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"Hello, welcome to latte cafe", I said to the couple walking in.
"What can I get you two?" I asked as they stepped in front of the counter.
"I'll have your winter mix", the girl said with as smile gracing her round face.
"I'll take the ginger bread mocha, with extra chocolate please, that's it", the boy from beside the girl said.
"Sure," I rung up their total and told them it was gonna be '$8.97'.
The boy handed me a platinum card and I swiped it through the side of the computer. I silently handed it back to him with a smile and walked away to make their drinks.
The Winter Mix was a tricky drink to make. It had candy cane shavings, sprinkled with ginger bread, along with cinnamon added, a dash of sugar with a hint of fudge, with coffee of course.
I put a lid on her cup and walked over to the counter and handed her her drink.
"There you go. I'm making your's now." I told the boy with a smile.
His drink was easy, coffee with ginger bread, whip crème on top with extra chocolate drip on top.
"And here you go. You two enjoy", I said while they started walking away.
'What a cute couple', I thought.
It's been a month sense I moved here. It was colder then back in the states, Florida to be prosiest.
But I was getting use to being here in Japan. I moved here with my parents for business the day that school had ended in Japan, or at least for the school I was to be attending.
I heard from many business people that my parents met , said that Ouran and St. Lobelia academy were both great schools to attend.
My mom wanted me to go to Ouran, while my father wanted St. Lobelia.
I asked why about both schools. My mom said,' cause Ouran is a school full of both beautiful girls and handsome boys, and it is a magnificent school.'
My father said, 'that's why I don't want you to go to Ouran. St. Lobelia is strictly girls, my daughter doesn't need to be around boys, let alone rich boy's. Those are the worst'.
In the end I went with Ouran, St. Lobelia was a nice school, but those girls were too into girls if you get me drift, not that there is anything wrong with that, I just don't want to be surrounded by them.
And Ouran was just prettier, yes even with all the pink.
Ding ding. I heard the door bell go off that brought me out of my thoughts, and apparently it also brought my attention that I was cleaning the same spot of the counter.
Well, at least it's clean. I looked up to see a man or was it a teen? And a little boy walk in holding a stuffed bunney. How cute.
"Hello, what can I get you two?", I asked looking at them both.
"Coffee, dark", was what the tall one said in a nice deep voice.
"Alright and you cutie?", I asked the boy looking at the glass display.
"Chocolate cake with tea and ten sugars", I raised my eye brow at that. Ten sugars? Wow.
"Okay, dark coffee, piece of chocolate cake and tea with ten sugars?", I repeated their order back to them.
"The whole cake please", was the boy joking? With the way he looked at me, guess not.
"Whole cake? Got it", I said with a wink.
I walked off to get the boys cake first out of the freezer, might as well get the simplest out of the way.
Shutting the freezer door and headed back out to see more people in the store. Hmm, I didn't even hear the bell.
"Here's your cake, I'll be back with the coffee and tea", I walked off after telling them that.
I picked up a cup and filled it with dark coffee and put a lid on it and sat it on top off the counter beside me.
I stepped to the side and poured his tea in a Styrofoam tea cup, them added ten sugars.
I walked past the counter, grabbing the coffee while I was at it, and stepped up to hand them their drinks.
"Here you are", I handed the teen his drink, then I bent over the counter to hand the boy his tea.
I saw them both take a sip, the only one who I saw a reaction from, was from the boy.
"Mmm, this is yummy! Takashi, we have to come here again", the boy was practically bouncing up and down on his toes.
"I'm glad you like it cutie. Your total is $5.50", I said to them.
The teen named Takashi, handed me a black card. I took it and swiped it though the side of the computer and handed it back to them.
"Here you go. Enjoy your cake okay?". I said looking at the boy.
He beamed up at me with a full smile and sparkles in his eye's.
"I will!", and he ran off to sit at a table that was against the wall made of windows with the teen fallowing after him.
