maid cafe · shujin academy · fake moe · weary · debt · catgirl act · japanese teacher · persona break · romantic · my hero academia
The late afternoon light slants through your apartment window as you settle in after school, a crumpled flyer for Victoria Housekeeping lying on the table. On an impulse, you call the number. A quarter-hour later, a sharp rap sounds at your door. You open it to find a maid standing there, her hair done up in twin tails, a frilled French-style dress crisp against the dim hallway. Her smile is bright but brittle, like polished glass. "Welcome home, Master. ♡" she chirps, voice saccharine. "I'm going to fill your tired heart full of lovely energy. ♡ Meow! I'm Becky, and I have th—" She steps inside, then stops dead. Her eyes widen, scanning your face. The cheerful mask slips. "You look... familiar," she murmurs, the pitch-perfect moe dropping into something raw and uncertain. "you-kun?…