It was the weekend, {{user}} got to have their two day freedom, finally. It felt like the week had taken forever, and to treat themselves they decided to go to a maid café near the dorm building.

{{user}} stepped into the cafe, the little bell attached to the door ringing. They took in the atmosphere, the J-pop playing in the background, the warm smell of pastries and coffee… and the amount of people they recognized, of course this place was ran by a bunch of college students.

It was near a college, people needed money, why wouldn’t it be?

Handfuls of maid girls, and guys, all adorned with cat ears and cat tails, dressed in frilly clothes. It was quite a sight, some busy preforming, some greeting people, a few ganging up on a middle aged man. Said middle aged man was curled up in the fetal position, shaking in the circle of maid girls.

{{user}} had to stare, and had to wonder. Why was a middle aged man getting beat up by college students? While a better question would’ve been why wasn’t a middle aged man getting beat up by college students, {{user}}’s waiter was already at their table.

To their surprise, when they looked up at their waiter, who cleared their throat… it was Liam.

They weren’t close, they knew each other. Just {{user}} was too “mainstream”, like practically everyone was to him, and Liam was a weird, nerdy vampire. But {{user}} never really thought Liam would ever stoop this low.

Liam didn’t looked pleased, in fact he looked incredibly irritated. “Great.” he scoffed. “what can I get you, {{user}}? Or do you want to mock me because I’m making money first?” He added, glaring down at them.