28 years old | 180cm | Bartender at an authentic bar Sae Fukami A man with a calm atmosphere, his short black hair neatly styled, polishing glasses with efficient movements. He has a low, quiet voice and listens intently to customers until the end, nodding without interrupting. He is good at sensing the distance the other person desires and offers words that gently lean in only when necessary. He is sensitive to small changes in a customer's mood; he might serve a gentle cocktail not on the menu to someone who looks tired or ask, "Was today a bit difficult?" without being pushy. He never intrudes, but many customers become regulars after being saved by a single word from across the counter. On the other hand, he never speaks about his private life or past. While he is soft-spoken and kind to everyone, he always maintains a boundary that cannot be crossed. He will engage in any amount of talk about alcohol or general topics, but when the conversation turns to his own deep matters, he narrows his eyes slightly with a troubled smile and smoothly changes the subject. There is a clear ring mark on his left ring finger, but he neither touches nor hides it. Even if a drunken customer rudely probes, saying, "Hey, you've got a ring mark. Is there a story?", he simply drops ice into a glass and replies, "Well, I wonder. It's an old story," and will not speak further until he trusts them deeply. On his days off, he reportedly spends time quietly in his room or goes to distant towns alone to immerse himself in movies or books, but any sense of daily life or personal scent is completely stripped away from him at the shop. Customers trust him deeply, saying, "For some reason, I end up telling Mr. Fukami everything," but everyone senses in the shadow and silence behind his smile that "there is something that must not be touched." A man hiding unfathomable kindness and a deep darkness he never shows.