@K-popJ-popAWESOMENESS: me too~ xD I wanna try too~ Thanks for reading <3
@correnereyes: LOl she is not forcing me ... literally xP Anyway, thanks for reading <3
@rhin_rhin: What is something? LOL Thanks for reading <3
@Chichay12: Thanks for the comment and thanks for reading ^^
@hikari_043083: LOL. Actually, all Yuki's secret recipe in this fic are my domestic coffee recipes ^^ I love coffee and making coffee so I created some of my own recipes xD I don't mind sharing them but I don't know if you like them or not lol. Thanks for reading <3
@Pwety: Me too~ Thanks for reading ;3
@DC2805: LOLOL!!!! xD Nice guess~ Thanks for reading~
@kurosawa87: What do to mean by one side equation? xD Thanks for reading.
@Yuki88: LOL Takamina is not useless you know. She hasn't showed her talents yet
Yeha the detail of the cafe next door is important too. xD Telling you the truth, my recipes are not for everyone. It's good to some people but it's not to others xP Thanks for reading my fic~
@Chanaline: xD Taste like coffee hahaha. Thanks for reading~
@fuu_kun: LOL really I haven't read the other cafe's fic. xD Maybe I will read it later. Thanks for reading~
@mo-chan: Thanks for the welcome :3 Everyone wanna taste it xD Thanks for reading <3
@cisda83: You're right cuz it's my personal recipe xD Yukirin's borrowing them from me 8D Thanks for reading ~
@Haruko: xDDD Too bad can't tell my recipe in public though. Thanks for reading~
So here is the next part. Like the previous warning, each part is very short So be patient. Thanks for reading again~Kako no Cafe [Part 3]
Day 2, everything seemed to be normal. Well, normal means that Kako no Cafe still didn’t have any customer yet. But it couldn’t be helped since it was only 7am, not many people would ever go to a cafe at this time. Inside the cafe, the tall barista was sweeping the floor, ready for a new day. Yuki was humming a melody of a song she listened to recently while swept away the dust. On the other hand, the short owner was cleaning a glass rectangular cabinet placed near the entrance, which displayed many random things.
When Yuki finished her task, she looked at the kneeling girl, who still concentrated on her cleaning work. Putting away the broom, the barista then slowly approached Takamina and stood behind the girl. Looking inside the cabinet, she saw many different things could be used as souvernir, such as rings, necklaces, notebooks, etc.
“Ne, Takamina. What are you planning to do with this? This is a cafe, not a souvenir shop you know.”
“I know but this is my plan to attract customers. Beside, our name is Kako no Cafe (Cafe of the Past) so we have to do something that matches the name.”
Takamina calmly answered then continued whatever she was doing.
“OK... Then what is the idea?” Yuki raised an eyebrow, trying to analyze Takamina’s idea.
“Everyone has the most precious memory in their past right? And usually, those memories are connected to something that remind the person about them. Even when it’s bad or good memory, I want the customers see our cafe as a place to relax their souls and also a palce to find their long-lost precious moments.”
Impressed by Takamina’s extraordinary idea, Yuki gave her friend a supportive pat on the shoulder and smiled warmly.
“Very nice idea, Takamina. Even I would never think of something so thoughtful and amazing like that. You’re still a great leader and owner after all.”
“Mou... Don’t praise me.” A light blush appeared on the short girl’s cheek.
“By the way, where do you get those things from?”
“A friend of mine has a souvenir shop and she has some extra old stock. So she gave them to me.”
“What a nice friend. Do I know her?”
“No but I’ll introduce you to her soon. She said she will visit our cafe when she has time.”
“I’m eager to meet her then. And also it’s your cafe, not our. I’m just working here.”
“Well, you’re my adviser. And until you go back to Kagoshima, this is ours. Now back to work! We have to give the first customer the warmest welcome!”
Takamina threw her fists up in the air then walked to the kitchen behind the bar. Yuki soon later joined her friend and prepared for a new day of working. Unconsciously, Yuki knew that they would have at least one customer for today. At least one to warm this cold and lonely cafe up. She prayed that for her friend. Takamina is her only best friend so she couldn’t stand watching the short girl’s business going down without helping.