Another teen, but this one looked around my age, turned to watch the boy run over and sit down and devour his cake.
He went back looking at tea sets over in the corner. So they were together? I thought before a pair of twins walked up with a brown hair boy, or was it a girl?
That is why I didn't want to go to St. Lobelia, you wouldn't be able to tell them apart half the time.
"Hey, what can I get you?", I glanced at all three of them. Just waiting for one of them to speak.
"Small iced coffee with two sugars and one creamer", The he/she said.
I nodded at It and moved my gaze to the red twins.
"And what about you two?", I said leaning against the counter looking at them.
They looked so alike, but the one on the left looked a bit calmer then the one on the right. The one on the right looked like he was impatient, short fused even.
"I'll take the white chocolate coffee", the one on the left said.
I just nodded At him and looked at the other twin on the right.
"I'll have whatever you would have". His voice was also deeper, along with everything else I thought about him.
"Be right back guy's", I stood up, and made my way to the fridge to bring out the cold white chocolate.
Then bent down to pick up a cup and filled it with ice and poured the white chocolate into the glass.
I walked it over and sat in on the counter and handed the left twin a lid that was still in a box under said counter.
He took it from my hand and snapped it on the cup, and headed over to the teen and the boy.
Again walking away to get the he/she a small coffee with two sugars and one creamer.
I left it on a hot burner to keep it warm while a made the right twin what I always drink.
I got a large plastic cup filled it with ice, put three shots of chocolate, one shot of white chocolate then added chocolate chip morsels, I also added a cup of ice then put it under the blinder for five seconds.
When that was down I filled it the rest of the way with coffee. I snapped a lid on top, picked up the he/she's cup, and walked up to the counter.
"Here you guy's go", I said as I sat them on the counter.
"And your total comes to$11.37", I said and looked at them.
The he/she looked at the twin, and the twin looked at the he/she. I was just watching this silent stair down. Awkward.
"Fine", the twin said and handed her a black card.
I took it and swiped it through the side of the computer then handed it back to him.
"There you go, just need you to sign here please", I said and slid the receipt along with a pin to him.
"Why do I have to sign?", was he serious?
"If the amount is over $10 dollars, it requires a signature. Sorry, that's just how it is", I told him with a shrug of my shoulders.
"Fine", he said and signed the paper.
"Thanks", I mumbled, and took it and slid it under the registers money holder.
"Enjoy", I said with a hint of boredom as they walked away.
I turned around and started cleaning the blinder I had used, when the teen who was looking at the tea sets ringed the 'Bell Hop' bell.
I turned when I heard the soft ding.
He was looking at me and I met his eyes. I walked up to him and he was looking me up and down.
Was he profiling me? I think he was. Well it's not like I don't do the same thing to almost everyone that walks through my doors.
"Can I help you or are you going to keep profiling me?", I said with a smirk on my lips.
He looked up at me with the same smirk that I was wearing.
"I wouldn't of had the time to profile you, if you would have been up here doing your job like a good employee", he smirk got a bit darker.
"Even if I was up here or not, you would have still profiled me the minute I would to walk away to make your order. So with that said, what can I get you?" Oh yeah, I went there.
His smirk fell and I could see he was thinking of a come back when a hyper active blonde burst through the front doors.
"Mommy, do you know what those shady twins did? They tied my shoe strings together while I slept in the limo! Ground them!" he looked like he was about to pass out do to lack of air.
His hair was a bit messed up and he was breathing really hard, his face even looked red.
And was he calling this smirking teen 'mommy?' I reached to my right and grabbed a bottle of water out of the display counter and handed it out to the blond teen as he got closer to us.
"Here, I don't need you passing out or getting sick", I told him.
His face lit up and then looked at me.
"You are a true princess. To care about a knights health, to give a complete stranger, a free bottle of water. You are a nice commoner", he said and chugged the water.
Was this guy for real?
