"Yeah. We're hiring. Well technically I'm hiring. I'm the only one who works here." Levi said as he studied the young woman's appearance. She was slightly shorter than him, that's good. He didn't need another person to tease him about his height. She seemed friendly. Her hazel eyes sparkled and he got a feeling that it wasn't the first time he'd seen those eyes. Her cheeks had a slight pink color. A pretty girl. Could possibly become a model, he thought.

"Great! Do you need a interview?" She walked towards the counter. She was wearing a black hoodie and a pair of jeans. How could she dress like that? It's was god damn 32 degrees Celsius outside. Tch. Crazy woman.

"Not really. I just need to see how good you are at making tea." He murmured.

"Alright. Uhm. Right now?" She asked.

"Yeah. I'm just about to close so you can show me what you got." He crossed his arms and sat down on a chair. "Go ahead. Make me a cup of black tea."

"Oh okay. What type?" She asked.

"Surprise me." He smirked slightly. Not a chance that she could surprise him. He knew every possible tea flavor that he got in his store. Every single one.

She reached up to grab a box with tea. He watched every single movement she made. He then noticed a ring on her hand. Married. Her husband must be lucky, he thought. She's got the look. She seems smart and nice too. What more could you possibly ask for? She probably had the biggest fairy tale wedding. A long beautiful white dress. And her husband. He's probably tall, rich, handsome. They're probably thinking about kids already, two of them. A boy, and a girl. The prefect family. He hated it. He was never going to be one of them. One of the prefect people. He was poor, grew up in a junk. He was an accident, his mum was a slut. She sold her body to different men. Tch, disgusting. One day she was unlucky and got pregnant and that's how Levi got born. She soon died by sickness. No one really told Levi what it was but he was sure that it was one of those disgusting diseases that came from one of those disgusting old men that was her customers. His uncle, Kenny, then raised him. It was not a good way of raising a kid but it worked. He taught him how to use a gun, how to threaten people, yeah, how to be a criminal. He then dumped Levi on the street when he was a teen. To be honest, he didn't really mind that. He met two new friends that he lived with. They stole things for a living. They were criminals, just what Kenny raised him to be. But those days are over. Levi was poor, he didn't live in a huge house and he didn't have a wife, but he was okay with that. He had his tea shop and it was working well for him.

"Here you go." She placed a cup of tea down on the table in front of him. He hadn't noticed that he'd dreamed away about his past "I hope you enjoy."

She was already done? Hm. Well that's one point. Her took the cup by holding it by the top. She didn't question his way of holding the cup either. Well... that's another point for her. He placed the cup to his lips and took a small sip, and his eyes widened in surprise. It was...

Delicious.

How? How could she make a better tea than himself? He's been working here for almost seven years now and she just walked in and was so much better than him? How is that even possible?

He didn't even notice that he was staring at the girl.

"Is it really that bad?" Was she joking? Bad? It was fantastic! "I failed, didn't I?" She got really anxious, he could see that on her face, and hear it in her voice. Her voice started shaking and so did her hands.

"Oi. Calm down." He placed the cup down and grabbed her hand. Her warm hazel eyes met his cold , icy ones. He didn't really know what was making her so upset and anxious. Did she really want this job so badly?

The room went silent. The only thing that could be heard was the cars driving by outside, but still. It felt like the world had stopped. Right there, when he grabbed her hand. It felt like one more piece filled a empty hole in his life. Both of them just looked into each other eyes for a long moment before she pulled her hand away. Right. She was a married woman. A married woman was not allowed to hold another mans hand, look into his eyes and feel like the world just stopped for them.

Levi cleared his throat. "It was good. Actually. It was the best tea I've ever had."

She was shocked. Her mouth opened as she stared at him.

"Really?" She smiled widely. "That you..." she stopped to get a name.

"Levi." He said with a small sigh.

Levi.

"Levi."

That's when it hit him.

Her voice.