Juu Yon: Kafe De Kokyaku

Fourteen: Customer In The Café

The next day seemed fairly normal, so if a certain person's week seemed pretty abnormal, then it was good to have at least one day where nothing interesting happened whatsoever. Aunt Cass had a busy shift in the café, so she decided to call on the help of her two nephews.

Tadashi didn't have any school or homework related things to do that day, so he was happy to help. Hiro was willing to do anything to get his mind off of everything. As expected, Tadashi had lightly teased Hiro about giving him that picture, while hugging him so tight, he couldn't breath. It was incredibly embarrassing, but Hiro was willing to live through it, at least for now.

Aunt Cass was busy handling those who walked up front, wanting their orders to go. Tadashi and Hiro handled all of the tables, going around and taking orders as waiters. And although the three of them worked pretty well together, they were still pretty busy. There were some orders that they couldn't get to in time, which forced Aunt Cass to call everyone in for a team meeting once the rush had slowed down just a little.

"Alright, we have to think of something else. There has to be another way for us to handle all these customers."

"I think we need some more help. I know just the person for this job."

Tadashi's eyes shifted over to Hiro, and the younger of the two knew exactly who he was referring to. "Oh, him. Yeah, let's get him to help us."

Cass blinked. "Who is 'him'?" The two brothers gave each other knowing looks.

"He's great. You'll love him." Hiro reassured.

Aunt Cass, pretty much having no other option, sighed. "Alright, fine, give him a call."

More knowing looks were exchanged between the brothers as they ran upstairs.

Aunt Cass only blinked at the sight before her. The sight of the giant marshmallow looking robot, standing in front of her, giving off his little wave. "Hello, I am Baymax, your personal employee. On a scale of one to ten, how much do you need my services?"

"Uh, you picked Baymax? Sure he's cute, but do you really think that this is a good idea?"

Tadashi nodded. "Sure, Aunt Cass, he'll be fine."

"But, what if he gets stuck somewhere, or accidently knocks something over?"

Hiro shrugged it off. "Don't worry Aunt Cass, we've got it."

Aunt Cass blinked, and then sighed. "Okay fine, just hurry and get back out there before the crowd becomes restless."

Hiro and Tadashi looked at each other, excited to see what would happen, and exited the back, dragging Baymax along with them. The crowd had gotten a bit bigger since they last left it, but it was nothing that two brothers and their robot couldn't handle. It went smoothly at first. Hiro and Tadashi had to teach Baymax what to do, who to take orders from, and how not to crash into things. He was actually doing pretty well, so the Hamada brothers knew that they had made the right choice.

The customers seemed to love Baymax as well, always commenting on how cute and adorable he looked. He was instantly a customer favorite, and he was probably going to bring in more business because of it. Basically it killed two birds with one stone. Tadashi and Hiro high fived each other as they watch the robot's success from a table in the corner. They knew he would be able to handle it, and Aunt Cass was impressed. She loved how Baymax was able to handle his job. She would have to remember to have him come and work more often.

"I can't believe how great he's doing." Cass commented as she approached the table of her nephews.

"See Aunt Cass? I told you he would be fine." Tadashi noted.

"Well, I guess you were right then."

Hiro's smile turned smug as he closed his eyes and put his head up. "Naturally."

Tadashi elbowed him for acting cocky. "Ow, what was that for?"

Tadashi had to cover Hiro's mouth and hope that Baymax hadn't herd, lest he be distracted from his work. It seemed that he hadn't, so Tadashi took his hand off his younger brother's mouth, which he was, no doubt, about to lick. Before any of them knew it, the café was almost empty. A few more customers were left to take orders from, so Tadashi and Hiro went to work.

Once the last few customers were taken care of, Hiro and Tadashi thought that they had earned a well deserved break. They were about to take their aprons off and put them away, when another customer walked in through the door. They didn't get a very good look at his face since it was covered, but the person was wearing a trench coat and hat, and carrying a newspaper. It was most certainly nothing to be suspicious about, right?

The customer sat down at a table and opened the newspaper, waiting for his order to be taken. Hiro decided to go for it, so he picked up his notepad and pen, and approached the customer. "Hello, and welcome to the Lucky Cat Café, I'll be your server, what is it that you would like?"

Hiro waited for the customer to speak. He never took his eyes off of the paper. "I'll have three vanilla flavored doughnuts with a strawberry drizzle and chocolate chips."

Hiro nodded. "Okay, it'll be right out."

Hiro hurried back in the kitchen and told his aunt what the customer wanted, which oddly enough, happened to be Tadashi's favorite. He always loved vanilla doughnuts with strawberry frosting and chocolate chips, so Hiro did think that the order was a little weird, but he figured that Tadashi wasn't the only one who liked it like that.

Once Aunt Cass had finished with the doughnuts, Hiro brought them out to the customer, who still didn't seem to have looked up from the paper. "Here's your order sir, and if there's anything else you need, don't hesitate to ask."

The customer accepted his food without looking up. Hiro then left the customer for awhile. After a few minutes, he noticed that the plate was empty, so Hiro walked over and asked the customer if he was ready for the check. After setting the check down on the table, the customer got some money out and put it on the table.

Before Hiro could react, the customer stood and started to leave. "And by the way, thanks for the service. Hiro."

The boy in question's eyes widened upon hearing his name. He turned to question the customer, but he was already walking out the door. He looked down at his apron to find that he was not wearing his nametag.

He wondered how the stranger could possibly know his name, especially since he's never seen him around before. And on top of that, he ordered Tadashi's favorite flavor of doughnuts. That seemed really weird, but it could have just been a coincidence. Maybe.