episode_0131
by fnovelpia
Click!
The digital camera fires a flash.
A gloomy rainy season, dark clouds pouring down rainwater.
Click! Click!
“Is it okay if I take a picture like this?”
Eunbang came out wearing a round rabbit umbrella.
The girl took several pictures of cars going up and down the road.
Gray passenger car, black van, blue sports car, large garbage truck, village bus…
It runs vigorously, splashing the rainwater that has accumulated on the floor.
Click!
The raindrops that land on the rabbit umbrella bounce around like children jumping on a trampoline.
How many times have you checked the photos on your camera? Soon, he returns to the cafe with a satisfied smile.
1:00 pm.
Time to have a quick lunch at a nearby restaurant.
Soon it will be time for Eunha to go to work at the cafe.
‘What happened that made me miss my morning shift? It was a voice that was holding back pain… Are you unwell?’
Dangling~♪
The doorbell on the cafe door breaks the silence.
The girl who put the rabbit umbrella in the umbrella stand next to the entrance brushed herself off.
He heads to the kitchen, combing his shiny white rabbit ears with his hands as if he takes good care of them on a regular basis.
There was no customer at the table, and in the kitchen, debt collector Nari Kang was gently massaging Ban Harin’s shoulder.
“I came today as Eunha’s substitute, so please give me a massage thinking of me as Eunha. Do you only have that much strength?”
It looks like a bet was made while the girl was out for lunch.
Nari Kang bit her lips with a smile on her face and massaged Ban Harin’s shoulders. As if the heat was so strong, blue particles of mana fluttered from Kang Na-ri’s palm and then disappeared.
The girl, who put the camera in her apron pocket, hops over to the two people playing in the kitchen.
“I’m going crazy, so let’s go out and eat together. Eunha will be here in a little while. You’ve finished cleaning, right?”
“Would it be possible?”
Eunbangul sighs after kicking Kang Na-ri and Ban Ha-rin out of the kitchen.
With his white rabbit ears hanging down like a person with a stuffy heart, he grabs Ban Harin’s wrist as he passes by.
Ban Harin, who was caught by Eunbangul, turned his head with an expressionless face.
“……?”
“What about Eunha?”
“Wait… I’m reporting that you just left the apartment. I caught a taxi at the apartment entrance and boarded it.”
“Good. I’ll be right back.”
Ban Harin takes out a terminal from the inside pocket of his black suit and checks it.
Soon after receiving the answer she wanted, the rabbit girl smiled and let go of Ban Harin’s wrist.
Ban Ha-rin rubbed his numb wrist and left to have lunch with Kang Na-ri.
Dangling~♪
A cafe left alone.
The girl with a smirk on her lips jumped up on the chair and lifted her legs.
The galaxy is coming soon.
I placed my hand on my chest where the silver bells were fluttering and let my imagination run wild.
When will it arrive? What clothes are you going to wear? When you enter a cafe, which hand do you open the door with? What is your first step?
I shyly imagine what the first greeting Eunha will say to me will be.
Once a day, a girl’s little pastime.
Surprisingly, the percentage of correct answers is high.
I was always watching only her.
When I look back on her traces one by one, I feel like my empty heart is overflowing.
At some point, I began to imagine her footsteps.
‘If Eunha found out, she would hate it, right? ‘You don’t like being burdened.’
You can quickly tell whether she is feeling burdened or not.
Because I am a person who shows everything on my face.
It seems like Eunha herself has learned to speak ambiguously about whether she knows that fact, but that’s the end of it.
Rather, it looks like a hamster desperately trying to hide the sunflower seeds hidden behind its back, which is just adorable.
“Phew.”
It makes me laugh.
Eunha is the cutest when she looks embarrassed.
Eunbangul, who was stomping his feet with a happy face, jumped up from his chair and headed toward the break room.
Before Eunha arrives at the cafe, she has to get all the trivial things out of the way.
I don’t know why, but my physical condition has deteriorated to the point that I have to skip work in the morning.
