oh crap! the little barista yelled as he watched the coffee he had just freshly made plummet to the floor, and a floor he had just spent half an hour mopping at that. he quickly apologized and made another cup for the for the man that by the looks of it was becoming rather impatient with him. with another apologetic expression he handed the coffee to the man who swiftly took it and turned on his heel towards the door in one swift motion and poor eren swore he heard a faint click of the tongue followed by "damn kid" as the door slammed behind him. eren had never really been good with people, even in high school he had to be paired up with someone by the teacher and only had armin to talk to during lunch. even the teachers disliked him, incuding who managed to yell at eren every day ,sixth period ,without question right before the bell rang. but now armin was in college at Harvard, well with graduating as valedictorian an all, leaving defenseless little eren to fend for himself at this little coffee shop also known as maria's bakes and blends. he gave a big sigh and knelt down to clean the mess he had made. the coffee had partially dried into the grout and eren was having a hard time cleaning up the deal but nothing compared to the mess that would walk through the door later that day.

door opens, door closes, people sit, drink,stand and leave. this routine engraved itself into erens brain. it had become so normal to eren it comforted him in a strange way. he guessed the flow and rhythm-like pace was easy enough for even him to understand. but even the smoothest of rivers have their rocks and and in this case it was at least a six foot rock with an intimidating stature that was practically constipating erens nice flow of things. the giant of a man across the bar from eren rudley shouted " you expect me to pay THAT much for a cup of coffee?!"

"im s-sorry sir but thats the price here"

"thats a fucking rip off how can u do this to to working people like me who can barely afford to take a shit!"

"now sir there is n-no need for profound language. if you do not wish to pay then please step aside or leave so i may help the other customers."

erens face was flushed yet all the blood had run straight to his face and he felt as if he was going to faint right on the spot. he shakily pointed towards the door with his clammy hands and said " there is no violence permitted here, p-please l-leave...'

the man then grabbed eren by the collar and stared straight into his emerald fear striken eyes.

"if you think im leaving after being treated like this, you better guess again brat"

if eren wasn't afraid before he sure as hell was now and he shut his eyes tight and feared for the inevitable fist that was sure to meet his sorry face soon enough. he clenched his fists tight, bracing for impact when suddenly...

"oi, whats with the big racket i cant drink my coffee with all that noise'

eren, shocked, opened his eyes to see a surprisingly short man standing before them. the brauny man still holding eren by the collar glared at the midget of a man in comparison and said

"shut up this aint got nothin to do with you"

the short man looked like he had plenty of confidence when he retaliated with an" what god awful grammar, its worse than the swearing if you ask me" but... seemed out of place or distracted somehow. eren couldn't explain it, it was hard to tell what the short man was focusing on because he was wearing dark shades that obstructed his eyes. he couldnt put his finger on it but it was oddly strange to him.

the rude customer put eren aside and made his way towards the mysterious savior.

"i dare you to say that again"

"your breath reeks of filth, how can you stand to be around others and even worse yell at them."

"do you have some kind of death wish? huh little man?"

"the only wish I have is to drink in peace but it seems even thats not possible thanks to filth like you"

the whole shop was holding its breath with the two and their remarks and eren knew he had to stop this soon.

"ok ok why dont we break it up" eren said as he walked over and looked at the tall man

"im going to have to call the police on you if you dont stop and leave my customers alone so why not make it easier on youself and go."

the big man shot eren a nasty look but could see the odds were not in his favor so he too turned on his heel towards the door and left with a slam and a gust of cold wind.

eren let out a sigh of relief and was glad that profound situation was over.

"huh... somedays i dont even know"

but then eren remembered the mysterious man from earlier and furiously looked around but saw no sign of the man with the shades. confused and a little dissapointed eren reluctantly went back to work the rest of his shift until closing.

"have a good night!" eren said as he waved to the last customer who left with the door floating to a close behind her. boy was eren beat he couldnt wait to get to his apartment and take a long hot shower and then snuggle up on the couch and watch his new favorite anime "fullmetal alchemist" eren somehow found the main characters metal arm and leg automail attractive in an odd way. he liked the concept of disability and how it can render you helpless at times. but he guessed it was just the masochist in him that liked that sort of thing. anyway eren shut of all the coffee machines and took of his apron and grabbed his backpack from the back and proceeded to lock the front door. but when eren turned around he was shocked to see the man from earlier that had practically saved him standing there, but with eren in shock he defensively used his backpack to knock the "intruder" to the floor. eren looked over the body he had just propelled to the floor and with slow realization of who it really was he smacked a hand to his face.

how could he not tell who it was! well to be fair the shop was closed so it only be safe to say anyone could have been a dangerous intruder. right? well eren just hoped this man wouldn't whoop his ass when he got up. well if he got up. god eren must of whacked him pretty hard because this man was out cold. damn. and he was really looking forward to getting home soon. but he couldn't just leave this man here, what should he do? with no other choice eren slung his mysterious saviors arm over his shoulder and acted as a crutch. eren then noticed the mans abs were rock hard and looking at him from his angle, he was fairly handsome with his chiseled jawline and small mouth with taunting lips. it was a good thing this man was out cold otherwise eren didn't he'd be able to hide his red hot blushing face.