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“Why on earth are you here?”
“I smelled youth.”
“Oh, yeah. ……”
Let’s not ask her any more serious questions.
“I’m kidding. Don’t give me that look. I got a call from Ayako san. She asked me to take care of you.”
“Is your work going well?”
“Hahaha. Why should I work when the school is on summer vacation?”
Even though it’s summer vacation, teachers at least have work to do right. I don’t know what they do though.
“Well, that’s why if you want to open a store, I’ll take care of it and you can do whatever you want. In the first place, it’s a temporary opening. I don’t think that many people will come.”
I guess that’s just the way it is.
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“Table three, orders are in! Two maple pancake sets!”
“Ito-kun! Omelette and rice is ready!”
“Senpai! Table 7, four orders in!”
“Hey, Arase. Is my coffee ready yet?”
What a mess!
Because the teacher had a weird flag!
And you, Fujibayashi, stop slacking off and help out!
Kurase’s comment led to the opening of the café after all.
At first, only a few people came, but that all changed when students from our high school arrived.
After all, there were four famous girls from our high school working here, and word spread quickly on social networking sites.
It is true that the girls who came to visit me today were all beautiful girls.
Yuri and Kurase have always been popular with the boys, and Yuyu has been getting a lot of attention from the boys since she changed her look (or rather, went back to her normal self).
Fujibayashi is another person who is often shunned, but it goes without saying that she has good looks.
So, with the four of them working in the café, wearing aprons, the place was getting a lot of customers, mainly our students. Mainly our students.
I didn’t think many people would come anyway. I had underestimated how fast the conversation in the countryside goes.
And maybe it was the fact that lunchtime coincided with the event.
However, the fact that these four people were working did not mean that the customers were all men …….
There were more men than women, but the ratio of women to men was about 4:6.
The reason for this is this.
“Nakashiro kun!”
“Hey there. Thanks for coming.”
“You look so cool at work!”
“You’re welcome. Take your time.”
For some reason, Nakashiro had heard the rumor and was helping out at the store as well. It wasn’t my intention either, but I was somehow persuaded by him.
That is why half of the women who come to the store are there for Nakashiro. This is my store, why is Nakashiro acting like a store owner?
And don’t give me that smiley face that makes a sound effect. No, it’s good because it’s attracting customers. ……
“First, one carbonara and one genovese pasta, please.”
Nakashiro came to me after taking order.
By the way, the kitchen is run by me and Kurase.
“……”
“What’s wrong?”
“Well, what about your club activities?”
“The advisor is on a business trip today. We’re off.”
“Oh, yeah, ……, I mean, why did you bother to help me? I can only afford to pay you for a meal.”
“That’s fine. Ito’s food is reputed to be delicious, so I wanted to try it.”
“Are you sure that’s all?”
“After that, I guess it just smelled interesting. You see?”
He then grinned at the girls who were busy working.
“How could I not show up to an interesting event with Ito and the girls?”
…… I knew that’s what he’s after, isn’t it? I’m sure he’s in the same boat as Kirihara Sensei.
“Don’t stare at me like that. You should hurry up and make it since the order has already gone through.”
Stop smiling like that, you black-hearted bastard.
Leaving only what he wanted to say, Nakashiro went back to the tables to take down the plates.
“Ito-kun, you haven’t taken a break since a while ago, are you okay?”
“Yeah, I’ve calmed down a lot already.
Kurase can take a break too.”
“I’m fine. What’s more, it’s amazing. Do you have to do such hard work every day?”
“No, it’s not like that. I don’t think we usually have this many customers.”
I’m sorry Ayako san, but Kurase and the others are having a tremendous effect on attracting customers.
“And Kurase is helping me with the cooking, so I’m getting by. Thank you.”
“U-uhee. You’re welcome.”
…… cute.
I can’t help but whisper.
The destructive power of a shy Kurase is tremendous.
“What’s wrong, Ito-kun?”