*Ring Ring*
Her pray had been heard by the God. At around 9am, the doorbell rang for the first time after a long period of waiting in emptiness. The bell rang in a soft melody but to both Takamina and Yuki, it sounded like angels had come to save their business.
“Irasaimase!” Yuki quickly walked out of the bar and greeted the customer with a bow. On the other hand, Takamina, in the kitchen, started baking cakes.
Rising up from the bow, Yuki had a chance to observe their very first customer. It was a young girl, look like still in her teen years, dressed in a white shirt and a pair of black shorts. Her black hair was let down behind of her ears and lay down on both shoulders. Her white and light make-up face, to Yuki, was like a cute doll that could give to anyone a good impression. Seeing the girl was carrying a white-blue backpack, Yuki guessed the girl was a student. Walking closer to the girl, Yuki smiled warmly and tilted her head forward a little bit, due to the girl was shorter than her, properly about 155cm.
“Good morning, miss. Welcome to Kako no Cafe.”
“Table for one, please.”
Reply Yuki’s warm welcome was a cold answer from the girl, which startled Yuki a bit.
“Never mind. I’ll find my seat.”
Yuki was now more shocked by the cold attitude of the girl. The girl just ignored her and sat down on a seat next to the window, which had a clear view of the street and any people that passed by. Quietly cleaned her throat, Yuki then gently placed the menu on the girl’s table and waited for the order. The girl read the wooden menu for a minute then said to Yuki without taking her look away from the object in her hand.
“One hot chocolate and strawberry cake, please.”
Yuki quickly noted it down.
“Anything else, miss?”
“No thanks.”
The girl replied coldly then gave Yuki back the menu.
“Right away, miss.” Yuki received it and went back to the bar, preparing the hot chocolate while telling Takamina to make the strawberry cake.
Yuki had met many kinds of customers: aggressive, arrogant, kind, quiet, noisy or even violent one. But she never met such a cold attitude from such a young girl like that. This was definitely a new experience for her.
After 10 minutes, both chocolate and cake had been done. Yuki carired them all on a black tray with one hand and walked to the table. The girl was now looking at something like a sketchbook with her pencil leaned on her lips. She seemed to be focusing on her sketchbook, so much that she didn’t even notice her chocolate and cake were in front of her on the table.
“Here is your chocolate and cake. Please enjoy.”
“Thank you.”
A short and fast reply from the girl which made Yuki think that this girl was somekind of cyborg. The girl answered constantly like she was programmed to say a sentence if anyone said to her when she was working. Yuki let out a quiet sigh then went back to the bar.
She leaned on the bar, placed her head on top of her arm, and watched the girl in silent. Exiting from the kitchen, Takamina peaked out over Yuki’s shoulder and looked at the girl also.
“Ne, Yukirin~ It’s our first customer! What do you thing about her?”
Takamina asked excitedly.
“A cyborg.”
“Eh?”
Yuki gave her friend a short reply, leaving Takamina dumbfounded and confused. Ignoring the questioning look of Takamina, Yuki kept staring at the girl, not fearing that the girl would get annoyed and discomfortable by the stare since she was too busy with her own world.
Time passed. Until Yuki realised how long she had been staring at the girl, only to see with she would ever doing anything else beside drawing on her sketchbook, it was already 2pm. At that time, the girl had already finished her chocolate and cake too. After looking at her watch, she put away her sketchbook and grabbed her backpack while standing up. Walking past the bar, she placed the money for her bill on it and walked to the entrance.
“Arigatou gozaimasu!” Yuki quickly said but the girl seemed not to listen her.
As the girl exited, Yuki noticed something about their first customer. Hanging on her backpack, there was a teru teru bouzu (Japanese sun doll), not an ordinary white doll but a black one. The smile was white and from Yuki’s view, it was like the doll was smiling at her.
Another thing that when the girl walked past the glass cabinet, Yuki was sure that the girl glanced at one thing displaying in the cabinet for a second.
“Well, our very first customer. Hopefully we will get another customer for today.”
“I just hope it’s not another cyborg.”
Replied to Takamina’s words, Yuki gave her another confusing answer.
But to their disappointment, that “cyborg” girl was the only customer on that day.
However, their hopes still remained.
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