Chapter 3 Her Lover

The girl was surprised when she received a phone call from someone she had been waiting for since yesterday. Without wasting any time, Hana answered the call and halted her cleaning activities at the cafe that morning.

"Where have you been? Why did you only contact me now?" protested Hana.

"I'm sorry, my phone was lost yesterday, but I've found it again. After checking your messages, I immediately called." replied someone on the other end.

"I miss you," Hana whispered.

"I miss you too. Let's meet," the man suggested.

"I'm working right now. How about tonight?"

"Okay, then tonight it is."

Just as Hana was about to chat longer with her boyfriend, suddenly Urahara came and immediately made her end the call. She didn't want Urahara to see her busy on the phone while there was still a lot of work waiting for her.

"Good morning," Urahara greeted his employees as he entered the room.

Once Urahara entered his office, Hana, curious about the man, immediately asked Sora about him.

"Urahara is a very kind and independent person. He built this cafe with his own efforts. I heard his parents are very wealthy, but he has never used their wealth at all," explained Sora.

"Does he have a girlfriend?" asked Hana.

"It seems not yet. He has never brought a woman here, but who knows?"

Hana was truly impressed by the cafe owner. Besides being handsome and young, he turned out to be a very hardworking person. If she didn't know Kaji, she might have fallen in love with him.

**

Hana finally managed to finish the day with excellent work, and Urahara often praised her diligence. Having completed her tasks early, Hana now intended to meet Kaji. After getting approval from Urahara, she quickly prepared to leave.

After a while, Hana, now dressed as before, seemed to have just come out of the dressing room. Unexpectedly, something unforeseen happened as Hana accidentally bumped into someone when she tried to leave the cafe.

"Do you have eyes?" said the man with a deep voice.

"Sorry... I thought who it was, turns out it's a cowardly guy," she expressed after seeing the face of the man she collided with.

"You dare say something like that to me," he replied challengingly.

Both of them stared at each other, their fiery eyes ready to pounce. Hana's mocking expression at that moment made Jun angry, and he impulsively pushed her, causing the girl to lose her balance.

Crack...

"Awww..." groaned Hana, rubbing her sore forehead.

"Hana..." called someone, making the girl turn towards the source of the voice.

"Kaji?" said Hana, looking at her unexpected boyfriend.

After helping Hana to get up, Kaji began to glare at Jun with a face full of anger.

"What did you do to her?" Kaji asked sternly.

"Tch... here comes the weirdo again," Jun retorted, refusing to look at Kaji.

"Hey, listen if someone is talking to you!!!"

"Let it be, just leave him be. A foolish man like him doesn't know what manners are."

If it weren't for Hana's plea at that moment, Kaji might have already thrown a punch at Jun. Someone appeared from behind the door after Hana and Kaji left the cafe. They saw Jun staring out of the cafe with a grumbling face.

"What's wrong with you?" Urahara asked, curious.

"Just now, there were two dogs. Luckily, they're gone now," he casually answered while dropping his body onto a chair.

"Dogs?" he said even more puzzled.

**

The two individuals had just dropped their bodies onto a garden chair. In their hands, there were warm drinks brought by Kaji before they met.

Since then, Hana seemed upset, remembering the incident that almost made her rebel. A warm hand reaching out made the girl smile, glancing at the man who had just embraced her.

"Don't be sulky like that when you're with me. You should smile... Okay?"

"Umm... Okay."

"I'm glad we're finally together again. We've been in a long-distance relationship for almost 4 years, and now you've decided to come."

"Me too. If only I had joined you both earlier, maybe the three of us wouldn't have been separated all this time."

"How's Mimi? We rarely met during the 4 years in Tokyo."

"Mimi is doing well. She works in a good place, except for the super arrogant owner."

"Are you talking about the guy who pushed you just now?"

Hana started telling about her first impression when she met Jun. She vented her frustration to Kaji, even making Kaji want to laugh at Hana's funny antics while reenacting each scene that had happened.

"You're really adorable when you're angry."

Instantly, Hana's face turned red. She couldn't remember since when she felt embarrassed by Kaji's teasing remarks.

**

That morning, rain once again poured down on the city of Tokyo. A girl was seen looking at the blurry sky accompanied by the falling raindrops.

With a soft sigh, she walked towards the dining table. In front of her, Mimi was busy typing something on her laptop. Due to the rain, Hana ended up being late for work. However, before that, she had contacted her boss.

Fortunately, Urahara was not the type of boss who liked to get angry when his employees were late. Nevertheless, Hana still felt uneasy because she was relatively new to working there.

Unlike Mimi, who did not have a morning shift that day, so she could wait for the rain to stop before going to work. Seeing Hana lost in thought made Mimi annoyed, so she pinched her chubby friend's cheek.

"It hurts, you know."

"You're very cute like that."

"Ah, I can't take it anymore. Tomorrow, I'll buy an umbrella. That way, I can go to my workplace without worrying about getting wet."

"You're so enthusiastic about working there. Does the salary pay well?"

"My boss is very kind. He even treats me like a friend despite being two years older than me. He's so nice that I feel bad being so relaxed like this."

While listening to Hana's story, her friend looked busy making hot tea for both of them. After it was ready, she sat back down after handing a cup of tea to Hana.

"Next time, I'll go there. I'm curious about your boss."

Hearing Hana's story, her friend became more interested in meeting this man named Urahara.