Life As Monsters: Male Reader x That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

Chapter 1: New Life+

A/N: New Story that I wanted to try taking a crack at. That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime is much more refreshing to work on and currently a series I don't feel too burnt out of or bored of. To whomever stumbles upon this story, I hope you guys enjoy. Thanks for reading. Bye!

Everyday life was running as normal in the streets of Japan, with people going on about their days doing whatever they had planned out at the time. You were one of those people as you were stood in line at a coffee shop waiting for the coffees you ordered you and your coworkers. You were dressed in your standard office suit and wore a long coat for the chilly day as you waited patiently while listening to the relaxing music of the coffee shop. You were about as ordinary of a guy as you could get, graduating from college, getting a job at a general contracting firm, and working yourself up to a decent position to make an amount of money you were proud to be able to gain. You were perfectly content with your life at the age of 37. 

"Order #19!" A barista called out as you read the receipt on your ticket and walked over to the counter.

"Yes." You held out the receipt for her to confirm your order number.

"Thank you for stopping by. Take care." The barista waved as you bowed your head and took the carrying holder of four coffee's off the counter and out headed out to the sidewalk to find your coworkers.

You walked down the sidewalk feeling particularly good about the day as you felt your phone vibrate in your pocket and pulled it out to see your coworker/best friend, Mikami Satoru, calling your phone. Satoru was one of the only friends you had that you kept in contact with after graduating both high school and college. You tagged along with him for the most part and even wound up working in the same firm, though you chose to work in a different department to keep a respectable distance and not seem like a clingy creepy girlfriend, though he jabs that joke at you from time to time. The two of you were also secretly otaku's who enjoyed the usual manga, anime, and visual novels that most would. Tapping the answer button, you put the phone up to your ear and spoke up for your friend to hear on the other end.

"Hey, Satoru." You answered his call.

"Y/N, where are you? Did you buy the coffee's?" Satoru asked as you shuffled and walked by the people on the sidewalk.

"Yeah, I got them." You answered while looking down at the drinks you held in your hand.

"Good, things have been going smoothly for the most part thanks to our juniors. It's nice to treat them every once in a while. Where are you right now?" Satoru asked as you saw a cross light section coming up.

"I'm almost at the spot we said we'd meet them. I'm at the cross light." You said as you walked up to join the group of people who were about to cross.

"Ah, I see them." Satoru said as you heard him greet yours and his juniors on the phone. "You said you were at the cross light? Here, I'll raise my hand for you. See us yet?" Satoru said as you looked across the street to see someone raised their hand, and followed the arm to see him standing next to the two juniors, a male named Tamura and female named Sawatari, you were going to meet with.

"Yeah, I see you. Tell Tamura and Sawatari sorry for holding them up so long--!" You said before you heard a scream and commotion started stirring up on the side of the street Satoru was on.

You were confused by what was going on and looked further down the sidewalk they were on as you noticed people running and jumping out of the way of something. Then you saw Tamura stand in front of Sawatari with a scared look on his face. Out of the crowd, a mad man with a knife ran out towards the two of them, and you dropped your phone from your hand in shock when you saw Satoru run out in front of Tamura and push them out of the way, only moments before being stabbed by the mad man who quickly ran away after that. You couldn't believe what you saw...Your best friend was just stabbed out of the blue for absolutely no reason. Feeling your worries boil over your shock, you ran out in the street and dropped the coffee as you reached out for your best friend.