Notice Me, Senpai! (English)

Meeting School Festival Senpai

Nala heard loud noises from outside the café so she went out to check what it was. Under the tree across the café, she saw a bunch of students with various Japanese drums. Nala wondered what they were practicing for when she remembered that a school festival was announced - a welcome party to all new enrollees and transferees. She didn't want to spoil herself about the upcoming festival so she went back inside.

There weren't a lot of students in the café so the loud noise wasn't much of a trouble. Izumi was quietly sitting in a corner seat reading another book. Ren isn't bothered by the noise and is still peacefully taking a nap. Touya is somewhat motivated by the sound, eagerly painting something.

"Nala," Aunt Josie called.

"Yes, Aunt Josie?" Nala replied.

"Help me prepare twenty fruit smoothies," Aunt Josie told her.

"Twenty?" Nala asked. She was confused why they needed to do that. Only Izumi, Ren and Touya are inside the café.

"Yes, dear. It's for the school festival club. Hajime, the club president, specifically told me to prepare it for their breaktime," Aunt Josie explained.

As Nala and Aunt Josie prepare the order, the leader of the group, as seen by Nala earlier, went inside the café. "Aunt Josie, is my order ready?" he asked.

"It's almost done, son. We just need to put the lid on," Aunt Josie answered. "There you go. All done, Hajime." 

"Thanks. Here's the payment," he said as she handed the money.

"Are you alone? Can you carry that all?" Aunt Josie asked.

"I'll just take two trips," he said.

"I can help," Nala offered.

"Really? You'll help?" he asked. 

Nala smiled and nodded.

"I don't really want to let a pretty lady carry things for me, but my members are already tired and thirsty. I'll accept your offer," Hajime answered.

Nala blushed due to what he said, but shooed the thought away. It's her job to help costumers so she carried some of the cups and followed Hajime outside the café.

"Drink up! Drink up! You need to recharge to practice better!" Hajime cheered on the other students as he and Nala distributed the cups.

"Thank you for helping me," Hajime said in between his sips.

"It's nothing. It's my job to help costumers," Nala politely said.

"Nah. Some waitresses or waiters are rude to costumers. It's your choice to be helpful and I'm grateful for that." Hajime smiled. "I don't think we've officially met. I'm Hajime and this is the School Festival club." He offered his hand.

Nala held out her hand too. "I'm Nala. I help at the café."

"I know. I usually drop by the café. No one can miss looking at a pretty lady like you." Hajime winked.

Nala felt that her cheeks reddened so she bowed down to show respect before she rushed back to the café.  'Too embarrassing,' she thought.

Hajime grinned as he watched Nala running towards the café. 'She's too cute. Too cute indeed,' he thought.