"Hey, I asked you a question."
Her coworker nudged the server's arm with her elbow.
"Why aren't you saying anything?"
Her coworker was puzzled.
She was waiting for the server's answer.
But after waiting for a long time, the server still didn't seem ready to speak.
She grew a little impatient.
"Huh?"
The server suddenly came back to herself. "Oh, right."
"...It's nothing."
If she wasn't sure about something...
It was better not to tell anyone.
That way, they wouldn't laugh at her.
"If it's nothing, why do you look so absentminded?"
Her coworker didn't believe her.
She wasn't a child. Did she really think she was that easy to fool?
"What?"
"Can't you tell me?"
Only after saying it did her coworker realize she might have been too pushy.
"Then never mind—"
"It's not that."
The server smiled and shook her head.
"What's there to keep secret?"
She was just worried her coworker would laugh at her if she said it...
"It's just..."
The server couldn't help glancing out the window again.
The student visitors from earlier had already left.
All she could see was the fine rain stretching into the distance.
Other than that...
There was nothing.
"I just saw a shadow..."
"A shadow?"
Her coworker was a little surprised by what the server said.
She'd thought it would be something serious...
How had this taken such a strange turn?
"What kind of shadow?"
"I don't know."
The server shook her head.
"Just a shadow."
"It passed by really quickly."
As if she realized she hadn't actually explained anything, the server hurriedly added, "But I saw this shadow outside the window earlier when I was serving food..."
"Right here."
The server pointed to the spot.
"I saw it here too..."
"Um..."
"I