Malik sighed and rolled over. The alarm started going off. He groaned and rolled back over. Malik grabbed the alarm and threw it. It landed on the floor but it only turned the volume up. Malik growled and got up. He picked it up and turned it off. Malik sighed and tossed it. He put his uniform on and grabbed his bag. Malik went downstairs and grabbed a quick snack. Malik grabbed his keys and started on his walk to work. On the way Malik met up with Ezio and Leo.

"Hey guys"

"Hi" Leo mumbled.

"Ciao fratello!"

"Why are you so happy fratello?" Malik mocked.

"Because he finally said yes!" Malik looked to Leonardo with an amused expression.

"Oh really? So Leonardo how is this idiot treating you then? Good I hope" Leonardo blushed and looked away.

"Great actually, isn't that right amor?" Ezio wrapped his arm around his shoulders and kissed Leonardo's cheek.

"I find it funny that all my friends have either a boyfriend or a girlfriend but me" Ezio chuckled.

"You just need to find the right one" Ezio patted his back.

"No such thing" Malik mumbled.

"On the bright side I heard that we have a new barista and it appears that he's a cute one" Ezio rolled his eyes.

"Where did you hear this Leo? No ones it cuter than I"

"No baby you're cute, he's handsome" Malik snickered and covered his mouth. Ezio's eye twitched and he looked at Leonardo slightly betrayed. "But you're the only one for me Ezio" he quickly mended with a kiss. They stopped walking and kept on kissing while Malik rolled his eyes and kept on walking.

"You know if you two want to suck faces out in public that's fine by me but if you don't get going you're going to be late but I have to get to work so bye" Malik turned and walked across the street. He went straight to the library and unlocked the door. Malik walked straight to the back and grabbed the handle of a cart full of books. He pushed it out and started organizing it by authors and genres. Soon students and pedestrians started coming in. At the end of the day Altaïr cam in taking his break. Malik sighed as he stretched and tried to put a book back in it's place. Altaïr walked down the isle and noticed this.

"Hey do you need some help" Malik jumped and managed to slip up causing several books to fall on the floor. Malik sighed and placed a hand over his chest to make an attempt to calm down.

"You scared the hell out of me and yes now I do need help" Altaïr nodded and started to help picking books up.

"Sorry 'bout that"

"It's not a problem, not the first time someone managed to scare me...of course when that happened I had to clean the whole godforsaken isle up" Malik mumbled.

"You don't look like a man who could be scared easily"

"I would like to think I'm not but of course my so called friend likes to think of himself as an assassin and snuck up on me"

"Sounds fun" Altaïr chuckled.

"It wasn't, I had gotten my payback though" Altaïr stopped. "No I will not try to make an attempt to nail you to the floor or anything ridiculous like that, it was an accident and those types of things happen" Malik smiled at him. Altaïr smiled back but it caused Malik to frown. "I can't even see your face, only your lips" Altaïr chuckled.

"I'm sorry, I usually keep my hood up for certain reasons but I think I can make a acceptation" Altaïr pushed his hood down and winked. Malik gapped at him. "I didn't think I was that handsome"

"I'm sorry you just look like a friend of mine, sorry"

"I'm guessing you're Malik right?"

"Yes, who told you that?" Altaïr chuckled.

"Well one, your name tag and two, my cousin Desmond" Malik raised a brow.

"So you're the famous Altaïr that he was talking about and I'm guessing that you're also the new barista that my friend was going on about" Malik said as he stretched and put the books back up. "Well I guess he was right about a couple things then" Malik mumbled.

"What he say?" Altaïr crossed his arms. Malik blushed a little.

"Nothing to important" Malik smiled nervously and picked up the last book.

"I hope it was nothing embarrassing" Altaïr raised a brow.

"More like it was embarrassing for me" Malik shook his head.

"How if they were talking about me?"

"Just take it as a complement" Malik fixed his glasses and straightened his sweater. Altaïr sized him up and smirked. Malik blushed harder and crossed his arms. "Don't you have work?"

"I'm on break and I see that the day has come to an end, and since I found you Desmond wanted me to ask you something"

"Tell him no" Malik deadpanned. "I have done to many favors for that ass and have either gotten coffee thrown at me by customers or gotten written up by my supervisor" Altaïr laughed.

"No he was wanting to know if you wanted your regular"

"Oh why send you here if the cafe is just across the street?"

"I don't know" Altaïr shrugged his shoulders and pulled his hood back up. "But I do owe him"

"How so?" Malik asked as they started to leave.

