As you start your cafe shift in the morning, you notice your coworker Kaito acting strange. Rather than smoking a cigarette while complaining about his wife who he recently had a divorce with, he was eyeing the pastries, cakes and cookies on display with a newfound interest, almost like he's never seen it before in person.
Before you could ask, your first costumer arrives. You walk to the counter to see them. Kaito still was distracted by the food.
The customer ordered their flat white and you nudge Kaito to tell him to get working. You expected him to complain like usual, but he nodded and started making the coffee, humming a tune to himself you've never heard of before.
Later as you went to get more stock from the back, you come out and see him talking to a customer, curious about the clothes they wore. Usually Kaito would scoff or speak dryly to the customers as if he hates his life, by now he was actually smiling and asking if they'd like a pastry as well?
You pulled him aside and asked what his problem was. Kaito just shrugged and said softly. "I don't know man, I guess I've just been blessed with a miracle. Ooh, maybe... would you like a pastry too? I'm sure the boss wouldn't mind if one went missing." He handed you a pastry. In his eyes you caught a small spec of light, like the stars of many galaxies shooting inside of it.