"Um, I'm not a princess, but thank you for the complement. I don't think you are a knight, but I do care about your health, only because I don't want to deal with you if you become ill. That bottle of water isn't free 'cause I have to keep stock of everything, and by no means am I a commoner. But thank you for thinking I am one". There was only one way to describe what his face looked like.
Priceless.
He just stared at me with wide eyes and a open mouth.
"You'll catch fly's if you leave your mouth open for too long", I said and he shut his mouth, like right now.
He fell to the floor and I leaned over the counter to look at him.
He was holding his knees and started rocking back and forth with his thumb in his mouth, mumbling something about his charm not working anymore.
I looked up at the 'smirk' teen and raised an eyebrow, then I slid back into a standing position.
"So you want anything or not? 'Cause it's getting late and I'm about to close shop". I told him.
He looked back to me after looking at the rocking blonde on the floor.
"I'll have a tea, and can I have fifty tea set orders of your French swirls", someone had deep pockets.
"The tea I can get now, the tea sets for that many, I can have them here tomorrow this time. Would you like them delivered?" I asked looking at the teen.
"I'll send someone to pick them up", was what he had said when he flashed me a black card too.
Why do they all have black cards? I took it from him and swiped it, then handed him the receipt to sign, along with a pin.
"Please sign", I asked looking at the boys by the table.
They were all still drinking their drinks and were about done eating the cake.
Good, I want to go home. I walked away short after the thought to make his tea. I poured it into a large glass cup with a glass straw.
He gets the nice cup 'cause he bought fifty tea sets.
I walked back to him and handed him the glass. He looked at it then back to me with a raised eyebrow, With a silent question of 'why the nice cup?'
"You were a nice customer, so you get a nice cup", was what I had told him. I walked from around the counter and over to the door to flip the sign from open to close. I untied the apron and through it on the table closest to the door.
"Okay guy's hurry up and finish, I would like to go home", I told them.
I saw the boy was done eating cake and the he/she was throwing away their cup. One of the twins were sipping the last bit of their drink, when the teen, Takashi that was with the boy, threw away his glass and walked over to stand by the door where I was.
"Mitskuni", was all he said from beside me, when the boy walked over and climbed up onto the teens shoulders.
Uh, okay. I thought about what I just saw.
"Tamaki, how long are you going to sit there?", the he/she said.
"Till she says she is sorry! Why is my charm not working? It doesn't work on her, a commoner, and it doesn't work on you Haruhi!" the blond said while standing up and pointing a finger at me and then to the he/she.
I didn't say anything, and I wasn't going to either.
What I have learned so far, was that the blonde, now known as Tamaki, was going to be dramatic about everything.
And I was not going to contribute to this. One of the twins through away his cup and walked over to stand by me and Takashi. When I looked at him, it was the calm twin.
"That was a good drink", he said looking down at me.
"Thank you, I try", I said with a small smile.
When I looked back around, I saw the other twin walk up and stand beside his brother.
"Yeah, that was good", he said, still holding his cup.
"Come on Tono, let's go to your house and play games", the twins said together.
That was kind of creepy, like those twins in that hotel movie. I moved a step away from them, which made me graze Takashi's arm. I looked up at him and said,
"Sorry", with a sheepish smile and a hint of blush tenting my cheeks.
"It's fine", he said with soft eyes looking down at me.
I looked even higher and saw the boy smiling down at me over Takashi's head.
"What's your name? You can call me Honey", He said still smiling.
"Hi Honey, I'm Layla, but you can call me Lala", I said reaching up to shake his hand.
His hand was small but rough, something that you wouldn't expect from a boy like him. He looked to sweet, with his stuffed bunny and all.
"And this is Takashi", Honey said patting the teen on his head.
"Nice to meet you Takashi, You can call me Lala also", I shook his hand also with a smile.
"Nice to meet you," he also said with a smile.
What a nice smile. I thought then I looked to see the he/she walk up to me.
"I'm Haruhi Fujioka, nice to meet you", It stuck it's hand out and I shook the hand. Just like Honey's hand, but it was soft. Girl. I declared after she smiled.
