| Juza | …This pasta has a bit of spiciness to it, right? |
| If the customer's bad with spicy stuff, maybe it'd be good to recommend 'em this soy-sauce based pasta instead. |
| Next… This sandwich goes well with darjeeling tea, so… |
| (Good thing I asked Omi-san 'bout the characteristics and ingredients of the menu items. S'lot easier to take in now.) |
| (I also asked Homare-san for advice 'bout what kind of cooking fits which tea. Even if I can't cover every single combination, I've at least got a pretty good hang of what I could suggest to the customers.) |
| (Should rehearse them out while I'm at it too. Then I'll note down anythin' else I need to be more careful of…) |
| *DOOR SHUTS* |
| Juza | ——... |
| (That was the door leading to the lounge, wasn't it?) |
| … Must've imagined it. |
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| Muku | Hmm… If these "Three Bear Brothers" mini-cakes were made out of just chocolate, people might get tired of the chocolate taste. I really like them, though… |
| Juza | If that bothers ya, then how 'bout puttin' in some small fruit slices with them? Or addin' another layer of sweetness with some cream? |
| Kumon | So like, one cake's suuuuper sweet, one's a normal-level of sweet, and the third one not-so-sweet at all? |
| Juza | Somethin' like that. |
| Muku | —Then they wouldn't get tired of the chocolate as much, you're right! Maybe adding one piece of fruit would work well, too! |
| Thank you, Ju-chan! Let me rework my draft. |
| Kumon | Is that a mini-parfait with a monkey-shaped cookie for yours, Nii-chan? |
| Juza | Yeah. Since there's plenty of delicious stuff in the cafe's menu already, getting a parfait would let ya taste a lil' bit of everything. |
| Muku | That's true; there's so many tasty-looking dishes on here. But having something small like a parfait would be nice to have. |
| And Kyu-chan's is… Oh, is that a sandwich that's cut in the shape of a koala? With braised meat as filling? |
| Kumon | Yep yep! They haven't put in anything with braised meat in their menu yet, so I thought I'd give this one a try! Plus I loooove braised meat!! |
| Juza | It does look pretty yummy. |
| Kumon | I know right~! |
| Buuuut, the color combo of the whole thing is a lil' dull, I think… |
| Muku | Maybe try adding some tomatoes as garnish? |
| Kumon | Tomato, huh. That sounds good! Then I'll draw some tomatoes here, and… |
| *SKETCHING SOUNDS* |
| Kumon | Hey, didn't the three of us draw together 'round the table just like this when we were little, too? |
| Muku | …Now that you mention it. I vaguely remember when I used to be really awful at drawing when I was little, and that was when Ju-chan had helped me out. |
| Kumon | Ahhh—!! I sorta recall that too, yeah! |
| Juza | You remembered that…? |
| Muku | Uh-huh. But it's still only a faint memory; I can't exactly remember the details of it. |
| Kumon | I'm pretty sure we were drawing food back then— like, food that we really wanted to eat that day! |
| Muku | Eh, really? |
| Juza | You've got some good memory. |
| Kumon | Ehehe, it just happened to come to mind! |
| Muku was still really young back then, so when he couldn't get his drawing right, he started crying. |
| And when Nii-chan realized what was wrong, he asked Muku what he wanted to draw so that he could try drawing it together with Muku! |
| Juza | That's how it went. |
| Muku | I see. Then that meant that Ju-chan really helped me out with a lot of things back in those days, didn’t he? |
| Juza | (My memory from that age's also fuzzy, but I already knew that even back then, Muku used to be afraid of me…) |
| (I think he still felt intimidated at that moment too, but when I started helpin' him out with his drawing, he was smilin'.) |
| Though, since I was still pretty young back then too, even my drawings weren't any good either. Mom never understood what were askin' her to cook in the end. |
| Kumon | Huh, really!? |
| Juza | Pretty sure. |
| Muku | Fufu. I guess that's to be expected, since we were still little kids. |
| Kumon | But look at you now, Muku! You're amazing at drawing~! |
| Muku | You think so? Ehehe… |
| Juza | And this time, it's us who're asking for your help. |
| Kumon | He's right! |
| Muku | Huh!? B-But you two are already doing so great, you don't even need help from me…! |
| Juza | Not that great, really… |
| Muku | But it's true! I love how you two draw. |
| Kumon | Hehe, I also love your drawings, Muku! You think so too, right, Nii-chan? |
| Juza | 'Course. I feel the same way. |
| (I've thought it to myself countless times already, but I'm really glad that getting into this troupe allowed me to spend my time with Muku like this now.) |
