[h3]Shizuka Otonashi || Warakuma Mall || April 21 TUE: After School[/h3]
While the female student was busy with her mind being clouded by thoughts of extracurricular activities, a brunette female stops her on her tracks with an offer, which determined who she was, or at least who Shizuka assumed. [i]The culprit of releasing those [b]embarrassing[/b] photos![/i] At first thought, she expected it to be some sort of a blackmail but instead, the other female had a smiley face about her and offered her pictures and... many more (?) if she were to request from her at school. Before she could reply to the girl, she left quickly as she came, leaving Shizuka to her own puzzled thoughts. While she refused to take any of her own pictures, what caught her curiosity was the "many more" part. What exactly did the brunette have that she could offer to her? She may not find out any time soon as if she were to approach the stranger at school in her ordinary self, it might as well be revealing her own identity to a schoolmate. The blond maid quietly mumbled her thoughts as she continued her way to the cafe.
[hr][h3]Shizuka Otonashi || Cosplay Cafe || April 26 SUN[/h3]
Today officially marked the beginning of the Golden Week. Shizuka only had a loose plan for this week, a few plans with her circle of friends to hang out, an animated movie she waited for a long while to watch, and the rest of the week were either working shifts at the cafe or free time to herself. Today should have been a day off for the girl but most of the other crew members had made plans on this day, which caused her to be summoned to work today. She didn't mind much seeing as how she enjoyed the work most of the time, other times being troublesome for her, especially because of customers who were difficult to handle, complaints after complaints of unreasonable nature. Due to the short supply of waiters and waitresses today, Shizu has had a lot on her plate since this morning, figuratively speaking.

Their manager stood at the entrance of the cafe, seemingly waiting for someone's arrival as he shifted his head to left and right, occasionally greeting the customers who entered or left the cafe. A graceful male approached the man and on an impulse, he was about to greet the boy as a customer when he briefly explained that Ms. Hashimoto had sent him here in her stead. The taller man took a glance upon the male and flashed a smile, opened the door for the guest and welcomed, [b]"Please come in, I've prepared the envelope I intend for her to receive but I have a favor to ask of you before so. We'll have the chat inside, if you don't mind."[/b]

Upon entry, the usual round of [b][i]"Welcome home, master!"[/i][/b] echoed throughout the cafe as the manager lead the young male to the staff area. [b]"It's rude of me to ask so suddenly of you but could you fill in as a waiter for this day? We're understaffed as you had seen earlier and we desperately need any help we can get."[/b] The manager's eyes had an obvious hint of plead in his eyes as he continued his speech. [b]"While Ms. Hashimoto may have sent you, young man, to receive the envelope, she also mentioned of a suggestion of having her son volunteer if ever I needed any assistance. I presume you are her son? I ask of that assistance now, with your consent."[/b]

Shizuka hadn't mean to eavesdrop or any of that sort but she had heard most, if not all of what her manager had said, standing by at the counter awaiting for any customers needing her attention. Her eyes gazed half behind the rifle she held, at the slender figure of the male, imagining how elegant he would be in a butler's [s]or a maid's[/s] uniform. But she was not to interfere unless her manager would call for her to help prepare the boy serve customers, of course after the black haired male was to approve of doing such thing. Her thoughts were interrupted as the entrance doors were opened, to which she instinctively joined with the others, [b][i]"Welcome home, master!"[/i][/b]

A familiar face had entered through the doors, it was the man who visited not too long ago before she left for home. Since she was free of any customer requests at the moment, Shizuka stepped forward and greeted him once more with a polite bow while letting him settle down on a seat. [color=violet]"Glad to see you coming back again, master! I do hope you'll once again enjoy your time here and please take a seat comfortable to you."[/color] Once he was settled, the blond waitress handed over the menu which had exactly the same content as the previous one. After awhile, the theme was to be changed to a new one, along with the menu. [color=violet]"Shall I fetch a cup of coffee for you while deciding on an order, master?"[/color] She inquired in a friendly tone with a bright smile to boot.