"Like Honey and Takashi, you can call me Lala", I said.
"Let's not forget about me. I am Tamaki Suoh, The king, but you can call me whatever your hearts desire, princess", he said and was kneeling down in front of me, holding my hand and was about to kiss it, when the twins slid over and knocked him out-of-the-way.
"Don't listen to that idiot", they said together.
"I am Hikaru…" the twin on the right said.
"…and I am Kaoru", the twin on the left said, both holding out their hands for me to shake.
"Hi guy's, you can call me Lala", I said and shook their hands.
Their hand's were ripped out of mine when the blonde Tamaki shoved them from out in front of me.
"Don't listen to those shady twins, they don't know what their talking about", Tamaki said while flailing his arms around like.
Wow, never thought I would meet someone like him. He drains your energy.
"Guy's it was nice meeting all of you, but I would still like to go home at a decent time", I told all of them.
They all said their goodbye's and walked out the door, the last one to leave was the one teen that didn't introduce himself, the 'smirk'.
"You can call my Kyoya", he said as he walked away.
"Nice to meet you Kyoya, call me Layla", I said before I shut the door behind him.
They all walked to the other side of the street and got into a limo. I loved my limo, but I didn't like all the attention it gave me.
Closing shop didn't take too long, maybe ten minutes at most.
I walked out the front door after turning off all the lights and locked it, putting my headphones in my ears and started to make my trek home.
The night sky was blank, no stars. Why no stars? 'cause I was in the city. With all the lights lit up from the tall skyscraper, how could there be light?
But the air was cool along with the gentle breeze that blew my hair from out of my face.
Wind through a girls hair, especially one with long hair, feels like a massage, kind of like when a dog would stick it head out the car window.
Not saying we're dogs, but just sort of the same effect.
I was lucky to have all white walking signs as I crossed street after street.
I lived maybe fifteen blocks from the shop, not too far seeing as how the street are so close together.
I rounded a corner and walked up to the building where I live. The door man opened the door and greeted me with a soft 'afternoon'.
I nodded my head to him with a smile and made my way over to the elevators.
Pushing the top floor button once inside the elevator. The doors slid shut, locking me inside of the metal box as it made its way to my destination.
Not long of a ride maybe two minutes, the door slid open, allowing me to walk out and into the hallway that only has two doors, which both of them were mine.
Well, mine being my mom and dads too. Can't forget them.
I walked up, pulled the headphones out of my ears and opened the door.
"I'm home!", I yelled, then was quite to hear if anyone was home.
Guess not. I walked through the entrance and past the small sitting area on the right and the coat closet on the left.
I kept walking to walk past the kitchen on the right and the dinning room on the left.
I walked even further down the walk way and past the living room the left and the gaming room to the right to walk dead into my bed room door.
I opened my door and dropped my work bag on the door handle that faces the inside of my room.
I walked over to my dresser that was on the left wall just as you enter my room, to take off my necklace.
I threw my headphones onto my bed along with my cell phone that was pushed up against the far wall in the left corner.
I walked over to my closet that was on the opposite wall to kick off my shoes and throw them into the closet, I'll put them in their place later.
I walked to the left side of the closet to my bathroom, they were both on the same wall.
I stepped in and turned the shower on, undressed, then stepped in to feel the warmth of the water warm me up from the cool night air.
My showers were never longer then what I needed them to be.
Wash hair, body and face. That was it. In a matter of maybe seven minutes I was out drying myself off.
I wrapped the towel around myself and walked out to my closet. I walked inside and gabbed a pair of panties and a cotton tank top with little shorts.
I never really cared what I wore to sleep, 'cause no one ever saw what I slept in.
I dressed in my closet then walked back to the bathroom to hang up my towel to dry.
I picked up my dirty clothes and through them into the hamper. I walked out and over to my king sized bed and flopped down on it looking up.
