Café Clash

## Summary

Monica is worried about her café going bankrupt, but that soon turns into an argument between her and Raimu. Liam tries to help but ends up making the situation worse. Elsewhere, Lily and Chelsey go head to head.

## Plot

Somewhere, in the dead of night, Shadow Hacker and Shadow Robber are arguing. Shadow Hacker guides Shadow Robber to Monica's café. Meanwhile, an alarm goes off in Shadow Hacker's office, claiming that there is a security breach. Shadow Hacker investigates and finds Liam and Kuroi messing around in the classroom, as shown in the last episode. Shadow Hacker puts up some firewalls to make sure that Liam and Kuroi won't find Shadow Hacker and Robber. With Shadow Hacker's help, Shadow Robber then enters the café and places a bug under the counter of the café. After double-checking that the bug is connected, Shadow Robber swiftly leaves the café.

As the sun begins to rise, Monica and Raimu are sat in the café, talking about the future of the café. Clearly, Monica is stressed out and Raimu then offers to work for Monica in the café. Monica is about to take up on Raimu's offer, but she remembers how Raimu works with her dad and his technology company. Raimu accepts regardless, then leaves.

Raimu shows up at Liam's house, panicked. When Liam answers, she pushes past him and explains how she's offered to work for Monica but she doesn't have the time given that she also works for her dad. Before Liam can say much, Raimu's phone starts to ring. She checks who's calling and is on the verge of tears when she sees that it is her dad calling her. Liam tells her to simply answer, but Raimu wants Liam to answer. After a short back and forth argument, Raimu eventually answers her phone but when her dad asks her to go and help with work, she ends the call in a panic. Her phone starts to ring again. Assuming its her dad, Liam offers to answer this time. Raimu checks who's calling but it's Monica, not her dad. Liam answers, and a confused Monica asks where Raimu is. Avoiding the question, Liam asks why Monica is calling, and Monica says that she needs Raimu to take an emergency shift due to how short-staffed the café is. Liam pauses for a second to think of a response, and soon says that Raimu is out working with her dad. When hearing Liam's reply, Raimu gets angry and tries to snatch the phone back. Monica hears Raimu's yelling and is very confused. Liam tries to keep the phone away from Raimu, but Raimu eventually grabs it back, leaving Monica even more bewildered than before. Monica starts to realise what's happening and asks Raimu if she really does have the time to work at the café. Raimu keeps telling Monica over and over that she does have the time. The call ends and Raimu then yells at Liam for saying that she was with her dad to Monica and storms out of Liam's house.

As the call ends, Monica, who is standing behind the counter in the café, and Kuroi, who is sat at the counter, exchange a look of confusion. Monica then starts venting to Kuroi about how Raimu and Liam were being immature by fighting over the phone and she feels that they don't care about how hard it is to keep the café open. While Monica is talking, Raimu enters and hears part of what Monica said. Disappointed, Raimu shakes her head at Monica and storms out. Monica realises what happened, and chases after Raimu.

Meanwhile, in Lily's melon shop, Chelsey is looking at melons. Lily enters and asks Chelsey if she wants a melon. Chelsey gets defensive and tries to tell Lily that she won't give her money in exchange for a sob story. Lily interrupts Chelsey and tells her that she's the owner of the shop. Lily, ignoring it, asks again if Chelsey wants a melon and how she would like to pay. To which, Chelsey responds by saying that she'll pay by not destroying the melon shop unless Lily tells people about Chelsey's embarrassing confrontation about money seconds before. Lily tries to shrug it off as a joke before Chelsey tells her that she is dead serious. Lily reminds her about the police station across the road, and that she won't hesitate to go and report Chelsey's attempt at blackmail. Lily then tells Chelsey to leave the shop. Chelsey backtracks and says that she'll simply pay for the melons, but Lily tells Chelsey that it's too late for that. Then, she pushes Chelsey out of the shop, and on to the hard path outside, before shutting the door in her face, leaving Chelsey no choice but to walk away.

Outside the café, Monica stops Raimu and attempts to apologise. Raimu, still angry, declines her apology and tells her that if Monica thought that she had too much going on, then she should have talked to her about it. Monica says that Kuroi is her best friend, which hurts Raimu. Raimu then turns around and leaves, leaving a hurt Monica outside the café, alone.

## Cast

### Main

* Monica Felange
* Raimu Kara
* Liam Graham
* Kuroi Yurei
* Chelsey Gough
* Lily Sifira

### Recurring

* Shadow Hacker
* Shadow Robber
* Raimu's Dad
* Rachel Felange (does not speak)