May I order you?

Uri-Corn Cafe

"Who's paying?"

"Is this really a time to ask that, Yuma?" We were in Tanaka's car, all bunched up like medicine in a doctors drawer. It was relatively small. QUITE small, actually. "Actually," Tanaka sighed. "Even though my parents are super rich, they refused to give me money and told me to work for it instead. I mean, why have so much money if you aren't gonna spend it on your kids? Well, at least they gave me the cafe." "Maybe thats cuz your 30 and decaying bro."

SCREEEEE

"I AM NOT THAT OLD!" "YES YOU ARE! ALSO, FOR YOUR INFO, IM MOM AND DADS FAVORITE!" "MAYBE THATS CUZ YOUR IN COLLEGE AND YOU NEED MONEY TO PAY YOUR TUITION!" The brotherly batter went on and on, seemingly never ending, before Yurika broke them up. "Enough. Aren't we all hungry? So then drive, if you may." She was basically yelling but at the same time talking in a normal voice, which I did NOT know that was a thing.

"EVERYONE SHUT UP WE'RE HERE!"

And, BAM! THERE GOES MY EARS! "YUMA! MY EARS!" "IM HUNGRY, SHUT UP!" Tanaka sighed in irritation. "GET OUTTA MY CAR! IM THE MANAGER, SO EVERYTHINGS ON THE HOUSE!" Oh shit. "WOOOHOOOO!!!!" Yuma dropped the bag of popcorn we gave them as pre-food (something we give our food-addicted best friend in preparation for the main meal), and shot their hands in the air. WHICH DID NOT END WELL. "OWUH!!" Yurika sat them down. "Are you alri-"

"GET THE FUCK OUTTA MY CAR!"

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"So uh..." All eyes turned to Yurika (execpt for me, I would never look at my future wife like that), immediatley shutting her up. Uri spoke up, "thank you for this meal." We all followed shortly. Seeing as the situation was a crippling bag of potatoes, I leaned closer to Yurika. "This is awkward." She nodded. "Very much so. What do you think we should do?" I shrugged. "No idea." A cute, quiet "oh!" escaped her shining lips. "Tanaka," he looked at her, eyebrows raising. "I'll buy you that limited edition figure at Jaka Mall. And Yuma, I'll buy you the most delicious mochi ever! And for Uri, I'll buy you that novel you've always wanted." Before they could all yelp and shout in joy, Yurika shushed them before they did. "IF! you guys can get along." Well, that changed the mood quickly. Yuma's unhealthy habit of hiding under the table when things got too awkward was activated, and Uri and Tanaka glaring at each other with daggers was the icing on the cake. Things did NOT go as expected. "I don't think its working..." Yurika shook her head. "Give them time." She said. And within a few minutes, with the hard-to-reject bribe, they all started talking to each other about various topics, smiles on their faces. "Wow!" I said in disbelief. "It worked!" Yurika nodded hesitantly. "My poor bank account..."

TBC