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Ch. 1 - A Merchant's Misfortune (SFW) | Kid & Everybody

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Kid woke up with great excitement. He looked over to his calendar with a massive grin.

"Wake up Vic," Kid shook the so-called prince awake, "It's today, man!"

"Mm, is it really?" Victor sat up and rubbed his eyes, "Damn..."

"So, who's it gonna be?" Kid gave a smirk.

"Hm..." Victor looked up and grinned with his thumb and index finger on his chin, "I gotta admit, they'd all make good Valentines... but I think I have the best shot with Yuul."

"Shoot your shot, man!" Kid nudged Victor with his shoulder, the boy's massive trenchcoat shaking slightly from the impact.

"Yeah... yeah, I think I will..." Victor began to nod, "I'm gonna go get dressed. You take care of yourself, Kid."

"You bet!" Kid nodded.

Who am I gonna ask out...?

The first person Kid noticed when he walked out of his bedroom was Tiara, who was feeding her snow-white owl what seemed to be a... biscuit? Kid smirked and walked up the silver-haired woman.

"Tiara, you give me wings..." Kid said in a campy and over-the-top tone as he grabbed her hand gently and got on his knee, "Please, be my Valentine..."

"Valentine...?" Tiara tilted her head and pulled her hand away to pet Uhu, who was resting on her other arm, "I don't know what that is, ara."

"Ah- well..." Kid stammered, "It's a day where- two- well- you know... people..."

The boy could feel himself getting redder.

"Eh, forget it," Kid turned back to hide his blush, "Have a nice day, Tiara."

"Oh, okay, ara!" Tiara grinned and waved, "You too, Kid!"

Kid, a little dejected, noticed Victor sighing as he walked out of the door to the main floor.

"Hey Vic, what's going on?" Kid asked.

"Yuul..." Victor sighed, looking more depressed than ever. Kid immediately understood.

"Aw man, I'm sorry," Kid patted Victor on the back.

"Haha, I'm fine..." Kid smiled, "If you want, you can ask her out, heh. I'll try my luck with Tiara."

"Uhh... good luck with that one..." Kid thought back to his conversation with the foreigner, "But... yeah, I think I'll take you up on that."

"Deal!" Victor nodded at the trader. As Victor went in the halls to the bedrooms, Kid entered the main floor where the bar could be found, finding Yuul in a stool. He smiled and took a deep breath.

"Yuul, my feelings for you are driving me crazy..." Victor said in the exact same way as before with Tiara, "Won't you be my Valentine?"

No response. Kid, confused and a little speechless, went up to the grad student to take a closer look.

There she was, dozing off at the counter.

"Uh... Yuul...?" Kid asked concernedly.

"Oh... Kid..." Yuul managed to breath out amidst her sleepy daze, "You say something...?"

"It's... never mind..." Kid shook his head and angrily stormed off, leaving Yuul to only shrug and continue her much-needed nap.

Kid was down two, and let's just say he was feeling his effects. He downtroddenly walked down the hall and meant to go to his market for the rest of his day, but he overheard some noises coming from the crafting room. Curious, he stopped by and noticed the door was open. Peeking through, he noticed a familiar blonde working away at a forge.

Okay, maybe just one more time... Kid reasoned to himself. He walked in the forge and went up to Scout.

"H-hey, Kid!" Scout exclaimed with a tinge of anger, pulling him back by his trenchcoat, "What the hell do you think you're doin'?"

"Scout, my love for you runs deeper than the fire in this forge..." Kid, like clockwork, got on his knee and said in an exaggerated manner, "Please, be my Valentine today."

"Uhhhh..." Scout put her hand on her neck and looked around awkwardly, "I don't know about this place, but back where I grew up, bein' with a kid your age would get me locked up."

Her words may as well have been bullets from Tiara's revolver.

"I... see..." Kid slumped away, "See you later, Scout..."

"Madam M, I'm begging you!" Kid cried as he clung onto the woman's foot. He must've been dragged across the entire lower floor at this point.

"Kid! No means no!" Madam M shouted.

"PLEASE STEP ON ME MISTRESS!" Kid pleaded.

"WHAT THE FUCK KID-"

Kid, tired and quadruple-rejected, sat on the sofa in the main room. For some reason, the room was oddly empty.

He looked to his left.

Oh, so that's why. Sure, he was used to the scent, but everyone else definitely wasn't.

"What's up, Watoto?" Kid asked.

"Bird Lady is spending time with birds today instead of Watoto..." Watoto looked down sadly. His mustache even seemed to be droopy.

"H-hey, it's all good, Watoto," Kid tried to console the odd man, "If it makes you feel any better, I was rejected four times today."

Watoto sighed and chuckled.

"Girls don't like traders like you and Watoto, eh?" Watoto glanced at Kid.

"You might just be onto something, Watoto..." Kid grinned. He got up and rummaged through some boxes, finding the TV remote and a few old Gamecube controllers.

"Wanna play a game?" Kid smiled and asked, "I have a feeling you'd be an Double-Dash kind of guy."