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
“My ideal is……”
Hamakaze san and Kyono san gulp.
Kamigasaki also looks at me in silence.
“[I want to provide delicious sweets that make customers happy and a space where they can have fun and relax.]”
“Erm……isn’t that relatively normal?”
Hamakaze san looks at me with a puzzled look on his face as if she was disappointed.
“I guess so.”
Shoot. I guess I was being too modest and she thought I had some grander ideals.
But this ideal my mother had for me was very important.
To make them understand, I still need to tell them about my mother.
“That is what my mother had in mind when she and my father opened this café four and a half years ago.”
I turned to my father. The three girls also looked at him.
My father, Akizuki Yuuya, nodded his head.
My father and mother had been dating since high school and had always wanted to open their own store someday. They saved money together and gradually made preparations…and when I graduated from elementary school, my father quit his job and opened the restaurant.
That is the [Café de HINATA]
“I’ve been wondering about this for a while. How is Akizukichi’s mother doing?”
“I was wondering, too. When I came to this store a long time ago, there was a very beautiful woman there and I was wondering if she was Akizuki san’s mother.”
“Right. This store was run by just two people, my father and mother, and that was definitely my mother.”
How can I explain about my mother……
I couldn’t find the right words, and there was an awkward silence.
My father, who had been silently watching the exchange between me and the girls, quietly spoke up.
“Yuuhi’s mother, Hinata, died in a car accident two years ago. That’s why this café was closed. But about six months ago, Yuuhi insisted on bringing it back, and three months ago, we reopened it on Sundays only.”
“I see.”
All three of them looked glum.
The atmosphere would become grim if things continued as they were. I don’t want to let that happen.
“That’s why, I have a favor to ask of you three.”
The three beautiful women nodded.
“I thought that if I told you about my mother’s death, you would all be very concerned, so I’ve kept it quiet until now. But if I talk about my wish for an ideal store, I can’t avoid talking about my mother. So, I would like to ask everyone not to get too serious when you find out about my mother’s death. Don’t worry about it, and just be the same as you’ve always been.”
“I agree.
Hinata was a very cheerful person, like the sun, always shining on those around her. That’s why she hates it when people feel uncomfortable or sad. So I’d like to ask you to please be cheerful in this shop, for Hinata’s sake as well.”
Yes. My mother used to say, [Smile is wings.] She was a person who valued smiles very much.
But after hearing such a story, it would be difficult to act as cheerful as my father said right away, wouldn’t it?
“I see ! I understand !”
No, you are very cheerful right away, Hamakaze san !
As expected of an innocent girl.
“Thank you, Rinrin chan. Come to think of it, you look a lot like Hinata, with your bright personality and beautiful features.”
“Oh, really !? Thank you very much !”
Wait a minute, Dad. I don’t care about personality, but don’t just say she’s beautiful. That’s sexual harassment.
And he’s suddenly calling her by her first name.
Is it true that this father of mine is not good at communication? Maybe he’s just pretending to be someone else.
“Yeah. She was always very positive and always had a smile on her face, even when things were tough.”
“Ah……that’s why your mother said, [Smile is wings].”
“What, Yuuhi, you even told her that?”
“Yes. I was taught that a smile means that it lightens your heart and allows you to fly high with a positive attitude. That’s a very nice saying.”
“Thank you. If you say so, Hinata will be pleased.”
“U-um……dear father. I will do my best and try to have a nice smile on my face.”
I’m sure you’ll be very happy to hear that. I’m sure you’ll be very happy to hear that. The most “Yeah, thank you Miyabi chan. I’d be embarrassed if someone called me that. Right Yuuhi?”
“Wha….s-sorry…..”
Oh, poor Kyono san, you’re turning bright red.
“But my mother’s ideal of creating a store ended halfway through her aspirations. That’s why I want to create a store that can fulfill my mother’s ideal of providing delicious sweets that make customers happy and a space where they can have fun and relax. It may be a bit mundane, but…”
The three girls are staring at me.
Crap, I’m so embarrassed. I was talking about my mother so much that I might have been labeled as a mama’s boy.
But that’s okay. It can’t be helped.
“But it’s not just because my mother wants me to. I want to make a store like that. I would be happy if I could heal the hearts of as many people as possible. I wanted to revive the café with that concept in mind, so I asked my father to do the impossible.”
After closing the café, my father went back to being a businessman.
Now my father works at his company during the week and works at this restaurant on Sundays.
To satisfy my selfishness, you know.
“Akizukichi…..I-I-I-I’m……bery moved !”
Hamakaze san suddenly put out her hand and asked for a handshake.
Her eyes were filled with tears and she was blowing her nose.
“Oh, that’s very nice of you…..thank you.”
“Akizuki san. I was also very moved. I’d love to help you realize your ideal store. I will help you.”
Would they laugh at me for being a mama’s boy?
Or, would they be taken aback, saying that I was too serious to seriously pursue such an ideal?
I was worried that it would be one or the other.
But they understood. They even said they were moved. I’m grateful.
By the way, I looked at Kamigasaki.
She was staring at me with very sharp eyes.
Maitoshi