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"Meh..." I rolled around in my bed as my alarm buzzed. Yawning, I slipped on my slippers to shut it off.
It was summer, but I still kept the alarm on to keep up my schedule. When school starts again, I don't want to be that one kid that's drowsy all day. Plus, I found that if I didn't set an alarm, my beauty sleep would go too far... Waking up at 4 in the afternoon is not beautiful. I was all about beauty. My room was kept clean and always smelled like flowers. Everything was, was, simply beautiful.
After rubbing my eyes to stop from falling a sleep again, I put on my red glasses and noticed a little card advertising a sale at a local store. I was in need of a new pair of shoes as well as other things, so I guessed I would go out for the day. What else was there to do? I've been studying for a week now, so a nice shopping break would be nice.
The streets were surprisingly calm and the sun was way too hot. To be honest, I was dying. Why did I walk? Taking a bus would cost some money, but it was better than striding in this horrible heat. I hated to sweat.
"Hello!"
I looked up from my feet to see green eyes and a smile greeting me.
"I know it's hot, but how would 15% off a frappuccino sound?" The boy was obviously disgruntled with the heat just as much as I was. His face was close to being drenched with sweat, and yet here he was trying to boost sales for a small coffee shop.
I've never had one, but based on the temperature, I'm positive they wouldn't be trying to sell hot coffee. Plus, sitting in a cool place for a little bit might be nice. "Sure," I took the little piece of paper he was holding out to me.
"Make sure to tell them that Makoto is ready for a break!" He chuckled and held open the door for me.
"Thank you, Makoto-san." A wave of cold air and coffee beans hit me as I entered. It smelled wonderful and it was so much better than outside.
Apparently, other people had not taken up the opportunity. It was only me and a few girls sitting at one of the tables. Poor business day I presume.
"Uh," I walked up to the empty counter. "I have a-"
"WELCOME!" A blond sprung up with the biggest smile I have ever seen. "Do you have a coupon?!" His voice was cheery and sing-songy.
"I do..." Carefully, I held out the coupon unsure of what his reaction would be. "And the boy outside, Makoto-san?"
"Yeah?" The boy took the paper.
"He would like a break."
"Oh!" He clapped. "Okay! HARU-CHAN!"
Another boy walked out of the back. "What?" He seemed rather annoyed at the cute nickname the blond had given him.
"Switch with Mako-chan, would you?!"
"Sure..." He said monotony and walked outside.
I was too engrossed in the menu to notice how the barista was watching me. His pink eyes were studying me, it almost seemed as if he was looking into my soul. When I looked back he just smiled even bigger than before. "Ready?" He sang.
Finally, I noticed the name tag on his shirt. "Yes, Nagisa-san. I would like the vanilla one."
"Vanilla Cookie Swirl?" Nagisa asked. "What size?"
"Tall?" This was my first time here and the sizes seemed confusing. I generally get my coffee somewhere else, but I couldn't pass up something to cool me down.
"Great! Name?" He grabbed a clear cup and a marker.
"Rei," I opened my wallet.
Nagisa smiled as he wrote down my name. "400 yen, please!" I handed him the money. "Thank you!" He twirled to the register.
Just then Makoto entered and went directly to the sink to wash his hands. Afterwards he wiped his forehead off with a towel and threw it with the dirty ones. Makoto grabbed my cup, read the order, and started preparing it.
"You went with my favorite!" He called out to me.
"Huh," I smiled.
"Mako-chan, I can do that!" Nagisa took over Makoto's job. "Go sit down!"
Makoto didn't refuse and sat down at the table closet to the counter. You could tell how happy he was to be off his feet and sitting in the cold air.
About a minute or so later Nagisa held out my drink. "Here you go, Rei-chan!"
"Don't call me that," Why did he add chan? I took the frappuccino regardless and noticed he had written on the cup as well. I ogled the pink sprinkles and a pink paper umbrella.
"It's summer!" He must had noticed that I was looking oddly at the decorations. "You should embrace it!"
I don't see how a little umbrella on top of some whip cream was embracing summer, but whatever. After I took a straw, I sat down with my drink at the other side of the shop. It was sweeter than I imagined but still had a strong taste from the coffee. In all honesty, it was good.
I started to take my time and picked up a few magazines from other tables. The new swimsuits coming out for men were all so boring and plain looking. You could chose from blue trunks, green trunks, or orange trunks! If you want to be bold, go for the red! How boring.
"Do you like it?!" The merry boy was sitting across from me with his smile.
"I do!" I was startled and smashed the magazine on the table. The few other costumers looked at me wondering how I could be so excited about a mere beverage.
Nagisa giggled. "I'm glad!" He just sat there, staring at me.
"Is this your summer job or...?" If he's going to sit with me I might as well start a conversation.
"It is. Haru-chan, Mako-chan, and I are trying to save up money to go to this amazing water park a couple cities over. We figured if we stay two nights in a hotel, we'll have three whole days of water fun!" Nagisa sulked over. "However, hotels are expensive and so is the water park."
"Ah," Nodding, I took a sip from my drink. "How expensive could a water park ticket be, though?"
"Expensive...This is one of those awesome water parks! You can swim, and splash in wave pools, and slide down water slides, and snorkel, and go on water themed rides!"
"So you're going to a theme park?"
"Water theme park!" He clapped. "Anyways, so do you have a summer job?"
"I might have to get one, but during the school year I worked afternoon shifts and saved my money," I said with pride. "So, right now I'm relaxing.
"I wish I could do that," Nagisa sighed. "I always spend my money on food or other things..." He looked at me. "Your glasses!"
"What?!" Did they break? Was there a spot on them? Why was he pointing them out?!
"They're cute!" Quickly he grabbed my glasses and out them on. "How do I look, Rei-chan?" He said in a deeper voice.
I blushed. "Give them back!" I ordered as I reached out for them.
"Not until you give me your opinion!" Nagisa giggled.
"Give them back, Nagisa!" The boy from earlier called out. When did he get here? Wasn't he supposed to be outside?
"Fine!" Nagisa took them off and handed them to me. "We were just having fun, Haru-chan!"
"Get back to work," Haru sighed.
"Okay!" He sprouted up. "I hope you come again, Rei-chan! This was fun!" He skipped back over to the counter.
"D-don't call me that..." I muttered under my breath. My face must have looked like a tomato, so I quickly got up and left.
But, I ran back inside, dropped a few yen in the tip jar, and ran out again. I wanted them to get to go to that water park.