"I'm really sorry about this!" Kenji said to him, still running through the crowded streets. "Rei-sama expected me to bring in the new worker today, but the hotel he was supposed to be staying in told me he never showed up. I was panicking, then I saw you, and you look just like him!"

Braking to a harsh stop, Kenji bursts through the red oak wood doors of a fancy looking restaurant.

"Rei-sama! Rei-sama! I've found him!" He exclaimed severely out of breath.

"What took you so long, Kenji! You were supposed to have been here half an hour ago!" A severe looking woman scolded.

"I apologize for the inconvenience," Kane said bowing to the woman. "I got lost in the crowd of the market."

"I don't need your excuses," Rei-sama hissed at him before she turned to Kenji and said, "Take him to the changing rooms, and both of you get changed. We're short of staff and the restaurant opens in 10."

"Yes, Rei-sama," Kenji replied dragging Kane into the changing rooms.

"I'm so sorry, Kane-san," he said bowing repeatedly. "I didn't mean to get you into this mess, well, mostly, you did look a lot like the missing worker, though."

"It's alright, Kenji-san, I was looking for a job anyway." Consoled Kane.

"It really isn't, Kane-san. Oh, call me Kenji, please. I was looking for a person named Arata Hamacho, but when I got to the hotel he was supposed to be staying at, the staff told me that he had never shown up in the first place. I started panicking, then I saw you in the market talking to Jiro-san and I hadn't seen you before and you looked just like what Hamacho was supposed to, so I grabbed you and took you to Rei-sama." Kenji stopped, took a great gulp of air, then continued, " Rei-sama was mad I was late and I was about to give her an excuse, but then you spoke up and Rei-sama got mad at you for speaking out of turn. I'm super sorry for abducting you, though because Hamacho made a deal with Rei-sama that if he did a satisfactory job at her restaurant that she would give him a recommendation to another job if he wanted one."

When Kenji stopped to take another breath, Kane cut in before he could start talking once more," If I call you Kenji then you have to call me Kane, and it's honestly okay that you kidnapped me. I told you that I was looking for a job, and if I have to impersonate another person then so be it. After we're done with our shift we can tell Rei-sama about what happened and see what she says, alright?"

After a moment of contemplation, Kenji nodded. "We'll tell her after our shift is over; hopefully she won't be too mad. That taken care of, do you know how to do a tea ceremony?"

Kane looked at him as if he was crazy, "I come from the Noodle Country, what would we need tea ceremonies for?"

Kenji flushed, "Well how would I know? Anyways, Rei-sama will be doing the important parts all we need to do is deliver the food, collect the plates when the guests are finished eating, and one of us holds open the door when Rei-sama's ready to receive the guests. Once all the guests are bowed through the door, don't forget to bow to them, the guests will bow to Rei-sama, not us because we're the servants.

After, we bring out the tools and set them down in front of Rei-sama for her to clean. During the actual tea ceremony, we are not to be present. Rei-sama will ring a bell when we're allowed back in. When the bell rings we collect the tools and bow to each of the guests and Rei-sama. If we don't it's considered extremely disrespectful and we could be fired."

Kenji took a deep breath and looked back at Kane, "You got all of that?"

Kane turned to him with a dazed expression, "I think that you will have to remind me when we get to each part. How many tea ceremonies are we going to be having?"

Kenji thought for a moment before saying, "Around five, I believe. Not all of our guests are wealthy enough to afford the meal and the tea ceremony, so we'll probably only be serving two or three meals."

"Alright," nodded Kane. "What are we supposed to wear?"

"Kimonos and white tabi, with a hakama, of course!" chirped Kenji. "If we expect the guests to dress fancy, then we must dress fancy as well."

Following his words, Kenji dug into the closet next to them that was stuffed full of different articles of clothing. When he emerged, Kenji shoved a plain dark blue kimono at him, keeping a dark gray one for himself.

"Here, it complements your eyes and doesn't clash with your hair."

Both of them rapidly got dressed in their kimonos, sensitive to the dwindling amount of time they had left to change. After Kenji checked Kane's kimono to make sure everything was on properly, he gave Kane a burnt orange hakama and got dressed in his own indigo colored they both looked presentable in their outfits, Kenji opened a pack of traditional white tabi and tossed a pair to Kane for him to wear.

"You're responsible for cleaning these, then returning them." He said.

Once they both had the proper clothing on, Kenji pulled them out of the door, nearly colliding with his boss.

"What took so long, Kenji! We open in 2, get into your position!" Rei-sama hissed as she blew passed them on her way to the kitchen.

"Yes, Rei-sama," Kenji said to her back as he continued to pull Kane to a set of traditional doors. "We start here for the guests having a meal first. When you open the door make sure your left-hand pulls first about three-quarters of the way, then use your right hand to pull it open the rest."

"Okay," Kane nodded.

"Like I said earlier, make sure you bow to the guests when they come in. Don't bow to all of them because if you do you'll end up looking stupid, but bow to the first and the last person. After that, we bow again to the guests when Rei-sama does, then bow to Rei-sama as we leave. When we're leaving, we bow standing from our waist, before backing out the door. Don't close the door after Rei-sama, close it after we leave." Kenji rushed as they both sat in a folded position. "Do you remember what I said about the bells?"

"Yes," Kane nodded. "When she rings the bell we come in, collect the tools, and bow to all the guests. If we don't bow we could be fired."

"That's the gist of it! Ready?" He asked.

"Ready."

Soon after, Rei-sama opened the doors and took her place at the head of the low set table, acting as if they weren't there, and closed the door behind her.