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Author's notes: I'm really sorry if I haven't updated in a while. I kind of got busy with real life and other stuff. Oh and does anyone know where I can download or get doujins, even if they're raw? I already read the ones by negahyst and the ones in spectrum nexu and devil mania too, so something with ukeSena ? Anyways, sorry for any OOC-ness and grammatical errors.

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"I'm really sorry, please do forgive me!" Sena apologized as she bowed her head.

As the young brunette was walking, something unexpected took place. She broke a vase, that belonged to the really new and popular shop Maid moe~. It wouldn't have been a problem if it was just your regular day to day vase but it was one of those vintage vases that dated back to the 1800's which of course were extremely expensive. She kept on apologizing to the manager, not even wanting to ask how much it was. Since judging from the way it looked, it was something that even with her savings, she could not afford to pay. The manager gave her a once over and sighed. She rubbed her temples and scratched her head as if she was debating over what to do. Well, it was really Sena's fault but, at the same time it was theirs, for leaving it unattended outside. Of course, the short girl didn't really need to know about that. Then, a grin suddenly broke out on her face.

"Little girl, I'm sure you do know how much this costs right? Even if it's just an estimated price, I think you know that this vase has a high value." She asked and Sena nodded in response.

"And judging from your reaction you can't pay it, am I correct?" She patted the brunette's head.

"Yeah, but I do promise to pay it, although I'm not really sure how."

"Then, work here! We kind of need new waitresses and you fit our standards! I think that you'd make a good attraction for new customers!" She beamed as she twirled Sena, who was already dizzy because of everything that just occurred.

Well, it wasn't that bad right? Plus, she needed to take responsibility, whether she liked it or not! She was the one who broke it in the first place, so working there wouldn't be improper. The manager and the other workers seemed friendly too.

"Sure, I'll do my by best!" She smiled and bowed her head again.

"Okay, so let me explain the rules to you first, this is a maid cafe. We basically say Okaerinasaimase, goshujinsama, as they enter or as they sit down. You're going to ask for their order and bring it to them, but in certain times they can request for you to sit with them. When that happens you sit with them and chat around or play games. Still listening?" She dragged Sena to the changing room as she clearly explained things.

"Oh and don't forget always call them master, there are times too when you need to decorate their food in front of them. And basically you act really moe around them. But don't worry! Our shop protects the privacy of the maids so don't worry about anyone doing things to you!" The manager continued as she carefully inspected the young girl occasionally tapping and squeezing her arms.

'I don't think I like this kind of work but, I do need to pay for the vase!' Sena inwardly cringed.

"I'm Izumi Naoto, but I prefer being called Nao!" She beamed as she rummaged through one of the closets in the changing room.

"I'm Kobayakawa Sena, ni--nice to meet you." She introduced herself nervously.

"Found it! It's one of my prized works, so wear it with pride!"Nao gave her a hearty slap on the back as she tossed her a dress and a pair of stockings.

Sena just 'oof-ed' at this and looked at the dress. It was a frilly maid outfit. It had short black laced sleeves and a white frilly apron in front .The outfit was kind of short and the end of the dress had white and black ruffles that made it look even puffier. Nao also threw her two ribbons, one that was a little large in size that she would wear on her head and another that she would wear to keep on the uniform itself. She gaped her mouth like a fish out of water. She had to wear that?! No way! She would rather die in shame or get bullied everyday than wear that! Okay, maybe not being bullied everyday but still!

Nao looked at her expectantly as if expecting that she would compliment her on how cute the dress was. But upon seeing Sena's reaction she felt hurt.

"W----Uwaaa~, it lo--looks rea--really good! I can't wait to wear it!" She forced herself to choke out the last part.

Nao grinned at her then pushed her to one of the stalls to immediately change into it. It was one of the dresses that she made when the shop was just made, so she wanted someone cute like Sena to wear them, or so she claimed. But why her of all people?! If anyone she knew saw her in that, she would die in shame!

