Yo~ The long awaited (has it been long? idk) chapter 4 is here~~ Have fun reading~
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"Rena! What are you doing?! Wake up!!"
Rena woke up to the sound of Airin yelling at her. Her eyes fluttered open, and with a sleepy voice, she inquired, "What is it, Airin? Let me sleep for a few more minutes.." With that, Airin facepalmed, shaking Rena violently, and exclaimed, "Sleep for a few more minutes?! Rena!! Are you crazy?! We have work in 15 minutes, and if your don't get up and get ready for work, we are going to be late!!" Rena's eyes widened as she sat up instantly, throwing the blanket off of her and running to the bathroom.
She quickly washed her face and brushed her teeth, rushing into her room to get some clothes on. After she was done with that, she came back out to the living room. "Okay, Airin. I'm finished. Let's go." She walked quickly to the door, putting on her shoes. "Uh, Rena.." Airin started, "You forgot to do your hair." Rena suddenly stood up and rushed to the bathroom once more, muttering, "This is bad, this is bad. What if we're late because of me? Stupid Jurina. It's all her fault, appearing in my mind." She found the hair brush and quickly brushed her hair, having no time to put it in her usual ponytail. After she was done with her hair, the both of them rushed out of Rena's house and sprinted towards the cafe.
Luckily, they had arrived on time, although they were panting heavily. Yuka walked out and saw them, asking, "What's up with you two?" Yuka leaned back onto the counter, crossing her arms over her chest. Airin raised her hand, and pointed to Rena. "She... She would not wake up this morning." Yuka was amazed. Usually Rena always woke up the same time everyday.
"Oho~ Rena? Not waking up at the right time for once? This is amazing."
"Shut up, Yuka." Rena retorted, glaring at the older woman. "Is that any way to talk to your boss~?"
After teasing Rena, Yuka went back into the employee room, but before she went, she said one last thing. "Hurry up and get your apron and name tags on. Your shifts start in three minutes." The two girls quickly followed after their elder, entering the employee room and putting on their aprons and name tags. They waited in there until it was time for their shifts, then they went out, working.
For some reason, Rena always found herself checking the time on her watch while working. Airi soon noticed that and approached her about it. As soon as Airin got to Rena, she teased her. "Could it be you're excited to see Jurina? Because you keep looking at your watch." Rena didn't pay any attention to it, though she was feeling quite flustered inside. "You've got to be kidding," Rena stated, "Who would be excited to see her? Definitely not me." Airin laughed, pointing at her friend's face. "Your face would say so otherwise. Who blushes when they're looking at their watch?" Rena instantly brought her hand up to her cheeks, then to her forehead, countering Airin's question. "Hey, Jurina has nothing to do with me waking up late, resulting in the two of us having to sprint to work. And why do I keep looking at my watch? It's because I'm waiting for lunch break."
"Sure she didn't. Because I'm sure I heard someone say Jurina's name out loud last night, and I am pretty damn sure it was not me. So, who else is left? Oh yeah, you. How do you explain that, hm?" Airin teased, nudging Rena with her elbow and giving her a weird look. Rena was shocked. "Well, maybe I did say her name. It's not my fault unwanted people come into my dreams." Airin's eyes widened and her mouth hung open as she pointed to Rena. A grin soon decorated Airin's face. "Ahh.. I was just lying! So you did dream about Jurina then! That's why you didn't wake up! It all makes sense now!"
Rena felt dumb for falling for her friend's trick. "So what if I did? It wasn't even what you think it was. She was a creep that was disguising himself as a girl! It was horrible. Sorry to cut this conversation short, but I have to get back to work, Airi, and so should you." Though that's what she said about her dream, she knew it was nothing like that at all.
-DREAM-
Rena woke up in the empty cafe and looked around. There was no one around and Rena started feeling weirded out. She stood up from the table and exited the cafe. As soon as she got outside, she thought she'd hear voices of people and see crowds of people, but there was no one in sight. She then came to the conclusion that she was the only one in town, and everyone had magically disappeared. Not knowing why, she headed towards the park.
When she got to the park, she took a seat on the bench, staring at the empty playground from afar. Somehow it was wrong, to see the playground without any children playing on it. While she was busy staring at it, someone had come behind her and covered her eyes. "Guess who?" The person asked.
As soon as the person spoke, Rena instantly knew who it was. "Out of all the people I could be stuck alone with, why did it have to be Jurina?" Rena thought to herself, but she wasn't complaining. A smile crept on her face as her cheeks turned a pinkish color. She replied to the other quietly, "Jurina." "Yup, that's correct~!" Jurina exclaimed as she removed her hands, wrapping them around Rena's shoulders. With that interaction between the two, Rena felt like she was burning up, and to save herself, she patted the seat next to her. "Here, come sit next to me."
