Jingle, jingle~
The café door swung open early that morning.
Meng Fan and Denji entered the café again.
"Denji, Meng Fan, you're here!!"
Seeing the familiar visitors arrive,
Reze instantly broke into a smile.
Then she set down her book and ran behind the counter to make coffee.
Meng Fan took his usual seat at table four.
Denji sneaked a peek at the book Reze had been reading.
He couldn't recognize a single word on the page.
"So, Denji, can you read it?" Reze asked with a suppressed giggle.
"Not a word."
"How about I teach you?"
"You'll teach me? Sure! If you're the one teaching, Reze, I'll definitely pay attention."
"Then it's settled. Let's pick a time another day, and I'll help you study."
"Okay, it's a promise." Denji readily agreed.
"But you two are here earlier than usual today, Meng Fan."
As Reze spoke, she set their coffees in front of them.
Denji had barely taken his coffee when he let out a yawn.
"Denji, you must not have slept well last night, huh?"
"He missed you so much he couldn't sleep, so I brought him over first thing this morning to see you."
"No way! Master, don't make stuff up. I only got three hours of sleep because the Peeping Devil suddenly barged into our place last night."
Denji slumped over the table as he spoke.
"Have some coffee. You'll wake right up after drinking it."
"No thanks. Sure, it'll wake me up, but my tongue will suffer."
"Denji, I added sugar just for you. It won't be bitter this time," Reze said with a sweet smile.
"You sure?" Denji frowned at the coffee before him. Once bitten, twice shy-he didn't want to risk it.
"Trust me this once, Denji," Reze said, suddenly leaning closer. A faint