Triangle
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Maki eyed the pair from the corner who was cleaning the table side by side chatting and laughing together. She was supposed to be taking a nap like she always did before their shift started and let Eri do all the work. This time she had company and they were making a whole lot of noise, well more like just Eri was making the noise.
"If you do it like this and this and then this... See it'll be all clean and sparkly"
Reina just stood there staring and Eri before bursting out laughing.
"Kame-chan your funny!" Reina commented while giggling away.
"Why? What did I say? Ne~ Tanakacchi what’s so funny?" Eri whined but couldn't help smiling at Reina. Eri couldn't believe how fast they had become such good friends, Reina was opening up to her in such a short period of time unlike how long it took for Maki to even start talking to her.
"Kame-chan, the table will still be clean no matter which way I wipe it." Reina struggled to say while giggling away.
'Tanakacchi? Kame? Since when did those two become so close' "Whatcha looking at" Yossi crept beside her and whispered into Maki's ears, scaring the girl.
"Oie! don't sneak up on me like that."
Maki lifted her head up and pretended to look else where like out the window and at the restaurant entrance, anywhere but at Yossi or what she was staring at a few minutes ago. Yossi leaned forward to look at Maki then look at the entrance and then to Eri and Reina.
"You know you could ask her out..."
Maki just gave her a blank look, "Oh ok.. You have no idea what I'm talking about right? Anyway I'm going off now, boss says your in charge for this week."
"Where you going?"
"I took a week off."
Yossi and the boss of the restaurant, Inaba-san, had a close relationship; she used to be a close friend of Yossi's mother. Ever since her mother's death from cancer she had always treated Yossi as her own daughter. She handed the management of the restaurant staff over to Yossi a year ago, which was why Yossi got to boss Maki and Eri around even though she was just playing around.
"One week? Isn't that a little too long?"
"My art work is due in one week’s time."
And with that Yossi patted Maki on her back before grabbing her bag and walked off towards her bicycle outside, leaving her friend alone in the restaurant for seven long days. Just then Eri walked over to where Maki was sitting while turning around staring at Yossi's back.
"Where is she going? The restaurant is opening soon."
Giving her most devilish smile Maki's eyes found Eri's, making Eri feel really uncomfortable that Yossi was now gone.
"She took leave, I'm in charge this week."
All Eri could do was stare blankly at Maki, her brain screaming for her to run over to Yossi for help. It was going to be a torturous seven days for Kamei Eri so long as Maki was in charge. Eri's workload would probably be doubled for the whole week.
But she still couldn't help but ask with a weak smile, "Your not going to make me do everything are you?"
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Yossi stepped into the three story building of the Ishikawa residence, trying to sneak in without getting noticed. Unfortunately that was not going to be possible when a little girl making a lot of noise screaming Yossi's name, the petite little girl dashed to Yossi's side and hugged her tightly.
"Yossi-chan!!! Your home! Your homeee"
'ahh crap should have came in from the back.'She patted the girl's head before she released herself from the smaller sized girl's grip.
"I’ve missed you Yossi-chan... You don't like Chisato anymore? You always come back when Chisato already sleep." , she whined.
"Of course I do... That’s why I came back early didn't I?" ,Yossi kneeled down and smiled at the sweet little tomboy in front of her.
"Did you cut your hair?"
Chisato's eyes lit up at the fact that her idol noticed her new look even though she didn't like it. "Mama made me go to the hair salon. I don't like it." , she pulled the end of her hair pouting her lips.
Yossi held on to the girls hand and brought it down as she was pulling her hair a little too hard. "kawaii-yo", Yossi replied cheering up Chisato.
"Ahh.. Hitomi-chan, your home early today. Your joining us for dinner?"
An elegant looking lady with short black hair wearing an apron stepped out from the kitchen with two plates in her hand smiling gently at Yossi. Following closely behind was her eldest daughter, Rika.
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Dinner was awkward, Rika and Yossi sitting side by side with Rika's mother questioning why they never seemed to talk anymore and recalling how they used to be such close friends. While Chisato did all sorts of actions trying to get the attention of her idol Yossi, resulting with Ishikawa-san losing his temper with his youngest daughter. Yossi on the other hand sat there in silence the whole time.
"Is that one supposed to be a river?"
"Yup"
"Yossi-chan your drawings are weird."
"What’s that? Is that someone's head?"
"mmhmm"
"I like this color here Yossi-chan."
After dinner Yossi had gone up to her room, with Chisato following her, to start on her art work. She tried to concentrate with her work but the questions never seemed to stop coming from Chisato who sat on the bed behind Yossi as she watched the older girl paint. The door then creaked open with Rika's head slowly emerging.
"Chisaa time for bed.." She said softly.
Both Chisato and Yossi looked up at the ‘intruder’, Chisato looking really disappointed that she had to leave Yossi's side while Yossi gave a quick glance at Rika and went back to her painting. Chisato grumpily walked over to the door and said her goodnight, she stopped at the door waiting for her sister to give her room to stalk out of the room. Rika stepped aside letting the younger girl walk past her while in a daze staring at Yossi with guilt washing over her as she asked,
"Is that for the art assignment?"
*****
"Goto senpai seems nice." Reina randomly stated while walking along the stretch of houses as they both walked home together.
'Nice? Gocchin isn't nice... Oww my back'Eri had spent the whole 6 hours serving irritating customers, whipping the tables and mopping the kitchen floor. The last job assigned to her by Maki who was supposed to help her clean up the large kitchen which was why Eri was at her current state. While Maki took all the simple tasks and at the same time made Reina think she was 'nice'.
They walked up to a fairly fancy looking white apartment building, known as the 'rich side'. Reina had always walked pass the building on the way home envying those who live in the apartment. She sneaked in once, with a swimming pool, tennis courts and many other facilities who wouldn't want to live there. Reina stared at the building with aw and looked at Eri shocked that someone whom she worked with lived in such a place.
"You stay here?" Eri nodded answering Reina's question.
"Why do you still work so hard every night when you stay here?"
"Daddy don't want me to be so dependant on him. But then always tell me not to over stress myself with work. I don't understand him sometimes."
"Oh..", that was all Reina could say.
"Well.. see you at work tomorrow Tanakacchi", Eri said breaking the silence waving her goodbye to Reina before walking off toward the building.
"Wait!", Eri turned looking at Reina waiting for her to continue. "Do you want to go to school together tomorrow? We're in the same school if you didn't notice."
"Eh we’re in the same school? Why didn't you tell me before?"
Reina just smiled at Eri, "I guess I was just invisible to you.. So 7.30 here tomorrow. I'll be waiting!"
She said before dashing away towards her house which was a few blocks down.
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Finally! sorry to keep you waiting... I just didn't know how to continue it.. I guess I dived into everything too quickly.. lesson learned, planning is important!
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