A bowl of seemingly ordinary, steaming hot ramen, paired with a cup of iced oolong tea, its glass adorned with beads of condensation.
That was the "usual" Minami set before Inomata Naoki.
Yet, this seemingly ordinary bowl of ramen brought Naoki a kind of warmth, a feeling long missed, especially when Minami placed a small dish of marinated seaweed by his hand.
"This is a special treat," Minami said with a smile as Naoki looked up at her.
This method of marinating seaweed wasn't something Minami knew before. Though her family ran a late-night diner, she was never good at cooking. But after returning from Kyoto, she somehow inexplicably understood how to make ramen and marinate seaweed this way.
This not only surprised her boss, but even Minami herself found it puzzling. She didn't understand what had happened in her dreams to teach her these things.
