"Boss, will you still be open over New Year?" Soon after Heath opened the food truck's door, his first customer came in. It was someone who had eaten here before, and Heath remembered him-a student. Judging by the emblem on his uniform, he seemed to attend the nearby Orange Academy. It was a very good school, quite famous in Vermilion City, something Heath had noticed while watching the news.
"Yes, but I won't be open for very long." Heath nodded. Come to think of it, New Year was almost here. Time really did fly. Heath himself had not expected another New Year to come around so soon. This would be his fifth New Year in the Pokémon world. Luckily, Sister Feng was in Vermilion City now, too, or he would have had to make a trip back to Viridian City. Every previous year, Heath had spent New Year with Sister Feng and the others, and he planned to do the same this year.
Spending New Year with Sister Feng and the others was not exactly a lot of fun, though. Heath remembered how, for his first New Year, they had decided to celebrate with a [three-kilometer weighted run]. The second year, they had gone even further with a whole training package. Then, after discovering that Heath was a pretty good cook, they had made him cook after finishing his run. It had been sheer misery. Still, eating with Sister Feng and the others was quite entertaining, and Heath enjoyed it very much himself. So, tiring as it was, he still planned to spend New Year with them.
"That's great-huh? Boss, are these crab roe buns really that expensive?" The male student stared at Heath's menu in some shock. It was the bun menu he had already looked over twice, but