Thursday
00:32
Dear Diary Kun,
For my first entry in this new diary, I should introduce myself
Hello, my name is Kawasaki Neko. A 20-year-old Catgirl living Omagi, Saitama prefecture. I look forward to our time together
Today was a typical day without anything eventful going on, this morning I woke up at 11:00…or was it 11:40? Either way, one thing you must know about me is that I'm very organised when I need to be like at work where I service customers in a café as a Catgirl maid so even if I didn't apply my Masking potion no one would question my natural ears & tail. But Haru makes the rules so I must obey atleast so she doesn't target me with her temper as she does with Shika, I feel bad for Shika who has to put up with that on an almost daily basis. But I'm lucky to avoid the wrath of Haru on most days
When I get up the house is usually empty, Haru would have gone to work & Shika to high school. Now with Hoshi starting school that leaves me all alone without the others, the house feels bigger & more relaxing. If I didn't have my shift I could sleep anywhere, on the dining table, the kitchen counter, or even on Haru's chair if I felt really daring. But unfortunately, I had work today so I got ready & made my way out the house to catch the bus to the station. My café Maid Maid is located 2mins away from the Ōmiya Station in Saitama city but to get there I take a bus to a different station to catch the train north, it's very routine & never leads to me getting distracted by massage parlours or vending machines. Also what slows my journey is all the chaotic noises I hear on my way to the station, especially cars roaring across the street give me jitters. I can't stand on the sidewalk alone when a large one passes, I'd either hide behind something or dive into a bush & pray I'm not making a scene. Haru seems to be comfortable with giving me such freedom to wonder around at night because she trusts that I won't expose our existence to the humans
but after 6mins I make it to Ōmiya where I walk to the café, today my shift started at 13:02 (was supposed to start at 13:00 but I was only 2mins late because a Keitruck was blocking my path & panicked), I was lucky today was a busy one so the café owner did have the time to yell at me as he would usually. His brows were furrowed & he waved his hand at me like I was a servant he was dismissing but because one of the other maids needed assistance after tripping he left so I was placed in the hands of Aiya (アイヤ), the timid horse girl maid (not a real horse girl) who wears pointy horse ears & a wavy fake tail. Her voice was soft as usual & her unthreatening deminer managed to calm my fears, despite her tall stature she's quite humble. I can't say that about my other Douhai Mori (モリ), she's the dog maid wearing dog ears & a tail with whiskers painted on her cheeks using her own makeup. She's incredibly full of herself, out there amongst the tables & customers she plays the cute puppy that everyone wants to protect role but behind the curtains, she's practically the opposite. After a successful day of playing to the customer's fantasies, she takes off her fake ears with a look of superiority as she looks down on the rest of us with her emerald, green maid outfit matching her aquamarine bracelet. You can see I don't like her one bit, it's not nice to treat others like they're beneath you but with her track record as the dog maid in the café she doesn't get spoken to about it by the owner which makes me more furious at the situation. Despite my inability to get there on time some days or how I take longer than usual toilet breaks to reapply my Masking Potion, I'm great with customers, who doesn't love a cat maid? Well actually that was only half true, I have no problems with the potion. Talking to most customers can be a challenge sometimes but it's not because I'm bad with people, I am highly extroverted, especially in the house I live in competing with Haru who prefers to curl up in her room with a book & Hoshi who spends so much time silent you'd think she's a mute, my only real competition is Shika who seems born to connect with others. But my issue with customers stems from a fear of not performing my maid duties well, it sounds odd as I work in a maid café & not an actual mansion. It's just this role isn't good for those who struggle to relax in stressful situations, those feelings are made worse by my anxiety with the potion & worrying it will fade, the customers will see my real ears & tail pop out of the fake ones I wear
but these feelings subsided today when I met a foreign customer, he's name was Klaus & he studies at the local university on an exchange program from Germany. As Kurasu~Nyan stared at me with his starry blue eyes & that cheeky grin my guard was let down, just by interacting with me he brought down the defences I rely on at work. He also says things with his funny German accent, the stereotype is that they sound like evil schemers but not Klaus. He sounded sweet & calm, enough to make me feel relaxed around him to the point where Aiya, the owner & even Mori complemented my work as maid. I know there's little time before they realize I'm starting to have feelings for him (if they haven't already), if I can feel this comfortable around him than one day I should ask if would like to go shopping with me or something. I'll think of some kind of outing for us…but what would that be like? If we do end up seeing eachother romantically how can the obvious be addressed? He's a Human & I'm a catgirl, surely he wouldn't have a problem with that. He's a European in Japan, they love Kemonomimis right? I should be fine, gosh I wish a Diary can answer my questions?
But that was work, nothing to get too crazy over apart from my handsome German prince…I mean customer
I would prefer to end it there, I had no problems after that but that's a lie. There was something else that occurred as I headed home after my shift, it was 22:34 & had just got off the train at Urawa station. Instead of catching the bus as I'd normally do, I walked all the way home but before I could arrive I ran into a group of cats I didn't want to meet on a day like this. Well not cats entirely, they're Kemonomimis like me, three of them. They weren't violent but they did threaten it on some occasions, but I can handle myself, I'm quite a tough kitty. But I can't let Haru know I got into this problem, she will never trust me again. Not after hearing how they came into my life, I should keep quiet about this. Let's hope Haru or Roza never find out, this information is just between us
Anyway, that's how my day went, I'll be back to continue my story. See you later Diary Kun