Yoshino turned and went into the kitchen. Soon, the rhythmic tap of a knife against the cutting board rang out.
Before long, the remaining customers took the hint and left the café. Senna hung up the closed sign and locked the Coffee Shop's front door.
When she turned back, Yuko was slumped over the counter, resting.
Senna froze for a moment. Then a mischievous grin spread across her face, and she crept over.
Only to find Yuko's eyes wide open. Senna jumped.
"Wah!"
"What are you shrieking for?"
Yuko rubbed her temples and sat up straight.
Senna's expression shifted several times before she managed, "Teacher... are you exhausted?"
Yuko held her stomach. "Not too bad. I'm mostly hungry. Hungry enough to want to eat someone."
"..."
Yuko stared straight at her. "Come to think of it, it shouldn't matter if someone takes a bite out of the Memory Rosary, right? Can you regenerate indefinitely?"
Senna's mouth twitched. "Don't make it sound so terrifying."
"Terrifying?"
"You're talking about eating people! How is that not terrifying?" Senna retorted. "Are you an ogre or a vampire?"
Yuko gave it serious thought. "I'd probably count as an ogre. Compared to meat, blood's just cooking juices at best. Yoshino's the real vampire, after all."
"Huh?" Senna went blank. Seeing that Yuko didn't look like she was joking, she glanced nervously toward the kitchen. "Seriously? Sister Yoshino is a vampire?"
She didn't know much about Yuko's circle. Though she'd lived here for a while, all she knew about Yoshino was that she was aware Yuko and Rukia were Soul Reapers, and that her aura seemed a little strange.
But she never would have guessed Yoshino was a vampire!
Wait, vampires actually exist?!
Senna swallowed, then couldn't help sitting down beside Yuko and clutching her arm.
"Are