Volume 1 - CH 11.1

Chapter 11 - Light in the Night Sky (Part 1)

I've been coming to the Eden Club many times since I was in middle school.

A cafe with a capacity of more than 300 people, you could say it was a medium-sized cafe.

There was a bar on a separate floor. That's where I worked to serve alcohol to the customers.

Before the doors opened, it was very quiet. There was only the faint sound of the staff and performers having a meeting.

"The tickets for this rock music event sold out quickly. It's definitely going to be lively."

The short-haired man standing behind me at the bar counter was Masashi, and he said this while downing a bottle of blue liqueur.

Even though he's the owner of this place, he didn't join the meeting with the staff and instead stayed here to drink sake, even though the door hadn't opened yet. Hopefully, he's in a good mood.

"By the way, I'm expecting a lot of cast drinks from you, you know."

Cast drinks, he said, were drinks that customers bought to treat the bar girls.

Since I was already involved in the business, Masashi insisted that we part-timers should be able to get customers to buy us expensive sake.

Of course, I couldn't drink sake no matter how much the customers treated me.

But I couldn't refuse because of my position, so I pretended to drink even though I only drink tea. I learned this technique from another bar maid.

But that would be like cheating the customers, so I wouldn't ask them to treat me.

No matter how much Masashi pushed me, I definitely wouldn't do it.

"But Yoru-chan is really pretty. I didn't know Masashi-kun had friends like her."

In front of the bar, there was another man who was dressed as a host.

He seemed to be a customer close to Masashi, so he was allowed to enter first, even though the door for customers hadn't opened yet.

The man asked me to make him a cocktail. I mixed the juice and some sake in a shaker and shook it.

"Oh. That's a really cool way to shake it~ Have you been in this business long?"

"Not really."

"Uwah, it's cold... But it's good. Hey Yoru-chan. Do you want to come with me this time?"

Masashi, who was sitting next to her, laughed.

"Stop it. She's a bitch who's only interested in one man."

"But it's possible that the man she likes is me. Hey Yoru-chan, how about that?"

I looked at the host again.

He's wearing a gray jacket that looks expensive, and his watch also looks expensive. The glasses he's wearing are probably expensive as well.

But he wasn't handsome enough. Everything doesn't suit me.

He's just a skinny guy who wears nice clothes and wants to dress like a rich man.

On the outside he may look like someone in his 20s, but on the inside he's really childish.

The people I like are more mature, and people like him don't interest me at all.

"Sorry, I rejected him."

I said it clearly.

"Oh, don't be like that. After this event is over, wait for me here. I'll find a good hotel for you. Don't you want to?"

"Aarrgggh..."

I finally lost my temper and got really angry.

In fact, there have been many men who have said such things to me. But his words 'I'll find you a good hotel', does he think any woman would be happy with that?

Masashi bit his tongue in a "Tch" tone.

"Hey, your attitude towards customers is not good, you know? You're not a kid anymore, so if it's just to a hotel, that's fine..."

Masashi rudely put the bottle down on the table.

Of course, I'm not afraid of that.

"I don't do things like that unless it's with someone I love."

Surely you don't want to give your virginity to someone you don't like at all.

He could read the tense situation and calmed me down.

"In that case, Yoru-chan, since you won't do it except with the person you love, why don't you love me instead?"

He's an annoying guy, but I think he just said something interesting.

Is "love" something so simple that he can say it so easily?

After all, what exactly is "love"?

Even though I want it so much, I still can't understand its meaning.

Who was the first person I fell in love with?

I think the answer is Totchi-niichan.

But I don't know if it was "love" or not, even now.

Are "like" and "love" the same thing?

I still don't know the answer, but I always want to fall in love──.