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[She'd gotten a letter from Yukiho about a part-timer. It had amounted to a lot of sisterly teasing, saying the new guy was going to replace her and make better sweets and if he did well enough she intended to give him Honoka's room. Even knowing she was taunting her, Honoka had just about immediately closed up her own shop, told a few close friends she'd be gone for a week or two, and headed back to Caldera.]

[When she arrived, Yukiho was at school and her parents were both running errands, leaving her alone in her home and parents' shop, potentially with a part-time worker she'd never met. She loitered in the shop lobby, whistling.]

Hello~o? Is anyone here?