Chapter 2: Sakura Cafe

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Beef sees the chairs still on the tables, stacked. He found this weird because the cafe was opening in 10 minutes and usually his parents would've already prepared everything.

Beef's mom and dad appear from the kitchen, with smiles on their faces. "Hey champ!" Beef's dad exclaims. "Hey dad! How's it going?" Beef responds with a smile. "Pretty good son!" Beef's dad replies. Beef's mom walks up to Beef and would give him a big hug.

"Hey Aaron, did you eat breakfast yet?" Beef's mom asks Beef with a warm smile. "Yeah, I had breakfast mom!" Beef says. "So... what's with the stacked chairs? Isn't the cafe supposed to be ready to open by now?" Beef's mom looks at Beef's dad, and they both smile, turning their attention towards Beef.

"So your father and I have been talking, and we have decided on something very important."
"Alright, what have you guys decided on?"

"Since you just got out of college and you are in need of a job, your father and I have decided to transfer the cafe ownership over to you! Inside the envelope is 13,853,150.00 yen, (equal to 100,000 US dollars) it'll help you make some renovations to the cafe, purchase a new sign, and help you pay for whatever else you want to add to the cafe! You can name the cafe whatever you want Aaron!" Beef's mom would explain all of this to Beef with a big smile on her face.

"Make sure to only use the money on the cafe, champ," Beef's dad would stare intensely at Beef. "Okay Dad, I understand..." Beef would mumble. Beef then pulls his mom and dad in for a big hug. Beef's eyes then started forming tears. "Thank you guys so much, I'll make sure to take good care of the cafe" Beef would manage the words in between his joyful tears. "We know you will, son." Beef's dad patted Beef on the back gently.

"We know our families cafe is in good hands Aaron, we trust you!" Beef's mom would assure Beef. Beef smiles as he dried off his tears on his dads shirt. "Thank you again Mom and Dad!" Beef thanks his parents once again as he pulls away from the hug.

"Okay, we should be heading back to America now, our flight is soon!" Beef's dad would inform Beef. Beef nods and helps his parents with their suitcases, escorting them out of the cafe. Beef waves at them as they got in their car to go to the airport. Beef watches their car go down the road and when their car was out of view, Beef would turn his head towards the cafe, looking up at it, sighing.

"Can't believe the families cafe is my responsibility now, I can't let my parents down!" Beef says as a wave of determination came over him. Beef locked up the cafe and runs back home with the envelope in his hand, completely forgetting about his bike, ready to brainstorm some cafe names for his new cafe.

—Moments later—

Beef arrives at his apartment, drenched in sweat. He quickly opens his door and closes it, running to his room, placing the envelope down on his desk. He takes out multiple pieces of paper and a pencil, and started to sketch out cafe redesigns as well as some potential cafe names.

Some potential names Beef came up with were: Beef's Bakery, Beef's Kingdom, Beef's Lounge, and Beef's Hangout. Beef had drawn out some new items he wanted to add to the cafe too, such as a soda machine and a ping pong table. By the time Beef was finished with his sketches and potential names, it was already noon and almost nighttime.

Beef looks at all the crossed out names and only one was left. "Beef's Hangout". He shook his head and crossed out "Beef's Hangout" and put down his pencil. Beef was not satisfied with that name and thought he could come up with a better one. He sighs and eats a quick dinner of spaghetti. Beef washes the plate and goes into the shower to brainstorm some other potential names.

Beef showers for a while, thinking of the perfect name for his cafe, then suddenly it hit him. He had thought of the perfect name. Beef quickly gets out of the shower, putting on his clothes fast and runs out of the bathroom, not caring to dry his hair. Beef sits down at his desk and gets to sketching. After a few minutes he blows away the eraser marks and looks at his sketch. The cafe will be named... Beef's Maid Cafe.

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