"Wha—?"
This is Cal's job? This store? Wow, I didn't know. Of course I didn't know, I never been here.
Cal raised his right eyebrow when no one spoke. "So? Will you just stand there and not buy something?"
Riri stopped gaping and cleared her throat. "So you are the handsome cashier that my connection are talking to?" Riri queried.
"I don't know. I don't even know that there are rumors spreading like that." Cal shrugged.
I scoffed. Yeah, he's handsome but his handsomeness is the type that you want to punch. It's irritating.
"Him? Handsome? More like annoying."
"Hey don't be jealous Cooper. You are cute." consoled Riri and pinched my right cheek, hard. Ow!
I removed her hands that's on my cheek. I glared at her in indignation. "Me jealous? As if! And I'm not cute I'm handsome! Hmph!" I puffed my cheeks that didn't looked even with a red right cheek and looked away. Who said that I'm cute? I'm the most handsome man in the whole world period!
Riri just cooed. "Awww don't be mad. You look even cuter with your puffed cheeks. Even Adrian is agreeing. Look at him." Riri pointed at Adrian who's looking at me and smiling.
When he noticed that we're looking at him, he stopped smiling and put on serious face. "Yes?" he asked.
"Pfft. Bahahaha!" Rir burst laughing.
"Yes? Really? You can only say yes?" She continued laughing.
Both Adrian and I are looking at her in confusion. What does she laughing about? There's nothing funny about what Ari said.
I heard Cal sigh. I looked at him and noticed that he looked irritated. "Could you just buy something? I have job to do. This is not the place to play."
Riri stopped laughing although she had a hard time to control it.
"Sorry sorry. It's just that even though Adrian said it with a straight face, his face is beet red."
Cal sighed in exasperation. "Just buy something you could find. Later, there will be more customers and I don't want you three to bother them. Especially you Kristine."
Riri glared at Cal in indignation. "Me?! Why me? I am such a good girl. Check my school clearance, no record."
Cal rolled his eyes and didn't bother with Riri.
Me? I have been looking for things to buy long ago in this store. Just looking with curiosity. There are some foods that I didn't know about. Some have a different writing that I can't understand. And there are school supplies too. Good thing because this store is near our school. Students can buy easily what they need.
Something caught the corner of my eye. I pick up a pink box. What's this? There is a picture of a strawberry in the side and in the center is a rather weird looking plastic. There is a slogan underneath it. It says: 'Make your banana more delicious!'
Banana? I like bananas! It's weird though. Why would I want a plastic that is strawberry flavored in my banana?
I looked at the name of the box.
Condom?
"Condom? What's that? Hmmm, is it good? Maybe I should tell Kristine. She have more experience with this stuff." I decided.
"Riri!" I shouted, holding the box on my right hand.
I walk-run... You know what I mean, to Riri.
"Yes?" she said looking at me. She's on the other aisle where all the make-ups are.
"Do you think this is good? It said it's strawberry flavor but i don't know if this is the good kind of strawberries or the weird one. What do you think?"
I hand out the box of condoms. Riri's jaw dropped. Not literally but figuratively. She looked like she can't believe what she was seeing.
"Oh. My. God. Sorry God for I have sinned, using your name for this sentence." she said.
I look at her in confusion. Why is she doing that? Why is her reaction so exaggerated? It's just a box of condom.
"What?" I asked.
"I didn't expect you, of all people, to touch this kind of thing."
"Why is it bad? It's just a food. Is it bad to eat it? I asked worried.
Riri just laughed. "It's bad if you swallow it.
"So it's just okay to chew it? And them spit it. Like a bubblegum?" I love bubblegums! But don't you think it's weird to put a bubblegum on a banana?
If Riri's laughter before isn't loud enough, then now she swallowed a mic for her laughter to be this loud.
Can't she stop laughing for a second? I have a serious question here.
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.
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She didn't stop laughing. She's holding her stomach because she laughed so much. Hmph! Karma.
If she can't answer my question then I'll just ask the only staff of this store. He probably know what they are selling.
I left Riri who was almost rolling on the floor. I went to the counter to ask Cal.
There are no customers besides us yet. Cal is sitting on a chair with his earphones on his ears. He notices me and he raises his right eyebrow. "What do you want?"
"I just want to ask you something." I said.
He didn't said anything but I know that he want me to ask it. I raise my hand that is holding the box.
"Why would you want that?"
"I don't know. It looks interesting and I want to try it."
Cal frowned. Then his eyebrows eased as if he realized something. "You didn't know what's it for, dont you?"
"Um, I did! It's for eating duh!" At least that's what I thought with Riri's explanation.
Cal burst laughing. It's so sudden that it made me jumped a little. I glared at him then I glared at the pink box. What's with this condom that everyone laughed at me?
"It's for eating he said. Hahaha."
I frowned. "Why? Is it not?"
He stopped laughing and looked at me. There is an odd glint in his eyes. "It's for sex you dumb idiot."