HOMURA CAFE (Project K Fanfic)

The Cook and the Comments

Project K Fanfic

HOMURA CAFÉ

Chapter 4:

The Cook and the Comments!

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Izumo Kusanagi, the failure to be a cafe owner, stood beside Shohei Akagi and friends as they browsed through the responses to their advertisement in the laptop. A few hours ago, they had put up a sign in the net recruiting for a cook to work part time in the Homura Cafe. Well, they had to pick one who has available now so they could open the cafe officially.

"What about this one?" Rikio asked, pointing to a black man with a Mohawk, "Says he's currently available."

" Looks waaaaaaay too suspicious for the cafe," Totsuka commented.

"Good point...he actually looks like that guy who deals drugs..." Yata stared at the photo, "...hey! Wasn't he the one who just escaped from jail couple of months ago?!"

"That currently isn't our problem," Izumo hissed, tapping his feet on the floor, "Just pick one already!"

"This is supposed to be YOUR problem in the first place," Yata retorted, glaring at the bartender, before focusing back on the laptop.

"OH! How about her?" Shohei blurted out, finger pressing on the screen on a girl's photo, "It say's here she worked in a cafe before, so she has some experience, right?"

"Fine, get her! Tell her to come here ASAP!" Izumo whined.

After a few typing here and there, they managed to get her to reply immediately. Totsuka smiled and showed the message to Izumo.

'I'll be there!'

"Finally! We've been searching for hours and-!" Izumo's murmurs were interrupted by a knock on the door.

Everyone's head shot to look at the silhouette by the door's glassed panes. The knocking continued again, and the others stumbled to open it.

There, stood a girl at around 17 years, with blond hair framing her face and was pulled back into a low ponytail with a black ribbon. Her cyan tinted eyes shone with excitement as she gazed at the group.

"Hello, I'm Reilu Clymine, the one you have requested as your cook!" She exclaimed with a bright smile.

"OH! Now THAT was literally ASAP!" Shohei commented, making everyone stare at him, "U-um.."

"Anyways, Reilu-chan?" Izumo coughed and looked at her, "Are you willing to accept the job?"

"Yeah! I'd love to be your cook! Especially for a clan-er cafe, such as Homura!" She stated.

Totsuka whipped out his camera almost immediately, recording the girl's action, "And you've got experience?" He asked.

"Yes. I've worked in a friend's cafe for 2 years and I can speak Japanese, French, English, Filipino and Pig Latin."

She replied.

"Pig wha-?" Rikio stared at her.

"I don't think we'll need that language in a cafe..." Izumo murmured before taking out his menu, "So..um, can you see if you can cook the following? We just finished deciding on the list.."

She took it and scanned the menu, a smile forming on her face, "No problem!"

"YEAH! Finally we can open!" Yata announced, fist flinging to the air.

"Thanks so much, Reilu-chan! Oh, by the way, I'm Shohei," The said boy offered his hand and she shook him back, "The one with the camera is Totsuka-san, and the owner here is Izumo-san,"

"Oh, and the those are..?" She pointed to the other three by the corner.

"That's Yata-san, and there's Rikio-san and San-chan, my precious childhood friend!" He said.

"That's Bando-san to you!" The glassed man hissed.

Reilu smiled and looked around the place, "I like your decors, but isn't this supposed to be a Butler cafe? And..not a Lodge..?"

Izumo stared at what she was looking at. The decors in the room were old, antique lamps, hunting and fishing artifacts, and lodge-style furniture on the corners of the cafe.

"Who put up these decorations?" He asked, a hint of annoyance in his voice.

"H-hey! Totsuka-san gave them to me! I just put them up!" Yata said defensively, "I-It's probably some old hobby that he got!"

"Yep! Lodge-style decorations!" Totsuka added with a smile.

"Oh no, this won't do," Reilu said, crossing her arms and taking on a different tone of voice, "It's obvious that you are all inexperienced with the Cafe business."

Everyone nodded.

"Well, I was planning on making this one my new hobby, but seems like I need instructions~" Totsuka chuckled, lowering his camera, "So, Reilu-chan...Do you have any suggestions for me and my first-timer companions?"

"Yes." She smirked, a dark shadow forming over her eyes, "It's time for Butler Cafe training 101!"

"I have a bad feeling about this.." Yata muttered to the others, who gulped in nervousness.

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TBC