Buying a Weeping Girl Under the Wintry Sky, and Making Her Too Happy. - Chapter 11
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Chapter 11: Early Morning Part TIme Job
After six months of having a regular early morning job, I had acquired a certain ability. That is, I could wake up 30 minutes before my work time on days when I had an early morning job, without an alarm. The trick is to remind yourself that you have a part time job tomorrow before you go to bed. If you do this, you will naturally be able to wake up.
“Well then, let’s get up…Nn?”
Somehow, there’s a sign of a creature next to me…
“Why are you sleeping right next to me…”
At the moment, the only creatures in my room other than me are Miyu and a shiny black insect…If the latter had been beside me when I woke up, I would have fallen into a deep sleep again. If not, I might not be able to wake up again. That's how much I hate him, and it's bad for my heart. Well, in terms of being bad for your heart, Miyu being right next to you when you wake up is also bad for your heart…
“Miyu you…you should be more cautious…”
I grumbled as I got ready for my part-time job, being very careful not to wake Miyu up. Although all I had to do was wash my face, brush my teeth, and change my clothes.
“Well then, I’ll be off.”
I told Miyu, who was still sleeping, and left the house. It was now 4:40, and I had a part-time job that started at 5:00. It's December, so it's still dark and empty outside at this time. But I like this time of the year. It's quiet outside because everyone else has gone to bed, and the air feels clearer than during the day, probably because it's early in the morning. More than anything, the dim light makes me feel at home. The only drawback is that it is very cold. The temperature was probably below 0 degrees Celsius, as it was snowing sparsely. If only it weren't so cold, it would be perfect…
“Good morning, Mizuguchi-san.”
Mizuguchi-san, a college student, is my senpai who works the late night shifts.
“Nn? Oh it’s just Kuroshima. So it’s already that time?”
“Were you asleep again?”
“Well yeah. There were no customers so it’s okay.”
“The manager will get mad at you again if you don't do it in moderation, you know?”
“It’s fine, I wake up when there’s customers.”
“Then it’s fine I guess. Well then, I’ll go get ready at the back.”
“Aye.”
After saying that, I exchanged greetings with the other person who worked the late night shift and went into the back of the store, where I found Akikaze Mio, who had a shift at the same time. She and I were the same age and went to the same junior high school, but we went to different high schools, but we happened to meet again at my part time job. By the way, I started work a month earlier than her, so I'm her senpai.
She told me that the reason why she was working so early in the morning was because of the morning practice of the brass band club. If that's the case, why don't you come in after the club activities are over? When I asked that, she said, ‘Then I won’t have time to play!’
“Morning.”
“Nn? Oh, Kuroshima-kun. Morning~”
Then we both swiped our time cards and went into the cash register to replace Mizuguchi-san, who was in the late night shift.
“Akikaze, do you have morning practice today as well?”
“I would say of course, but I'm off today. Why am I working in the morning if it's my day off…”
“Like I’d know.”
“Kuroshima-kun, are you working till 12:00 today?”
“Of course. I don't do any club activities or anything, so I have all the time in the world.”
“So much free time…What about your winter vacation homeworks?”
“I already finished all of them.”
“Eh!? It’s just the 2nd day of winter vacation though!?”
“Winter vacation assignments are handed out in class before the winter break, right? So if you do them during class, you'll be done with them by the time winter break starts.”
Now I can work part time without any worries. Well, even if I hadn't finished my assignments, I would still be working… It’s about my living after all. I don’t have spare time for assignments.
“I can’t tell if Kuroshima-kun is dumb or smart…Are you fine with your grades?”
“There’s no need to listen during classes if you have good grades on your tests right?”
Tests are basically given from a given set of questions, so if you do the pre-test assignments in class and keep learning the answers to them, you can get through the test by memorizing the answers to the questions without listening to the class.
“Kazuya-kun is really smart, aren’t you… I’m really jealous. I’m an idiot after all…”
“Well in your case, you have your club activities so you can’t really study, can you?”
“Balancing club activities and a part-time job is all I can do…”
“Then, shouldn’t you be balancing club activities and studies instead…”
At this time of the day, there are hardly any visitors, so I wait for the time to pass by while chatting with Akikaze.
After 7:00, the number of customers starts to increase, so it becomes busy, but it also calms down after 8:00.
“Well then, my shift ends here.”
Akikaze usually has morning practice, so she usually works from 5:00 to 8:00 in most shifts. She sometimes extends her shift a bit depending on the number of customers, so she rarely goes home at exactly eight o'clock, which is a big help for me.
“Alright. Good work.”
“Kuroshima-kun, do your best until 12:00.”
After saying that, Akikaze left the store. At this time of the day, when the number of customers is decreasing, the morning deliveries come in, so I leave the register to inspect and put out the goods that have arrived. The woman who came in to replace Akikaze was standing at the register. By the time I was done inspecting and sorting out the goods, it was about 12:00 and I was done for the day, so I headed home.
“I'm home.”
As I said that and entered my house…
“Kazuya-kun!”
For some reason, Miyu hugged me with great force…
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