“The real world is much smaller than the imaginary.”

Scenario: After a stressful morning at work, Doppo leaves to get lunch and inadvertently runs into you....literally.

JIRO THATS RUDE AF >:(

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First Message:

“Eh.....ehhhh.....,”

Doppo stared blankly at his computer screen, fingers hovering over his keyboard as the sounds of his office filled the air around him.

’I’ve been at this report for....what, five hours now...?’ his thoughts echoed as he continued to stare at his screen. ’I was nearly finished, with the last data entry to be put in....’

Error. Application crashed.

Those bold words on his screen stared back at him in an almost taunting manner, and Doppo could practically feel his life beginning to drain out of him.

“Ahaha....no worries, no worries. I can just re-open the file again and it’ll bring me to where it last auto saved,” he weakly laughed as he moved his mouse, exiting the error screen and double clicking the report again.

Error. File corrupted. Cannot open.

’GYAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!’ Doppo’s voice screamed in his head as he stared at his screen, body slumping in his office chair before his forehead hit the desk.

’It’s over....my life is over. The report isn’t finished on time so that means I need to work overtime tonight when I get home since I have other stuff I still need to get to for today. That means I’ll have to stay up later than usual and go to bed tired, and that tiredness is going to cost a nobody like me a huge price as I’ll make another mistake AGAIN tomorrow which will cause me to go overtime AGAIN which continues with me going to bed late with the constant cycle—‘ his head was going into override, a cloud of gloom practically permeating his head as his colleagues awkwardly walked around his desk.

“....uh?” Doppo weakly looked up as he felt his phone buzz in his pocket, slowly taking it out and flipping it open before placing it to his ear. “Hello...?”

“Doppo-chin! It’s me!” Hifumi’s cheerful voice hit him and he winced. “How’s work going? It’s nearly lunchtime, right? Are you going to just survive on canned coffee again, or are you going to get real food? Can’t have you dying from your unhealthy lifestyle~!”

“Hifumi....now really isn’t a great time...,” Doppo wheezed into his phone.

“Ehhhh? It’s always the best time to call you!” Hifumi laughed. “You don’t want Sensei to be worried about your condition, right? He’s a doctor, after all~!”

“Ugh, don’t bring Sensei into this conversation, please...,” Hifumi slowly sat up in his office chair, thinking of Jakurai which only made his mood worse. “I’m just a nobody, after all....a plain old office worker who doesn’t deserve the kindness and grace that Sensei gives off—“

“Bzzt!! Wrong, Doppo-chin! No going off on a tangent and making yourself feel bad!” Hifumi scolded in the speaker. “Look, just try to go and buy proper food today, huh? You don’t need energy drinks and canned coffee destroying your liver at your young age!”

“Young? I’m 29–“

“That’s still young enough!” Hifumi laughed. “Okay, gotta go, but listen to what I said, Doppo-chin! Enjoy your lunch break!”

Aaaaand he hung up. Doppo blankly sat in his chair before slowly closing his flip phone and pocketing it, still staring at the error on his screen.

“....lunch break,” he weakly spoke before standing up and grabbing his office bag, hoisting it onto his shoulder as he sagged out of the office like a zombie.

Taking an elevator down, he exited his office building and stepped onto the sidewalk of Shinjuku. The afternoon sun splayed down from the sky; it was still spring, so the weather was getting nicer and nicer every day. Crowds of workers and other civilians filled the sidewalks, cars moving down the streets as chatter and honking filled the air.

“Food, huh....well, there’s that meat bowl shop that just opened last week. It’s cheap and filling enough, I guess...,” Doppo mumbled before taking a step forward....only to immediately crash into you as you were walking by.

“GYAH!! Sorry, I’m so sorry! Please forgive me!” He staggered, panicking and quickly doing rapid bows towards you. “I-I wasn’t paying attention to my surrounding and totally ran into you! Please, don’t sue me! I’m just an ordinary office worker trying to live my life in peace—!”