Even though I told him to just rest today and come back tomorrow, he insists on going to work in the afternoon, so I don’t plan on leaving him any work to do so he can at least rest quietly.
‘Would you rather lock me in the break room? I’ll leave the cafe to Harin and Nari, and Eunha and I can rest quietly in the lounge!’
The pure white rabbit ears stick up in the sky, unaware that they are high in the sky.
Dalkak-.
A rabbit girl enters the lounge and approaches the board that fills one wall.
Numerous photos taken from three years ago were decorated there. Most of them are selfies the girl took with Eunha.
Starting with a commemorative photo taken when this cafe opened three years ago.
There is even a photo of Eunha holding a shiny D-class hunter certificate.
Eyes as black as the tar of silver bells ruminate on the memories hanging on the wall.
‘We’re running out of empty seats. I’ll just narrow down the important photos and take the rest home.’
Taken from home… a photo taken during a celebration party at the girl’s house during this holiday.
Stick it in the middle of the board.
Photos are convenient.
Even if a person’s memory weathers away and disappears, a photo that captures the memory remains and returns to us.
What is captured in the transparent lens are memories of the present.
A rope that lifts sparkling jewels from weathered sand.
“…I always look happy.”
I hope that happy days will continue in the future.
Eunbangul touched the board full of photos.
… … Wow!!!
and,
That moment,
The board that swayed under the girl’s touch…
fell to the floor.
“Pnyun?!”
Was the screw holding it in place broken?
Jump back! Eunbangul, who retreated, stepped on the floor of the lounge with one foot and calmed down her frightened heart.
I really almost fainted.
“What is it? I was really surprised!”
I puffed out my soft cheeks and looked at the board.
Fortunately, the precious photos are safe.
The girl sighed in relief and checked the back of the board.
“……Huh? What is this?”
and,
Silver drops,
Attached to the back of the board…
I found a ‘guide’.
… … .
Shoot……
The sound of rain coming through the lounge window.
The gloomy weather brings cold winds amid the sweltering heat of July.
The fear that comes from instinct whips the girl’s heart.
Excited. Excited.
‘Guide’ attached to the back of the board.
Eunbangul frowned.
As if I had already taken it off and put it back on several times,
A one-page guide with transparent tape attached.
A wall with a board hanging on it.
Engraved there… numerous traces of nailing.
Palak~.
Attached to the guide,
Post-it… Chapter 2.
What on earth are these?
These are things I don’t remember.
“…….”
Eunbang-ul, whose white rabbit ears were twitching like antennas, stretched out her hand, which was damp with cold sweat.
Carefully remove the post-it note attached to the ‘Guide’ and check the contents.
It looks like it has been removed and pasted several times, and there is a lot of dust on the sticky part.
Yellow post-it note.
The pure white rabbit ears move in response to feelings of anxiety.
“……What is this?”
Eunbangul checked what was written on the post-it note.
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– This is not it. You can’t look at it.
– Hide it. Where the galaxy never touches.
You have to follow the rules. certainly.
Then you can live.
Don’t tell Eunha. Don’t let me know anything.
I need some tape. You must always be in the break room.
~ This is something you shouldn’t know about.
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The oldest post-it note.
Eunbang-ul confirmed this and scratched her neck with her fingernails.
Shoot…
Monsoon rain pouring outside the window.
Every time a thick raindrop hits the window, white frost sticks.
It twitches its rabbit ears in the cold winter-like air and scratches its neck until it bleeds.
Scratching… Scratching…
I checked the next note with my bloody hands.
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Don’t come back home!
Ignore the ceiling!
Number 3 is wrong. It’s the opposite.
ㅡ After reading this memo, be sure to check the guide. Don’t be half-hearted.
ㅡ Read the guide and break the rules.
ㅡ Make sure not everyone knows the guide.
– I put it in the drawer in the break room. Don’t hesitate.
– I love you, Eunha.
ㅡ I love you, Eunha.
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Same handwriting.
But it’s different.
Some are written in ballpoint pen, some in pencil, and some in thick water-based marker pen.
Hastily scrawled letters,
Each letter was written with care.
