Page 13 of Summer Haze & Tokyo Craze

"And you are?" I turn to the guy, not being subtle at all.

"I'm Felix," he introduces himself with a grin and extends his hand for a firm handshake. "Lily's assistant."

"Ah," I say and nod as he retracts his hand. "Good to meet you. I’m Adam Walker from Croney."

"Everyone knows who you are," he chuckles and digs right back into his food. Food that looks an awful lot different than what I got at the buffet.

"Where did you get a croissant?"

"I went to the convenience store this morning to get myself a stronger coffee and buy some snacks for the day," Lily chimes in, pointing at the assortment of pastries on the table. I hadn’t even realized they were there. "I used to love that chocolate croissant, and since I have a sweet tooth in the morning, I got myself breakfast while I was at it."

"I might steal your idea for tomorrow," I say and take the chopsticks to dig around in one of the bowls. I love an umamibreakfast, but mine usually consists of an omelet or bacon. Having rice, fish and soup is definitely a new experience.

But after a few tries to pick up rice with my chopsticks, I give up. Now that I’m sitting, the headache is back and my brain can’t seem to manage coordinating my fingers the way I want it to. Good thing they have forks as well, even though it gets me amused looks from the neighboring table.

"Anyways." Felix turns his head to Lily. "Did your suitcase arrive yet? Or do we need to go shopping this evening? I found some shops online that could work."

"It arrived." Lily's voice is painted with relief and her whole face lights up. "I collected it at the reception this morning. I’ve got to say, I didn’t believe in it.”

“Understandable.” Felix nods and takes a sip of his coffee. “America could never.”

“Maybe they would.” Lily chuckles.

“But it would have taken them a month or longer,” I can’t help but mutter under my breath, making the two of them glance over to me.

"I know, right?" Lily rolls her eyes. "Anyway, I’m glad they found it. I really wasn't sure what I'd do if it had gotten lost."

I raise my eyebrow, then quickly lower it when it sends a jolt of pain to the back of my eyes.

"Why? Was there something important in it?” She shakes her head. “Couldn’t you just have gotten new clothes here? What’s the big deal?"

Both of them exchange amused glances before Felix bursts into a giggle, which he tries to hide behind his coffee cup as he pretends to take a sip of his drink.

"Huh?” I narrow my eyes at them, feeling like I'm the butt of a joke. “What did I say wrong?"

"It's nothing," Lily assures me, but I see her cheeks darken with a blush as Felix starts coughing, a sip of coffee making its way down the wrong pipe I assume.

"Well, it must be something if Mr. Suits over here is about to choke on his coffee."

"It's just that getting new clothes here isn't as easy as you picture it." She shrugs. "Not for me and you’d likely struggle, too."

"Why’s that?" I raise my eyebrows. I’m a regular size, why the hell wouldn’t I find any clothes here?

Lily bites the inside of her cheek to keep a grin from showing, reaching for one of the pastries and gently opening the wrapping before she continues.

"Because, for one, both of us are tall. You're like, what, six foot six?"

"Six four."

She shrugs. "Close enough. You should take a walk through the station later. See how many people of your size you find and you’ll know."

I cock my head and think back. Now that she’s saying it and I look around in the room, I guess she’s right. A lot of thepeople here seem on the smaller side. Once I look back at her, she continues.

"Well, it’s the same for me. I’m taller than the average demographic and there are certain other reasons-" she rolls her eyes and points towards her chest. "That sometimes make me struggle to find clothes back home as well. So yeah, I'm glad they found it and sent it to me."

"Right," I say again, fighting very hard to not look where her index finger is still pointing. I guess dumb questions lead to dumb answers.

Both of them burst into another giggle at my dumbfounded face and then get up, taking the rest of their snacks and coffee’s along with them.

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