Chapter 5

That insolent brat calls her friends.

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(POV: PAST)

“Yu, if you’re going to loiter around, how about you go and help out in the store? We have a cute customer waiting.”

“Yeah, yeah got it..”

My family runs a coffee shop. It’s called Moon night Terrace. The interior of the coffee shop is in log house style with terrace seating arrangements outside. Our coffee shop is quite popular with customers and we get a good number of customers too. 

As I am usually busy with club activities, I do not get the time to work a part-time job. So, I sometimes help out at the store to earn some extra money.

“Yeah? Cute?”

I have a really bad feeling about this.

I wear an employee apron and go out to the store.

“Ossu~ Yu~nii~!”

[TL note: Ossu = similar to heya perhaps; normal greeting by high-spirited girls in anime/manga/LNs]

Three girls take their places at the table to the back. One of them – Miya – leans forward. 

“Ou~”

[TL note: perhaps she is shy after getting exposed by her friends]

“I–I brought my friends with me today.”

“Nobody asked you to though.”

“Hello.”

“Hello.”

[TL: konnichiwa]

The remaining two girls glanced at each other once before greeting.

“Ah yeah, Hello.”

The ‘short-cut’ over here is Mahiru while that other one over there is Asaka.

[TL Note: The ‘short-cut’ here signifies short cut hairstyle.]

Mahiru is well tanned and wears a sleeveless shirt. On the other hand, Asaka is a quiet looking girl with long black hair, wearing a frilly one-piece dress. 

All three of them ordered cream sodas and seemed like they were in the middle of playing a game on their mobile phones.

Miya usually seems a little brash, but when looking at her having fun while playing and hanging out with her friends. It looks kinda pleasant. 

Well then, let’s get back to work shall I.

I was about to leave my seat when Mahiru looked at me while saying.

“Fu~un, So this is Miya’s subordinate heh?”

Nn—nnnn?

“Hold up Mahiru, you can’t just simply talk to an adult, in such a manner. He’ll get furious.” Asaka says.

“But if he’s working for Miya, doesn’t that also mean he is also working for her friends; us as well.”

“Eh, ah so that’s how it is. Ah now I see…”

Ah now I see, OBVIOUSLY NOT, don’t just accept that readily.

“Hey wait up Miya. You…, in what manner did you introduce me to your friends?”

“Eh? Nothing ba—kohohohohifu~.”

I pinch both of her cheeks with my hands and pull them.

“Now, be careful before saying what you want to.”

“Hear. Hear.”

“What did you say?”

“Hey, don’t pick up on those little kids now.”

“Guhe`.”

Followed by my mother\’s angry voice, I get hit by a karate-chop right on my head. 

“Come on now, get back to work fast now. The table over there is now open, so clean that up.”

“Ah truly, a Weakling.”

“Fu~fuun, you small fry.”

“Uwaaa, looks painful.”

That arrogant brat, to think that she chose a field that is overly disadvantageous for me, to come see me with her friends.

But I don’t think that she will go that far. No, but—

“Aunty, after finishing our drinks can we all go upstairs and play games?”

“Surely~”

“!?”

By upstairs does she… whenever she would go upstairs, there’s only my room she would always go into.

These clever tactics which she uses to ignore my approval readily, that is by asking my mother’s permission instead of mine. 

I wonder if she anticipated that if she were to go upstairs in my room with her friends, she would get turned away instantly.”

“No, but wait for a mi—”

“Isn’t it okay since she is also Miya’s friend? Rather than concerning yourself with that, hurry up and clean up that vacated table over there.”

“Yay.”

And so, ultimately my room became a hangout spot for those shameless little brats.

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