I'm back! Yeauhhhhhh (although returns isn't relevant for rookies lol). And back with a new chapter! Anyway I'm still sad about Regular Show ending (so I played David Bowie's song Heroes in a loop for five days, Mordecai style lol). Anyway here's the second chapter! And as always, hating my work is free :)
Coffee Shop Diaries
Chapter II
He quickly erased the message he was about to send.
Anxiety began to wrap Mordecai's mind, he didn't know what to reply on her invitation. Rigby then spoke to Mordecai and asked him on what's bugging him.
"Dude what's wrong with you? You've been staring at your phone for years!" Rigby said.
"Nothing, come on let's continue the game" Mordecai replied.
Both continued playing the game, as Mordecai soon forgot CJ's message.
After hours of playing video games, exhaustion arose from them. They then decided to stop playing as they dropped their controllers on the table.
"Ughh, I can't feel my thumbs with all that pressing" Rigby muttered.
"That's because you we're always dying and reviving" Mordecai said, as he was laughing and recalling Rigby's failures.
"Whatever, I told you my controller's busted" Rigby said as he stood up to unplug the game console and the TV.
Mordecai then picked up the boxes of pizza and the empty soda cans. Rigby wiped the floor and the table lazily as he groaned away.
The living room was spic-and-span in minutes, as they proceeded to go up their room to go to sleep. Mordecai then picked up his phone and remembered something.
He didn't respond to CJ's message yet.
His tiredness led him to hastily type his message as Mordecai went inside their room and threw his own body to his bed like a ragdoll, as he fell asleep.
The next day
The sound of the ringing alarm clock blared into the ears of the duo. Rigby is the one who usually wakes up early, as Mordecai is a heavy sleeper. But in this rare occasion, Mordecai woke up first. He turns off the alarm clock and saw his phone lit up. There was a message. It's from CJ.
* great! let's hang out after my shift! *
He vaguely understood what this meant. He looked back on the messages to see his message.
* sure I would love to *
He again, went anxious. Rigby woke up to see Mordecai hurriedly go out the room, he then followed suit.
While they were having their breakfast, Rigby was planning on what to do after work. Mordecai dully agreed on his plans, leading to Rigby asking him why he's acting weird.
"Dude? You seem to be troubled, what's going on?" Rigby asked.
"Nothing, it's just Margaret" Mordecai mumbled.
"Margaret?, dude its in the past. You should move on and find someone new." Rigby replied.
"Like who?" Mordecai said
Without hesitation, Rigby quickly said "CJ?"
"Uhhhh -" Mordecai replied with a connecting punch to Rigby's arm.
The punch was strong enough to send Rigby out of his seat.
"AWW!" Rigby moaned, crying lightly.
"Oh dude, I'm so sorry" Mordecai said while assisting Rigby standing up.
"Dude, the punch felt weird and out of place" Rigby said.
"What? Why?" Mordecai asked.
"I just told CJ's name and you quickly retreated with a punch" Rigby said.
"* sigh about her" Mordecai mumbled.
"Why? You like her?" Rigby squealed
"No, its because CJ invited me to hang out tonight." Mordecai said.
"What's wrong with that? You don't know what to say are you?" Rigby said.
"No, its because I agreed unknowingly" Mordecai replied.
"Dude it's fine, CJ seems chill. Besides its hard to back out now, CJ might take it seriously" Rigby said.
"But what if I bump into Margaret? What if she saw me hanging out with CJ?" Mordecai said.
"Look dude, Margaret won't be stalking you everywhere. Besides she won't care that much, you broke up anyway" Rigby said.
"Yeah, I guess it's in the past now" Mordecai replied.
"It is, now let's finish our breakfast, meeting starts at 9. You know Benson." Rigby said.
The routine for the park groundskeepers are meetings at 9, and work. They have a one-hour break at 12, after that they'll go back to work. However, for the duo it isn't always followed and they would always get away with it.
Their own routine is to show up at work, then take a break. And as usual, they would always spend their break time on the Coffee Shop.
As they sat on their tables, Eileen quickly approached the duo.
"Hey guys" Eileen greeting them warmly.
"Hey Eileen" The duo replied.
"So, your usual?" Eileen asked.
"Yeah" Mordecai replied.
"Alright, give me fifteen minutes" Eileen said.
"Wait, are you doing all the work again?" Rigby asked.
"Yeah, Margaret isn't back in town yet. She's expected to come today anyway" Eileen answered.
"How 'bout CJ? Did she skip work?" Mordecai asked.
