CHAPTER 720: CHAPTER 438: THE GOAL OF THE COFFEE SHOP

These days, Manager Yanagi has been investigating customers’ preferences for the coffee shop’s style.

For each completed survey, customers can receive a limited edition sea blueberry cookie specially made by Miss Hanami.

This special, one-of-a-kind cookie has received rave reviews.

However, Uesugi Sakura finds it a bit awkward; after all, it was clearly Hanabi who made the cookie. How could he associate it with the little girl still nursing?

As Uesugi Sakura thought about this, he looked at his phone. He had just arrived at the coffee shop and wasn’t officially on duty yet.

"Sakura, Hanabi wants to drink your crafted milk coffee~ I really want it~~"

It turns out, when Hanamaru Hanabi tries to act cute, a man who likes pretty girls can hardly resist her charm.

"Do you want it with a heavy milk flavor?"

"Mm~"

Uesugi Sakura immediately put down his phone and started preparing the flavor Hanabi liked most.

Hanamaru Hanabi stood on tiptoe, her smiling face watching him busily working behind the bar:

"Sakura, you’re amazing. Will Hanabi get a kiss as a reward later?"

"No need."

Uesugi Sakura knew she was teasing him.

"Hmm... alright then, I’ll just watch Sakura work here."

Hanamaru Hanabi pulled up a high stool behind him, sat down, and folded her hands over the bar like an elementary school student, watching him.

The girl was still wearing the shop’s maid outfit, with pink cat ears that moved, specially made by Manager Yanagi, on her head.

Her purple eyes were bright and clear, with a smile in them.

Especially that smiling face; just one look at it would make one lower their head, shy to meet the beauty in her eyes.

Hanabi is very cute when she’s not being clingy.

Initially, Uesugi Sakura had significant misgivings about Dark Hanabi, mainly because he believed Dark Hanabi came from the future or a parallel world.

In that world, Sakura had abandoned her... so she urgently needed Uesugi Sakura’s love.

She was a second personality, not the real Hanabi.

The real Hanabi only out of sympathy was willing to share Uesugi Sakura’s love with another version of herself.

Uesugi Sakura always thought that way.

...

It seems now that all of it was wrong.

After brewing the coffee and adding the milk, Uesugi Sakura created a latte art of Hanabi’s favorite chubby shark on top of her espresso milk coffee.

"Here you go."

Uesugi Sakura placed the coffee in front of her, with visible rich aroma wafting from above the white mug.

"Sakura, your drawing is bad, so why is your latte art so beautiful?"

"My drawing... is just okay, not too bad."

Hanamaru Hanabi picked up the cup, took a sip of the milk coffee, and the flavor of milk spread in her mouth, balanced by the rich aroma of the coffee, not greasy, refreshing, and natural.

"Delicious! Sakura is really nice to Hanabi."

Uesugi Sakura couldn’t help but give her a gentle smile: "How come just one cup of coffee wins you over today?"

"Because Hanabi thinks Sakura is being really nice to Hanabi today."

Uesugi Sakura lifted his head, locking eyes with hers.

"Heehee."

The girl smiled cutely.

Something isn’t right.

"Are you, Hanabi?"

"Hanabi is just Hanabi, who else could I be?"

Uesugi Sakura’s heart skipped a beat, getting confused if this was Little Hanabi or Dark Hanabi?

...

No, it should be Dark Hanabi.

Little Hanabi wouldn’t tease him so proactively.

"Sakura," Hanamaru Hanabi held the coffee cup with both hands near her lips, her smile pure, "Hanabi also will grow! I can’t always stay that weak."

"I believe it."

With these words, Uesugi Sakura understood, she is indeed Dark Hanabi.

"Sakura recognized it?" Hanamaru Hanabi, who had just finished drinking, had a little milk stain at the corner of her mouth. She stuck out her little tongue to lick it.

"Of course," Uesugi Sakura replied.

Halfway through the coffee, Hanamaru Hanabi held her little face and tilted her head to admire him, "Sakura is so handsome."

"You look really nice too."

"No, Sakura is handsome."

"No, Hanabi is cute."

"Sakura is handsome."

"Hanabi is cute."

The two went back and forth, complimenting each other, and the girl occasionally smiled at him, creating quite a flirtatious atmosphere.

...

On the other side of the coffee shop, Towa Rina suddenly sighed.

"Are you sick?"

Just coming out of the kitchen, Tashiro Yuuri, who stood next to her, asked, "Or have you encountered something sad?"

Towa Rina didn’t look up but hid in the corner, pointing to the front counter.

Tashiro Yuuri glanced over to where she pointed and saw Barista Uesugi Sakura, and a little maid from the shop.

"Uesugi Sakura and Hanamaru Hanami? What about them, I didn’t get your point."

"Uesugi, isn’t he married?" Towa Rina hesitated.

"Yes."

"And who is his spouse?"

"Hanamaru Hanami’s twin sister," Tashiro Yuuri answered, "Didn’t she come here to wait for Uesugi a few days ago?"

"Yeah..."

Towa Rina sighed again, leaned closer to Tashiro Yuuri’s ear, and while watching the two at the counter, said, "Yuuri, did you notice, Hanami and Uesugi..."

Suddenly feeling the inappropriateness of saying that, Towa Rina switched the topic and asked Tashiro Yuuri:

"You and your sister are twins too, I imagine you’re very close."

"Sort of, since we’ve grown up together. Elementary school, junior high, high school, college, we attended together."

"That’s definitely a good relationship. Have you ever liked the same boy?"

"No, we only liked the same bag of chips."

"Chips? Well... that’s kind of what I mean; either way, it’s liking the same thing. If your sister wanted to take chips from you, what would you do?"