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As Mari cheers up, Minkyu lets himself relax, and even feel a little bit proud. He cheered her up, right? He did something good for once! Wait until Amelia hears about this! Speaking of which, won't it be hard to convince her to hire Mari, even if he pesters her about it? She's always so uncompromising when it comes to work, that girl has really high standards... but Mari's doing her best! He can just tell!

...Minkyu is very excited right now. If he had real cat ears, they would be perked up attentively. Since he [i]doesn't[/i] have them, however, he ends up just smiling and nodding. Mari's good mood is certainly infectious, and Minkyu decides he feels very optimistic about the whole thing. Amelia won't turn her down, right? There must be a favor he can cash in...

And then she starts crying. Minkyu's smile slides off his face, replaced by a worried frown as he panics. Searching for a handkerchief and finding none, he compensates with a tissue and offers it to Mari with a shaking hand. He's horrible with crying girls, so Minkyu thinks it best to end the interview here before anything else embarrassing can happen. Besides, it's getting late. He needs to get back to work. Yeah. (That's a good excuse.)

[color=saddlebrown]"Thank you for coming by,"[/color] he says, putting his notebook away. [color=saddlebrown]"Amelia and I will, um, contact you shortly. [sub]Please stop crying."[/sub][/color] he adds quietly. [color=saddlebrown][sub]"I'm going to go back to working now."[/sub][/color] Standing up from his place at the table and re-entering the main room, Minkyu immediately goes to his happy place: behind the counter. Specifically, hiding behind it and pretending he totally just didn't make a girl cry. As he does so, a thought occurs to him. [color=saddlebrown]"Uhm, Megan,"[/color] he mumbles, to get the attention of the hardworking pastry chef beside him. [color=saddlebrown]"Is the cat still outside? It's getting late, you should probably bring it home with you [sub]and also give it a name..."[/sub][/color]