After sitting down, Jurina immediately clung onto Rena's arm. Rena was confused about why she was doing this to her, so she asked. "Jurina.. Why are you―-" But before she could finish her question, she was cut off. "Actually, I wanted to talk to you." Jurina sat up properly, reluctantly letting go of Rena's arm, and looked at her straight in the eye. Rena was surprised. What could she have to talk about so seriously? She turned to face Rena and set her hands on Rena's shoulders with a firm grip. Suddenly, Jurina pulled Rena into a hug, and spoke quietly. "You see.. Um.. How should I say this. I think.. No. I am―-"
-DREAM END-
"It's all Airi's fault," Rena thought. "If she waited a bit to wake me up, I'd know what Jurina was going to tell me.. But.. Her hugs are really warm." She smiled, shaking her head and getting back to work.
In the midst of working hard, the door opened and the bells jingled. Rena instantly turned her head, but it was not Jurina. She continued to do this for the next ten minutes, turning to see whoever it was whenever the door was opened. Of course, Airin noticed this and gossiped to Yuka who was leaning against the wall.
Airin went over to Yuka, leaning against the wall next to her. "Well, would you look at that, Yuka. Seems our little Rena is waiting for someone." Airin spoke quietly with a smirk, not taking her eyes off of Rena. Yuka moved her gaze to Rena, grinning as she saw Rena instantly look to the door whenever someone came in. "It would seem so." The elder chuckled, "Girl's got a crush, doesn't she?" Airin shrugged in reply, "I would like to think that, as much as she likes to deny it." Yuka smirked, calling Rena over.
After hearing her name, she turned around, walking to her boss. "What do you want? Can't you see I'm working?" "Of course I can see that. But there are also other workers here too. And I'm your boss, so it's fine." Rena sighed, her eyes closing for a bit before she open them again, looking at Yuka, then Airin, and back at Yuka. "Fine, what is it?" The other two grinned, then Yuka pointed at Rena. "You..." She laughed, "You like Jurina-chan, don't you?" Rena scoffed, "Don't joke around. As if I would like someone like her." To that, Airin retorted, "Sure, sure. But it seems you were checking who came through the door too often, eh?"
"Shut up. That's normal, isn't it? To look at customers that come through the door and greet them." Rena tried to conceal her real intention with whatever she could. Airi countered Rena, her reply dripping with sarcasm. "Yes, because you greeted everyone who came through the door. Mhmm." Rena clicked her tongue, "Maybe I didn't, but at least I acknowledged the people who came through, unlike some people."
Airi and Yuka weren't listening to Rena, and instead they were watching the person outside of the cafe. Of course, the person was Jurina. They were watching her as she approached the cafe, but they were snapped back into the conversation by Rena. "Hey, you guys weren't even listening! Who calls someone over and doesn't listen to them when they talk?" As Rena was talking, she didn't notice the door opening, and continued to talk. "Hellooo! I'm talking here! You two don't even―-" Yuka interrupted Rena, "Shut up. The person who you've been waiting this whole day for is here." The two girls then proceeded to turn Rena around and push her to Jurina's table.
Jurina arrived at the table, seeing Rena was already there. She smiled, taking a seat. "You're late." Rena said. Hearing that, Jurina countered her statement, "Or is it just that you're early? This could go both ways, you know." "Tch. Anyways, the usual?" Jurina nodded in reply as the other girl began to turn around and walk back. While gazing at Rena's back, Jurina had noticed something weird about her appearance. She pondered about it for a few minutes until she finally got it. Her hair. She didn't tie it up in the usual ponytail that she did. After a few more minutes, Rena came back with Jurina's food and set it on the table. As Rena was getting ready to go back, Jurina stopped her. "Hey, you look good with your hair down."
Luckily, Rena had her back to her, so she wouldn't be able to see the blush on Rena's face. Despite how much her heart was beating and how flustered she felt, she managed to mutter out a "thank you" and walked back. A while later, Jurina finished her food and called Rena over to bring the bill, paying for it. After paying for the bill, she left the cafe.
Another long day of work had finished, and Rena was ready to go home. She went into the employee room, taking off her apron and nametag and putting it in her locker. After finishing with that, she exited the room, saying good bye to her co-workers. When she got out of the cafe and turned, she was surprised to see Jurina, leaned against the cafe's wall.
"You're here again?" Rena asked.
Hearing her voice, Jurina stood up straight and faced her, nodding. "What for?" "Because I want to see you." Rena scoffed, "You've got to be kidding me, right?
You see me everyday at the cafe." Jurina sighed. "I meant away from your work. I want to see the Rena that isn't working. The Rena that isn't a waitress." Rena didn't know what to say. She was speechless, her heart was beating fast and her blood was rushing to her cheeks. She tried to play it cool, not wanting to give up, laughing dryly. "Good luck with that. Anyways, I'm tired. I'm going to go home."
Rena continued walking past Jurina, but Jurina wasn't going to give up. She turned around and started to follow Rena. Rena glanced back and saw Jurina, and asked, "Why are you following me?" Jurina shrugged. "Because I want to." In reply, Rena sighed and said, "Fine, do what you want."
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