"Not unusual. First time that's my role with a funny-looking 'princess', though."

entertain the stranger.

There he was, with bandaged knuckles and a bruised brow, yet carrying a My Melody plush the size of his chest– his White Day gift for Mami. "Seems like it." He'd never been one for small talk, much less at a bus stop, but perhaps the spirit of the holiday had managed to soften even him– enough to—