"She messaged me awhile ago that she's on her way" Eileen replied.
"Oh that's why" Rigby said.
"Well I gotta get your order, be right back" Eileen said, as she rushed to the kitchen.
"Dang, CJ isn't here yet. Don't worry dude she'll be here any moment" Rigby teasing Mordecai.
"Hey, who's the one that wanted to go here to see Eileen anyway?" Mordecai replied.
"STOP TALKING! I didn't go here to see Eileen" Rigby defensively stated.
"Haha, I can see guilt all over your face" Mordecai said.
"SHUT UPPPPP" while punching Mordecai.
Mordecai laughed at Rigby's weak offense.
"I was just kidding, anyway you'd make a cute couple" Mordecai remarked.
"STOP IT! I'm not interested in her!" Rigby said, as he did his "Shark Face".
Mordecai laughed at his friend's defensive actions.
Meanwhile, the bell on the door rang, signaling that someone came in. It caught the attention of the duo as they both looked on the stairway. It was CJ who went in.
"Oh hey CJ!" Rigby greeted.
CJ heard him, as she smiled and waved her arm while going to the kitchen.
"You're lucky CJ came earlier" Rigby said.
Mordecai quickly retreated as he punched Rigby.
"AWW -" Rigby groaned.
"Knock it off with your CJ thing" Mordecai said.
"You knock it off with the Eileen thing!" Rigby replied.
"Ugh, whatever" Mordecai said.
After ten minutes, their order came. It came earlier than the projected 15 minutes, as CJ handed them their tray with their food in it.
"Hey guys, here's your order" CJ said.
Rigby clumsily got his cup of coffee as he dropped it, it almost landed on the floor when CJ swiftly caught his coffee as she handed it to Rigby.
"Try to be more careful next time, we worked hard brewing it for y'all" CJ jokingly said.
"That was pretty cool catching his coffee CJ" Mordecai complimented.
CJ blushed, as she twirled her hair.
"Thanks" CJ replied as she smiled to Mordecai's compliment.
"Well I gotta head back to the counter, later!" CJ said, as she walked away.
Without a word, the duo proceeded to eat their snack. It wasn't common for them to eat in utter silence but they've managed to do it anyway. Finishing their snack, Mordecai then told Rigby to go back to the park.
"No let's go back later" Rigby groaned.
"I guess that's fine since I finished mowing the lawn, and you finished raking the leaves anyway, that's two chores off the list" Mordecai said.
"Uhh-" Rigby muttered.
"Why? What's wrong?" Mordecai asked.
"About the leaves..." Rigby mumbled.
"You're not done with them, are you?" Mordecai replied.
"Let's just say it's too tiring" Rigby answered.
"*sigh* Why didn't you say that? Come on let's head back to finish it" Mordecai said.
"Alright" Rigby said as he stood up, and sprinted on all fours outside.
Mordecai then followed, but was called by CJ.
"Yeah CJ? Got something to say?" Mordecai asked.
"About tonight" CJ said.
Mordecai then understood of what she meant.
"Yeah why? Is there a problem?" Mordecai said.
"Are you cool with it? If not, I'm fine with it, we can do it when you're fine with it next time" CJ muttered.
Mordecai doesn't want her feel disappointed. Since he partly agreed with it anyway, he went through and confirmed that he is cool with her plans.
"Yeah I'm fine with it, that's why I messaged you that I would love to haha" Mordecai said.
"Great! Its a date then!" CJ replied.
"Wha-?" Mordecai asked.
"I mean a friendly date, a friendly date" CJ sheepishly said.
Mordecai then turned around, and looked over his shoulder and said "Yeah its a date, see you later!"
Mordecai was unaware of how CJ reacted. Due to her cloud nature, her color pretty much describes her mood. She's white as snow, indicating that she was happy and in a good mood. How can she be unhappy when she weren't rejected with her invitation?
Upon exiting the Coffee Shop, Rigby was sitting on the cart, with his arms crossed.
"What took you so long inside?" Rigby asked.
"Nothing, just something you don't need to be aware of haha" Mordecai said.
"Whatever, but we gotta go back dude, Benson called over the radio!" Rigby replied.
"Alright, let's go" Mordecai said, as they drove back to the Park.
That's it for this chapter! Sorry if the chapter's not longer than you may expect. Anyway feel free to hate it, it's free lol haha. Anyway I'm planning to do Yandere one shots of female Regular show characters soon (I already started with CJ's story). Keep the Regular Show fan fiction alive and kicking pleaseee lol. See you soon!