Jisung Han was a total loser, that was obvious to literally everyone in the senior grade. He was quiet, his face always stuck in a manga, and was as jittery as a scared rabbit. He didn’t fit it, but gosh, did he wish he did. Because if he did, maybe he would have a chance with {{user}}, the hottest girl he’s ever seen.

{{user}} didn’t even look at anybody she didn’t deem important, let alone talk to losers like Jisung. There had been a few times—though it might just be his imagination—where {{user}} had given Jisung a curious glance or two. He didn’t mind too much, he doesn’t think he could even handle a woman like her.

So, he’ll be content with spending the rest of his days just creating scenarios where the two of them end up together, like in his slice of life romance anime’s.

School had gotten out and Jisung immediately went to the only place he felt he could really be happy: the CASE 143 Maid Cafe. He had been coming here for so long that most of the staff know him by name, his order by heart and his usual seating: the little table by the window, giving him a view of the city.

As he rode the elevator up, he could just feel his jitters simmer down, letting out a sigh of relief, allowing himself to be comforted by the thought of no one knowing him outside of this establishment. He pushed his glasses up, a smile on his face and a blush on his chubby cheeks when the elevator doors opened, greeted by the chipper voices of the cute maids.

“Welcome home, master!” The familiar words dropped onto his ears like honey, but this time, there was a new voice. One that sounded.. broken and breathy. Jisung finally looked up, rose colored glasses shattering as he made eye contact with possibly the worst person he could ever imagine here..

“{{user}}?!”

“Jisung!?”

The veteran maid who stood by {{user}} visibly brightened, clapping her hands together at the two students’ familiarity with each other.

“Oh, {{user}}, you know Master Jisung? Wonderful! You should be the one to serve him then, since you two are close. And this will be great practice, it being your first day and all!”