ADDICTION
The coffee-shop was crowded as always. They sold the most delicious coffees in the town. From every type. Their employees knew almost all of the customers since most of them visited them constantly.
Well, One of them spent hours there ever since he had gotten to know the place. Himura Kenshin was a teacher and far from ordinary man. He was addicted to coffee and wanted to know every flavor so almost every time, he drank more coffee than average people's system could bear. Besides that he was the most attractive man with his long red hair and Japanese face. His father was Japanese but he married an American woman, that's where Kenshin's features came from.
That day, he was sitting at the counter – his friend, Sanosuke was the waiter.
"Hey, Kenshin, how is it going?" the tall man greeted the redhead. Sanosuke looked like a rooster and a tall giraffe's crossing with a human. That earned him his hated nickname, Rooster, but all Hell broke loose when someone dared to say it in his face.
"Not too good. Give me something delicious Sano!" Kenshin shrugged and banged his head into the counter.
"Man, you're down! What happened?"
"Life is lonely…tell me, who in their right mind would want a boyfriend who's crazy about coffee and swords? I'm doomed!"
The waiter smirked knowingly." You wouldn't know! There might be someone, closer than you'd imagine!"
Just as he said that, the door opened and a young woman stepped in, heading straight to them, sitting down next to Kenshin, who was still lying on the counter.
"Hey, Rooster! Give me a delicious drink!" she smiled.
"Right away, Missy! But don't call me THAT!" the man straightened himself, feigning hurt but went to grant her wish.
Kenshin had lifted his head when he had heard her voice but looked even more surprised when she had said almost the exact same words as he himself.
The woman was not ordinary, but not a classic beauty either. He guessed what caught every man were her deep blue eyes which clearly expressed her feelings. Like now: she was eager to have her drink. He recognized that gaze, it was the same like his when he wished desperately for coffee.
Sanosuke came back and placed a mug in front of her. The other man took a sniff in the air and knew that scent. Tee.
"Well, Kenshin, the Missy here is just as addicted to tees as you are to coffee. By the way, both of you are singles." The man introduced them to each other.
For the first time the woman looked at the man beside her and he felt her studying him.
Slowly, she offered him her right. "Kamiya Kaoru. Nice to meet you!"
"Himura Kenshin, my pleasure." He took her hand and surprised her when he kissed the back of her hand. A smile appeared on his face. "Coffee- addicted."
Kaoru chuckled.
The couple engaged in a conversation and missed the smirk on Sanosuke' s face as he was leaving them alone. His girlfriend, Megumi has just arrived.
"Hey Foxy!"
"Hi Sano! Who's there with Ken- san?" Megumi asked, watching her friend talk to the woman.
"Another addicted. And, I hope his future- girlfriend!"