"Really, dude..." Jason muttered as they walked away from the group. He hoped Max wouldn't take it too personally.

He was a bit embarrassed about Iikka's weird outburst. As much as the big guy liked to rip on people like Max, he definitely had his own social 'quirks' that made people awkward about him. He put it out of his mind, honing in on the local Dickies store. Not being one for shopping for shopping's sake, he made for the sale racks first, poking around for his hard to find size of 29/34. Not finding any on sale, he found the cheaper jeans and picked out two pairs since it wouldn't hurt to add to his closet a little. They were allowed to wear jeans at the hardware store but they had to be in good condition. The leg rip definitely decommissioned his current pair to fix-it-for-school pants.

He went to the register to ring up his purchase, and looked around the store to see where Iikka went when he realized he wasn't with him. It was likely he was destroying something or making a clerk cry.