@toothbrush I will laugh if it turns out that this cafe is part of the kabuki school and the theoretical male best friend of Kenta is the male version of Suu-chan.
I feel like the epilogue (if the author writes one) might be something like "Kiyo and Kenta work together at a nice warm restaurant that Sumire often visits and lives nearby".
ohh Kenta can cook? It fits, though we haven't seen him do it (that I can remember). I guess he'd start of as a dishwasher or prepper though, I doubt they'd take a high schooler on instantly as a cook at a place like that
@Vmpslushie Talk normally through what? The Geisha house doesn't allow males to get in and cell phones. Both Suu and Kiyo doesn't have cell phones so they can't call Kenta. And Kenta is in the middle of work, he can't just come out and greet them.