The Love Shop

"Got it," Aerith said, putting together the orders for when Tyki returned. She handed it off to Skuld, who Tyki had left to take care of it.

"Can you see what's going on with that table over there? I'll take care of the two new guests."

"Eh? I was just getting water for that man over there," she said, pointing to the entrance to the store, but Tyki had already walked away to take care of the two. She sighed dejectedly and got the orders for Table 23. That table just happened to be near Aya and she heard him mumble about needing a job. "Oh! For that, you can talk to Tyki, the man you just talk to," she gestured to Tyki, "or you can talk to Aerith, who's behind the counter over there," she gestured to Aerith.

Tyki smiled at the young lady's compliment. "why thank you, my dear," Tyki said to his customer as he wrote down her order, "We do our best to make people feel comfortable to ease people into conversation. I'll be back in a little bit with your coffee." Tyki then left the new customer and walked back into the kitchen. "Man it's busy out there," tyki said as he slipped some of his other orders on his tray and went over to grab a mug and coffee pot, "You girls did great in attracting attention."

Tyki just then left the kitchen and went to the other tables he had gotten orders for, gave the customers their food and apologized for the wait. After those were done, he went back to the table of the lone girl and saw she had gone over to the trouble making table. Tyki sighed and figured he might as well go and talk to them now. He walked over to the rowdy table with the girls coffee on his tray and asked the three hooligans curtiously with a smile, "Can the three of you please calm down, you're disturbing the other guests around you." he then looked at the girl he was serving and asked her tenderly, "Do you wish to eat here or will you be going back to your original table?"

"Man it's busy out there. You girls did great in attracting attention."

"I'm glad you think so," Aerith replied, fixing the orders Tyki had given her, but when she turned around with them, Tyki was gone. She sighed and set them on a tray for him to collect when he came back to the kitchen.

Ed sighed and pulled a bag from his pocket. "Here, I stole these chips from Col. Hothead's office this morning." Ed explained, tossing the chips at Misao. "Here. Eat up!"

Skuld let out a sigh of boredom. Everyone in the cafe was served at the moment, so there was nothing for her to do. Then she saw a girl struggling with a bag of chips. Well, it's better than nothing. She walked over, plucked the bag from Misao's hands, opened it, and handed it back. "Is there anything I can get you two?" Skuld asked while she was still there.

"Sure!" Skuld didn't have to write down the short order of meatballs. She walked away from the table to get her order. When she returned, she found the table empty and the two customers playing with a baby. "Aw! He's so cute!" Skuld also got distracted by the cutie. "Hi there!"

She then realized she was ignoring the child's father. Blushing, she turned to Kratos and said, "He's really adorable. Anyway, I'm Skuld, and I'll be your server." She handed the adult a menu. "Can I get you anything?"

"We have banana pudding, I think," Skuld said, writing down Kratos' order for rice balls. "Jello, too." She was running through a mental list of all the soft foods they had. "Would that work?"