"Shimizu, you're so nice, I'm never going to play with that big meanie Haruka Yuzan again, from now on I'll only play for real with you, and pretend with him!!!"
The little head kept nuzzling, and the rosy lips opened and closed, going on and on about her elementary school theories.
Haruka Yuzan rubbed the corner of his eyes, speechless. How could this little one possibly escape his grip with her princess-like strength if he really didn't want to let her go?
"Hey, don't go slandering me at random, making me out to be a big villain."
"I don't care, I don't care, you are one, Shimizu, let's go upstairs and play games, don't play with Haruka anymore."
As she spoke, Misaki Saki lifted her cute little face, her clear eyes blinking innocently and indefinably pure.
Chiba Shimizu looked down at the little one in his arms and then lifted his head to look at the boy standing not far away, but in the end, under Haruka Yuzan's hopeful gaze... he shattered his hopes.
"Alright, let's go upstairs and play."
After saying that, he bypassed Haruka Yuzan with Misaki Saki and headed for the second floor.
Hurriedly leaving behind only a breeze, Haruka Yuzan stood there stunned, had he... been isolated?
No way!! I'm the owner of this villa, hey!!
"Count me in, I want to play too!!"
Thinking he might miss the chance to play games with the two beauties, Haruka Yuzan hurriedly turned around, desperate to retain the company of the beauties, at the very least... to include himself!!
I want to play games too, and even more to play with beauties!!!
Almost at the same moment, Chiba Shimizu and Misaki Saki spoke together, snuffing out Haruka Yuzan's last illusion.
Watching their figures recede into the distance, for the first time in months, he felt a lonely, desolate kind of frustration...
The evening sun elongated the boy's shadow, and now the empty living room only contained Haruka Yuzan. If it weren't for the bustling sounds from the kitchen, it would almost feel like time had reverted to several months ago...
At that moment, a hefty orange cat walked out from the shadows with graceful steps. Its chubby, dumpling-like face carried a sheer stupidity, with Roast Meat blinking its bean eyes affectionately pacing back and forth at Haruka Yuzan's feet, rubbing against his pant leg with its little head.
The graceful steps of the cat exuded a self-assured success, as if it were a divine feline angel sent from heaven to save him!!
It's okay, your poop-scooping servant, you still have me, the great cat lord, to keep you company!!
This heartwarming scene between master and servant was actually quite touching.
"Ah, I didn't expect it to end up being you who came, Roast Meat."
Haruka Yuzan smiled with some relief and was just about to squat down to bond with his old pal when the touching scene was shattered.
"Roast Meat, come up for some dried fishies!!"
Misaki Saki poked her head out from the second-floor railing and called down to the hall.
Roast Meat turned its little head, its clear bean eyes filled with foolishness.
Seeing this, Haruka Yuzan also shook his head in disdain. As if some dried fish could shatter the bond between him and Roast Meat, what a joke. With that thought, Haruka Yuzan reached out to stroke Roast Meat's orange fur to feel the thick bond of friendship.
You think so, don't you, Roast... Meat....
He swore, in his sixteen years of life, he'd never seen a fat cat run so fast!!
The big orange mound of Roast Meat, like a flash of orange lightning, disappeared from his sight in the blink of an eye, showing none of its usual slothful movements. Follow current novels on novelFɪre.net
For a moment, Haruka Yuzan's hand froze mid-air... he didn't even have the chance to touch the power of friendship!!
A breeze blew through, and only Haruka Yuzan remained alone in the now truly empty living room.
Damn Roast Meat!! Such an easy betrayal of our friendship!! It really disappointed him!!!
At night, around the dining table.
Bright light illuminated the entire hall, as a line of people gathered around the table for the last family gathering of the day.
"Shimizu, how did the recruitment go this afternoon?" Haruka Yuzan took a sip of the barley tea brewed by Sister Reiko, moistening his throat before slowly asking.
Even though he had completely delegated the cafe's authority to the young mistress, it was still necessary to ask symbolically about certain matters, or else would it not seem like he was just idling around?
"Mm." Chiba Shimizu nodded, her cool little face showing no expression, not even a flicker of emotion in her eyes, "The two interviewees this afternoon were quite good, if nothing unexpected occurs, the recruitment should be complete. The rest is just publicity and setting up the event venue...."
"Hoshina and I will go distribute flyers on the streets tomorrow, and with four days left, there should be plenty of time," Reiko Onodera also chimed in from the side.
Arisugawa Hoshina nodded, indicating her agreement with the plan.
"We should call Risa and the two new hires from today, hmm...." Haruka Yuzan thought for a moment, then looking at Misaki Saki who was crazily scoffing down her rice, he added, "Bring Misaki and the Roast Meat along too, the more hands, the better the strength!"
Both a person and a cat lifted their heads from their meal, their eyes filled with disbelief.
"What's with the 'ah'? Shouldn't you contribute to the cafe's publicity too?" Haruka Yuzan delivered a chop to the little fellow's head.
"Ugh, ugh, ugh, but I created the original drafts for the publicity posters and the event page!!!" Misaki Saki protested indignantly after receiving a blow, "You have the nerve to say that to me, it's the weekend tomorrow, why don't you go distribute flyers?"
"Me?" Haruka Yuzan, seemingly reminded of a sad story, sighed helplessly and then looked up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle, "I have more important things to do tomorrow."
"More important things?"
Not only was Misaki Saki curious, but even Chiba Shimizu couldn't help but look over.
"Big brother, would you like to check out our Starry Sky Cafe!"
"Excuse me, please, please take a look at our cafe."
"Yes, that's right, it just opened today."
"Thank you, the address is on Watanabe Street..."
"Know it, know it....."
The weather in July was hot and humid, and the irritable chirping of insects added a restless flavor to the season.
Several beautiful girls of different temperaments and figures stood under the scorching sun, handing out flyers to passersby on the street.
The middle-aged man had intended to refuse; he even had a strong dislike for people distributing flyers to him.
But when he saw the cartoon character of the blonde-haired, blue-eyed, big European-style maid on the promotional page and took another glance, the words of refusal he intended to say were subconsciously swallowed back.
Cough cough, it wasn't because of the big European maid character; it was just that his mood happened to be particularly good today, so he reluctantly took a flyer.
"Uh, give me one, please."
Risa Yaguchi quickly pulled out a flyer and handed it to him.
After taking the flyer, the middle-aged man, who had intended to leave right away, then noticed a completely different cartoon character from the one in his hand.
It was a maid with a head of blue waves, the only constant being the almost borderline indecent attire, quite eye-catching!
"Could you, um, give me another one?"
Almost at the same time, Haruka Yuzan stood at the villa's gate, leaning against the wall, waiting quietly for someone.
Before long, several stretched black Hondas drove up.