Utaite One-shots

Cafè || Amatsuki

YOU

"Thank you, please come again!" I smile and wave at the customer who was sipping their milk tea.

I sigh and sit back down. "Ah.. I knew that owning a milk tea shop was hard, but I didn't know it was going to be this exhausting..."

"Plus takoyaki too?" I add, "That's more tiring... Oh well, as long as I have a job."

I went to the main computer that I had connected to the speakers. I surfed through YouTube to find a song to fill the silence.

No... no... screw it I'm playing that song again even though it had already been played at least five times.

I clicked the search box and typed in As You Like It by Eve. I click on the video and the shop was filled by the upbeat melody of a guitar.

Tantan kotoba wo haita

I stood up and went back to my assigned station, bopping my head to the beat. I sit back down, humming to the lyrics.

"Anna omoide ni natta nowa kyou de owari ni shinai ka..."

The bell at the door rung and a voice was talking in Japanese. Their voice seems familiar...

I lift my head up and my eyes trailed to a brown-haired man. Holy crap, is this real? Is THE Amatsuki here in my shop?

I felt my face heat up at the sight of him. He was holding a camera, obviously filming, and he looked at me. My heart started beating faster with each step he took closer to me. Holy crap he's tall.

He looks down at the menu, "Woah! They sell takoyaki here too! That's amazing!"

A smile was put on his face as he looks at the available milk tea flavors. I couldn't even move an inch. 'Ah, he's so cute!'

"Eto.. Sumi- Ah, may I purease have the... uh... s-sorry my Enggurish not good." He gives me an awkward laugh.

"Iie, daijobu." I say, trying my best to recall what I learned in my teen years. Amatsuki's eyes went wide.

"Eh?! You speak Japanese too?! That's so cool!" He smiles brightly at me.

"I try to do my best in Japanese. I'm still learning." I smile back at him, rubbing the back of my neck.

"Ah, I see, I see. Well, I'll try your regular matcha milk tea and eight pieces of takoyaki!"

"Gotcha." And with that, I heated up the pan and started mixing some tea and powder. "With boba?"

"Un!" Amatsuki nods and smiles, filming me prepare his order. "Would you like your face to be blocked? In the video I'll be posting, I mean."

"It's up to you." I smile at him before getting a regular cup and putting boba on the side and letting them slide down, leaving a trail of syrup.

I hear a small "sugoi!" come from Amatsuki, making my heart flutter. 'Ah! So cute!~'

I put oil on the pan, moving it around with a silicone brush making it sizzle. I grab the batter and put it in eight molds.

I quickly grab the milk and the cut up octopus from the fridge, putting in eight pieces of octopus in eight other molds of the pan. I lower the heat and set the milk down.

I continue making the milk tea while I let the octopus cook for a bit. I add a scoop of ice into the shaker and put the lid on. I shake the milk tea mixture until the ice cools it down. I set it aside and go back to the takoyaki.