Discovery!
"Wha..?" Ichigo looked around.
A girl was coming up to the door. She had shoulder-length, dark brown hair and a sky-blue mini backpack....purse...thing. She was dressed casually in jeans and a navy-blue blouse, but it all looked wind-swept, like she had rushed here.
Ichigo jumped up. "A customer! Mint, a customer! Get up!"
Shina sat down at a table near the window, just as Ichigo hurried over, beaming.
"Welcome to Cafe Mew Mew! May I take your order?"
Ichigo smiled down at the girl. She was just about her age...why hadn't she seen her at school?
Shina looked up. "Er, just some yakitori, please, if you have it. And miso."
"Okay, it'll be right here! Please enjoy your stay!"
Ichigo looked back at the girl as she walked away. She had the most miserable brown eyes Ichigo had ever seen! She wondered what was wrong....and if there was anything she could do to help.
"Yakitori and miso for the sad girl by the window."
Lettuce glanced over. "Why is she sad?"
"I wish I knew..... Oop, here comes two more, gotta go!"
The couple came and went, and so did several school girls. Shina watcehd them all go, wishing she knew that many people. She didn't have that many friends, being homeschooled and not meeting very many. She once again wished she could go to public school...or join a club, or SOMETHING!
Ichigo, Mint, and Lettuce were sitting at the counter on break.
"Is that girl still here?" Asked Mint, looking over.
Lettuce sighed. "I wonder what has her so sad?"
"I dunno, but I wish we could help." Answered Ichigo
