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"Oooooohhh…!" Kelly's eyes opened wide, sparkling, as her mouth opened wide while forming a small 3.

She was sitting on a wooden chair, with her hands on her legs: her head kept turning around, watching adult Inklings sitting behind lucid stone tables, either looking down on their devices, chatting with each other, drinking from a coffee cup or standing up from their seats. An old Inkling man was turning his newspaper's page, lowering it down for a moment.

An old Inkling man was putting a coffee cup on a small plate, which was resting on the wooden counter: a male Sea Urchin took it with his left thumb and forefinger, while sitting on a black counter chair.

"Aaaaah!" Kelly's shoulders turned instantly left and right, several times, as her eyes sparkled and her 3-shaped mouth expanded a bit. "This place looks soooo nice…!"

"Eh eh…" Tom was sitting on a wooden chair, with his right arm resting on its top-right side, while slightly stretching on it and lowering his eyes to the middle, as he smiled a bit. "Not for nothing this cafe is considered one of the best of the city."

"City…?" Kelly's head returned forward, lowering her hands on her legs and opening her mouth for a moment. "So, this nightmare even included one…?"

The man laughed, with his eyes closed for the moment.

"You sure have a creative manner of speech…" His irises went to his left. "She keeps calling this whole moment a nightmare… that might hurt my chances in the long run." His left fist clenched. "Let see if I can change her views on this situation…"

The woman's head tilted to her right, as her irises went up and her left forefinger rested on her left cheek.

"I remember visiting one of those places, during my sweeter waters' trip…" She resumed her previous pose, smiling a bit. "We have to wait for a waiter to come near us, right?" Her eyes closed.

The man's mouth flattened.

"… right on, Kelly!" He nodded, smiling. "Wh-what kind of question is that?! Did she ever visited a cafe in the first place?!" His irises shrunk a bit. "This woman is really beyond un-normal… … she did said that she didn't had any jobs in here… what kind of role is she running in here, then?"

"There he is!" Kelly's hands flattened together, smiling widely and closing her eyes. "Mr. waiter! Please come in here!"

An Inkling man stopped in between the two: his right hand put two menus on the table.

"Please call me when you want to place an order…" The waiter's head was looking at Kelly, as his right eye winked.

"Tee hee hee!" Kelly's posture lifted, as she bowed a bit. "We will be as fast as a ninja, mister!" Her right hand went near her right cheek, as her right eye closed and her right forefinger stretched forward. "And as swift as a paintbrush!"

The waiter's eyes expanded a bit, as his irises shrunk and his eyebrows lowered slightly. He turned behind, as he walked forward: his head turned to his left, as he watches Tom with the same expression. The man's irises were pointed to the top-left corner, before returning to the middle, as his mouth was waving a bit.

"… that guy must think I'm as childish as her!" A sweat drop appeared on his head's right side. "That's it, no more nice Tom: I'm gonna ask the ink out of her"

"Uuuuuh, look at all those delicious treats!" Kelly was holding her menu, as her irises were moving slowly left and right. "Frosty Sea Cake Slice… Gelato Split… Beachy Peachy Mix… ooooh?!" Her smile expanded, as her hands moved the menu a bit away from her face, while her posture lifted. "Steamed Bun Special?! I want it, I want it, I want it!" Her hands put her menu on the table, as each hand landed on one cheek. "Steamed Bun from the sweeter waters…!" She smiled widely, opening her mouth, shrinking and lifting her irises. "Aaaahh…!" A bit of saliva came from her mouth's bottom-right corner.

Several sweat drops appeared behind Tom's head.

"… asking the ink out of her…? I think this needs something even more drastic…" He stands up, as his hands went on the table. "Kelly, mind if we leave the cafe for a moment?"

"Leave?! Wh-why?!" Kelly's mouth opened wide. "I-I was looking so forward to"

"We will come back, don't worry…" His head lowered to his right. "I need to talk to you… privately."

"Eh?!" She blushes a bit. "Pruh-privately…?!" Her irises shrunk.

"Ye-yeah…" His head repointed at the woman, as he blushes a bit. "It's something others shouldn't hear… and it's for your own good too."

"Oooh…" Kelly's eyes blinked. "… this nightmare is getting weird…" She whispered. "… ok!" She nodded, while smiling and closing her eyes. "Where we go?" She stands up.

"In my room: it's not too far from here." Tom nodded, while smiling.

"Alrighty!" Kelly walked towards the man, while tilting left and right and lowering her hands to the middle. "Do you have a paper and a pencil in there too?"

"Er…" A sweat drop appears on his head's right side, as his eyelids lowered to the middle. "Darn it! I forgot that part! Nnnhh… I-I can't say a lie about that: there is a paper and a pen on my desk!" His eyes closed. "Yes, yes… but I still want to"

"Yaayy!" The woman's mouth formed a 3, as her hands took Tom's right arm and her eyes sparkled. "Then, I can get out of this nightmare in a jiffy!" Her eyes closed. "Tee hee hee!"

Tom's eyes opened to the middle, while blushing and staring back at Kelly, as his mouth downturned.

"This is not normal… but I can't give up this easily!" He turned to his left, frowning a bit. "The reward is going to be massive… I just need to keep fighting for it!"

The two Inklings began walking forward.