop this?"

She snatched it and stomped off.

"Mm..."

Asahi hurriedly moved his hair back, trying to calm down.

"Can I have some help with a tag? It's scratched."

Asahi nodded. He fixed the issue, shaking.

"There's no reason to get anxious over an old woman off of her medication. Here." The other male gave him a hair tie and one of the lollipops from the bag he'd bought. "Have a nice day."

Asahi watched him walk off, noticing his own fiddling as he walked off. He returned to work, trying not to have a breakdown. The hair thing helped but he still was nervous.

He headed home when his shift ended, allowing him to sleep and relax with Button on his side as he napped. Napping was always nice because of the cat cuddles. When he woke up he headed out to a shop, buying the most basic groceries with Nishinoya bugging him by his side. He got shrimp and rice and a few vegetables. He made dinner, genuinely enjoying it again. The little things in life made him happy.

The doughnut, the gifts, the hairband, Button's little cuddles, and his cooking.

Lovely little things.

"Button!" Asahi grabbed his cat. "Dinner time for you too."

Nishinoya laughed. "Dude you and your cat should get married at this point."

Asahi laughed and set Button down in the kitchen. Button ate her food, some wet food that she liked more than normal cat food. Asahi sat by her, smiling.

"You are so cute." Button finished up and meowed at Asahi. She climbed into his lap, purring. "I love you too."

Asahi looked around, sighing. Now what? He'd had dinner. Button had dinner. Things were clean. Shower time? His hair did feel a bit off.

Asahi put Button on her pillow and waited for the water to heat up. Did he need a haircut? Was he really that deceiving?

Asahi loved his long hair though. Sure having it down in public sucked but he loved having long hair. It was fun to play with and make different styles. He especially loved braiding it after a good hair wash and letting it curl overnight. Such as now, sitting on the bathroom floor with hair products all around. He was content with making the six braids, using leave-in conditioner and moose. His hair always looked nice after this so he was excited.

Asahi washed his face, noticing a zit on his forehead. Nishinoya noticed it right after and chased him down, pinning him to the couch to squeeze it. Asahi grumbled about the pain before Nishinoya pinched him and ran off with Button in his arms.

Asahi sat down on his bed, reading. He was nearly done with the book, reading through the main characters' thoughts and enjoying how they handled their lives. They were so nice and this was weirdly realistic. The physics teacher was into reading thoughtful stories, which somehow made him a little less scary.

If he was an ally or another person in the community Asahi found that nice and somewhat dismissed the comments from other teachers. They were rude about the physics teacher but they also loved drama so he didn't want to listen. Teachers were surprisingly similar to teenagers.

Asahi turned over, staring at Button. "Oh, lovely kitty..."

Button licked his nose. Asahi giggled. He tapped her nose before rolling over a bit, comfortable.

"Maybe I should give them a book to read. Hm... Maybe... ah I can't think. Dang."

Button lazily walked over to him and sat on his chest. This made him relax, easing him to sleep.

****

"Ladies and gentlemen!" He paused for a moment. "Excuse me!"

The students didn't go quiet and Asahi sighed. He picked up a large textbook, lifting it above his head. He slammed it on the ground, silencing the class.

"Thank you! Now, read chapters one and two by Wednesday. The chapters are short. No excuses unless you are in danger mentally and/or physically. Now go home and relax." Asahi picked up the textbook. He put it away, placing the other teacher's book into the desk with two other books. He turned, using a dark green Expo marker to write a note.

'Hey! I noticed that you left your book here and took it home for safekeeping. It's in the lowest drawer with two other books that I recently bought but thought you would like. Good luck with your class!'

Asahi left it at that, walking off with his things. He was looking forward to the new scent clip for his car today and shopping for a new TV with Nishinoya.