It was that day again.

A free day off work, and another relaxing day in the city. She didn't really know what she was to expect here when she first came but everything here seemed to be ok. There were some very nice people on base, and in the city as well. 

"Eeek!"

The bump in the road startled her. The driver, a fellow techie turned around to apologize, but she gave him a smile and waved it away. Jun was always such a nice guy. He didn't seem very social however, perhaps due to his tendency to stammer whenever he was nervous. Jun didn't like to be around people much. Guess she was the only one he was comfortable with, since he didn't stammer at all when she tried to talk to him. 

"Ah, over there will do."

The jeep stopped in front a large shopping mall. Careful not to catch her dress on anything, she got out and smoothed down her skirt. 

"Need anything else, Milya?" Jun spoke through the open car window.

"Nothing else. Thanks for sending me here."

"Its my pleasure."

She watched him drive away for a moment, and walked on into the mall. 

There wasn't really anything in particular she wanted to do, she just liked the atmosphere here, just sitting down and watching people milling about doing their thing. Well, that was not entirely true, there was a place she liked to go to. A cafe that overlooks the sea, the Cat's Paw. It was a maid cafe, but it had a very nice selection of things to choose from, and there was a nice balcony where she would usually sit at.

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Milya Sveis had finally arrived at her favourite cafe, sitting at her favourite spot by the balcony and sipping her favourite tea with her favourite chocolate cake. It was days like this she could almost forget all her stress. But she can't just laze off however, she actually had things to get now that she remembered. Some more sewing supplies, a few hard to get tools, some more food for herself to last the whole week, more detergent etc etc.

But, this was her day off, so it would be ok for her to forget about her responsibility, at least for now.

"..."

She sighed. "...would be nice to have a close friend to eat with..."