+ @jadeincarnate !!
this has to be an introvert's nightmare.
there are worse situations to find yourself in. and truthfully, dan heng can confidently say they've definitively been through worse. but in the moment, right this second, it's hard not to feel the utmost dread standing at the very front of the queue, all checked out, arm full of heavy books, only to realize —
that. well.
well.
"my phone," they mutter. their only way of paying.
plenty of people in dan heng's life could certainly navigate their way out of this situation with an i-o-u or two, but dan heng is not any of those people. and with little interest in perpetuating an already awkward situation, they waste no time in setting the books back down and pushing them to the side firmly, in the middle of explaining:
"i'll come back later—" when one particularly heavy book teeters from the top of the stack right onto an unsuspecting customer's foot.
dan heng squeezes his eyes shut. with much futility, they meet the gaze of said victim — a gaze of black and cool jade.
"... sorry."
