It’s only 5 o’clock, so it’s still early for dinner, so the place is empty except for a few booths being used. A staff member, who looks to be a college student, smiles at us and then leads our party to a booth as I wonder if I should take an aisle seat.

“I want to sit next to Tsukasa!”

“Hey! I was going to sit next to her!”

“No matter how much Akane wants to, I won’t give this up.”