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The girl behind the counter.

Summary:

Originally written for anhane week 2025

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After Minori totally didn't force Shiho and Kohane to go to a new cafe that opened, Kohane found herself glad that she did.

Notes:

(See the end of the work for notes.)

Chapter 1: Strawberry milkshake, and a number.

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"I'm telling you, we have to go there!" Minori tried to convince Shiho for the hundredth time in the span of 10 minutes.

 

"Why do we have to ?" Shiho eventually asked, trying to sound interested. Kohane just looked between the two, being the one walking in the middle.

 

They've been walking back from school, and Minori mentioned a Café that opened nearby. Kohane wouldn't mind going there if she were honest.

 

"Um, because it looks good? And I'm thirsty... they're selling pastries too !" Minori weakly tried to sound convincing.

 

Shiho sighed. "You know what, Fine. But if it's not as good as you make it sound, you'll pay me back..."

 

"Yay! Let's go then !" The clumsy idol exclaimed with a grin, changing their direction to the right. 

 

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Kohane looked around the cafe as they sat down at a table. It looked pretty cozy, and it had soft background music.

 

Minori seemed to like it a lot as well, humming a soft tune as she looked at the menu in her hands.

 

Finally, Shiho tried to look uninterested but secretly liked the vibe of the place. She glanced over at the menu, leaning her cheek in her fist.

 

"Hello there, may I take you girls' order ?"

 

Kohane blinked a few times at the sound of the voice, looking at its source and- oh. The girl is... pretty.

 

She got black hair with blue tips, star clips decorating them, her eyes an amber color, the way she was standing seemed so... relaxed.

 

Basically, Kohane's type. She could feel her cheeks warming up already. Fortunately, Minori snapped her out of her trance as she placed her order.

 

"Yep! It'll be a caramel machiato with whipped cream for me, along with a slice of red velvet cheesecake." The brunette said with a grin.

 

The barista hummed, noting the order on a sketch note, glancing at Shiho to have her order.

 

"Uhm... just a black coffee and a vanilla eclair," Shiho said, putting back down the menu on the table.

 

"Okay!" The girl wrote the order before looking up at Kohane, "and for the cutie over there ?" She asked with a small smile and a tilt of her head.

 

Kohane blinked, her cheeks warming up again as she stuttered her order. "U-uhm... right, just a..uh strawberry milkshake, please..."

 

The black haired girl nodded, writing it down. "Alright then! It shall be brought to you shortly." She said, shooting Kohane a wink before walking away.

 

Holy shit.

 

Kohane is not surviving this. Especially not with Minori and Shiho looking at her with knowing grins.

 

Little fucke-

 

"...don't look at me like that." The blonde pouted.

 

"Whaaat? Are we supposed to be nonchalant about the fact that the girl who could be the girl of your dreams just flirted with you ?" Minori asked with a mock offended face.

 

"Wh- she...ugh.." Kohane buried her face in her hands. "I hate you guys," 

 

"Sure you do." Shiho teased.

 

Minori squinted, trying to see the girl's name tag. "En..? No uh... A...An! Her name's An !" She exclaimed with a grin.

 

"So what? It's not like I'll see her again after today." Kohane said, finally looking up from her hands to see An coming back to them with their orders.

 

She handed them to Minori and Shiho, her gaze scanning Kohane's features as she gave the girl her drink, a small smile on her face, deliberately brushing her fingers against Kohane's before pulling back.

 

"Well, enjoy! Just call me when you need the bill." An said politely before walking to another table.

 

Kohane, meanwhile, could be considered a tomato.

 

She looked down at her drink, noticing a note stuck to her cup. With a hard swallow, she took it and opened it to read its content.

 

It was written in a slightly messy but still neat handwriting, probably due to a lack of time to write it.

 

Hey, thought you were pretty cute, so I left my number here. Text me if you want <3

090-0307-0726

 

Her cheeks turned crimson.

The prettiest girl she had ever seen found her cute AND gave her her number.

 

"Ohhh~? What's this ?" Minori asked with a grin, resting her chin on Kohane's shoulder to read the paper.

 

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"OH MY GO-" Minori exclaimed before Shiho put her hand against her mouth to muffle her screams - and to avoid more people staring at them.

 

"Oh my god," Minori managed to say quieter. Shiho hummed in approval, removing her hand to sip on her coffee.

 

"She gave you her number??" Minori whispered loudly.

 

Kohane nodded.

 

"She what ?" The bassist asked, raising an eyebrow.

 

"The girl gave Kohane her number !" 

 

"Damn. Lucky." Shiho commented, taking a bite of her pastry. "Don't miss your chance."

 

Kohane nodded again, a slightly determined look on her face. She carefully tucked the note with the phone number into her pocket.

 

Tonight.

 

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Kohane sat at her bed, her hair let loose, currently in pajamas...and staring at her phone.

 

She HAD technically talked to An. A little.

 

An

Hey! I'm um, the girl from

 the cafe..my name is Kohane..

 

Oh, you're the cutie I saw earlier!

I thought you wouldn't text me, heh :)

 

Sorry, I got home only recently,

so I didn't have the time to text you

 

All good ;)

 

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...don't stare like that. At least she sent her something!

 

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Yeah.

 

Maybe she'll talk to her more later. It's late.