"I look really bad in this; can't I just be the cook or something, Izumi-san?" The brunette fidgeted with the hem of her skirt. Her face already as red as a tomato.

This was not in Nao's calculations. Sena was extremely cute in that! Sure, she didn't fit the tsundere type or some other type, but she looked really moe. With her as one of the new maids, business was sure to go up in an instant! Plus, this girl looked really innocent and dense, another thing their customers was fond off.

"No can do~, Sena-tan! You're going to be the one of the waitresses and that's final!"

Nao hugged the girl the second she left the stall. She looked really good, just like a doll. Especially with the way the uniform stopped midway in her thighs and how the black thigh highs complimented it well, showing a bit of her creamy white legs every time when she moved a bit.

"Are you sure? I mean, there's a lot of people way better for this job than me." She blushed.

"Nope, it's final! Oh and don't forget, every time a customer orders coffee you must kneel by the table to stir cream or sugar. And only respond when they ring a bell, okay?" She reminded her as she began fixing Sena's hair and adding the ribbon on top of it.

"Okay, I'll try doing my best." Sena replied as she nervously shifted her wait from one foot to another.

"Oh and when you do serve food, try saying moe moe kyun~!" Nao made a heart sign out of her hands.

"E--Eto, moe moe kyun?" She tilted her head to the side as she tried to copy Nao.

"Perfect." Nao grinned.

"Oh and here, before I forget, wear these."She handed Sena a pair of black and white laced cuffs.

This was going to be embarrassing.

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Sena rushed to the main shop to wear Nao was. But before she could even talk to her, she tensed feeling someone gazing at her. Well not just someone, but most of the customers there were looking at her strangely! One of them winked at her and she just blushed and bowed quickly walking to where Nao was. But being clumsy, just one step away from her, she tripped, face flat on the floor. She picked herself up rubbing her forehead as she winced in pain.

'This is embarrassing, why did I even agree in the first place! Oh wait the vase.' She silently mused.

Good thing, that the dress wasn't ruined; Sena didn't really want having any more additions to her bet. Nao, noticing her, helped her up to her feet and straightened her uniform. She couldn't help but sigh at the young girl's clumsiness, which was somehow going to be her strong selling point with the customers.

"I'm really sorry! On my first day I--"The short girl tried to explain.

"Sena, go that table over there, they're new customers, don't forget what I just taught you, okay?" She pointed to the table near the window with a two tall high school students, one with an electric guitar.

Sena nodded to this and made sure that she knew what she was going to do. First, greet them Okaerinasaimase, goshujinsama. Second, call them master or mistress. Third, only respond when they ring the bell, even if they politely call, only answer when they ring it. Plus, don't give out personal information about yourself and they can't take a picture of the maids unless they pay.

"I think I know how to do this properly, Izumi-san, I'll do my best!" And with that Sena went to the said table.

"O--Okaerinasaima--mase, go--goshujinsama! What would you like to order?" She anxiously played with the hem of her skirt as she gave the menu.

"Coffee." The other guy strummed his guitar.

"Oi, like I've been saying why do you always have to bring your guitar everywhere?!" The other one combed his hair.

"Ah, I'll have coffee too and two slices of chocolate cake." He continued, looking at the menu.

As Sena was about to write it down, one of the maids suddenly slipped near her with a tray that contained cakes. And with her reflexes, the brunette ran towards her and took the tray in her right hand and held the other girl in her waist using the left hand.

"Are you okay?" She asked as she gave her the tray.

"Eh, ah, yes, thank you!" The other girl timidly thanked her and blushed a little.

The brunette still worried asked her again "Are you sure you can handle that? I can help you if you want!"

"Ah, no, I'm fine, but more importantly, your customers are waiting, um-- I think you better go."

