Chapter 1

Chapter 1

The back door to a random building in the heart of Tokyo is unlocked by a mysterious girl in a hurry. When the door unlocks, she pushes the door inwards and rushes inside, making sure to close and lock the door back. She rushes through the dark hallway and turns a corner to find the door that she was looking for only a few feet away. She looks around before preceding and ran to the door with no hesitation and pulls down the handle. The door opens outward, allowing her access into a room full of lockers after she flicks the light switch up to make the room more visible. She tries to look for a name on one of the lockers...her name...and soon finds it after moving up and down the aisles. She opens it with a sigh of relief, but her heart drops when she sees the one person she didn't want to see- The manager.

"Uh...morning, Miss Koneko."
The girl tries to play off seeing the Manager in her locker, but the Manager has her eyes on a certain type of clothing in the girl's hand.

"Minami, mind telling me why you took your Maid outfit home...again?"
Koneko adjusted her glasses, looking into Minami's eyes with a cold and calculated expression on her face. Chills went down Minami's spine and she really wanted to avoid Koneko and return the outfit without getting caught.
"I recommend answering me when I'm speaking, Minami, or you'll lose that uniform...and your job."
"I-I just wanted to cosplay a bit with it by myself. Hehe."
She wanted to not tell the whole truth, but the manager could read her employee like a book.
"Oh. So it was for a guy, huh?"
"Eh?"
"Don't act so clueless, Minami. You probably sneaked it out yesterday, put it on, and probably had some'fun' with some boy from your high school. You naughty girl."
"W-Wait, it's not like that! I just wanted to take some pictures with it."
She was worrying that she was revealing too much of the truth, but it seems like the manager bought it.
"Well, next time, make sure to take your pictures INSIDE the cafe. We don't want to have this problem again, kay?"
"H-Hai!"
As the manager was getting out of the locker and leaving, a breath of relief escaped from Minami's mouth, but when the manager grabbed a certain part of the skirt of the outfit, she held her breath again.
'I thought I washed it out.'
"Also, next time...don't 'play' by yourself in this uniform. You're a long way away from perfecting how to wash certain substances out of this fabric."
With that, the manager left with Minami's face being bright red.

=Namine's Cafe=

As Minami was coming from the back with her outfit on, she saw one of her co-workers flipping the sign on the cafe's front door from 'Closed' to 'Open'. When she turned around, Minami read her nametag like usual- Yami. She walked towards Minami and put a hand on her shoulder.
"Did you get away with stealing the uniform yesterday?"
"Wha- how'd you know?"
"Minami, we're BFFs. I know everything about you...that, and I saw you trying to be sneaky yesterday. Even the manager saw you leave with it." Yami laughed.
'So, that's how she knew I took it.' She thought with a broken smile, then remembered something.
"Yami, I need you to switch shifts with me today."
Yami put a hand on her shoulder and sighed.
"It's Ren again, isn't it? Some afternoon date? Very romantic of him. I'm almost jealous." Yami said with an look of awe.
"No, it's not a date, but hopefully he confesses to me today." Minami told her as she held her own cheek and thought about him confessing. It was the sudden shake from Salali that brought Minami out of her fantasy.

"Hey, don't start daydreaming on the job. We still have work to do, ladies...and where's Soujiro?"
As soon as Salali said this, he came out of the back with his butler outfit.
"You rang, Salali-chan?" Soujiro said with a smug look, causing Salali to have a disgusted look.
"Stop looking at me. Some of your pervertedness might give me cancer."
"Wow. That's the most retarded tsundere comment I've heard behind 'Urusai, Urusai, Urusa-'" Before Soujiro could finish his comment, Salali shoved a few menu against his mouth, which he takes.
"Just shut up and do your job. Though, I'd prefer it if you did get fired and this place be Soujiro-free."
"Stop arguing you two." Minami said, getting in the middle of them both. The two turn around and go to different sides of the cafe.
"Well, looks like it's a normal day. Hehe." Minami awkwardly laugh as she holds a siver platter.
"Yeah. Anyway, I'll make sure to take over your afternoon shift for y-"
Minami hugs Yami before she finished, burying her face in her uniform.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You're a life saver!"
"But!"
"But?"
"You have to treat me to some McDonald's tomorrow on our day off."
"Ehhhhh?!"
"Take it or leave it.You're choice."
Yami crosses her arms and looks the other way. There was no way Minami was gonna skip on this hang out, so she had to take the deal.
"Alright. I'll treat you to anything you want there."
Yami looks back at Minami's 'I give up' expression and giggles.
"Perfect. Now, let's get to work." Yami suggested and the two get to some tables with orders needed to be taken.

=Namine Cafe=

"Heyo, Namine Cafe. My name is DJ Neko Soooooul and this is the first installment of Neko radio. Nya! Our first guest is a dude by the nickname of EliteShadow."
EliteShadow comes into the room and sits in the chair across from DJ Neko Soul.
"Thanks for coming. Now, you...are the first guest on Neko Radio. How are you feeling today."
"I feel great Soul. How are you?"
"I'm great. Now, I'm gonna ask you 2 questions and I want you to answer these for me. Are you good with that?"
"Absolutely. Fire away."
" Alright. First question: Do you like Nekos?"
"I love nekos! They're so cute and everything."
"That's fantastic. You can tell by the name that I like Nekos as well. The best pet a person can have. Alright, second question: What is your favorite thing about coming to the cafe?"
"Hmmm...The people are all fun and friendly I guess plus they all really easy to get along with...and I'd like to give a shout out to Himi."
"Well, that's great...and that's it for Neko Radio. We'll see you guys next time!"

To be continued...