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She walked into the small sushi bar. Staff members of the hospital greeted her, knowing the young intern.

She smiled at them before settling at her usual place. Like always, the waiter appeared, a smile on his lips. Akito already scribbled down her order before she could speak.

“The usual?”
She nodded. The same ritual, each day at the same time. She was exhausted, yet it was all worth it.

Glancing at the clock, she smiled.
Two more minutes and the cute boy would walk in, a smile on his sweet features.

He couldn't be older than her. She remembered how they first talked to each other. He had spilled tea over his papers and she had helped him, inspecting the burns on his hand.

“Am I late?” His voice was deep, soft, masculine. Hands small, like the ones of a piano player. Maybe he did at the piano. Who knew?

She glanced at the clock.
Exactly 01:34pm. He was on time like always.

“No.”

In that moment their lunch appeared. The boy didn't even had to speak his order. From what Chinami knew he went here since three years. The waiters were talkative just as the waitresses.

You wanted to create a scandal or spread something? Come to Itsurō's and the whole neighborhood would know within the next two hours.

All she knew about the boy was his name.
Horikita Hideki.

Chinami watched as Hideki took a sip of his Amakaze before picking up his chopsticks. They smiled at each other before they started eating.

The Mugicha was still hot as she took a sip of it. “Still the same?” Hideki teased.
Chinami smiled at the male, pointing her chopsticks at him.

“You are one to talk!”
Both laughed before he nodded towards the hospital. “Busy shift?”

Chinami nodded just as a staff member appeared. “Dr. Saito” he greeted, bowing slightly. “See you at three for checking up on our patient?”

“The pregnant Korean with several muscle pain?” He nodded. “Of course.”
The male left and Chinami looked up just in time to see Hideki smiling.

“What?”

“Nothing, Dr. Saito.”

Did he just teased her? A blush crept up her cheeks just as a car honked outside.
“My brother!” Hideki squealed, throwing some Yen on the table. “It's for both of us” he said to Akito before storming to the door.

“See you tomorrow?”
There was that hopeful glimmer in his eyes that made her heart melt.
“See you tomorrow” she confirmed.

Then she glanced at the clock.
午後2時26分。Like always.

He smiled disappearing from her view.
She looked down, noticing the paper.

On it written in small letters stood a number alongside a message.

She smiled, grabbing her phone and saving the number.