Blame it on the Quiet Guy

Dean's phone chimed with a soft ding—the first notification in a few weeks. Ein watched him read the message with a confused scowl.

"What, a new year discount spam?"

"You guessed it." Dean slid the phone across the table for Ein to see.

[New Year, New Goods! Special sales at Jolly Wings, available until the end of January!] 2:55 PM

Ein furrowed his brow. "New goods?" 

"Mhm," Dean hummed sarcastically, then abruptly got up. "That better not be what I think it is."

"You think he caught the barman on his own?" Ein asked, following with a slight limp.

"Wouldn't be surprised if he did," Dean threw Ein's jacket to him. "But I'm not sitting by to see where this goes."

Ein scoffed. "Didn't expect you to."

As Dean's car pulled up to the building of the chicken shop, the driveway was uncleaned, fresh snow taking up all the parking space.