The Top 3 Beauties in My School Are All My Subordinates at My Part-time Job～ You Guys Are Out of My League, So Stop Relying on a Mediocre Guy
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Lunch break. I finished eating my lunch and wanted a cup of coffee.
I went out of the school building and headed for the vending machine.
—That is?
There was a slim girl with her arms crossed in front of the vending machine, staring at me.
It was Kamigasaki. What are you doing?
Are you so worried about what to buy?
If I go to the vending machine now, I will come face to face with that cool girl.
Thanks to her, I didn’t get caught earlier when Hamakaze san called me Akizukichi. I’m grateful for that.
But I’m still a little uncomfortable with Kamigasaki. I get nervous when she stares at me with those hard eyes.
I don’t think she dislikes me in particular.
I mean…..she doesn’t really hate me, right?
I’m getting a little nervous.
—I’ve been thinking about this for a while now and looking at Kamigasaki from a little distance away.
Then, without warning, she turned around.
She knew I was staring at her. This is so awkward. I want to hide.
Bring out your invisibility cloak, Doraemon.
“……What? You want something from me?”
I feel my body stiffen at the sound of his voice as if she’s shooing me away.
But Doraemon is not here. There is no invisibility cloak. So I have no choice but to answer.
“Nothing. I just wanted to buy a can of coffee.”
“I see. Well then, go ahead. I’m not buying.”
The cool beauty let me take her place in front of the vending machine and walked past me to leave.
No way, that Kamigasaki is paying attention to me?
“Hold on a sec.”
“What?”
“You were thinking of buying something too, weren’t you, Kamigasaki? You can go ahead and buy it.”
“I don’t have anything to buy.”
I wonder if it’s true. But since she said so, it would be strange to tell her to buy something.
“I see.”
“Then I’ll go.”
I’m afraid of her cool attitude as usual.
But she seemed to care about me, so I should thank her.
And I hadn’t thanked her for “that thing” yet.
“Wait a minute.”
“Is there anything else?”
“Thank you.”
“For what?”
“For the vending machine.”
“It’s no big deal. Oh, no, I didn’t do it for you.”
“And for following up on Hamakaze san’s ‘Akizukichi’ comment.”
That’s not a big deal either.
I imagined that I would get a cold reply.
However, after staring at my face with no expression for a while, her expression suddenly relaxed.
“You’re welcome.”
Her face was as cool as ever, but I thought I saw just a hint of softness.
I was surprised to see her face like this.
“I’m sorry too.”
“Was there anything you should apologize for?”
Was she apologizing for always being salty?
For a moment, I thought so, but what Kangasaki apologized for was something else entirely.
“It was for the fact that Rinrin inadvertently called you ‘Akizukichi’.”
“Eh? Why is Kamigasaki san apologizing for that?”
“You already know that she has that kind of careless nature.”
“Yeah, I know.”
“But she has no bad intentions, so please forgive her.”
“There’s nothing to forgive in the first place. And Hamakaze san came to apologize.”
“I see. Well, that’s good. Then.”
Kamigasaki walked away briskly.
Why is Kamigasaki apologizing for Hamakaze’s carelessness?
In the end, I didn’t get an answer to that question, but I guess it was to defend her friend.
Is Kamigasaki the type of person who clearly separates friend from foe?
Hamakaze san is her friend, so she is kind to her. I’m her enemy, so she is salty towards me.
Will I always be an “enemy” to Kamagasaki?
Or will there come a day when I will be considered an ally?
Umm…..that seems like a high hurdle.
It’s a long road ahead, haha.
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The day was over and I was on my way home from school.
I’m not involved in any club activities, so I leave school immediately after the end of homeroom.
I went to the bike parking lot and pulled out my bike from the rows of bicycles lined up.
As I straddle the saddle, I hear a voice calling me from behind.
“Akizuki san.”
I turned around and saw it was Kyono san. She was out of breath.
“What’s wrong?”
“I wanted to apologize for something.”
“So you came all the way out here to chase me?”
“Yes. I thought it would be better to be out of sight of my classmates.”
Kyono san is serious and disciplined, after all.
“What is it that you want to apologize for?”
I guess it’s that she couldn’t serve the customers smoothly on the first day of her part-time job.
For a moment I thought so, but it was something completely different.
“Rin chan accidentally called Akizuki san [Akizukichi.]”
“Eh? You went out of your way to apologize for that?”
“Yes. As you may have already noticed, Rin chan can be quite careless.”
“Yes, I know.”
I heard that very same line just now.
“But she really doesn’t have any bad intentions, so I hope you will forgive her.”
I was surprised. After Kamigasaki, even Kyono san came to apologize to me for Hamakaze san.
“It’s fine. I don’t mind it.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. And she went out of her way to come and apologize to me, so there’s no problem.”
“I’m glad to hear that.”
The calm and beautiful woman squints her eyes as if she is relieved.
She’s cute and full of an air of bravery and courage.
“I’ll leave you to it then. It would be better if someone didn’t see us together, wouldn’t it?”
“Oh, that’s right.”
The only thing I don’t want to tell anyone at school is that I’m the manager of a café.
However, if I were seen being friendly with the top three beauties, with whom I had no prior connection, some will begin to question our relationship.
If this happens, the possibility of the café being found out increases.
It is best to be cautious.
“I suppose……”
Kyono san turned on her heel and took off..
Still, Hamakaze san must be so loved that all her friends apologize on her behalf.
Or is it their teamwork that they all follow up on one person’s mistake?
No. It was as if they had premeditated it, and seeing how the two of them treated her like a careless person…
Could it be that among their group, Hamakaze Rinrin is like a troublesome child?
If so, does that mean that Hamakaze Rinrin will always be a handful, even in the café?
—-I don’t like that.
No, I don’t think so. Hamakaze san is likely to move to a part-time job at a convenience store with Adachi.
Maybe she won’t come back next time. Even the other two are……
……Eh?
I felt a sense of loneliness creeping into the back of my mind for a moment.
—–I’m sure it’s just my imagination.
Honest, but goofy.
Earnest but clumsy.
And brilliant but rebellious.
Our café wouldn’t have any problems without them.
After all, we have an excellent manager and waiter named me.
Yes, that’s right. As long as I’m there, everything is fine.
Originally, those three people weren’t there, and they only came for one part-time job.
So there is no problem.
─I suppose.
Maitoshi