She gulped. Crap, she totally forgot about her customers. She mentally reprimanded herself for slipping up thrice in a row. Note to self, be more careful and attentive of the surroundings. She glanced at her customers and noticed that they were looking at her with interest. She hoped that they didn't notice her speed, if they did then she would be in deep trouble with Hiruma-san. Oh well, she could just pass it off as a coincidence, right? Nao, who happened to see this, just slapped her head. It seems that Sena may be clumsy when it comes to herself, but not when in concerns other people. It was kind of funny in a way, but she was surprised by the young girl's speed. But Nao decided not to ask about it at the moment.

"U--um, I'm really sorry about what I just did, Ma--ma--master." She found herself having a hard time trying to say the last word. It just sounded weird and awkward! Like she was some servant or maid or something, okay, maybe she really was a maid at the moment, but still!

"That was smart, kid! You're really fast, have you tried doing any sport before?" One of her customers grinned.

"Eh, ah no, I'm too weak for that." She sheepishly scratched the back of her head.

"Fuu. Your rhythm's not bad." The other one looked at her through his sunglasses while strumming his guitar.

She laughed lightly not really knowing what the other man meant.

"I'll be back with your order." She went to the counter and asked for the cake and coffee. The main cook just smiled at her and gave her thumbs up. Not really sure what it was for, she just gave a thumbs up in return. She stared at the cakes in the counter; they seemed really good and well made. The cafe really looked like some high-class one, even with all the maids. She was snapped out of her thoughts when a circular tray was given to her. One of the persons in the counter gave her one and instructed her to put the orders there along with the cream, sugar and chocolate syrup. Sena did as what she was told to, but before proceeding to the table, she asked something.

"Do I need to decorate their cakes with this?" She pointed to the chocolate syrup. The person in the cashier blankly looked at her then nodded.

Sena, with as much grace as possible, weaved her way through the row of tables without running. As she reached her destination, she gently put down their orders in front of them.

"Would you like me to stir your coffee, ma--ma--ma---massteeerr" She slurred at the last word.

"Fuu, you don't need to force yourself to call us master, I see how difficult it is for you to say it." The red-haired man adjusted his sunglasses.

"Eh, but, that, I'm supposed to call you that, if I don't, then what should I call you?" She reasoned out despite the fact that she really didn't want to call anyone her master.

"I'm Akaba Hayato; this noisy guy over here is Sasaki Kotarou." He pointed to Kotarou who, as usual, was combing his hair.

"I'm Kobayakawa Sena."She bowed as she introduced herself.

"Ah, I almost forgot!" She exclaimed. Sena knelt down and added the cream to Akaba's coffee and stirred it, when she was done , she did the same thing with Kotarou's.

"Would you like me to decorate your cake as well?"She held up the chocolate syrup.

"Ah, sure, is that part of what you usually do?" Kotarou stopped brushing his hair midway.

"I think so..."She trailed off.

"Fuu, you think? Then does that mean you're new here?"

"Yeah, just today actually, I kind of did something bad, so I ended up working here." Sena began squeezing the contents of the bottle of chocolate syrup over Kotarou's cake, making a random cross of lines.

"That's not smart Sena! Even if you're new here, you should at least know some things." Kotarou dramatically pointed his comb to Sena.

"Haha, well you are right, I do know some stuff, but not everything."She sheepishly said.

"Like?"

"If the customer wishes for it, we can sit with them and talk or play games like Jenga. And we can't have our pictures taken, not unless the customer pays. Ah, we also do extra services like spoon feeding the customer or on special occasions, the customer pays extra if he or she wants a certain maid to sing or dance. As for the others, I'm not really sure what they are..." She explained.

Akaba sneaked a glance at Sena. The way she moved and talked was really, well, quite different. Her rhythm was different in some ways, but it wasn't bad, different, but nevertheless, he liked it. Especially her appearance---big brown eyes, which somehow reminded him of a puppy, a lost puppy. Or probably a rabbit, but there weren't any rabbits that had dark brown fur.

Akaba decided to go with puppy.

She did look like the defenceless type, the type to be too dense for their own good. It did make him wonder though, how her life at school would be. For a while now, he could've sworn some glares of jealousy directed towards them. And some perverted stares from other people.

