Cocktail Prince, Main Story Part 4, Chapter 6

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Chapter 6: The Lingering Dark Cloud

Several days later

Tequila Sunrise: ... Oh, free time!

Emerald Mist: Shut up, Tequila Sunrise. We know we have free time now, but lower your voice.

Adonis: On top of us having nothing to do, she’s off today... There’s no point in me being here... Let me go back home.

Emerald Mist: You’re not running off home, you moron. Seriously... How many times can you all say we have free time? Restrain yourselves some more!

Sidecar: This sucks, don’t you think? It was like this yesterday too. During business hours, only two people came in.

Long Island Iced Tea: We suddenly have nothing to do, just like that. I wonder if it’s because that bar opened up. No matter how you put it this is too extreme.

White Lady: It really is. It’s been like this ever since that bar opened up. There’s no mistake!

Seventh Heaven: Could you dimwitted lambs progress forward towards a more curious state? Don’t think too much, or you shall return to your old ways.

Grasshopper: H-how long will our business stay in a slump like this? If this situation continues on, t-t-t-t-then our bar will…! I-if that happens, then the money I spent on Rami Pastas…

Tequila Sunrise: Ah…Even though this is happening, Tom Collins and Moulin Rouge have yet to return home… I wonder if they’re busy with their idol stuff.

Kamikaze: Well, we still don’t know what their schedules are like. Recently the two of them have a lot going on in their personal lives, so I don’t know.

White Lady: Speaking of which, you guys haven’t seen Martini around, have you? His name disappeared from the timesheet.

Emerald Mist: …Since Martini became busy with his day job, I’ve taken his place.

Grasshopper: T-t-t-t-the three of them are gone in a situation like this? No, what is going on here? Was it because she has been looking gloomy? W-w-we must consult with master about this situation…

Adonis: It would be great if she would talk to us. If you have any worries, then let them all out. However, I really didn’t think that customers wouldn’t come at all like this

White Lady: What kind of bar is this place? All I know is that it’s some high-class bar…. Shall we take a look?

Emerald Mist: Stop. They’ve only just opened. Customers are flocking to the place out of curiosity. But…Should we close the bar today? If we stay open longer than this, it’ll be pointless.

Tequila Sunrise: ….I got it. I’ll turn off the signs. Oh, welcome! It’s great that you came before were started packing things up.

Ayaka: Huh? Were you guys in the middle of closing? How come?

Sidecar: We haven’t had a single customer. If we stay open like this, we’d have deficits for labor and energy costs.

Mayama: Oh, is it all because of that new bar they made out front? Amazing, isn’t it? People just keep walking in and out of that place.

Ayaka: Aren’t they? I met Mayama at the station and we walked together here, but there were so many people

Tequila Sunrise: Ah…I knew it.

Mayama: There was some foreign guy who looked like the master greeting all the customers waiting. He seems like quite the older gentleman.

Sidecar: Older gentleman?

Ayaka: Yeah, about that older gentleman, they were calling him “Jeremy.”

Tequila Sunrise: Jeremy! Could that bar really be…!?

Emerald Mist:…

Jeremy: Hm… It’s a greater success than I thought it would be. Us having this many customers coming here probably mean they have loads of free time over there. Thank you all for coming to help me out.

Tom Collins: …

Jeremy: Well then, I’ll be leaving the rest to you, Mimosa.

Mimosa: Yessir, Jeremy. Now then, from now on we will be work colleagues. So let’s try and get along.

Tom Collins: Right… We’re counting on you, Mimosa.

Mimosa: You really don’t like me, do you? Please don’t look at me with such a hard expression. We are work colleagues, after all.

Martini: I’m gonna go clean table 5… Moulin Rouge, you go check the VIP room.

Moulin Rouge: Ah, yeah, got it. Right… I’ll be back.

Tom Collins: I’ll tend to the backyard –

Mimosa: Please wait. I have someone I’d like to introduce you to. I think he’ll be here momentarily. Oh, he’s here. Jin Fizz, please hurry. Introduce yourself.

Jin Fizz: …

Tom Collins: …! You…why?