AN: Welp don't have much to say other than I don't own any characters or anything. So...yeah.
Allen spent most of his childhood in an orphanage since his parents didn't want him due to him being born an albino. No one knew who his parents were as he had been left at the door of the orphanage as a newborn. When he was a teen he got a job after school so he started living in an apartment on his own. Though in the apartment next door was a nice gay couple who looked out for Allen even though he would try to keep them out of this life. He didn't really want to get attached to anyone. Allen had a few friends from school but he didn't let them close either.
Allen couldn't explain it but he was a little bitter about life and he didn't want to get involved or close to anyone. He wasn't rude or anything but he also wasn't overly friendly or happy. Usually Allen quiet and kept to himself. At school Allen didn't really talk to anyone and was practically invisible in class, which was by choice. At work Allen had to be social since he worked as a waiter at a diner. It was hard to balance being a full time student and working a full time job but Allen managed to do it.
After school Allen would go straight to the diner he worked at. The owner and chef of the diner was an amazing cook by the name of Jerry. Jerry was really nice to Allen giving him free dinner, giving him as many hours to work as Allen wanted, and paid him a fair wage which helped Allen manage to survive on his own. One night closer to closing time for the diner a man who kind of looked like a bum wandered in with messy wavy burgundy hair and some scruff of a beard like he hadn't shaved in a day or so. But the man had a decent suit on so he had to have a job…unless he got it out of the trash…but it seemed too clean for that. So he just seemed like a guy down on his luck just working to survive much like Allen.
The man sat down at a booth next to the windows waiting patiently for someone to come and wait on him. Since the waitress was scared the man would try to molest her or something Allen went up to the man offering him a menu. Allen was a little annoyed that the older female acted like she was too good to wait on this man or that she was just too attractive for the man to keep his hands off her. Funny though the man didn't even look at her as she stood behind the counter not too far away.
"What would you like to drink to start with?" Allen asked with his little notepad after letting the man look at the menu a bit. He wasn't scared of this man, nothing indicated that this man would try to hurt any of them. The man did look Allen up and down for a quick moment but that was probably to try and figure out what gender Allen was. Even though he was male Allen dressed and looked pretty feminine. He wore a black fitted t shirt, black shorts, black flats that went well with the black waist apron he had to wear that carried his notepad, extra straws, things like that. Plus he had long hair that was in a messy bun.
"I'll take black coffee." The man answered in a rather deep voice that kind of reminded Allen of one of his neighbors. Nodding Allen spun around heading behind the counter getting a clean coffee cup filling it with coffee taking the cup and carafe to the table.
"Do you know what you would like to order or do you need some time?" Allen asked politely as he held his pen to the notepad ready to take the mans order if he was ready. The man looked the menu over once again before closing it telling Allen his order. After writing the order down Allen took the menu from the table heading to the kitchen. Since there wasn't any other customers in the diner Allen and the waitress busied themselves with cleaning up the diner for the night. Once the mans order was done Allen went and picked it up from the kitchen window taking it over to the man.
"Do you need any more coffee or anything?" Allen asked to make sure the man had everything he needed before Allen left to let the man eat in peace. He wanted to make sure the customer was happy but he also didn't want to bother the man too much because that could be annoying for some people. Allen understood that some people preferred being left alone, Allen was one of those people.
"I'm fine for now. If I need anything I don't think it would be too hard to get your attention." The man commented clearly referring to the empty diner. But it was almost midnight so it made sense the diner was so quiet. Nodding again Allen walked away letting the man eat in peace. Once the man was done Allen went back to clear down the table and everything.
"Alright so how much do I owe?" The man asked since Allen hadn't given him a check yet. He wasn't sure if the teen was new or too tired that he forgot to give him the check. The man wasn't trying to be rude when he was pointing out he had no check he just…wanted to pay and leave without hassle.
"Its been covered. So don't worry about it." Allen answered with a polite smile confusing the man. The man hadn't complained about the food or anything, the food was actually really good so he was surprised the diner wasn't more popular. With that said it didn't make sense as to why the man's food was free.
"Why is that?" The man asked wanting to solve this little mystery. Free food was good and all but it was odd having no reason to have free food.
"Well… we get a free meal during our shift but I haven't used mine… And you seem to have had a bad day… so…. Yeah." Allen explained still smiling a little before walking away. The man watched Allen for a moment before deciding to accept the free meal since it seemed to make the teen happy to try and cheer him up. In truth the man had had a bad day at work so that was nice of the teen to notice and try to help out. The man left a nice tip for Allen since he hadn't need to pay for the food and the boy had given good customer service clearly without actually expecting anything in return since the teen tried to give the money back to him as he was on his way out the door. But he refused to take the money back which seemed to actually annoy the teen. That amused the stranger some but he didn't show it as he left. He would have to go back to that diner again. Not just because the food was so good, but because that teen seemed to be rather interesting and he could use something interesting in his life.