Penny Pincher

Yugi blinked as a handful of cards and a jar of pennies were set down in front of him. He looked up at the woman in surprise. "Um… Is this all for you, ma'am?"

The woman smiled. "Yes! They're for my son's birthday!"

"Okay." He smiled back and rang up the cards. "That'll be thirty-five dollars and forty-nine cents."

"Here you go!" she replied happily, shoving the jar of pennies forward. "I'd like to pay with this!"

Yugi's eyebrow twitched. "…Ma'am, that's over thirty-five hundred pennies."

"Then you'd best get counting!" she replied crisply, smile becoming a little chilly.

The teen forced a smile again and reached into the jar to scoop out a handful of pennies. "Yes, ma'am."

Three thousand five hundred and thirty-eight pennies later, Yugi wanted to die. Or choke the woman with her pennies. He was grumpy.

Very grumpy.

"Alright, ma'am, I've counted out thirty-five dollars and forty-nine cents. Here's your change, and a bag for your cards—"

The woman huffed and snatched both the bag and her jar of pennies. "Took you long enough!"

Yugi sputtered as the woman turned and stormed out of the shop, mouth dropping open in both indignation and anger.

'Bitch. Bitch! ! BITCH!'

The boy that had been in line behind her smiled at him sweetly. "Hey, I know this game is gonna be ten-oh-one. Can you spare a penny?"