A café street huh? Maru had a look at all the cafés on the opposite side of the bookstore. Every first-floor stores in the many buildings right next to one another were cafés. They were so densely populated that it made him worry about their sales.

-It’s “Jane”.

She sent him the name of the café through the messenger. It was a rather large one that took up two floors.

Maru went inside. The store was crowded with people taking refuge from the heat. It turned out that his worries about sales were unnecessary. When he followed the line at the counter, he found Haneul who was greeting customers with a smile. She seemed to be busy and did not notice that he had come in.

He lined up and observed the various coffee beans on display. The customers left the queue one by one after ordering, and he eventually met her.

“One iced black coffee please.”

“You’re going to drink inside, right?”

“I was going to take it out, but should I?”

She smiled and told him to wait a moment. Taking the order token given to him by another employee, he went up to the 2nd floor. There were no seats on the 1st floor. He found a seat by the window where the music was pretty loud. He watched a small staring contest between some old ladies chatting...