Side story: Frequent night 2

'...A birthday present huh?'

This is Zeimachi, full name is Sakura Zeimachi. Right now he's inside of a cafe from one of his 'saved' world archived into the feather.

After he met with the one named Mafuyu Hoshikawa and the owner Dino, he accepted the offer to spend some time in the cafe.

"One coffee and cappuccino for your order~I-It's not because I like it or something,I made these too much so I'm giving it to you! "

A waitress in blue maid outfit arrived to deliver their order. She put coffee to Hoshikawa Mafuyu's side while cappuccino to her other side.

"..Thanks."

"Thank you."

'...I ended up ordered something.'

He lamented at his decision to get inside of this cafe.

'This body will not last long in battle...but for daily life like this...maybe 3 month?'

Looking down at his beverage, Zeimachi take a look at his right hand which beside the cup. A warm smoke arise from his drink as he turned back his attention to Hoshikawa Mafuyu.

"..."

"...What wrong?"

Hoshikawa Mafuyu asked him as his eyes keep getting on her own. She didn't particularly mind it, not because he's handsome, good, or had the same hobby as her.

From how she perceived his gaze is just like how children looking at an adult.

"Nothing."

'How old is she again? 24?'

He resumed back to drink his cappuccino and closed his eyes.

"...Whatever you're thinking right now, stop it."

Her eyes turned back to dead-pan as she gulp down her coffee.

"You don't have to remind me Hoshikawa-san, it's what they said by 'Woman intuition' right?"

"...You right,I guess it's not a surprise for you to have many girls in your arms."

"You mean figurative one or someone like you?"

'Giyaaaaaaa....'

"..."

"Please don't look at me with those eyes..."

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Meanwhile there's another commotion at the back kitchen of the cafe.

"Hey Akizuki-kun, do you think like what I think is?"

This is the waitress who delivered their order from before, and also beside her is another employee of Stile who took the job of their cook.

"...No? How can I know it in the first place?"

This is the other employee, he took the role of cook wearing a waiter outfit along with a pair of dead fish eyes.

While the waitress in blue peeping at their conversation, the other employee didn't showed much interest at the same topic.

He have different topic to put in mind.

'...From the look of it , are they...father and daughter? Nonono, maybe uncle and niece? Is it just like 'when I let my daughter go to their first work?' setting...'

As for the waitress in blue.

'Ahhh~ She's so small and cute! But manager wouldn't just kidnapped a children right?...right? They're not like the same otaku customer I met either. If it's child like her then I could talk easily with her.'

"You two...I know we're not open yet, but don't spying at our new friend."

Their manager joined in after he had changed into the same outfit as the other employee.

"Friend by you mean that little girl?!"

"...Manager, you can't work underage girls like a horse."

"A-Akizuki-kun, Kaho-san? At least hear my explanation first!"

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Back to him.

Zeimachi who have yet 'touched' his drinks keep lamenting at his choice, be it meeting them or to enter this cafe. At first, he just want to search place to sleep and that's it, but now it turned into a business meeting.

'...Ughh, where's my good sleep gone to...'

'...Now that I remember about it, there's also some who got their birthday too. Hoshikawa-san should know it better right?'

He put down the cup which he don't even take a sip into his mouth, there's also strange feeling from his stomach because of how nervous he is.

"...You're not drinking it?"

Hoshikawa Mafuyu asked him, at first she went along to the flow of her conversation together with him and entered this cafe.

But with more time to reconsider many things,the choice to take this job appeared as there's thing and needs she have to bought.

"Thank you for your concern Hoshikawa-san, but right now just say I'm an air before you. Because my phone is not with me I can't take a picture you see. Let me burn this image with my bird brain instead~"

More lies spout out from his mouth and each time he lied, another lies take a new place. This keep repeating everytime and whenever this happen, he suffered mental damage. Yes, not emotional damage sadly.

'GUUhhhkkk...'

"...Like a stalker?"

"Yes, the best stalker who would even creep under your bed at night."

Hoshikawa Mafuyu stands from her chair and walked to the kitchen where she knows of these two spying on her. She asked the employee with dead fish eyes to borrow his phone and he complied.

"...Hello? Police station, yes...I got kidnapped and right now the culprit had confessed if he's a stalker-"

"Wait!"

Manager could handle it perfectly.

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*PoV of Zeimachi*

Hoshikawa-san extorted the one named Akizuki I think? He's the guy with green hair and small eyes who take the back job of cafe such as cooking, cleaning dish, etc. From what I remember he's an otaku who is into shoujo ai and yuri.

Then there's Kaho. The first waitress? or so who take tsundere traits in Stile. She's a twintail blonde with big 'asset' on her and a pair of blue eyes. From the looks of it she thought of Hoshikawa-san as a small child, but now she fall into coma as she know of Hoshikawa-san' college identity.

