You run through the rain, hurrying to your destination. You forgot your umbrella on the one day it decided to pour.
Running through the streets of Yongen-Jaya, you stumble across that familiar alleyway, with that familiar coffee shop.
Your place of solace.
Opening the door to Leblanc, you hear the little bell ringing to signal to the owner your arrival. You sit down at the counter, practically soaked.
"The usual, Sojiro," you say, exhausted after a long, hard day.
"Coming right up," he said, turning his back to you, grabbing the Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee beans on the shelf. "Tough day?" he asks, starting to brew your usual cup.
You nod. "Well, you can rest easy here for a bit." Sojiro places the cup in front of you, and heads to the tv, changing the channel. It switches from the news, to a game show, to a talk show, before Sojiro eventually just turns it off and heads back behind the counter. He sighs, "nothing good on nowadays."
Thunder claps outside, and lighting flashes as you calmly take a sip of coffee. The rain began to fall more and more, coating the windows in a sheet of water. "Good thing you came when you did," Sojiro says, staring out the window. He turns around and heads into the kitchen space. You glance at him as he begins to chop vegetables, boil water, and as he starts to make his famous curry.
The smells of cardamom, nutmeg, and cloves fill the air. The sounds of apples and onions being cut, and of ginger being grated mix with the sounds of pouring rain. Listening to it all, you take another sip.
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Music by Atlus, posted by finnley on Youtube
Picture of Cafe de L'ambre, a Japanese cafe in Ginza
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