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The peak of the lunch hour has passed and the busyness has calmed down.
The customer traffic remains the same, but the lunch menu is no longer ordered, and the focus is now on sweets and drinks.
“Ah, I’m tired.”
“Good work. I didn’t think it would be this hard.”
Yuri comes over to me and says a few words of thanks for my hard work. I looked at her face and saw that she was just as exhausted as I was.
“Yuri, good work too. Why don’t you take a break? I think Fujibayashi and I can handle it on our own for now.”
Right now, Yuri and Fujibayashi were the only ones standing in the hall where Kurase and Yuyu were taking a break together.
“What about Arase?
“I’m still fine, don’t worry about me.”
“Right. Well, I guess I’ll feel free to take a break.”
Yuri then took a seat at the counter in front
“Why don’t you go to Kurase’s place?”
“What? I’m not supposed to be here?”
“I don’t mean that, but you’re always with me, so I thought it’d be unusual.”
“B-because I haven’t talked to Arase at all today.”
“O-ou …….”
Yuri blushed and turned away.
That surprise made me speechless.
“Oh, by the way, you’re going to the beach, right?”
“That’s what you were talking about. I don’t feel like it though.”
“A-Arase. Don’t you want to see it?”
“What?”
“Swimsuit.”
“Gulp.”
I swallowed.
And Yuri got up from where she was standing, looking worried.
“Wait, are you okay?!”
“Sorry, I’m fine.”
I wiped my mouth, washed my hands, and began to wipe the plate once more.
“So, what’s the matter?”
“Do I have to tell you that?”
“I asked you, of course you did!”
“I’d like to see ……, if I had to.”
I’m a man too. It’s not that I don’t get excited when I see my female friends in swimsuits. Not to mention, Yuuri and Kurase are also pretty beautiful girls. I think it’s a luxury to be able to go to the beach with girls like that.
However, I’m worried that if I answer out loud like this, people will think I’m like Sasaoka.
“H-Hmmm. I see. Well, you should look forward to it! I’m going to knock your socks off!”
“What do you mean you’ll knock my socks off in a bathing suit?”
My face was getting hot from imagining things.
“What are you imagining, pervert?”
“I-it’s not like that…”
And then…
“That’s why! This has hair in it!”
“Does this store offer hair to its customers?”
A man’s loud voice was heard from far away. Both Yuri and I looked in the direction from which we heard the voice.
“I told you I don’t know. You guys put your own hair in there without permission!”
There was Fujibayashi, who was being tangled up with two men.
“So, what are you going to do about it?”
“Haa? I don’t have anything to do with it.”
“No, no, no, an apology.”
“All right. Come hang out with us afterwards. And we’ll make it up to you.”
“I don’t understand. Can you please leave?”
The demands of the two complainants escalated, but Fujibayashi was having none of it.
“What is that? Is that an East High School uniform?”
Yuri muttered.
East High School? I’ve heard of East High School before.
I remember it was a school with a lot of delinquents. Fujibayashi also got tangled up in the past,……, or I would have helped her out if there had been any.
“I’m going to go pay attention.”
“Oh, Yuri!”
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Yuri went straight to the seat where Fujibayashi and the two men were struggling.
“Sana, what’s wrong?”
“Oh, Yuuri. These guys started complaining that there was hair in the food. I’m sure they set it up themselves.”
“Oh? Do you have any proof?”
“Proof? Which hair was in the food?”
“Here it is.”
The man was proudly pointing out a hair that had been moved to the edge of the plate.
“That’s not it, then. That hair is brown, for the most part. No one among us is carrying a dish with that color hair right now.”
“Oh?….I mean, you’re cute, too.”
“You can come hang out with us if you want.”
“Hey, get your hands off of me! Ow!”
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Today is a very predictable day.
Like the mummies have turned into mummies?
It seems like things won’t get any better even if I let Yuri go at this point.
“Wait a minute, Yuri.”
“Eh?”
I stopped Yuri, who was about to leave with full of motivation.
“I’ll go. I don’t want anything to happen to Yuri or Fujibayashi.”
“I-Is that so?”
I went to Fujibayashi instead of Yuri, who blushed a little.
“Sir, what’s wrong?”
“…tch. a man?”
Tongue lashing?
Your attitude is so different
“What is wrong with you? There was a hair in my food, you know? What are you going to do, huh?”
“Haa!!? That color is yours, by the way.
That hair—Arase?”
I interrupted Fujibayashi’s attempt to point out the same thing that Yuri had just blamed in the future with my hand.
“I’m sorry, sir. I will replace the dishes. May I take a moment of your time?”
“Haa, I don’t need that. What’s more……, right?”
“Yeah.”
Rejecting my suggestion, the duo grinned at each other.
“Look, that one over there is that Fujibayashi, right?”
“Yes, yes, I heard that if you ask her she will let you do her.”
That’s the rumor again.
Fujibayashi looked as if she was biting a bitter bug when she heard this.
She looked sad.
Do they forget that this is a daytime café? He said in a loud, stupid voice.
“So, if Fujibayashi will listen to us, we can back off here, okay?”
“Look, we don’t want to ruin the store by spreading bad rumors, do we?”
“Arase…….”
Fujibayashi was upset by the words of the men who said whatever they wanted.
I’ve been on the down-low, but I’m starting to lose my patience too.
Both the trouble he is causing to the store and his attitude towards Fujibayashi.
“I’m sorry, but this isn’t the place for that. Besides…”
“A-Arase!?”
“Sana has always been my lover. I don’t know what your purpose is, but could you please stop spreading such lies?”
“Whaa……!”
“….!”
The guys were speechless when they saw me hugging Fujibayashi
“If you cause any more trouble for us, we will call the police. No more money, please leave.”
“What the—“
“I’m sorry. Is there a problem? I’m the homeroom teacher for those kids.
In case you’re wondering, I’m in charge here today. Did these kids give you any trouble? …… Oh? You guys must be students at East High.
Speaking of which, how is Takahashi-sensei?”
Just as the man was about to say something, Kirihara-sensei appeared and wound up the duo. Then the men were even more unable to say anything.
Now you’ve suddenly appeared. Speaking of which, where was this person until now ……?
“Tsk. I’ve had enough! I’ve lost my appetite.
Let’s go.”
“O-ou!”
And soon after, the duo tucked their tails and ran away.
Don’t you dare come here!
I said to myself what I couldn’t say before.
“Sensei, you should have come earlier.”
“What, I was allowed to watch over you until you were about to get into big trouble. Thanks to you, I was able to see something good. I’m sure the guests around you must have felt the same way. Youth is so wonderful.”
“………..”
It’s over. I was too bloody in the head,…… forgetting that there were still customers in the store,…….
I was acting to get rid of those guys and to make those rumors go away, if only a little.
Then, smiling bitterly, I looked around and for some reason, applause danced around me.
……What am I going to do about this?
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