“No…..”
I’ve been thinking about it for a while now. I couldn’t talk to her much because of what happened with Suika. Fortunately, things have calmed down enough that we can have a conversation while cooking, so why don’t I ask her?
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“Oh, egg!”
Kurase exclaimed in the middle of the conversation, as if remembering something.
Kurase turned around and saw that the egg on the fire behind her had turned black.
“Kya!”
“Kurase!”
In her panic, Kurase tripped in front of the fire and overturned the pot to boil pasta next to her, causing the hot contents to splatter Kurase.
“….”
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Just imagining the bright red burns on her hands is painful.
“Ito-kun?”
Knowing what had just happened, I went ahead and turned off the frying pan and pot.
The eggs were still just barely burnt and could be used in an omelette rice dish.
“Ah, the eggs. ……”
“Kurase. It’s okay to talk, but let’s turn off the heat first, okay?”
“I-I’m sorry.”
Kurase looks apologetic. I feel strangely guilty when she makes a face like that.
“…. sorry okay?”
“Oh, it was nothing, it was fine.”
“……”
“…..”
For some reason Kurase shuts down with a face that looks like she’s about to really cry. I had no intention of being that aggressive, and I didn’t know why Kurase was like that.
I didn’t know what to say and a little awkward space was created.
“….., I’m going to go wash the dishes!”
Kurase, perhaps unable to stand it any longer, turned away and went to the sink right next to me.
Did I make her think I was angry?
I don’t know why she is weeping, but I think I should say something to her.
“Kurase, wait”
“Kya!”
“!!”
I was in a hurry and pulled her hand, which was a bad idea.
I was more forceful than I expected and ended up holding Kurase close to me in the small kitchen.
“Ito-kun, ……”
“I-I’m sorry. Kurase.”
The delicious scent of Kurase wafting from close range made my heart beat faster.
“Why are you flirting with others when they’re busy, Senpai?”
I heard a voice that brought me and Kurase back to reality.
I looked in the direction of the voice and saw Yuyu staring at me with a stern look on her face.
Both Kurase and I rushed away and looked around.
It seemed that the people in the restaurant did not see us, and the only witness was Yuyu.
I breathed a sigh of relief.
“What are you looking so relieved? I’m going to tell Asagiri-senpai. You’ve been slacking off and flirting with Kurase-senpai.”
That’s not good. ……
If that gets out, I can’t complain even if Asagiri, who loves Kurase, kills me.
“Please don’t do that! And I didn’t flirt with her!”
“That’s right, Yuyu-chan. Ito-kun just suddenly hugged me!”
“You’re making it sound like I’m even more of a bad guy, Kurase?”
It’s true, but it’s not true!
“Hmmm, what shall I do? Shall I ask you something?”
“That pattern again?”
We’ve done that thing before.
“It’s okay, right? I can snitch on Asagiri-senpai.”
“Okay, okay. why don’t you calm down?”
“Then, let’s keep quiet about this matter.”
Yuyu smiles proudly. Damn it. Is this it again…?
“Mitani san, can you lower table number three for me?
“Yes~”
Asagiri called her, and Yuyu went to the third table in a good mood.
“…..”
“…..”
“We should get back to work, too.”
“Y-yeah.”
So we resumed our work without being able to ask her why she was weeping
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Oh, I’ve done it.
I can’t believe I almost cried in front of Ito-kun.
I knew Ito-kun wasn’t really mad at me. I also knew that Ito-kun was saying that for my sake.
I was trying my best to be useful to Ito-kun, but when I thought that he might have been disappointed in me, I felt sad and my body reacted on its own.
Ito-kun would never have thought that.
I had been trying to push away my feelings for Ito-kun.
That it would come out like that is …….
“I’m no good. ……”
I mumbled a little and started washing the dishes, being careful not to make any mistakes this time.
But… as expected, the pounding in my heart when Ito-kun hugged me was real.
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