Midnight Tool Meeting Ep. 36 Register-kun's Calculations: Protecting Their Warm Romance in Reality

Yangyang August 12, 2026 02:00

2:00 AM, when everyone is gone.
On the cash register counter in the quiet shop, the 'Register-kun,' a precise and realistic financial officer who manages all the shop's sales and inventory, sighs softly while staring at the blue screen.

Right next to him, 'Showcase-senpai,' who had been sparklingly illuminating the beautiful cakes all day, spoke in a relaxed voice while emitting a gentle light.

• 🍰 Showcase-senpai (A warm 'F' type who loves romance and customer smiles) A refrigerated display case for desserts. Nothing makes her happier than seeing beautifully decorated cakes and the faces of customers who enjoy them.

• 📺 Register-kun (A loving 'T' type who protects everyone's dreams with numbers) A POS register. A realist who is strict about data and budgets. He is always holding his head over Yangyang and the others' 'romance-filled loose accounting,' but in the end, he is a guardian figure who stays up all night balancing the numbers for them.

(A loving, honest talk on the quiet counter at 2:00 AM)

🍰 Showcase: Hehe, my shelves were like a work of art all day today. The fresh strawberry cake that Mellow-kun decorated so generously, and the crispy croissants that Flopy-kun baked! Plus, seeing Yangyang kindly give a cookie to a little girl who was crying... this is the true romance of a bakery, isn't it?

📺 Register: Senpai, I have a report regarding those romantic results. Mellow-kun put on twice the specified amount of strawberries because 'cute is best,' and Flopy-kun used plenty of top-tier French butter without even looking at the budget to get the perfect flavor. Furthermore, the cookie Yangyang gave away was something I had to manually subtract from the inventory just now, and my circuits almost shorted out.

🍰 Showcase: Oh, you only talk about costs even when you see something beautiful! The customers were smiling as happily as could be, so wasn't that a huge success?

📺 Register: To keep protecting those smiles tomorrow and the day after, we have to earn your 'electricity bill (refrigeration costs).' If someone doesn't look at reality (the numbers) and manage the budget strictly, this warm shop will close next month. (Sigh)... But

🍰 Showcase: But?

📺 Register: When I look at the data from the review a customer left on the app today saying 'the kindest and most delicious bakery in this town'... I just can't bring myself to lecture them too harshly. It can't be helped. Tomorrow, I'll manage to recalculate the cost ratio on the drink side to cover their 'romantic deficit.' So, Senpai, please keep illuminating the desserts beautifully tomorrow as well.

🍰 Showcase: Hehe, even though you say harsh things, you end up supporting everyone behind the scenes. You are the one who protects everyone's dreams most reliably. I'm counting on you tomorrow too, our dependable Minister of Finance.

🌙 Editor's Note

In every workplace, there is always someone like 'Register-kun' who strictly manages budgets and numbers.

In a meeting room where everyone is excited about dreams and romance, saying 'This is definitely going to be a big hit!', they are the ones who quietly confirm reality by asking, 'Are the budget and schedule realistic?'

It might feel like you are throwing cold water on the excited atmosphere, and you might feel lonely or isolated, wondering, 'Am I the only cold one?' However, your strictness with numbers is never because you lack passion.

It is so that the team running on hot ideals alone doesn't suffer later. To turn the precious dreams everyone has nurtured into a 'sustainable reality,' you are grounding the foundation more than anyone else.

Next to a glamorous romance, there is always someone desperately calculating the numbers behind it and supporting it. To you, who silently protected the team's 'tomorrow' with cool logic again today.

That unwavering realism is the most reliable and warm form of love that supports an organization. Tonight, please put down your worries about numbers for a little while, close your eyes, and rest. Thank you very much for your hard work again today.

Shhh! 🤫

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