Espresso Expresso
Chapter Three
"Are you serious? We're finally ready to open?!" Kakuzu asked. It had been a torturous three weeks of cleaning, painting, arguing, more cleaning, food fights, more arguing, cleaning up after said food fights and arguments, arguing more about who's turn it was to clean, and etcetera ad infinitum. "We're finally going to get CUSTOMERS?"
"Yeah," The Leader replied. "Make sure that they are happy. We open tomorrow morning."
"WHOOO! MONEYMONEYMONEYMONEY!" Kakuzu chanted.
"Uh… OK then," Itachi muttered to Deidara. "I think SOMEONE missed the 'Drugs are Bad' lecture in school…" Deidara snickered in agreement.
"I HEARD THAT!"
"I actually feel kind of sorry for our customers," Zetsu said. "At least I'm dealing with the menu. Kakuzu'd probably try to make them pay three grand for ONE latte."
"Wait- you mean we're charging less than three grand for a latte?" Kakuzu asked in shock. "How much are we charging then? Two grand?"
"NO, we're charging four bucks. Just like every other coffee shop in the world," Zetsu explained.
"YOU'RE GOING TO RUIN US!" Kakuzu shouted.
"Just shut up, dumbass! It's just a latte. We'll probably get enough customers that we'll make up the loss," Hidan said.
"YOU'RE THE DUMBASS, DUMBASS!" Kakuzu roared. "WE'LL GO BROKE!"
"EVERYBODY SHUT UP OR I'LL BLAST US ALL TO KINGDOM COME-UN!" Deidara bellowed, a clay bird-bomb at the ready. Needless to say, everybody shut the hell up. "Thank you. Now let's all go to sleep. We have a big day tomorrow."
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Morning. The first customers were starting to trickle into Espresso Expresso.
"May I take your order?" Itachi asked.
"I'll take a Big-Ass Explosion of Flavor latte and an Akatsuki scone."
"May I take your order?"
"I'll have a Jumbo black coffee, please."
"May I take your order?"
"I'll have three Granola Cookies and a Medium Mocha latte."
"This is exhausting," Itachi gasped as he stumbled into the break room. "Deidara, please take over for me while I chug six straight shots of espresso. Maybe I shouldn't have volunteered to take the early shift. I can't handle getting up at 3 AM."
"Well, I get up at three anyway," Deidara said. "So it's not so bad for me. Sure. Take a break-un."
"Thanks."
However, Deidara was not as good a cashier as Itachi was. He kept dropping the money. "Rassin' frassin' stupid pain in the ass dollar bills-un!" was a really common phrase that morning.
"Stop swearing in front of the customers! They'll get freaked out!" Kakuzu barked upon hearing Deidara's irritated diatribe.
"Rrrr… you and your stupid money," Deidara muttered softly.
"OK, that's the last customer. Let's take a break before the afternoon shift shows up," Zetsu said.
To Be Continued!
Omake- Author's Comments
I'm feeling better today. I had a lot of fun writing this chapter, and I hope you enjoyed reading it. Thanks for reading!
-GoesKaboom