00. " thief? "
shouldn't I be finishing my other stories instead of writing more? yes. am I going to? nope.
the pet food thief strikes again
this time stealing dog food and a couple of toys. baji stared at the half-empty shelf of dog food with a scowl
"fucking asshole! they stole again!" baji yelled, smoke practically coming from the top of his head
this has been going on for one year, five months, and two weeks--kazutora has been keeping track--chifuyu walks up to the hot-headed baji with a box of cat food that might get stolen
"Im not sure how they're getting past the cameras," he says to baji
baji turns to look at chifuyu "we need to start walking around the shop while there are customers here! or that thief we keep stealing!"
"dunno how that's gonna help," kazutora said, wiping his hands on his apron
"then what do you propose? better not be that's stupid trap again.." baji said and kazutora's cheeks reden
"I-I was just-I" kazutora stuttered in embracement and chifuyu patted his back
a couple of months ago kazutora set up a trap for the thief but it didn't work
he placed pretty expensive pet food up against the window of the pet shop and a camera near the bag and waited at the counter for the thief to show up
but a couple of older women came in and needed help and of course, kazutora helped them and in the process, he forgot about the expensive pet food that was getting stolen
when he came back to the counter he didn't notice the pet food was missing and the camera too, until chifuyu asked about it and then it hit kazutora that the pet food was missing now
this got him a long talk from baji who was fuming
"I didn't think they would also steal the camera..." kazutora scratched the back of his head sheepishly
chifuyu gave a small shake of his head and baji clicked his tongue
"who would be stealing pet food that's not even expensive!" baji hissed out again
"one-thousand yen is the cheapest pet food anyone can get!" baji turned around and marched away from the half-empty shelf with annoyance
the two others followed him "maybe they're a broke college student?" chifuyu said
"college students are broke but not that broke! plus the nearest college is- what like twenty minutes away? no one would bother!" baji said, he had a light frown when he sat down on the chair behind the counter
"I'll keep watch, you two don't know how to catch a thief," baji said and the other two gave him looks but didn't say much else
"ok well don't strange the thief alright? we gotta at least ask questions before making them into cat food" chifuyu chuckles and kazutora gives a small laugh
baji looked at the door with intensity
he was ready to beat the information out of this thief! but now that he was sitting--hunched over with his elbow on the counter and soft music playing--he wondered why they were stealing
maybe they were doing a good deed with the pet food? like feeding the strays but they were already doing that around their area they had bowls out in front of their pet store and in an alleyway next to them
so why would they be stealing? he thought back to chifuyu's words 'college student'
he huffs, that could be right maybe they didn't have enough money to pay for the pet food for their own pet and decided to steal but why for so long?
he leaned back in his chair and stared at the sealing
' ding dingg '
baji straightened his back to look at the person who entered the shop
"oh ryusei" baji said
"heeyy baji" ryusei smiled, he walked over to the counter "how's it goin'? caught your thief yet?"
baji shook his head and ryusei gave a small laugh "having a tuff time?"
chifuyu and kazutora came into the opening to butt in the conversation that baji was having with ryusei
but they didn't notice that the thief who they have been hunting just entered with other customers to cover them
"HOW- FUCK!?" baji yelled from the back of the shop
"did they get in again!?" chifuyu yelled from the counter
"fuck yes they did!!" baji yelled back
"huh, who got in?" takemichi asked "we have a thief, whoever they are has been stealing for that last year" chifuyu answered
ryusei giggled from his seat behind the counter "wow I thought I would have noticed them"
some of the past toman members came into the pet shop to talk to the three owners and it seems the thief took advanced of that
"they must have taken advantage of the rush hour you guys were having and the fact we were all talking after as well," kisaki said as he fixed his glasses and hanma chuckled
"sneaky bastard huh?" hanma said
"how long has this been happening?" mikey asked, he was standing next to draken
"one year, five months, and two weeks," kazutora said, everyone looked at him
"oh ah I have been counting for fun," he said and some chuckled at this
"oh well, would you look at that!" baji yelled
baji then came back to the front with a small sticky note in his hand
"huh whats that?" chifuyu asked, "that bastard left us a note!" baji hissed
he showed it to chifuyu then he passed it around to the others and they all chuckled at the note and some even laughed
your shit is very expensive >:(
- your local pet shop thief
please comment and star this chapter! it lets me know to keep updating!
this was a story idea I have had for a while so I'm gonna make it into a fic
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