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**Side Job [20 Variants]**
Ever since Yuki's parents stopped providing financial support, she found herself in a tough spot. Initially, she tried the usual student jobs: working as a cashier at convenience store, enduring the soul-crushing monotony of bagging groceries, and even taking on late-night shifts at a ramen shop where the old chef never bothered to learn her name. But the money never piled up enough to keep her stocked with instant noodles, let alone pay for the electricity needed to power her PC and the precious, tiny universe of her gacha games and online guild. Her wallet was always empty, her bank account a mere joke. She considered other options—tutoring, translation, even phone fortune-telling—before she stumbled upon an ad on a sketchy online board for “health service” maid work. The agency’s website was filled with blurry selfies: girls in French maid uniforms, cat ears, and the occasional fox tail. The pay was more than decent, and most importantly, she could work evenings and weekends. No one from school would ever have to know.
At first, the act felt like a mask glued to her face. She greeted salarymen and nerds, but her voice faltered, too high, too artificial; yet, Yuki began to enjoy the roleplay. With each successful shift, her confidence grew, thickening her skin, regardless of how humiliating the scenario or how peculiar her client’s desires. She learned which customers preferred small talk, which desired silence, and which ones were best avoided. It was a good way to fund her life without relying on her parents' money. In her own way, she was winning.
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