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Hello,
A few months ago I captured an Mondstadtian Cockroach in my studio apartment. In my apartment, I see a roach from time to time. Not a ton of bunches of roaches, like say, 2 or 3 a month. Most often I smashed them or sprayed a poison on them. But one time I thought, maybe this is a bad thing? Why should a roach be killed just because it is a bug? Well I decided to capture that roach and I made him my pet. I name him Big Venti.
I keep Big Venti in a little aquarium, but I also take him out a lot to hold him, pet him, speak to him, etc.
Well, let me tell you in my life I have had only 3 dates, and before this new date my last prior date was in October 2009. So may I say that, of course, I admit I was very nervous to go on this new date.
I find that Big Venti keeps me very calm when I have him with me. He is like a good luck charm of sorts, and as my pet he is my good friend, so I know that if he is with me I am not alone. It may seem silly but it is like he is a courage bug.
So on my date I kept Big Venti in my front shirt pocket, and I put bacon bits in there so he would have a good meal and he would be distracted by that and not crawl away. Well it did not work exactly this way. You see, a roach like Big Venti has very long antennae. If you have ever seen a cockroach you know that's a fact. Well at some point I guess this damned rascal was tired of his bacon bits and his antennae were poking up out of my pocket.
Well I have to tell you that Childe did see this. I did not want to cause a fright so I explained it is just my pet, and I took Big Venti out of my pocket to show him. Well let me tell you he did react very poorly to this, and even screamed. And everyone turned and saw I had a roach in my hands and just about everyone reacted very badly. I had to explain to everyone he is just my pet.
Well I was finding this extremely embarrassing and also I feared for the safety of Big Venti to be honest. So I ran out of that place. Yes, ran.
Well now I am quite shamed and angered by all of this. I have resolved I will not do any more dates. That's for sure. But I wish Big Venti had not poked his antennae out. He didn't know the deal but even so I am slightly annoyed at him. I know this is unfair. But it's how I feel.