Miroku walked in to the tea cafe with Sango behind him. Finally spotting Ayumi, they sat down.
"So how was your day?" Miroku asked as the cafe door noisily opened to the streets again.
"Good," Ayumi said. Judging from her looks, Sango could easily conclude she was a bit "frustrated."
"Hello, my name's Sango," Sango quickly introduced. Ayumi smiled with a friendly shine.
"Ayumi. It's a pleasure to meet you. But...gosh, the bastard's late!" Ayumi complained, clearly ticked off.
"Who's "the bastard"?" Miroku questioned in a curious tone.
"Oh, Ikamu Senyo," Ayumi quickly stated.
"Someone mention my name?" asked a friendly voice. Ayumi quickly scooted over to let a guy sit down. He had black short hair and deep black colored eyes. His smile was friendly and also saying "sorry for being late."
"Oh mygosh Ikamu, I expected you to be here earlier than ME! You kept people waiting!" yelled Ayumi enraged.
Ikamu sighed," Kaede-san told me I could skip the afternoon duty. Sango, what are you doing here?" His attention suddenly shifted to the quite maiden.
"Miroku," Sango started, gesturing to the guy sitting next to her,"Told me I had to come." Miroku sighed and looked back at the menu. A waitress set another menu down for Ikamu as she passed by.
"Well Kaede is really needing your help, cause I'm not gonna be there," he said. He silently went into scanning the menu.
"Well, I'll have some iced green tea," concluded Miroku, finally looking back up.
"Mango slush," Ayumi ordered.
"Iced peach green tea," Sango stated.
"Hmm...strawberry and banana smoothie," told Ikamu to the waitress who was scribbling down orders.
"Right away," she said as she quickly walked away.
"What DID take you so long?" Ayumi poked at Ikamu's watch.
"I went down right after class to ask Kaede if I could skip my afternoon shift, then I went back to the dorms to drop off my backpack and hurried down here," Ikamu murmured, getting a bit annoyed with the questions.
"Not hurried enough. Oh, Miroku, this is Ikamu. Ikamu, this is Miroku. And I think you two have met," Ayumi announced, meaning Sango and Ikamu.
"Yes," Sango answered in a dismisive tone, "But I have never seen you in my afternoon shifts."
"I am supposed to be on the shift right now. I have a very short afternoon shift, but an early and long morning shift," Ikamu answered. Miroku was slightly annoyed by the two's eye connection.
"How long have you two known each other?" Miroku questioned. Ikamu and Sango thought for a momment as Ayumi and Miroku nailed their eyes to them.
"About...Iunno...elementary school?" Sango answered.
"Kindergarden...first or second grade?" Ikamu agreed.
"Interesting..." Ayumi said with a twinkle in her eyes.
"What?" Ikamu asked. The waitress came back and set their orders infront of them.
"Oh...nothing. Just have you ever considered-" Ayumi was immediatly cut off.
"No." Ikamu and Sango said in a flat tone at the same time.
"It's just that you've known each other for a long time..." she said in a suggestive tone.
"We're just good and long friends," Sango quickly interrupted before Ayumi could get any farther. Miroku sat uneasily next to Sango and finally sipped his iced green tea from the glass cup.
Ikamu settled on drinking his smoothie from the red straw. Ayumi gave up and gulped down her mango slushi, and Sango lightly drank her's. After a few minutes of silence, Miroku finally spoke up.
"So this Kaede...does she offer jobs easily?" Miroku asked. Sango and Ikamu shook their heads. Miroku sighed and quickly finished his iced tea. Ayumi was the second to finish.
"What did you ask me to talk about?" Miroku finally said again.
"Oh...just a friendly get-together since school's been kinda rough lately. I bring my FRIEND you bring your FRIEND," Ayumi stated, emphasising the word "Friend."
"Ah..." Miroku sighed. Soon the group got into discussing classes and teachers. And Miroku made a date with Ayumi near the end of the meeting.
"Hey Sango, need a ride to Kaede's ?" Ikamu asked as they exited onto the streets.
Sango's eager eyes shone brightly," Yeah. Most definetly." Ikamu showed her the way to his McLaren, and helpedher in.
"So how was your summer?" Ikamu asked in a friendly tone, "I mean like...before school started. Actually, the whole middle school?"
"Oh, same old, same old. Kaede's the main place I am at," Sango answered. Ikamu seemed extremely different when the two were alone. He seemed much friendlier and opened.
"Ah," he answered. Promptly, they reached Kaede's shop and Sango waved good bye to Ikamu and thanked him for the ride. He gave her his dorm number if she ever needed it and he drove away.
She entered the shop and was quickly greeted by Akita, her best friend that went to another highschool, but also worked with her at the shop.
"Where's Kaede?" Sango asked. Akita pointed to the back and continued dusting. Sango quickly tied on her aporn and hurried to the back. Kaede was their signing a package order.
"Hello child," she greeted," Today, you may serve our guests, and organize or stock. It's quickly coming and going, ay?"
Sango nodded,"Have a nice day Kaede-baba." Sango went back to the front and the cash register was occpied by Kai, another employee, and the third and last one. He was extremely intelligent and goes to the same school Akita goes to. He had long brown hair he tied up in a low pony tail.
Quickly passing by the new items, she marked things on her checkboard. This was going to be a long shift...