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It had been a few weeks now since I had started working part-time.

I might have been new, but I got the chance to speak with the owner quite often over the times when Amelia needed to go home, during those times we discussed the 'used' books that didn't sell, and I convinced him to setup a couple of simple reading nooks where someone could sit down to relax and read one of the used books or a new book they'd just purchased, and we could sell then a simple coffee or tea to go with it.

Turn this place from just a bookstore to a more casual coffee shop, and idea the owner and Amelia both got behind.

And the new layout drew in the crowd, as we saw higher foot traffic coming in, thanks to this being my idea the owner let me create the 'menu' and working on it with Amelia we named just about everything after our mutual obsession for Uno.

As i'd marked Amelia as a Lust target, I could actively see her Loyalty towards me, and from the minute i'd met her my loyalty was only 10% but then after she found out I was a fan of uno it shot straight up to 60% and had been slowly climbing ever since the more we talk, this menu netted me a good 5% jump up all at once.

Since we'd become a cafe style, I asked Kelsey and Amber to stop by even though I really dredded getting them involved in this but it had been a few days now since I last managed to make the needle move on her loyalty at all.

The two came in, and quickly grabbed a random pair of booked before taking a seat on some simple cushioned seats.

As I was manning the till, Amelia wearing an Apron, approached them.

"Good Afternoon, oh! Kelsey! How are you?"

"Oh dead... Amelia! So you work here?"

"Who...?"

"Oh right, this is Brandon little sister, Amelia. Amelia this is Amber she's a friend of your brothers."

Watching from the register I caught sight of Amber glaring at Amelia, but then I glared back at her which softened her expression.

Amelia's shoulder shook a little having been scared by the glare she received... but why... she was a friend of brother?

"Is it ok if an influencer like Kelsey visits a run-down place like this?"

"Hahaha you over-estimate me, I don't have many fans who'd actually recognize me in real life."

"Eh. are you serious? My classmates talk about you all the time, some even want to ask you for an autograph."

Slam.

Amber was fed up being left out of the conversation and had slammed her menu and hand down on the simple coffee table before her.

"Order!! How long ar you two just going to keep running your mouths?"

"Ah... I'm sorry, please excuse me!"

"Shut it, Amber! Stop bullying this cute friend of mine."

"You shut it, I'm thirsty."

"You problem with Brandon has nothing to do with Amelia leave her out of this..."

Their fight continued to escalate further and further until finally it reached the peak and I moved around the counter and approached the dittering Amelia from behind.

"Ladies, you will settle down or you have to face me removing you from the building."

In my most forceful voice I interrupted their arguement.

Since this was just an elaborate play both of them shut up and looked over at me, first with anger in their eyes but it softened quickly.

"Thank you, we don't mind spirited discussions but we do ask you to at least keep your voices down, and of course we don't tolerate any harassment on our employees."

"Ah! Nox... sorry."

"Ahahaha it's Nox!"

"It's... its a misunderstanding. We didn't mean anything by it sorry."

"Good please don't cause Amelia here to much trouble, I don't want to have to come over here again."

"Yeah, I get it... if Nox says so we'll behave."

Both girls were blushing a little but I didn't stay to chat, I quickly returned to my post, leaving Amelia who was still stunned waiting for her mind to reboot.

- - Amelia POV - -

How.. Can this be?

A new student started working at the bookstore alongside me a few weeks ago, at first I was just amazed I quickly found myself a fellow fan of Uno, we talked together and I almost forgot he was even a guy, usually guys shy away from me after we talk for a short while, which usually means they were only 'interested' in Uno to get to me, but Nox, Nox was different.

He kept talking to me weeks later, he was also amazing I had been working at this bookstore for over a year and he still within his first week gave the owner a suggestion that changed the store and brought in more traffic and gave us a little more work to do serving simple drinks.

But then...

Today...

A girl I knew from school came in with a friend and they started fighting, I was overwhelmed and didn't know what to do as their argument kept getting more and more heated but then.

Then...

Then Nox came!

He was... well just perfect.

He was like Zero from the show, he put those two in their place just as if they were Uno, was he not a fan of uno like I was, but rather he was a fan of who Uno herself was?

Just what kind of a person was Nox?

"So you still act innocent in from of Nox? Disgusting..."

"Aren't you doing the same thing?"

"If you start yelling again, then Nox is gonna wind up hating you."

"How... how can he..."

"I'm so sorry... i just think Nox is normal like everyone else, why do you two..."

"are you making fun of nox?"

"Ah! not at all.. that's not what I mean at all, hahaha"

"Leave her be, you and are the only ones who really know about Nox's good side, or perhaps you want more opponents to contend with?"