Even though she tried to call police clearly from her tone of voice, but because I don't even move an inch this made her more irritated than before. Maybe because of how I keep staring at her?

Haha, the truth is when I use the feather to know, its because she got sick at how my face look smug for her.

This made her became more infuriated, but how can it scared me? She's like a small animal who could hurt you with their bite...and words and drop kick and...how many more should I list.

The manager consoled her and explained of how the job in this cafe works to bait her in like how she need to use character unique for her and also her pay.

I keep spinning a spoon which I picked, as I don't really want to know about it.

"..."

Once again I looked at this scenery before me, in my imagination there are more girls and boys filling their daily life in this cafe. Sometime funny, while the other time full with advice.

"...Sakura huh?"

This name is one of my sin to keep moving on, for others I could've chose different choice with them. To have celebrated my birthday with them, Megumi who clumsily cutting the cake and Yuki who cried and denied it as dust from her paper book.

That future maybe an ideal for many, but not me as the one who need to experienced it.

'...You can't erased your sin, no matter how many good thing you do, karma will keep stacking up in your deepest conscience. Maybe you tried to forget all of that as your best try to freed yourself, but...'

"The moment you're born into the world, you have to keep moving. Haha what am I saying now..."

Looking at them like that regret filled my heart, even though this world can be different, maybe there's someone crying at how unfair their role, there's some who fall into despair and embracing their downfall.

There's those who got smile and happy moment in their life in the middle of that suffering.

And those who don't particularly care.

This world who have been categorized as 'alive', will keep moving, and in each move I'll bear their grudge from existing in this world.

'Happy birthday to you, fool. Your presence in this world is a nuisance for many, so its better if you're not exist in the first place. Take your time to suffer from your sin and fall into the abyss to never being seen again.'

"Yeah...That's how it should end."

Finally some of them noticed of how strange I keep talking to air, its not like i'm talking out loud but of course if they see my mouth then they will know if i'm talking or mumbling something.

Hoshikawa-san and her new manager? slowly getting closer to me as they walked, with this occurrence I showed them a normal smile.

"Excuse me sir, is the drink to your taste?"

"Yeah, thank you. I prefer my drink lukewarm."

"I'm glad if you like that!"

As the manager he's not bad, because of how he can build this cafe at Japan as a foreigner there's no way he wouldn't know some courtesy of their people.

"From the look of it you don't even drink it a bit."

Hoshikawa-san who had returned back to her normal eyes look at my cup.

"Y-Yeah, if you want maybe I can change it with ice?"

"..."

"Sakura-sensei?"

Once again, guilt filled me. To having fun while there's other suffering should I really did this? I use the reason of 'birthday' to let loose and accepting their offer but if there's another special day like this then isn't it the same as to broke my principle again and again.

'...The same as every year. At an important part, I keep making mistake. Let's go, this is not the place I need to be.'

"Si-"

"...-"

Yes, the same as always, to never have relation with others and to cut off the one I have made. This is one of the thing I as the one with power decided to, and also...what my choice is.

In the middle of that chattering, I used the feather to completely erased my presence and also from their memories.

There's no artist with the name of Sakura-sensei.

There's no one but the manager and Hoshikawa-san when they run to Stile.

There's no order of cappuccino, umm...sorry but I need Hosikawa-san to pay for that, if only there's someone noticed it.

I keep erasing the proof of my existence in this world, be it things and memories. There's no anxiety from my heart as I did that, there's only gratitude.

Gratitude of how there's no need of my existence to mess with their life.

Now that I had it done, I finally left from that cafe through the front door with a cup of cappuccino in my hand. There's no more steam come out of it, but its not that cold so I take a sip to my mouth.

"...A cappuccino for birthday, not bad I guess."

I walked with new resolution to make a better future for others, alone and without entering into their lives.

This is how I should've done from the start.

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"...Hey Hylia."

"Hmm?"

"Do you want to make cake?"

"Cake? Yes!"

"Sure, I'll made the chocolate one for you but let's create more."

"More cake?! For me too?!"

"Don't be a glutton, it's not for you."

"Then for who? Do you want to eat more, Cera?"

"Ah no, its for someone."

"Someone? What did you need more cake for that someone?"

"Hmmm, its not for him to be exact."

"But you said its for him right?"

"Yep, but I'm taking note more at his face."

"...Face?"

"I want to put that cake at his face, so to make you understand."

"Nnnnn, Cake is supposed to be eaten but you want to put it at his face and not letting him eat it? I can't understand."

"It's fine. Beside you'll know more things too."

"Nnn, Okay."