Leader Time

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Hello, and thank you for 4.7k+ reads and 185+ votes! Also, a special thanks to jhen11222006 for voting and following! This chapter is over 5k words... I forgot it was so long...  and I'm sorry if the ending was weird. Well, here's today's chapter :)

One day I get ready like normal, not planning to do anything in particular when I get a text from Kataoka.

Kataoka
Hey, so you know how we heard about Isogai having a job? Me and a few others looked into it and we found that he works at a cafe. We're going to visit it later so I was wondering if you wanted to go?

(Y/n)
Yeah, sure! That sounds fun!

A few more messages and we've established a time and she sends me the address.

I meet her at the appointed time and eventually Nagisa, Kayano, Okajima arrive.

"Is this it?" I ask her.

"Nope. One more person." She says.

"Hey, guys.!" A familiar voice says.

"Hey Maehara!" Okajima says, patting him on the back.

"Hey..." He says, his eyes landing on me and then looking away immediately. "Sorry to keep you waiting. We should probably go in now."

"Heh, yeah." Nagisa says.

"Good idea!" Kayano agrees. We enter the shop and I hover awkwardly at Kataoka's side.

"Hello! Let me get you- Guys?" Isogai says in confusion. "What are you doing here?"

"Oh, we just felt like going out somewhere and heard there was good tea here." Kataoka says.

"Yes, this is quite the coincidence." Okajima says, Kataoka elbowing him in the side. "Ow!"

"Okay... Let me get you seated." Isogai says, leading us to a booth. "I'll be right back."

"Take your time." I say with a smile and earning one in return. Maehara, Nagisa, and Kayano sit on one side of the booth while Okajima, Kataoka and I sit on the other, me and Maehara the furthest possible distance away from each other: him across from Okajima and me across from Kayano with Nagisa and Kataoka in the middle.

"Here you go." Isogai says, placing cups of tea in front of each of us. "Sorry, I need to go check in with the other table. I hope you enjoy your time here." He says before walking away.

"Wow, what a man!" Kayano exclaims while Maehara folds his arms with a frown. Just then the door jingles, signaling the arrival of another customer.

"Welcome! Ah, always good to see you, Harada and Itou." He greets the two women warmly.

"How's it going, Yuma?" The one with shorter hair asks.

"We come here more for you than t the coffee!" The longer haired one laughs. Isogai smiles sheepishly.

"Now, don't say that. Wouldn't want the owner to get sulky." He says before rerouting the conversation. "So, a mocha for you, Harada, and a double espresso for you, Itou?" He asks, sitting them down at the table behind Nagisa, Kayano, and Maehara as he pulls out a notepad. "Our manager's special today is a nice chiffon cake." He says.

"Ooh! We'll take two." The short haired woman says.

"Thank you very much." Isogai says with a charming smile, jotting it down before walking past us to pass it along.

"Our leader really is a man among men." Maehara says. Not an uncommon thing for him to say, but he sounds a lot sadder than he should while making the statement.

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