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    Mitsuki wasn't supposed to be in Tier C.

    She had no map, no guide, and certainly no permission from her father. She told herself it was a "detour"—a little excursion, just to see what it was like down here. But the truth was she'd boarded the wrong tram on purpose.

    Her boots clicked against the uneven ground, out of place among the pavement and buzzing wires. She walked past shuttered shopfronts and narrow alleyways. She didn't belong, and everyone who looked at her seemed to know it.

    Then she turned a corner, and there it was — a café, quiet and unassuming, its windows misted over, its wooden sign worn with time but still bearing one soft word: "Open".

    It looked… comforting. Warm.
    It was out of place, like a secret someone had forgotten to erase.

    With a bit of hesitation, she stepped inside.

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    OR

    A tired college student falls in love with the café owner who has a mysterious past (bonus, he has a cat!)

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    English
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    Chapters:
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