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Yuji Itadori just wanted a quiet life, decent rent, and enough margin on his light roast to keep his ancient espresso machine from exploding. Owning Bean & Gone should have been simple. He opens at six, sweeps the stray grounds off the linoleum, and listens to the low hum of the grinder while the sun comes up over an empty street. It's quiet. It's manageable.
Until Nobara Kugisaki moves into the apartment directly upstairs.
She doesn't just walk; she stomps around in heavy boots at three in the morning, rearranges furniture like she is training for a combat sport, and somehow manages to drop things that sound suspiciously like bowling balls. Naturally, the moment she discovers the cafe downstairs, she treats it like her personal living room, kitchen, and complaints department.
She barges in five minutes before opening, demands custom drinks that aren't on the menu, critiques his playlists, and finds every possible way to test his last remaining nerve. Yuji tries to ignore her, but when you share a building wall and a mutual refusal to back down, peace was never an option.
Now, his morning routine involves half-pulled espresso shots, passive-aggressive sticky notes on the front counter, and a neighbor who refuses to leave him alone-even though he's starting to realize he might actually miss her when she isn't yelling at him.