"He got me the job" Altaïr chuckled. Malik nodded knowingly and grabbed his bag.

"Makes sense" he mumbled as he locked the door. Altaïr frowned at the rain. "Stare at it long enough and I'm sure it'll evaporate" Malik smirked and opened his umbrella. Altaïr rolled his eyes. As they started walking across the street Malik sighed. "You know you can get under here right? I have enough space" Altaïr chuckled.

"It's fine, I'm use to it"

"Don't complain then when you get a cold and won't be able to go to work" Malik shook his head and chuckled. Altaïr smiled under his hood and opened the door for Malik. "Thank you" Altaïr nodded.

"No problem" Malik put his umbrella away and took his coat off. Leonardo sat down with Ezio and Desmond waved to Malik.

"Long time no see MalMal~" he sang.

"You know why" Malik growled lowly and walked up to him. A loud slap filled the air that caused everyone to stop. "Do that again Desmond and I WILL castrate you and give your balls to Shawn as a birthday present" Desmond nodded.

"Yes Malik" Malik glared at him and started to walk away. Altaïr blinked and looked at Desmond.

"Desmond what did you do?"

"I put a camera in his room-" Malik spun on his heel.

"That also means talking about" Desmond quickly nodded again and tossed Altaïr his apron. Altaïr chuckled and shook his head.

"Desmond maybe you should stop and think about your actions" Altaïr snickered. Malik sat down and pulled out his laptop. Shawn walked in without an umbrella and soaking wet. Once Desmond noticed him he grabbed a towel and walked up to him. He patted his face and dried his hair. Desmond gave him a kiss and handed him the towel.

"Ugh you two get a goddamn room" Malik groaned and pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Oh be quiet Mr. Forever Alone" Desmond snickered. Malik flipped him off.

"You're one to talk! If it wasn't for me introducing you to him and convincing him that you weren't such a prick and was actually dateable I'm pretty sure you two would have probably never met" Desmond rolled his eyes.

"Right like I never introduced you to anyone you haven't liked before"

"Yeah you did introduce me to someone, turns out he was an abusive asshole!"

"You could have hit back!" Malik closed his eyes and slammed his laptop closed. He stood up quickly causing the chair to fall over and grabbed his coat. Desmond quickly realised what it sounded like he was implying and tried to mend what he had said.

"Malik I'm so sorry I didn't mean it like that-"

"Words don't make amends, actions do, and next time Desmond if you want to tell me something say it" with that said Malik stormed out of the cafe. Shawn sighed and shook his head.

"Think before you speak Desmond or just don't say anything" Altaïr took the apron off and grabbed Malik's umbrella. He opened it and ran after Malik who was currently trying to hold back tears as he walked down the street. Altaïr grabbed Malik's shoulder and held the umbrella over their heads.

"I'm sorry about Desmond-"

"It's fine" Malik sniffled.

"If that was true you wouldn't be crying" Altaïr pulled him to a stop. "Malik I know I just met you and all but you have lots of people you could talk to about this including me"

"Thats...thank you Altaïr but…."

"I know it's okay if you don't want to talk but you should probably take your umbrella back"

"Thanks again" Altaïr handed the umbrella to him and started to walk away. Malik wanted to call him back but the words died on his lips. Instead he sighed and walked to his flat. Malik unlocked the door and walked in, setting his bag on the floor. He walked to his bedroom and got some new clothes. He took a quick shower and climbed into bed, his tears accompanying him.

Altaïr walked back to the shop and sighed. Desmond was banging his head on the wall and cursing himself for his speech. Shawn shook his head and sat down next to Ezio and Leonardo. Altaïr walked up to him and smacked him in the back of the head.

"Desmond get back to work, the coffee isn't going to make itself"

"But-" Altaïr waved his hand.

"I already told him that you were sorry and he said that it's fine which obviously it wasn't"

"Ugh but that doesn't make me feel better"

"You aren't supposed to feel better, you're supposed to feel like a dick because that's what you were, a dick" Altaïr grabbed his apron and put it back on. "And tomorrow if he comes in just keep your mouth shut and don't say anything unless he says something to you" Desmond nodded.

"Okay, but I do want to make it up to him some how"

"Trust me Des you will, you will" Altaïr chuckled darkly and started wiping the counter down. Desmond knew that look and he has only seen it once before, it was courting season and this year's target is Malik.

"Prepare yourself old friend, you're in for one hell of a ride" Desmond muttered and continued to fill orders.

A/N: So tell me what you think in the review….or not if you don't want to