[August 10. Wednesday. 23:45]
Kael stared at the glass door entrance of the café as if it were about to move for another customer to enter. His eyes watered from exhaustion. He wanted to sleep—had he had any sleep for the past few days? He couldn’t remember anymore.
All he did was work and study and work and study that at times he’d forget eating his meals.
Papa didn’t want me to fall ill? He scoffed and groaned by himself. “I’d rather be serving the church, then.” He sighed and greeted the newly arrived customer though it was almost his time to clock out.
When he finished making their order, Kael glanced at Akemi, who was still energetically chatting with random customers despite the time. After the long chat between Akemi and another guy, he went and leaned on the counter. “Huff, it’
