[b]ハットちゃん "Hat-chan"[/b]

The teenaged girl known only to her compatriots by the moniker of Hat-chan could only blink in light confusion and surprise as the whirlwind that was her newest friendly acquaintance, Hirasawa Saya, blew past her and began making modifications to the sign stabbed into the dirt beside her. So much had happened so quickly; the violinist customer she had been serving had left, Karasawa Shinjiro had run off, and she was now the proud owner of a aviator's cap adorned with fresh Gekota stickers.

Everything was moving really fast.

She looked down at the two, thousand-yen notes that had been handed to her. Hirasawa Saya had told her to keep the change, but ... however ...

"[color=3f00ff]Are you sure, Hira-han?[/color]" she asked.

Tipping culture, you see, is not exactly a major component of Japanese consumerist etiquette!