Rachel chooses for him

"can you choose for me?"

"Woah really? People usually don't ask me to make the decision for them just suggestions"

"It's just that i have a hard time choosing. We could go for a safe option like earrings? Since your just starting out, you can see if you like it then make a decision."

The idea of making a change in himself was slightly less daunting to Ryu considering the past few days.

"Okay let's do that"

"Alright ill get the earings you get seated"

Ryu sat himself on the chair nervously as she took out the puncher and placed the studs on it and pierced his ears.

All of a sudden Ryu had two shiny studs in his ears and Rachel was applying the healing gel to it.

"Usually it takes weeks to heal but recently we've been getting this experimental healing gel and its been reducing the recovery time to two or 3 days. The only thing is it makes your new skin extra sensitive."

"I think that's a fair tradeoff"

"Yeah i think so too"

Ryu looked at his reflection with shiny earings and the new weight to his ears feeling like a strange sensation.

He left the store somehow promising to come again, and feeling both a little shy and a little proud of his bold decision.