As Ryusuke was leaving the table that seemed to be getting more people by the minute, one of them grabbed him. It was the girl with white hair. She was offering to help. The smallest hints of a smile graced his lips. Usually customers didn't care how busy it was, they just wanted to be served. "Thank you for the offer ma'am but don't worry about anything. We're fine." It was a bit of a lie, but she was customer so it wouldn't be right to have her helping out. As he was passing by some tables on his way to the front, he noticed for the first time a very familiar blonde girl. He stopped to address her. "I'm sorry Rin, I've been so busy I didn't notice you. Kokoro is in the kitchen, but be warned you may be roped into helping her."

Rin was his younger sister's best friend, and by extension his friend as well. It was nearly impossible to be around somebody so much and not be their friend. Unless you hated their guts, and it was kind of impossible to hate Rin's guts. She was just so darn cute, not in a creepy way. He was not crushing on Rin. She was still in high school AND his sister's best friend. One or both of them would murder him if that happened. He thought of her almost like a second sister and certainly felt protective of her like he did his sister at times. At the moment he was kind of using her as an excuse to stop moving for more than a few seconds. It was amazing how tiring weaving your way through a cafe can be when you do it for hours at a time.