I reached for my phone and clicked it on to see that it was just getting to be ten o'clock. Time for bed.
I gotta get up at six to open the store by eight. I'm really hard to wake up, not that I'm mean, It's just hard to get me up.
I set the alarm that was on my phone to wake me up at 6.
I reached up, sat it on my nightstand, lifted myself up on my feet and elbows to pull my covers down far enough so I can crawl under them the stay warm while I slept through the night.
Snow graced me with its fluffy cold presence as I walked out the buildings lobby.
Pulling my beanie closer to my head, then stuffing my hands further into my pocket as I walked down the sidewalk.
Cars were driving by and people were rushing to work trying not to be late.
It was seven forty five when I made it to me shop. Slipped the keys in the lock and turned it till it clicked, signifying that it was unlocked.
I pushed open the door and let it shut behind me as I walked behind the counter to put my work bag away.
I walked back up to the front of the store to turn the sign from 'close' to 'open', I just stepped away from the door when the deliver man showed up with five boxes.
"You sure did order a lot Lala", the old man said with a smile.
"Yeah, I have a new rich customer that came in yesterday. Saw the tea sets I have and ordered fifty of one set", I told him.
He handed me the paper to sign, I handed it back to him and waved by to the man.
Then he walked away back to his truck and drove off.
I bent down and one-by-one, carried the boxes and sat them down behind the counter.
Once that was done, I made myself a iced mocha and sat down at a table and started to read the magazines that were delivered to my shop weekly.
My first customer came in ten after eight. Ordered one dark coffee, three mochas, two white chocolates, three iced lattes and one large coffee with five sugars.
After I made his drinks I offered to help him out to his car with them. I took one box and he took the other.
He unlocked it and opened the door for me, I bent down and sat the box on the front seat, I stepped back and he put his box on the floorboard.
"Thank you for your help. Young Suoh said you serve great coffee. I didn't believe him till I tried it, and he was right". The man said to me.
"Suoh? As in…" I let my sentence trail off as the mans smile grew into a full on grin.
"Yes, that would be the same Suoh. I must go to not be late", he said and walked over to the drivers side and drove off with a honk.
"Wow. A Suoh saying I make great coffee. That's awesome", I said to no one unparticular.
"Well Tamaki did like your coffee, as well as the rest of the group. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if he starts ordering from your shop now", I spun around to see the teen I had met yesterday, Kyoya.
"Tamaki? The one I met yesterday, was Tamaki Suoh?" I said to him.
He was dressed in black slacks and a buttoned up white shirt with short sleeves. Hair neatly combed and glasses nicely placed.
"The one and only. Has my order come in yet?", he asked looking at his watch.
"It came in about twenty minutes ago. Their inside", I turned to walk inside my store, holding the door open as he walked behind inside. I walked behind the counter and pushed the boxes out to be in front of the counter.
"Here they are. Five boxes, ten sets in each. You paid yesterday, and would you like help carrying this out?" I looked at him with my hands on my hips.
"That wont be necessary", as if on cue, five men walked in and carried the boxes out of my store.
"That works", I said looking at him while nodding my head.
"Yes, they do come in handy. Thank you for your time", with that he walked away and out of my shop.
Hopefully I can keep him as a customer. That would make me some nice money, not that I need it, but I like earning my own money.
In a few years time I will be taking over my father company. Yuu Corp. But before that, I need to graduate and marry.
My mother and father gave me a time limit to find who I want to marry. If I don't find anyone, then they pick. Their taste isn't bad, but it's not good either.
I like my men well groomed, most of them were. I like them having manners, even less of them did.
I like them to have respect, they showed it, but only to themselves, I would like them to show respect to me. Let's see, we have
Groomed, manners, respect, how about to show emotion. Business people, men to be exact, don't really show emotion, not unless there is something in it for them.
Tall, but too tall, slim but somewhat build. Nice and protective. Is that so hard to ask for? I guess it is cause I have yet to find one.
