A/N: I'm sorry for my absence in 3 months >.< Many things happened that I lost my inspiration to continue writing. But fortunately, .... I'm back!!!! Finally!!!
My sincere apology for making you guys wait for me T^T I'm really sorry! I'll update all my fic ASAP. I promise!!! Cross my heart!And here is the new part for this sweet story.
Kako no Cafe [Part 5]
After a few days, Kako no Cafe got some more customers. First, a day after Yuki and Takamina met the weird duo, Yuko and Haruna, as they had promised, a few customers visited their cafe, and all were the duo’s friends and co-workers. The cafe received good feedbacks and after that, more and more customers came. Takamina had never closed the cafe earlier than 9pm. And if the number of customers kept increasing, she would delay the closing time to 11pm.
A month had passed, Kako no Cafe finally gained some fame for itself. Takamina was really happy to see her lonely cafe now had some regular customers, especially the two saviors, Yuko and Haruna. Besides them, Takamina and Yuki met Shinoda Mariko, who was a fashion designer, owner of ‘ricori’, and close friend of Haruna. The woman soon became a regular of the cafe after she heard from Haruna together with her fiancé, Mii-chan. Minegishi Minami, MC of NHK television, along with Mariko, became the troll duo of Kako no Cafe. Every time they visited, the atmosphere immediately changed into a hilarious, funny, and friendly with their non-stop jokes. Those soon-to-be-married couple became friends with Takamina and Yuki.
Although, if we are mentioning about regular customers. We can’t forget about the cyborg, according to what Yuki calls her. The young cold girl, who always picks the table in a corner and sits there alone. She never orders anything else besides hot chocolate and strawberry cake or never says anything to Yuki besides four “magical words”: “Same as usual, please”. This is a reason why Yuki didn’t like her so much. Her cold attitude, despite her cute look and voice, gave her a chill and nuisance. The girl came to the cafe around nine in the morning and left at two in the afternoon every day. No matter if Yuki likes her or not, the young girl is the most regular customer of the cafe. This explained for the cup of hot chocolate and a plate of strawberry cake always found on the counter every 9 am.
But for some reasons, today, the hot chocolate turned cold; the strawberry cake was eaten by other customers. The cyborg didn’t show up.
At 8 pm, the cafe was still crowded. Even though there were lots of work, Yuki sometimes had her gaze on the entrance, looking for the small cold figure. But every time she did that, disappointment was the only thing she found. She sighed heavily while leaning on the counter with her head placing on her hand boringly.
Suddenly, the doorbell went off. Like an instinct, Yuki immediately looked at the doorway but right away was disappointed. It was not the cyborg, but someone else that was familiar to her. Hearing the doorbell, Takamina came from the kitchen and stood beside Yuki. The midget saw the new customer and greeted in joy.
“Sae-chan! You’ve come.”
“Yo, Takamina.” The short-hair, boyish girl greeted back. She smiled to the midget and gave her a hug when Takamina approached her.
“It took you quite a long time to finally visit me, Sae-chan.”
“Gomen ne. I’ve been busy lately so even I want to, I don’t have much spare time to pay you a visit.” The boyish girl scratched her head.
“Hahaha, it’s OK. Don’t worry. At least you’ve come now.” Takamina laughed and then turned to look at the barista, who had been looking at them in surprise. “Ah, Yukirin, I almost forgot. Sae-chan, this is Kashiwagi Yuki, my best friend in high school. And Yukirin, this is Miyazawa Sae, the one that I told you about before. She’s the one who gave us all the old things in the cabinet.”
The boyish girl, who is called Sae, happily shook Yuki’s hand with a big smile.
“Nice to meet you, Kashiwagi-san.”
“Etou… Nice to meet you too, Miyazawa-san. And thank you for helping us.” Yuki shook back with a warm smile.
“It’s nothing. Being able to help such a beautiful woman like you is my honor.”
Yuki blushed a little by the sweet compliment of Sae. She quickly turned around and continued to do her task to hide her face.
“Oi, Sae-chan. No flirting with my employee, especially my best friend.”
Takamina hit Sae on her shoulder and glared at the boyish girl. Sae raised her hands up to make a defeated sign and then went to an empty table. The midget sighed, shook her head slowly and gave Sae the menu.
“Ah right, Takamina, are you recruiting more people for your café?” Sae looked up to talk to Takamina after looking at the menu.
“Yeah. It’s getting more crowed here. I and Yukirin can’t handle everything by ourselves now so we need more help. Plus, Yukirin isn’t staying here for long.”
“Ehh? Why not?”
“Because she has her own business in her hometown. She just works here for a while to help me.”
“Oh… I see.” Sae scratched her cheek. “If so then I can help you guys sometimes, when I have my free time.”