"Ah! And we won't respond if we're being called, the customer must use the bell given if he needs something!"

"Oh! So basically you're like a maid!" Kotarou nodded to himself.

"Well, yeah, I mean we are technically a maid cafe, but still a cafe." She answered.

Akaba silently slipped his coffee while the other resumed his ranting about how his guitar always had to be there. Sena, feeling that her presence was probably going to be required in another table, walked towards the counter. After which, a mountain of trays meant to be delivered to different tables were forced on to her."Hiii!! Can I even do this in time?!"

Sena, at the best of her speed, tried to finish her task in time, with occasional slip-ups. (I.e. tripping (almost!), spilling drinks and mixing up orders)

A pair of new customers rang their bell signalling for her to go there.

"Is there anything, you need, ma---mas--ma--masterrr?" She stuttered on the last part.

'Crap, I really need to get used to say it.'

"Heee~, you're pretty cute, Sena-chan." The one sitting on the right read from the name tag that was over her left chest.

"U--um Thanks?" She shrunk as she couldn't maintain eye contact.

The other one just gave her a once over and would wink at her suggestively. She was beginning to feel anxious around them, but, it was a part of her job, so she probably get used to it.

"A--ano, do you need anything else, if there's nothing then may I leave? She turned, but before she could even take one step, one of the men grabbed her wrists.

"How cold, you're new here, right? You should learn the proper way how to treat your master!"He feigned sadness and tightened his grip.

If it was a matter of speed, Sena could've outrun this person anytime, but he was stronger. She probably didn't have any chances of escaping with him squeezing her wrist. If only, she had the chance of running then it wouldn't be a problem! One of these days, she needed to learn how to fend for herself.

'Crap crap crap crap! They're going to beat me up and abandon me in some alley!"She visibly paled.

This of course was not really the problem, but, Sena was just too dense to realize what their real motive was. So, of course, being an expert as being used as a gopher, she did what she always did.

She apologized.

"I'm really sorry." She bowed inching away from the them.

Akaba watched the situation calmly from a distance. It wasn't really his business but somehow watching her getting harassed by some people made him feel sorry for the poor girl. Come on! She looked too innocent to work as a maid there, and vaguely flirt with the customers. Despite not knowing her for a long time, he had a feeling that she was extremely innocent . It had nothing to do with him, if he interfered, something not desirable and out of tempo may happen. He switched his focus to the window on his right and stared at whatever that passed by--until he saw a brown puppy, being kicked by two elementary students.

A small, helpless brown puppy.

Crap. His guilt was killing him.

He rang the bell that was on Kotarou's left side.

Sena couldn't be any happier, finally, someone rang the bell! She whipped her head to the side and saw Akaba staring intently at her. She was honestly about to cry at the moment, out of joy of course. She did a quick bow the two and went to their table.

"Um,I-Is there anything you need Akaba-san and Kotarou-san?" She tried her best to not stutter.

"Fuu, want to play Jenga Sena-kun?" Akaba played his guitar. Sena , that was random. But at least better than the previous one. And why the heck is he playing his guitar inside a cafe?

She nodded eagerly at Akaba's request and randomly out of nowhere the box that had the small wooden blocks was there at Kotarou's hand. The other man pointed his finger at Akaba and challenged him along with Sena, to see who was better. Akaba just put down his guitar and tried his best not to roll his eyes while the short brunette just giggled, in an instant; she was able to relax around these two. So maybe, it wouldn't be that bad, right? And so, the game began.

It wasn't that hard, at least for Akaba. On the other hand, the short brunette was doing a bad job. She was good at games, for crying out loud! Okay, maybe not games that required skills like thinking and analyzing and not panicking, something she always did. Kotarou, wasn't doing any better than her though. He already broke his comb out of frustration when Akaba hadn't even made the pile fall for the last 7 rounds. Sena couldn't help but admit how much she had fun to herself, even though she dreaded offering her services to some customers.

