Yogurt Friday

"Yogurt! Yogurt!"

In the seat to his right, Nagatoro was cheering as she bumped her fist up into the air alternatively. He took a quick glance at the GPS before his eyes returned to the road.

"How did you hear about this place again?" He asked.

"One of my friends from class said she and her family tried it last June and it had these super fun tapioca pearls that burst with juices as toppings!"

Stopping at a red light, he sighed. "You practically grabbed me out of school so that we could drive 20 kilometers to eat yogurt? In September?"

"Is there a problem, Senpai?" The girl said with a smile. Having seen that particular smile before, his attitude did a one-eighty.

"I mean, what better way to celebrate the start of Fall than with a yogurt."

"You got the spirit, Senpai!" Nagatoro cheered again.

The truck stopped in a parking lot next to a store dazzling with bright colors and a white and blue themed walls and windows.

"We're finally here!" Pulling him by his hands, she dragged him once again inside the yogurt store.

One thing he noticed since the Summer Festival was that Nagatoro was more... forward. She would brazenly touch and hold his hands whenever she wanted it too. And her teasing for the most part had died down, replaced by her staring at him sometimes when he was drawing. Did this mean she liked him? Girls were confusing.

Like the outside of the store, the inside was well-lit, following the primary colors of white with a secondary of baby blue. There were multiple dispensers in the back and along the walls was a plethora of toppings to choose from to add to your yogurt. This kinda reminded him of that Subway.

"Look at that!" Nagatoro exclaimed, getting up close to the toppings. "There's oreo crumbs, cookie dough, gummy bears, chocolate pieces- there's the tapoica pearls!" Turning to him, Nagatoro patted her chest as she smiled.

"As thanks for driving me here, everything's on me!"

"Are you sure?" He asked. "Don't you want to say it for something else? I know high school girls spend money a lot."

She giggled before giving him a grin. "Gross, Senpai. You speaking as if you're an old man or something."

Putting her hand dramatically on her forehead, she leaned back as if distressed. "What shall I do with this Perv Senpai? Woe is me."

Seeing that the workers behind the counters were giggling at them, he felt his cheeks get red. "O-Ok, I get it! Let's just get our yogurts, ok?"

"Sure!"

Choosing to get strawberry yogurt, he started to look over the many toppings.

'Oh! There's so many fruits here. Maybe I'll go for a tropical theme?' He thought.

When they brought up the yogurts for payment, Nagatoro reached around inside her backpack for her wallet. He noticed after a couple of seconds that she started to get more and more frantic as she scrambled the insides of her backpack before giving a defeated look. "I left my wallet at home."

Giving her a sympathic smile, he took out his own wallet to pay for both of them.

Minutes later, after paying for their yogurts, both teenagers were sitting at the tables outside the yogurt shop.

"Behold!" Nagatoro said, sliding her cup of yogurt towards him. "Here I present a the legendary triple-layered deluxe tapioca vanilla yogurt!" She gesticulated before continuing on, "At the bottom, we have kiwi-infused pearls topped with actual pieces of kiwi. Following it as mango-infused pearls with actual mangoes. Finally it's-"

"-Strawberry-infused pearls with actual strawberries?" He finished for her, looking at the yogurt. Seeing him finish her sentence, she pouted before getting excited again. "What did you get, Senpai?"

Pushing his own yogurt forward, he let her look at it. "It's just some random fruits here and there with some candy, I guess."

Raising her eyebrows, Nagatoro critiqued his yogurt. "This is so boring, Senpai. No wonder your clothes outside of school is so bland. Who wears a shirt labeled "Shirt" in english on the front?"

"H-Hey!" He defended. "Those shirts came in bulk and were on sale."

She scoffed at his response. "There was a reason why they were on sale, Senpai." Taking a scoop of yogurt, she shivered in delight. "Wow! That taste so great. The way the fruit from the pearls burst in your mouth is just the best."

