Yomo walked silently beside Kaneki, not really saying anything at all. Eventually, when they reached the kitchen area, Yomo spoke.
"This is the kitchen area - since you won't be making any of the food, you shouldn't go in there."
Kaneki's eyes widened. The man just spoke. Ignoring his surprise, Kaneki quickly asked "What will I be doing?"
Yomo paused for a moment, before looking back at Kaneki. "You will be helping Enji with taking orders, and working in the front of house."
Kaneki nodded, but on the inside he was very confused. Shouldn't Yomo tell him what he would b doing in more detail? Because while he now had a general idea of his role, he was still very much confused on the details and rules of his temporary job.
Yomo walked Kaneki over to beside a young man with a pompadour and a very… odd nose to say the least.
"Enji, this is Kaneki. He is replacing Touka for today. He will be helping you in the front-of-house." With those words, Yomo left, Kaneki staring after him.
"What an odd guy." Kaneki did't even notice as these words slipped out, until Enji burst out laughing.
"He's strange, sure, but not bad. Don't worry, I'll show you what to do - it's pretty simple. It doesn't require any training."
Enjoy quickly launched into a brief explanation of Kaneki's role - basically, to ask people what they wanted, and give the orders to Enji, who would prepare the drinks. It was't exiting, sure, but it wasn't complicated, so Kaneki was graceful for that.
A while later, Kaneki smiled at the customer in line, an average-height boy with very pale blonde hair that was slicked back. The strange thing about the guy was definitely his appearance, though. His eyes were surrounded by eyeliner - and it was actually really well done - as if he spent hours on it. He was also wearing very nice white suit, that was clearly perfectly suited to his body. What was a guy like that doing here? And why was he wearing a white suit, too? It made no sense at all.
"Hello! What would you like to order?" Kaneki asked, smiling brightly at the guy, who grinned back.
The blond blinked, and handed Kaneki a slip of paper. On it was a list of coffee orders. Why didn't he say them out loud? Kaneki nodded, and looked up at the guy.
"Why do you carry around a paper with orders on it?" he asked, very much confused.
The boy spoke up. "Aniki doesn't trust me with remebreing things… And those are hard words!" he didn't at all seem disheartened by that, though. In fact, he seemed very exited that he was trusted with something…
After shaking his head to clear out the confusion this incident had produced, Kaneki nodded at Naki, smiled at him, and passed the order to Enji, smiling at the guy that had just flounced over to wait for his coffee. He was very unusual… Turning toward the older man, he asked him straight-up and bluntly -
"Do you know who that is?" he asked, assuming by his familiarity that that guy was a regular.
Enji chuckled. "He's Naki, or that's what he calls himself. Really weird, and has a great love for Aniki, who's scary himself."
Kaneki blinked. "Alright…"
Enji chuckled again. "He's kinda a regular, and occasionally talks about himself a lot. Plus, he's cheerful and a nice person to be around."
Kaneki himself laughed at that. "Seems that way."
An hour or so after that incident, a young man walked into the cafe. He was talking very quickly on his phone in a foreign language.
"Oui, oui, je comprends que je serais en retard - je suis pas un idiot."
"Vraiment? Paris ne va pas brûler si je arrive au aéroport dix minutes en retard. Tu va survivre. Tu est une femme forte. Tu peux attendre!"
"Mon dieux, je serais à l'Université! J'ai un quiz qui est vaux 10% de ma notte finale! Qu'est ce que tu veux que je fais? Manque ce quiz?"
"Arrête de me toujours critiquer! Je n'aime pas ceci. Tu est une femme cruelle et méchante. Je ne veut pas te parler maintenant! Au revoir."
The man hung up, and let out a frustrated sigh. "Why am I even doing this for her?" he muttered under his breath.
Kaneki grimaced, but quickly straightened when the man approached him. "I hope he doesn't get rude with me…"
"Hello! What would you like to order?"
The man approached him, breathed in deeply and let out the breath, putting on a large smile.
"A plain black coffee. The largest size that exists, s'il te plait."
Kaneki nodded and gave the order to Enji. Before the man left, Kaneki asked him,
"Hey, is everything alright? You look very upset…"
The man turned back to Kaneki, and gave a soft smile. "Well, not really. Things such right now, but hey. C'est la vie."
Kaneki nodded, and smiled. "Well, I hope you have a better day soon! Wish you luck in whatever's happening!"
The man smiled a bright, shining grin as he took his coffee. "Thank you! I wish you luck too."
After the man had left, Kaneki kept looking out the window, hoping to see him again.
The day had passed much quicker then Kaneki had expected. The work was pretty fun. It wasn't free time, for sure, but it was better then doing nothing, and he was proud that he had helped a friend out.
Amon was supposed to show up in a couple of minutes, and Kaneki was exited to get his phone back, and meet his phone's saviour. The man had a very nice voice, that was for sure. At that thought, Kaneki had blushed. "OK, stop being creepy towards a guy who you're never even seen. He'll show up soon, and you can be creepy then." he murmured softly so that no one would hear him.
The shop was getting rather crowded. It was rather cold outside, so people would occasionally pop in to order a warm drink and proceed on their merry way.
Eventually, the door opened up and walked in two men - a tall, handsome man wearing a suit and tie, and a shorter, older man wearing a light-coloured trench coat. Both were carrying briefcases, and when Enji saw them, he swallowed awkwardly, and positioned himself to hide his face behind the coffee maker.
After seeing him, the taller man let out a breath, and strode across the shop towards him, the older man following him.
"You're Kaneki, correct?"
Kaneki nodded, recognizing the voice as the man he had bumped into. "Yes, I am."
Amon nodded, and reached into a pocket, taking out a familiar device. "Here it is." He passed the phone across the counter.
Kaneki took his phone and put it into his pocket, a smile stretching across his face. "Thank you so much! I was so scared I'd have to buy a new one!"
Amon waved his hand. "You're welcome. It was totally fine. Now that myself and my partner are here, we would like…"
The other man shook his head. "Amon, make decisions before you order. I'll have a large black tea."
Amon nodded. "I'll have the same."
Only after the two had paid and left had Kaneki noticed Enji breathe out a sigh of relief.