Sushi

26 | Dragon Roll

"Rosaleen Song, guess what?"

"You finally got yourself a lover?"

"Nope—wait... finally? Hey!"

"That's not it? Then... a new roll?"

"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear you say anything earlier."

*clears throat*

"Anyways! It does deal with sushi, so you're super close!"

"Hmm... Sushiria received a bunch of orders for a specific roll?"

"Wow... you really suck at the guessing game."

"I'm thinking really, really, really hard right now, okay?"

"Riiight... I'm just gonna tell you the answer to save yourself the embarrassment. We're having a 'All You Can Eat Sushi Buffet' from 8 PM to 11 PM starting tonight! $20 per person."

"WHAT."

"You heard me, girl."

"A SUSHI BUFFET."

"Uh huh."

"ONLY $20?!"

"Yeah, yeah, annnd... yeah."

"Wait, give me a second to catch my breath. I'm very, very, very, very, very, very—"

"How many verys are you going for?"

"Very, very, very, very excited! This is the event you were talking about a few days ago, right?!"

"Yeah, doesn't it sound awesome?! I mean, if I was into sushi, then I would've passed out by now."

"I'm guessing there will be a lot of people going to the event, though..."

"This is our first time hosting an event as grand as this, so I'm not really sure, but I'm betting one penny a decent amount of people will show up."

"Not too many, not too little. Maybe about 20 people... 23...?"

"Higher."

"Huh?"

"Bet higher than a penny."

"Here on this phone call, we have the sushi lover Rosaleen taking every chance she can get to earn some cash."

*laughs*

"I'm a broke high school student."

"How about... $20?"

"You're so generous, Nick! I was going to suggest $5, buuut if you don't mind..."

"You know, you could've easily made that suggestion when you told me to bet higher than a penny."

"Buuut... I don't mind. So! How many people are you guessing?"

"According to my Rosaleen senses... exactly 35 people."

"Wow, look at that confidence radiating. Love it!"

"And, according to my Nick senses, I'm sensing that you're hungry for some sushi."

"I would say I'm impressed by your accurate senses, but my stomach growled loudly."

"Darn it! Thought you wouldn't notice."

"One Dragon Roll, please."

"Guess you can say our phone calls are a drag-on your ears."

"Oh geez, Nick, not at all. I always enjoy talking to you about anything and everything."

*gasps*

"You really mean it?"

"I really mean it."

"Aw, thanks, Rosaleen."

"If I didn't enjoy talking to you, we wouldn't be talking now."

"Fair enough. But honestly, I thought you only kept calling back for the sushi and just forced yourself to talk to lame Nick."

"It's for the sushi AND for you."

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"..."

"Seriously... some of the things you say are going to kill me one day."

"Kill me in a good way. Thought I should clarify that."

*laughs*

"Nick, we're starting preparations, dude!"

"Aw man... well, I guess it's time to end the phone call, huh?"

"Keep your head up!"

"I will. And uh... I'll—oh, never mind."

"I'll see you tonight."

"Creeepy... you knew what I was gonna say."

"Hey, we're just THAT close as friends already. I can read your mind and predict what you're about to say."

"Once again, creeepy..."