It’s like,
It resembles a signpost left behind by someone who went before…
Jjiik-i.
Eunbangul read the writing on the post-it note,
He frowned and took off the guide.
Layers of transparent tape stick together and shed sad tears.
… … .
… … .
[Guide to working at a leisurely cafe]…
someone,
Hidden behind the board,
Title of ‘Guide’.
“……Haha. That’s why.”
understood.
The rabbit girl read the guide and smiled bitterly.
From the neck scratched with a fingernail, clear drops of blood flow like tears.
Thump thump thump.
Someone knocked on the break room door.
It’s not a galaxy. Her knocking is much quieter and more cautious.
“Bul, are you inside?”
Eunha’s voice.
The sound of a pounding heart is unfamiliar.
Thump thump thump.
The girl felt the approaching energy of death,
I looked at each photo on the board one by one.
Sigh…
Lots of photos.
Sweep them away carefully.
This is a photo taken with Eunha.
It is a treasure filled with memories.
The face of Eunha, who always looked at her with a smile.
I remember them one by one… keeping them in my heart.
‘I’m really glad I took a lot of pictures.’
He smiles while combing the pure white rabbit ears.
square. square.
After Eunbangul took a long look at Eunha in the photo and herself smiling happily next to it,
I picked up the ballpoint pen that was rolling around on the desk in the break room.
Square… Square…
Write it on a yellow post-it note.
I’m loving you.
Words that could not be conveyed.
“…….”
I opened the desk drawer.
Take out the nails, hammer, and clear tape.
Squeak. bang. bang.
Attach the ‘Guide’ to the back of the board,
Put a post-it note on it,
I carefully nailed down the board that had fallen from the wall.
The break room became the same as usual, with nothing unusual.
“……i like you.”
This is it.
The girl laughed.
… … .
… … .
… … .
Puddeuddeuk!!
The pure white rabbit ears were torn off from the roots.
Blood splattering,
My eyes close.
… … .
… … .
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… … .
『I brought you safely.』
“Thank you. Good luck.”
The first taxi on a rainy day… Eunha arrived at the cafe in the [Safe Taxi].
She got out of the taxi holding a plastic bag containing [The Black Book].
After all, free is good.
The strange radio made me feel sick, but I didn’t feel sick.
Eunha swallowed her nausea as she inhaled the humid air and looked up at the cafe in front of her.
A small cafe where Eunbangul, a cute bunny girl, works.
The time is 1:20. By now it was time for us to take turns going for lunch… so we could say we arrived just in time.
Dangling~♪
I entered the cafe with light steps.
A quiet atmosphere, with no customers or clerks, welcomes Eunha.
“What is it? Did everyone skip the cafe and go eat?”
The lights are on but there is no one.
I tied the plastic bag containing the [Black Book] tightly and put it down in the corner where I usually park my suitcase.
Eunha carefully looked around and pouted her lips.
Even if there are no customers, wouldn’t it be too much to leave the cafe completely empty?
I praised myself, thinking it was a good thing I went to work even in the afternoon.
When people come back after a while, I have to yell at them… But how can I get angry?
Eunha headed to the break room to change into her uniform.
Dangling~♪
Just then, the cafe door opened and Bang Bang came in.
It pricks up its pure white rabbit ears and looks around like a person looking for something.
Eunha, who was watching this, burst into laughter.
Is it a meerkat? It’s so cute I want to bite it.
“…….”
After combing out the damp rabbit ears, Eunbangul folded up the round rabbit umbrella and placed it in the umbrella stand next to the entrance.
umbrella stand,
Two identical umbrellas.
“Why did it suddenly cut off?… Ah! Eunha-chan~!”
“Good morning, bell.”
Soon after, the girl who discovered Eunha runs up to him and falls into his arms.
A rabbit buried in a large chest breathes happily.
I feel like my devastated heart is being healed.
As I buried my nose in the girl’s fluffy hair, white rabbit ears patted my cheek.
“I’m sorry for missing the morning shift. What about Mr. Banharin?”
“……Harin unnie… went to have lunch with Nari? Probably?”