Taking a bite himself, he found that the yogurt was smooth and creamy along with the sweet taste of strawberry. The blend of fruits added in made the yogurt even sweeter. "Mine's pretty good as well." Closing his eyes, he savored the flavors of the yogurt.

When he opened his eyes, he was greeted to a spoon in front of his face. Across the table, Nagatoro was smiling with a hint of blush as she presented a spoonful of yogurt to him. "Senpai, try this."

Caught off-guard by her action, he quickly leaned away from the spoon. "W-Wait, what are you doing?!"

Seeing him flustered, her grin grew bigger. "What? I just want Senpai to try this yummy yogurt. What did you think I was doing? Huh, Pervy Senpai?"

Pointing back and forth between her spoon and her mouth. He tried to explain why he couldn't just eat the yogurt off the spoon. "But-but-but the spoon - your mouth - lips- mouth -spoon-"

Flicking his forehead with her other hand, she frowned. "Geez, Senpai, don't make a big deal about it. Just pretend that..." Suddenly she started laughing to herself. "You're just a big baby who's about to get the airplane!"

Getting out of her seat, she walked closer to him. Bending down to get eye-level with him , she gave him doting look as she waved her spoon back and forth. "Here comes the airplane~! Say ahh~!"

"I-I can feed myself."

"Say ahh~!

"C-Can you please get that spoon out of my face, it's starting to melt." Sure enough, he could see the dexterity of the yogurt start to lose its integrity as the tapioca pearls on top started to sink downwards.

"Say ahh~!"

"W-Will you stop if you feed me?"

"What's the magic word? What do big boy's say to get the airplane~?"

Blushing red, he forced himself to say the words out loud. "M-May I please get my a-airplane?"

"Of course! What a polite baby. Say ahh~!" He could that Nagatoro was taking a lot of joy in doing this.

"A-Ahh." He closed his eyes, not wanting to witness the scene of her feeding him.

He felt the spoon gently enter his mouth. He could feel the smooth and cold yogurt slid on his tongue. Biting into some of the pearls, he felt them burst with flavors, painting his palate with fruity flavor combinations of kiwi, mango, and strawberry.

"Hey," He said smiling. "This actually taste good."

"Totally worth the hype, right, Senpai?"

"Sure, I guess." That was debatable. While it was good, this was something he would probably try again on occasions.

"You must be super happy right now, Senpai." Sitting back down, Nagatoro rested her chin on her upraised hands which were supported by the table. She leaned forward, giving him a toothy grin. "You got an indirect kiss with a pretty high school girl," Giving the spoon she fed him a slow lick, she glanced back at him. "Right, Senpai?"

Naoto.exe has stopped working. His body listlessly fell back into his chair as steam poured out of his ears. His face blushed crimson red as his eyes were had swirling lines in them.

"Senpai, it was just a joke! Senpai!"

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After they finished their yogurt, he drove them both back to Hayama before they had to walk from the parking structure home. After a while, they had reached the split in the road.

Turning to face him, Nagatoro gave him a wide smile. "Thanks again for driving and paying, Senpai. I promise to pay you back later."

Waving his hand at her, he shook his head. "Don't worry about paying me back. Besides," smiling at the girl he scratched the back of his head, "I really enjoyed today." Ok, this was where he was going to do it. "So I was thinking... would you like to watch a movie later?"

Nagatoro was shocked. Her eyes were wide and her mouth dropped slightly. Was Senpai actually asking her out. Still blushing, she started to poke his shoulder with both of her index fingers.

"Gross, gross." She said, looking down at her feet to hide her atomic-red blush. "You'll probably do pervy stuff to me inside a dark theater. Such a pervy Senpai!"

Suddenly, Nagatoro ran off, leaving him by himself, dumbfounded at what just happened. He then heard his phone vibrate. Taking it out of his pocket, he found that it was a text from Nagatoro.

[Pick me up at 3 on Sunday. Gross Senpai.]

Still confused, he looked up at the orange sky. "Was that a yes?"