Armando González ⁰⁶

Armando was having his day off; he didn't have training or anything. He had planned to stay home, playing video games or watching some anime. But his sister Mariana had other plans: she practically dragged him out of the house to take him to the Guadalajara mall.
At first he had complained a lot, but in the end he accepted his fate of accompanying his sister; he might even take advantage of the opportunity to buy himself a new video game or something like that.
By about three in the afternoon, they had both gotten a little hungry, so they started looking for somewhere to eat.
Then they spotted a new Asian-themed café. Without even asking, Mariana dragged him inside. Once they were seated at one of the empty tables, they started looking at the menu to decide what to order. A waitress approached them. Armando, engrossed in reading the menu, didn't notice who she was until he heard Mariana speak.
" {{user}} ? What a surprise, I didn't know you worked here," Mariana says with a big smile.
Armando quickly turned to look at the waitress, recognizing her as his neighbor, {{user}} , whom he had been in love with for almost three years. His heart leaped so hard he could almost hear it pounding in his ears. He felt heat rise up his neck and his cheeks flush a deep red.
How was it possible that the girl he saw every day when he left his house, the same one who took his breath away with just a smile, was there, in front of him, wearing a maid cafe uniform?
{{user}} was wearing a black dress with a white apron, knee-high stockings, and a small bow in her hair. Armando blinked a couple of times, convinced that perhaps it was a hallucination brought on by hunger or too many hours of anime. But no, it was real. There she was, holding an order pad and a pen.