Living in Tokyo, starting with a lifestyle-related job

As Mizuno Maki recalled the girl that Kamishiro-kun had carried on his back that morning, she couldn't help but bite her red lips, her beautiful eyes looking somewhat downcast.

No wonder Kamishiro-kun got a girlfriend so quickly after his confession failed.

It turned out that Kamishiro-kun was far more popular than she had imagined.

I'm begging for your monthly votes.

Chapter 124 Shiro Kaede: This was made just for you!

2024-07-14

After finishing tidying up the ingredients that the deliveryman had just brought, Shiro Kaede decided to make some drinks for the two of them before getting busy with her preparations for opening her shop.

He went back to the bar, put on an apron, took out the menus, handed them to the two of them, and asked:

"Is there anything you'd like to drink?"

Yui Nagasawa looked at the menu, then smiled and said:

"A vanilla latte for the boss lady, please!"

"Alright then." Shiro Shiro nodded, both amused and exasperated.

Maki Mizuno looked at the menu and was quite surprised when she noticed the prices.

She felt that the price was a bit too high.

Aren't cups of coffee at coffee shops usually around 350 yen?

Why is a cup of coffee around 700 yen here at Kamishiro-kun's?

Some even start at 1200 yen.

Compared to her current hourly wage of 1,000 yen, Mizuno Maki felt it was too expensive.

Fortunately, Kamishiro-kun said today that he would invite people from their literature club.

So I don't need to worry about the price.

So Mizuno Maki looked at the menu carefully and noticed a very strange coffee name, Simba Coffee.

It seems to be a coffee name I've never heard of before.

She was rather curious about what Simba coffee tasted like, so she said:

"Kamishiro-kun, I'll order this Simba coffee then."

"Okay." After replying, Shiro Shiro began to carefully prepare the coffee.

Upon hearing the coffee order from Mizuno Maki, Nagasawa Yui suddenly remembered something and immediately pouted angrily:

"Wait a minute, wasn't the coffee that Mizuno-san just ordered personally made for that female classmate by Kamishiro-kun?"

"As the proprietress, I also want Kamishiro-kun to customize a cup of coffee for me and put it on the menu!"

Shiro Shiro rolled her eyes at her:

"You didn't ask at the time."

"I want it now!"

"You only bring this up after the menu is all set up? Are you trying to find fault?"

"Ahem, once the menu is done, we can make a new one. I can just pay for it for you later."

"That would be too wasteful of money. There's no need to go through all that trouble now. Why don't we just make it a hidden menu?"

"Just order it and I'll make it for you, the kind that only you can order."

"Hehe, that works too! Don't worry, I've had plenty of coffee, I'll think of one for you later."

Listening to their conversation, Mizuno Maki remained silent for a while before involuntarily asking:

"Which girl did you make Simba Coffee for, Kamishiro-kun?"

Yui Nagasawa pondered for a moment:

"That blond one, he looks a bit fierce."

Mizuno Maki breathed a sigh of relief; she had thought the girl was Kamishiro-kun's girlfriend.

But I didn't expect it to be Junko Urahara.

After all, among so many girls, only Junko Urahara fits the description given by Yui Nagasawa.

"What about Mizuno-san?" Shiro asked, looking at her as he made coffee. "What kind of custom-made coffee would you like?"

Maki Mizuno paused, stunned:

"Me too?"

"Sure, one more won't make a difference."

"I rarely drink coffee, so I'm not really sure what it is."

"Anyway, Simba Coffee is just a cappuccino with latte art. It's essentially no different from a cappuccino. Just tell me any animal you like, and I'll do the latte art for you. You can keep it as a secret menu item from now on."

"Okay then, I... I like dolphins."

"A dolphin? What name would you like to give this coffee?"

"I'm not very good at naming things, so you can do it, Kamishiro-kun."

"Then let's call it Pop Coffee."

"Pop?" Maki Mizuno's eyes were filled with doubt. "Can you explain why?"

Shiro Shiro looked at them and realized they didn't seem to recognize Pop, but after thinking about it, she agreed, since there were no Pokémon in this world.

Poppy, on the other hand, is a dolphin-type Pokémon.

Therefore, he felt that there should be nothing wrong with his naming.

However, even though that's what he thought, he couldn't explain it to her directly.

So Shirofumi had no choice but to lie and say:

"Don't you see that dolphins generally communicate with each other using ultrasound?"

"That's why it's called Pope."

Mizuno Maki blinked her beautiful eyes, silently repeating the word "pop" a few more times in her mind, then nodded and said:

"I see."

"Then let's do as Kamishiro-kun says."

“OK,” Kamishiro Shiro suggested, “Then I’ll change your Simba coffee to Pop coffee and put a dolphin on top.”

"Hmm," Maki Mizuno nodded gently.

Yui Nagasawa said urgently:

"Hey, did you draw a dolphin specifically for her?"

"Then I'll take one with patterns."

"But I don't know what animal I like."

"Kamishiro-kun, just think of one for me!"

"It has to match my celebrity status!"

"Okay, but wait a moment." Shiro Shiro focused on making latte art with milk in his cappuccino.

Before long, he had perfectly drawn a Poppy dolphin that looked like it was from Pokémon.

He then pushed the coffee in his hand towards Maki Mizuno:

"Mizuno-san, your pop coffee is ready."

"It's a bit hot, remember to let it cool down a little before drinking it."

"Thank you," Maki Mizuno replied politely, taking the coffee.

But she felt that this dolphin was somewhat different from those she had seen before, and asked curiously:

"Kamishiro-kun, why does your dolphin look a little different?"

"There seem to be some kind of patterns on its body?"

Kamishiro Shirofumi said without blushing or embarrassment:

"This cartoon dolphin was created based on what you just said!"

"Eh, was it created especially for me?" Mizuno Maki had an indescribable feeling in her heart.

As she looked at the cute cartoon dolphin drawn on it, a hint of joy flickered in her cool eyes, and she suddenly felt reluctant to drink it.

Yui Nagasawa pouted and put her hands on her hips:

"What about mine?"

Kamdai Bai Feng thought:

"Um"

"Yui-nee, don't you know what kind of animal you like?"

"And it also needs to fit your identity?"

"Oh, there is one."

"Let's call it Jiggly Coffee then."

"What the heck is Jigglypuff?!" Yui Nagasawa complained angrily. "This name doesn't suit me at all!"

"Don't rush!" Shiro Shiro explained, "I remember you just ordered a vanilla latte. Lattes can be decorated with latte art. I'll make one for you and you'll see."

“Okay.” Nagasawa Yui was also curious about what kind of pattern Kamishiro Shiro would make for her.

After waiting for a while...

Shirakaze Kamishiro handed a vanilla latte with a picture of a cute Jigglypuff Pokémon holding a microphone to Yui Nagasawa.

Upon seeing the incredibly cute cartoon character, Yui Nagasawa exclaimed with delight: