Ai walked along the sidewalk with a green book in one hand and a bag of groceries in the other. He seemed to enjoy the book a great deal but the front and back were covered in the green cover that hid the contents well. The man continued to smile as he read the book and paused for a moment before looking up at someone seemingly talking to himself.

Ai closed the book but kept his thumb in between the pages to keep his place as he simply stared to see what it was that the man was going to do or who he was looking for.

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Ai continued to watch the confused boy and then watched as he then looked toward himself and Ai blinked behind his glasses as the boy then spoke about his book and he slowly moved it closer to his own chest and turned to the side as he kept his eyes on the boy

"It is research, I'm a teacher in a school here. Now if you would step back and go somewhere else and leave me to my reading."

Ai was going to simply walk away from the boy but he stopped as he heard him. He actually had to let it play a few times over in his head as he slowly let his his head turn to face the boy once more 'Must be a pretty low-brow school your in, Must be a pretty low-brow school your in, Must be a pretty low-brow school your in, Must be a pretty low-brow school your in.'

It played a few times in his head till he knew that was in fact what was said. The boy was quick to try and save himself as he he spoke his apology but at this point he didn't care as he had the thought of doing something but being in public eye wasn't the best. He looked down at the hand and then took it in his own as he gave a tight grip

"Ai Kazuma...and the next time you bad mouth where I work, I'm going to make sure you start losing limbs.Got it?"

*Archie continues to smile as the man grips his hand and speaks where Archie cant hear him. Again, the temper flairs just a bit*

Im sorry, but I did not get that. Could you say that again, Mr. Kazuma?

Ai listened as the boy continued on and called him by his last name and he continued to smile kindly but forced as he slowly leaned forward just a bit and then spoke once more

"You. Are. Annoying."

He then opened his hand as he pulled it away from the other males and looked down at it as if it might have got infected somehow. He looked back to the other as he then wiped his hand onto the side of his pants in attempt to rid himself of the horrid handshake.

With a jingle of a bell the door to the coffeeshop had opened and closed. Hotaru had exited the shop with a covered cup of coffee in her hand. Originally her plans were to window shop in the small town but that idea was out the window when she had spied one of the teachers of her school. Without a second thought the girl called out.

"Ohayo, Kazuma-sensei~! You're in town for a bit as well today?"

Making her approach, Hotaru finally noticed the person that he seemed to be speaking to. Since the village wasn't really that big and she didn't recognize that, she could only figure that it was a new resident or a visitor.

"Eh? You're a new face... Do you live here?"

Somehow, Hotaru could feel a bit of animosity between the two males. In all honesty the tension between them could be cut with a knife from her perspective and it didn't really help to make her comfortable to be there. Glancing between the two she spoke again.

"I'm not interrupting anything, am I?"