Oil Slicked Shopkeeper | Ran&Phoebe.
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“Well, time to get to inventing!” Ran exclaimed excitedly as she looked at her collection of bits and bobs. Pieces of junk lined the back room of the shop, something that she hadn’t enquired with her boss about storing. Since no one had discovered yet it however, Ran hadn’t seen any reason as to why it needed to be moved. Her fingers moved towards the strawberry curls tied in a ponytail on top of her head, quickly moving the strands into a braid to ensure they wouldn’t get in her way. A smile crept up on her face as she placed her hands on her hips and started brainstorming what kind of mischief she would get up to today.
After half an hour had passed in what felt like minutes, Ran finally thought she was onto something. However, the light from the window had become slightly dimmer, compromising her eye sight a little. As she looked down at the watch on her wrist, she realised she only had a few minutes of her break left. In a panicked rush, she heard the bell of the front desk ringing as to signify a customer. She let out a little shriek as she realised that she had knocked the piece of metal that she was working on. Her arms extended in what felt like slow motion in an attempt to catch it before it hit the ground, however, it was too late.
BANG!
A few moments later, a once strawberry blonde girl emerged from the store room, hair now a stained oil slick brown. A small awkward smile greeted the customer. “Uh, hey! What can I do for ya?” she greeted, pretending as if she hadn’t just created an explosion in the back room. Man, the boss was NOT going to be happy!