Ayia and Shizuka were bummed out that they wouldn't be able to spend the New Year with their friends, as they thought it would be boring to spend another new year with their family.
But when they heard that this party was for them as well, they were touched.
Shizuka was usually a calm and reserved person, she didn't talk much. People would think that she did not feel many emotions. But in the last few months, she had learned to love the company of everyone there. And for the first time, she felt like she had friends outside her family. Even though she didn't say much, she loved everyone there. And knowing that they threw a party for her too, made her feel a little emotional. But she was good at controlling her emotions, so she just smiled gratefully at them.
Ayia, on another hand, didn't have any problems expressing her emotions, so she just started tearing up a little. Just like Shizuka, the last few months were the best of her life.
For the first time in her life, she was able to find friends that liked her not because of her family. She was able to find people who liked her for what she was and not for what she came from. For the first time, she was able to feel the struggle of working so much, and she loved that feeling. That's why she started to feel more at home in Elffire City than in Sakura City.
That was because it was in Elffire City that she found her place and what she wanted to do from now on.
That's why happy tears were falling out of her eyes, she was happy that they were kind enough to throw a party so that they could spend a new year party together.
Theo showed a brilliant smile when he saw everyone getting emotional, "Thank you for listening. If anyone else wants to talk, you can."
"Let me!" Ayia immediately shouted.
Everyone laughed a little when they saw her enthusiasm, they were used to Ayia's liveliness.
Ayia's golden eyes shone with happiness as she looked at everyone there, "I won't say much. I'd just like to say thanks to everyone here. Even if you didn't throw a party for me and Shizuka. I already thought so highly of everyone here. I love you guys so much! Accepting Theo's offer to work here was the best thing that I had ever done." She said her heartfelt words.
The others could relate to what she said. Everyone there didn't imagine when they applied for a job at the restaurant, they would be able to find a place like a second home to them. Everyone there was so nice, the pay was amazing, and they loved their work.
Even if it was a little too demanding sometimes.
"I would like to say something as well." June said suddenly.
Everyone immediately looked at her.
"First, I would like to thank my friend Sam for recommending me for this amazing job." She started as she looked at Sam.
"When I was in college I never imagined that I would manage a restaurant, I always thought that I would work on a boring manager job. But when Theo hired me, I was able to see how fun is to work in a restaurant. I fell in love with it in the first week. I love how I can help the kitchen and the hall staff do their job. I hope I wasn't a demanding manager to you guys." June laughed.
Everyone laughed when they heard that because June was indeed demanding, but she never offended or insulted anyone. She just wanted everyone to be 100% in their jobs.
But she never demanded more than could handle, and if any of them got sick, she would give them the day off without hesitation. That's why everyone liked her.
"I hope that in the new year, we work together as well as we did in the last few months." She finished with a brilliant smile.
"Yes!"
"We can do it!"
"Marry me, June!"
They shouted and whistled after she finished talking.
Theo laughed before he said, "If there is no one else who wants to talk. Let's dig into this food."
"YAY!"
They shouted excitedly.
Just like that, they enjoyed the delicious food served and the wine and beers that Theo got them.
Theo figured that as the last night of service of the year, they could get drunk without any problems.
And that they did.
It was difficult for Theo to get drunk, but the others did not have that problem.
June got drunk after drinking 3 glasses of wine, while Sam and Sayuri got drunk after drinking 6 glasses of wine.
"You know what? I love you guys so much!" June drunkenly said a certain hour later.
"Me too!" Sam shouted drunkenly as well.
"You guys are my best friends forever!" Sayuri completed drunkenly.
"You guys won't leave me, right?" Sam started crying.
"Hey, we should make Theo drunk as well. He is always sober, let's bring him down!" Kimiko shouted in protest.
It wasn't a surprise to see that everyone was already drunk, and only Theo was sober.
Even Aurora was a little tipsy as Theo allowed her to drink a couple of glasses of wine. Theo was not strict with alcohol, he knew that there was only one year before she could drink alcohol legally, so there was no problem if she drank low quantities.
As tipsy as she was, she immediately shouted back when she heard Kimiko's words, "Big brother, get drunk now!"
The last time that they got drunk Ayia and Shizuka was not present, so it was their first time seeing them drunk. They were trained martial artists, so their tolerance to alcohol was higher. So, they were able to have fun while watching them get drunk.
But later on, they got drunk as well.
So, it wasn't a surprise when Ayia shouted tipsily, "Theo, drink this bottle of wine!"
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
"Drink it all!"
"DRINK!"
Everyone started shouting excitedly for Theo to drink the entire bottle of wine.
Theo could only laugh helplessly when he saw their drunk behavior. But he accepted their request and took the bottle of wine in his hand and took the tip to his mouth and drank.
"YAY!!!" Everyone shouted excited that he was drinking the whole wine bottle.
Even though Theo's tolerance to alcohol was high, even he would get tipsy after drinking an entire bottle of wine.
The party lastly until deep of the night.
Most of the hall staff left after getting drunk, but the kitchen staff stayed behind.
In the end, only a few were left at the party, but their excitement did not wear off.
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