Since I get home by 7,

I'll have to skip dinner if
I want to get my homework
done to get enough sleep

But I don't like having
an empty stomach while
I work so I'll have to eat

then I'll probably sleep late

Then again,
I sleep late all the time—

"Oi, Hansuke, get your head out of the clouds and work properly,"

"... Sorry," was his intelligent reply,
earning a disappointed sigh from
his co-worker

He pulls out another box from the storage room and walks out to another aisle

He opens it and begins restocking
whatever section needed to be
restocked

Maybe I'll just buy
anpan* or nikuman*
when I head home

He pushes his thoughts
to the back of his head
for a bit to focus on his work

In no time, he finishes the box,
only realizing when he tried to grab
another product but felt nothing

He carried the empty box over to the
storage room and grabbed another

As he enters another aisle,
he meets familiar eyes—

"Uemura-san?"

*

anpan is a Japanese sweet roll often filled with red bean paste

nikuman is the Japanese name for the Chinese baozi made from flour dough, filled with meat and other ingredients