Chapter 2: Alisha
After a while, the sun eventually woke up from its deep slumber and settled itself in the sky.
With the appearance of the sun, the darkness and fuzzy fog cracked and not long after completely faded away.
The shop then at once revealed to the world, once again.
Even the abandoned houses and cars in the vicinity of the shop -where others still didn't claim- also showed up.
These houses weren't claimed for fear that the Aliens would once again go to try to invade the country, yet again.
And this place would be the starting point.
Although not necessary to get scared, after all, humans were humans and there were things that even they did not want to, they still cannot take out from themselves.
One of them was fear.
With the number of battles that had occurred this past few years, humans should be got used to this occurrence now, yet there were still individuals who were scared at wars until now.
Thinking about it again, maybe, stupidity was the reason why he built a shop here.
First and most important of all, there were no target customers that would try his service in his vicinity.
How the fuck he even decided to start a business in this place?
This was a complete idiotic action of the year.
May the award be sent to him by the City Mayor.
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The sunshine was now basking outside, although he doesn't have that much hope, he still decided to wait for customers to come.
Tho he also understood that he was waiting for almost nothing!
Croog*
Not long after, maybe because of the lack of sleep and stress, earlier than expected, his stomach started to protest with hunger.
'Does Mrs. Mercedes now open? '
He asked as he picked up his phone.
He pressed the dial icon and found the number he was calling Mercedes, a small inn with free delivery service, nearby.
'Maybe, food service is better than computers, should I change my business then? '
He shook his head afterward.
He doesn't even know how to cook his own food, how would he sell foods?
'Why does earning money so difficult? '
Thinking about his past few years of doing work under other people, even those ordinary jobs like dockers or even a janitor in a certain place seemed more reliable when it comes to the money-earning.
'The only downside is, I'm always getting burnt and I was always ending up tired. '
As saying goes: It was better to be lazy at least, not tired.
With this saying in his thought, he felt relief after a while.
(Don't learn about the saying tho, that's only for lazy people)
He took his phone and searched for the number and clicked the name of the food shop.
Afterwords and words, the order was made and the only thing needed was to wait.
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"Brother Arthur, your order is here! "
A cute voice not long after echoed outside.
The young man or the one named Arthur (The Shop Owner or the Protagonist) stood up from his seat and opened the door.
A girl that looked that like at her age of fifteen or something, holding a bad with something inside was standing at the front of the shop.
"Ow, Alisha, come inside! "
Arthur politely asked as he opened the opened the door wider for the girl to enter.
"Brother, do this shop of yours still could help you earn money?! "
Alisha boldly asked with a chuckle. If it was before, maybe she would never speak something bold as this.
However, after knowing the temperament of the owner of the internet cafe, her feeling was now comfortable and not new to him at all.
Arthur shook his head and snatched the bag at the hand of Alisha without speaking a word.
Even with that bold question, he wasn't didn't felt annoyed or humiliated. He just acted as if he heard nothing at all.
"Brother~ "
Before Alisha could speak, Arthur opened his phone and opened an app, and scanned the QR code in the receipt.
Ding*
A total of 99 Asia Coin was deducted with a notification from the app.
[Thanks for trusting the app]
Arthur doesn't trust this app tho, but it wasn't that he could speak with it, right?
Just let the app think about what it wanted to.
"No need for too many words, the bill was settled! "
Arthur said then holding the ordered food, he put it on the table and sat at the table.
"Anything else? "
Noticed that Alisha was still there standing and didn't leave, Arthur asked.
"I just want to ask if this business still working?! "
She asked again then ran outside without waiting for a reply while humming happily.
It seemed she really loves teasing others with such dark jokes.
Arthur didn't pay any attention a while ago, yet this time, he gave it some time to think about it.
'For real, I think this business I entered is a piece of shit! '
He then took the food he ordered out from the plastic bag.
A paper bowl and spoon were taken out and placed on the table.
He first closed his eyes and prayed before he dug in.
Perhaps because he was hungry and stressed about things, even with this simple porridge with a lot of soup with the perfect group of ingredients and especially two spoons of chili sauce was like golden dragon meat for him.
It was so tasty and at the same time, satisfying.
'Here am I planning to start a business connected to cooking, I don't even think someone would neglect this food just to taste a trash food I could make! '
The confidence within his heart broke and turned into pieces with just a big sip of soup.
Every piece of grains was eaten by him within a few minutes.
The trashes was thrown into the trash can and those that could be used were washed.
Looking at the trash can, Arthur suddenly remembered about his business, maybe not because there were no customers yesterday, the other day, the other days before the other day, and these past few days, maybe it doesn't mean there was no hope.
Everyone has their use and everyone could do things.
Remember, the trash can was a trash can and not a trash cannot.
'Haha! What am I even thinking again!? '
After taking a nice rest, Arthur didn't go back to the counter yet he sat in from the PC.
'If there is no one willing to play games here, then I'll use it myself! '
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