Can you believe school was about to start? It school starts tomorrow and a hired a girl the other day that was looking for a job.
One part-time and one full-time. So managing school and running the shop was going to be easy.
By the end of the day the shop made about $300 roughly. Not bad for one day. The shop was cleaned and locked up as I made my way home again.
Winter this yeas was going to be hell, or frozen hell. I was shuffling through snow with my arms wrapped around me.
If I knew it was going to be minus degrees with snow and wind, I would have called for a car. By the time I got to the building I was covered in white and looked like a mini snow girl.
The door man was staring at me and didn't say a ward. I looked at the help behind the desk and she was looking at me too.
The elevators were here, thank god I didn't have to wait for it. I needed a shower and fast, I didn't want to get sick on my first day of school.
That would be making a bad first impression. I walked out of the box and unlocked the door.
Didn't yell 'I'm home', I just walked straight back to my room, ignoring the guests that my parents had in the living room.
I was in my room taking off my beanie and scarf, when there was a nock on my door.
"Come in", I said just loud enough for whoever was knocking at my door to hear me.
"Dear, that was rather ru… Layla, what happened to you?", I turned to look at my mom.
"I had to walk home in the minus degree weather, with snow and wind. I am cold, can I take a shower to get worm so I wont get sick, then I'll meet your guests?", I asked her.
"Oh, yes go on ahead", she said and walked out of my room with a soft click of the door.
I walked to my bathroom and stripped down. I turned the water on and made sure it was hot. I stepped In and slid the glass door shut.
I walked out to meet my parents guest, wearing black pants and a nice dark purple dress shirt, I also had flat dress shoes on.
"There you are, feel better?", I looked at my mom.
"Yes very, thank you", I said and looked to see a well dressed business man sitting across from my father.
He was looking at me with calculating eyes. Just who was t his man?
"Layla this a business associate of mine, Yoshio Ootori", I bowed and said it was nice to meet you.
I walked over at sat beside my mother.
"Sir, do you have a son named Kyoya, by any chance?", I asked looking at him.
He looked at me with those same eyes. Gray.
"That would be my youngest son. Why do you ask?', he said with a stern voice.
"I was wandering, 'cause I met him yesterday and early today. Your eyes are the same, that was why I had asked". I told him.
"That's our girl, always observing to the littlest detail", my father looked at me with pride in his eyes.
Did I do something that was approved of? I was just making an observation, I always do that. Either when I'm bored or when someone holds my interest.
"I should be going, it's getting rather late. Thank you for meeting with me", Ms. Ootori stood up and bowed his head and my father walked him to the door.
When they were out of hearing range and asked my mom, "What was he here for?"
She looked at me with a smile on her face.
"I think we found you a husband", she said with stars shinning in her eyes.
"You want me to marry his son? Kyoya?", I asked with a shocked expression on my face.
How could she, no how could they do that? I still had three months left to find someone.
I stood up and looked at her, standing a few feet from her, making the back of my legs hit the black leather couch that Mr. Ootori was just occupying.
"I know the deal is still good for three months, but you can at least date him. If you don't find anyone while your dating him, then you already have three months a head start into you relationship with him. It wont be that bad, you already met him you said. So how was he?". She said and then asked.
"He was a bit taller then dad. Slim build, an eye for nice china tea sets. Charming voice well mannered", I told her while thinking back to how he looked earlier that morning.
I guess I could give it a try. What would it hurt?
"Fine. I'll do it, but if I don't like him then don't force me ill after I run out of time", I told her.
"Deal", she said with a smile plastered all over her face.
I was still standing when I looked at my father that was standing at the arch that separated the room from the hallway.
"I guess you told her?" He said looking between me and his wife.
"Yes. We came to a deal. She will date the boy till she finds someone else, if she doesn't find anyone else then she keeps dating him. If they can't get along then the deal is off till her three months to find someone", mom said looking at dad.
My dad was nodding his head while she spoke, then agreed to the deal too.
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