Door of Dreams

Chapter 13

Ako brushed her skirt off with a hand then went to the front of the cafe to greet her next customer. She felt her excitement rising some as she recognized the figure approaching. But the excitement fell into annoyance when she realized that it was only one person. "What are you doing here?" Ako grit out.

Kanata glanced at her, "I was hungry."

Ako frowned, "Well you can go be hungry by yourself somewhere else!" She was expecting Subaru or even the other M4 members to be there too.

Kanata smirked, "Is this because Su-"

"Kanata!" A peppy voice cut in.

Kanata turned, "Yuzu," he greeted.

"You alone?" Yuzu asked then shook her head, "Doesn't matter! Come on in!"

Kanata shook his head, "Actually, I decided to go somewhere else. Your staff is terrible."

Ako sneered at him around Yuzu's gaze.

"Whaaat?" Yuzu gawked, "No it's not!" She grabbed Kanata's arm, "Come on," she grabbed Ako's hand with her free one, "I'll get Ako to serve you! She's one of the best!"

Ako blushed at the praise.

"Is that so? I couldn't tell," Kanata remarked.

Yuzu pulled them, "There's an open table right over here!" She pushed Kanata into one seat, then Ako in the one across from his. "I'll be back with the menu!"

Ako opened her mouth, "Yuzu, I'm the-!"

But Yuzu had already skipped off.

Ako facepalmed.

Kanata sighed lightly, "That's Yuzu."

Ako slid out of the seat and tucked the chair under the table neatly. She grabbed one of the menus from her pocket and handed it to Kanata, "Here's the menu. What would you like?"

Kanata glanced over it before snapping it shut and handing it back to her, "Omelette rice and an ice tea."

Ako snatched the menu from him, "Fine. I'll get it."

Kanata gave her an unimpressed look as she walked away.

She brought the tray over minutes later with his meal, "Here," she said as she transferred it in front of him. Ako turned, ready to leave but stopped at a call.

"Wait."

"What?" Ako hissed immediately.

Kanata looked amused, "I want a picture on my egg."

"Do I look like an artist to you?" Ako retorted.

"No, but you look like a maid," Kanata swiftly replied.

Ako burned red. She snatched the bottle of ketchup from the tabletop and flipped in over the dish. Blocking his view with her hair, she used the ketchup to scribble a roughly.

She pulled away, "There." Ako walked away without another word.

Kanata glanced at the egg, raising his eyebrow.

It read, "I DON'T LIKE YOU, CUCUMBER HEAD," with an image of what looked like and angry cat.

Amused, Kanata used his spoon to cut out the word "don't," and put it into his mouth. He looked over the new message, then huffed a laugh to himself and continued eating the egg and rice dish.