“Really?” Takamina’s eyes suddenly became so sparkling.
“Yeah. I’ll pass by sometimes and give you a hand. Of course without paid.”
“Wow, thanks a lot, Sae-chan. You’ve already helped me with my idea for the old souvenir. This is too much to ask from you.”
“It’s no biggie, Takamina. We’re friends, ain’t we? It’s normal for friends to help each other.”
“You’re a real gentleman, my friend. I wonder why you’re still single now.” Takamina giggled and pat Sae’s shoulder.
“Shut up. You’re no different than me, Takamina. Anyway, an iced espresso for me, please.”
“Right away.”
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About 8.30pm, the doorbell rang again. From the other side of the counter, Yuki and Takamina looked over to see who was coming in. Yuki wasn’t hoping the cyborg girl to come anymore since it was late already. But anywho, both she and Takamina were surprised by the newcomers. There were two girls, both looked quite young but the long-hair looked younger than the short-hair. The short-hair one was more energetic than the other, when she immediately approached Yuki at the counter after opening the door.
“Excuse me, is here recruiting waitresses?”
“Ehhh… Yes…” Yuki felt a little uncomfortable when the new girl’s face was too close to hers, and stared at her like threatening.
“Oi, Jurina, it’s rude. Stop that.” The long-hair girl said and grabbed the other girl at her collar. She pulled the girl, who was called Jurina, back and pat her head hard.
“Itai, Rena-chan. Mou… That hurts.”
Jurina massaged her head slowly and looked at the later girl with teary eyes.
“Don’t look at me like that. You’re the rude one here.”
“Gomen…”
Jurina looked down and now she looked almost like a guilty puppy. Suddenly, screams came from all the young female customers in the café. Whispers were everywhere about how cool and cute Jurina was. The male customers were also whispering about how beautiful and cute Rena was. However, there was one person that was pissed off by the energetic girl. It was no one but Sae. Her forehead furrowed and she wore a bored expression on her face.
Yuki and Takamina watched the customers’ reactions and they both gave a look to each other. Then they looked at the duo.
“No wonder…” Takamina mumbled.
Jurina had a boyish look but she was still girly, not like Sae. The girl was energetic and cute like a little girl. But she could be cool and charming like a prince with her short hair from an angle. On the other hand, Rena looked more like a princess due to her long black silky hair and pale pretty face. She was more skinny and mature than Jurina. They almost completely contrast each other.
“Anou…” Rena approached Takamina and Yuki in a shy way. “My apology for the rudeness… We saw your recruitment sign outside and we would like to ask for more information about that.”
“It’s alright.” Takamina smiled to the duo. “Welcome to our café, how may I help you?”
“Well… We would like to know about your requirements for recruitment.”
“We don’t ask much from our staff. We just need them to be hard-working and on time. No experience required, of course. We can teach new employees during working.”
“OK… But how about students? Do you recruit students to work part time?”
“Well, in that case, we will have to consider their schedule first, for the best of the café. Are you two students?”
“Well yes.This girl over here is studying at Akibahara high school while I’m studying at Tokyo University. We can work after 5pm every day and all day during weekend.”
“Hmm…” Takamina scratched her cheek and thought for a while. “Here is most crowed during evenings and weekends, so I guess I really need some people to help us. You guys can work for us then.”
“Really?” Rena said happily.
“Um.” Takamina nodded and smiled to her. “I’ll need to talk to you guys more later on and make a contact. But anyway, both of you are hired.”
“Hai~ Arigatou!” The duo said at the same time.
“By the way, my name is Takahashi Minami, the owner. But you can just call me Takamina.” Then the midget pointed at the tall girl next to her, who was greeting them with a smile. “And this is Kashiwagi Yuki, the barista. Both of us are 21. We’re looking forward to work with you guys.”
“We’re glad to work with you two, too. My name is Matsui Rena, 21 years old.” The long hair girl introduced herself.
“And I’m Matsui Jurina, 15!” The short-hair girl exclaimed over Rena’s shoulder.
“Nani?!?!?”
Both Takamina’s and Yuki’s jaws dropped.
“You’re 15? Unbelievable! You look… more mature than that!” Yuki said in surprise.
“Haha. I know, right? I got that quite often.” Jurina smiled while scratching her head.
“Both of you are Matsui… Are you two related? Sisters maybe?” Takamina questioned.
“Oh no, we’re not blood-related. I’m just her childhood friend.” Rena immediately shook her head.
“6 years of age gap is a big number for a childhood friendship. I’m amazed.” Takamina nodded. “OK then you two come with me to the office to sign some more paper. Then you can start working here tomorrow.”
“Hai~”
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