Akaba stared at the pile before him, 7 more layers to go. It looked like Sena would be out with the next block she took. And-- crash, she lost again. He smiled at the small girl, telling her how her rhythm shouldn't be easily affected. But she gave him a cute confused look as she tilted her head to the side, with Kotarou ranting how he never ceased to baffle of course, there was Kotarou's smart remarks every time someone lost.

He was about to take a block until he saw Sena's face. This made him lose concentration.

Don't look don't look don't look do---

He glanced at her for a while until every single block in the Jenga pile fell.

She was just too adorable.

Kotarou couldn't believe what just transpired. Sure, he did wish for him to lose but for Akaba to lose his rhythm was just-- well, rare. As he was about to comment on it, he noticed the red head staring, at Sena, to be exact, with a red flush across his cheeks, not that it was noticeable. He gaped his mouth like a fish, no way! Seriously?! Akaba Hayato likes the kid they just met that day, Kobayakawa Sena?!That was smart, but at least, he wouldn't have a competition for that was a first, for Akaba to lose his calm. Poor Kotarou was in a state of shock until it was time that they needed to go.

Sena being polite bid them goodbye "Eh, um, thank you for your coming ma-- Akaba-san and Kotarou-san!"

Akaba warned her as he had to drag Kotarou by the collar out of the shop "Fuu, Sena-kun, you should be more careful around other guys."

"T-Thank you."

He smiled warmly at her as he patted her head then ruffled it. It didn't really help though, as he made a further mess of her spiky locks. She tried to straighten it, but ceased when she realized the futility.

'This person, reminds me of Haru-niichan, but kind of like Shin-aniki with his strong hands.'

And with that, he left.

Nao, who was watching Sena the whole time, evaluating her job as a maid, slapped her forehead for the third time that day. But she grinned at the thought of having her as a regular maid; she was adorable, timid, petite and gentle. She'll surely be a good one, with those qualities of hers. Like that red-haired guy she just saw, she was very sure that he had probably already fallen for the young girl's charm. If not, probably somewhat attracted. But first, she needed to make sure that no pervert or stalker would come to her while she was in the shop.

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From afar, Hiruma grinned at his newly obtained blackmail material. This was going to be fun. Extremely fun.

"Kekeke, tailing the fucking shrimp was worth a lot!"

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Twelve pairs of eyes stared at the screen in front of them. They blinked and stared at Sakuraba and then at Shin then back to the television again.

Shoji restrained his self from killing Sakuraba and Shin. Seriously, they weren't even able to record the match properly! It suddenly stopped at the first half then came to a halt when they heard a bunch of fan girls screaming. And then there was silence.

They watched it again.

"Hey, isn't that Takami-senpai's imouto?" One of the players pointed out.

"Ah, you're right, so she's a student at Deimon?"

"She is kinda cute, ne senpai?"

Sakuraba coughed and shifted his gaze somewhere else. Shin just stared blankly,

Takami twitched at this. Why did Sena have to go to that really bad school instead of Oujou gakuen?! Mamori. Oh, he totally forgot about her. And since they're against Deimon next, she wouldn't be cheering for them, but for the opposing team! No freaking way! Takami-niichan will not allow this! Never, not even in a thousand years!

But if Sena joined the amefuto team in Deimon, why didn't she just go to Oujou if she wanted to do so? Even if she was the manager, still, his imouto going to another school, cheering for them. Hiruma. What if that demon threatened her?!

And so Takami decided to bring Sena to Oujou gakuen, no matter what it took him. Or at least separate her from Hiruma.

As Sena was about to go home from her part time job that day, she came to an abrupt halt as Nao suddenly slipped something in her hand. She turned and brought her it up to see it clearly. It was a bat. Wait, why a bat?!? She gave her manager an incredulous look. But Nao just shrugged and told her that perverts were common nowadays so it couldn't be helped. She shook her head and gave the bat back, not really wanting to attract anyone's attention to her. Her manager gave a sympathetic look to her as if she didn't understand something. But she just let it go as she walked home, silently wishing that nothing out of the norm would happen to her.

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