So long wait short chapter. I'm really sorry I got attacked but real life. I honestly don't know what else to say. I have no idea why this chapter took so long. I am sorry.

I still don't own Skip Beat.

Have you ever had one of those days, where nothing goes quite right? Today definitely counts as one of those days. So far I have spilt more food and drinks than I can count at Moz, I tripped at the store and knocked over an entire display. And those aren't even the worst things.

Only one job left to day, and since this job contains: hot food, open drinks, and a plethora of burn risks; suffice to say I'm not necessarily looking forward to it.

Wait, deep breathes... just one more shifts and I can go home to my heating pad and get some sleep. It will feel better tomorrow. Just a few more hours.

I finally arrive at the Darumaya and get into uniform. I make certain that I keep my professional smile on as I enter, and I'll have to be careful to leave it on till I leave.

I make it about half way through my shift when a tall, graceful figure, and his serious, glasses-wearing counter part walk into the dining room. Of course. This would happen. Okami, sharp as she always in recognizes him behind his sunglasses and seats him in the back corner where they will have some degree of privacy. I make a quick retreat to the kitchen. Today is most definitely not my day.

My time out of sight is short lived an order is up and Taisho needs my to run it to the table. I head out with the food and I almost make it to the table when suddenly the customer I'm walking past deciedes to back his chair up into me almost knocking me over. I manage to prevent myself from falling, and prevent the entire tray off food from spilling, but the tea for refilling the customers drinks is not saved from the fall. It slides rapidly off the tray and my attempts to catch it are greeted with a sharp shot of pain through my center. It slows me enough that the fingers on my free hand just barely graze the edge of the ceramic pot. The pleasant chatter of the restaurant is shattered with the clashing of the kettle.

The silence is deafening and the customer just darted to the bathroom. I can feel all of them staring and I can feel my eyes begin to sting. I pick up the shards of glass, the proprietress got me a towel and tried to help me clean up but I asked her to help the other customers while I clean up this mess.

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"I'm shocked we are here again."

"Of course we are I said we would after all." I have to bite back my chuckle though I'm sure Yashiro can hear it in my voice.

"Right." Yashiro starts to continue speaking when a ruckus and a crash causes the entire restaurant to turn as one to see what occurred.

I see the small shoulders and black hair of little Mogami-san cleaning up a shattered teapot. The older lady of the shop offers to help her but she seems to urge the older woman to return to the customers. She returns to the back with the teapot, she seems sad. I wish I could tell her it was alright she seems oddly upset. She doesn't come back to the main floor of the restaurant that night.

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I walked into the back of the shop and when I showed the boss the teapot I kept my cool. Or at least I thought I was till he put a heavy hand on my shoulder and told me to go sit down.

So useless, why do I mess everything up. I start to cry once more. I hate this.

The boss and his wife end up telling me I can return home for the night. They were trying so hard to be nice about it but they must have been entirely disappointed with my incompetence.