Eunha waddled to the break room, hugging Baeul-i.
The break room door was closed as usual, so without thinking, I reached out and grabbed the break room door handle.
… … A subtle, blood-smelling smell.
I picked my nose.
widely!
At that moment, Eun-bang-ul, who was in her arms, pushed Eun-ha and knocked her out of the lounge.
The startled Eunha was pushed away without any hesitation, hitting her back against the wall and blinking.
It seems that the girl who pushed Eunha was also surprised.
Prick up your bunny ears! The girl raised her eyes and rolled her tar-black eyes back and forth.
“…Oh, I’m sorry, sister. I was startled because a flying bug got into my ear. Are you hurt anywhere?”
“Huh? Yes, I’m always fine. Is Bangul okay?”
The girl smiled brightly at Eunha’s answer and turned her back to look at the break room.
What is it? Did you really have a bug in your ear?
Because her back was turned, she couldn’t see the girl’s expression.
Squeak…… Sweet.
Eunbangul slightly opened the lounge door, looked inside through the crack, and then immediately closed the door.
Then he opened his mouth in his usual clear voice.
“I just smelled something strange, so I was wondering if there was a bug in the break room. Could you please get some bug spray from the kitchen for a moment?”
“Okay. Shall I catch it?”
“I can do it alone.”
A voice full of energy like the sun.
Eunha calmly walked to the kitchen and took out the pesticide she had kept in the cupboard.
It only lasted less than 10 seconds.
Click!
The sound of a camera shutter was heard from the lounge.
Eunha picked up the pesticide and quickly walked back to Baulgi.
Then, a girl is seen standing blankly in front of the lounge, combing her pure white rabbit ears with one hand.
In his other hand, he holds a printed photo.
“Here, pesticide.”
He handed the insecticide to the rabbit and looked towards the break room.
… … The wide open lounge,
It was clean without any dust.
“Thank you! I’ll show you how to catch bugs in a cool way!”
“Last time, I was trying to catch a cockroach and sprained my ankle, and Mr. Ban Harin ended up catching it, right?”
“Anyway, charge! Sister, watch to see if the bug escapes out of the lounge!”
A rabbit rushed into the break room and sprayed pesticide everywhere.
If you hate bugs so much, why are you so active?
Push-i.
The smell of pesticides filled the break room.
A cloud of pure white mist swirls around as if a humidifier has been turned on.
Eunbangul, who had used up half a can of insecticide, opened the break room window wide and came out of the break room, coughing at the terrible smell of insecticide.
“Cough! Cough!… Come on! Even the bugs would have died at this rate!”
“If someone goes in there, they won’t be safe.”
“It’s there for people and bugs~. Let’s sit at the table until the smell goes away.”
Like that, Eunha spent time sitting across from the table with Eunbangul until the break room was finished being ventilated.
Putting her big breasts on the table, she drank the cafe latte that Baeul made herself.
Listen to the sound of pouring rain until guests arrive.
Shoot…
Heavy monsoon rain hits the cafe window.
Rainwater hitting the glass window flows down like tears.
“Sister. How about a selfie to commemorate the bug extermination?”
“I don’t care. But did they really catch the bug?”
“I’ll check when Harin comes later!”
Click!
The two people stood shoulder to shoulder and poked each other’s cheeks with their fingers.
Capture your mischievous expression on camera and take a picture of the present moment.
The weather is rainy.
A day when there was a hole in the gloomy sky.
‘Bulul is always full of energy… Even for his sake, I never talk about [The Black Book]. ‘I’d rather die.’
Eunha believes that today will be a peaceful day,
It was about spending warm time with cute little bells.
… … .
… … .
(Huh? That’s a book you haven’t seen before?)
One day in May,
The day Eunha first encountered the [Black Book].
(Hmm… did you even read the book? You just do exercise every day that you don’t even get to do. That’s surprising.)
(It’s not my book. What if I touch it wrong and something big happens?)
(Really?… Could this be something the customer left behind?)
nothing,
I wasn’t alone,
One day.
… … .
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