Little drops of rain poured as Craig walked towards Harbucks with an umbrella in hand, the early morning breeze mixed with the calming scent of the rain eased him. When he finally reached the place Kenny opened the door for him…That was new, was he sucking up? Craig thought.
"Good Morning!" Kenny greeted with a smile.
Craig's response however was a middle finger to his face, how pleasant.
"So about my friend…You know the guy who needs a job, He's here and he's ready for the interview!"
Craig had already forgotten about what he had said yesterday, so it took him a moment to remember, as soon as the memories came flashing back to him he started hating himself for agreeing to Kenny. He then decided to just talk to Kenny's friend, find any measly fault and flat out reject him.
"So where is he then?" Craig asked with a bored look on his face.
"He's at the employee lounge; He came in like an hour early, why were you late anyway?"
"None of your goddamn business…" Craig said, he was actually late because he stayed up with his little sister last night watching Disney movies, but like hell he'll admit that.
"I was just asking…grumpy asshole." Kenny pouted, crossing his arms in an exaggerated manner.
Craig went to the Lounge and opened the door surprised to see the guy who was supposedly Kenny's friend, It was a small guy with blonde hair that looked like it was attacked by birds and his shirt was incorrectly buttoned, he looked like he was having an anxiety attack…hard to believe that this guy is friends with Kenny.
"Hey." Craig greeted, his voice devoid of any emotion, it was a simple greeting but the poor guy was still startled, I guess he didn't realize that another person had entered the room.
"OH JESUS!" the blonde's eyes went wide, he was now shaking more than ever but then he sighed closed his eyes for a while then inhaled and exhaled a couple of times, when he opened them again his shaking lessened considerably.
"Are you alright?" Craig asked, surprisingly there seemed to be genuine worry in Craig's words, since when did he care about others?
"Ye-Yeah I am fine, Are you -ngh- the Manager?" The blonde asked while twitching.
Craig nodded unsure of how to respond, the guy in front of him was weird, with all the twitching, spasms and the mentioning of "nngghs" …He was pretty sure the guy was on something, then again it could be a health condition and he was being an insensitive jerk, oh wait he was already one in the first place.
"Yes, I am Craig Tucker, Are you Kenny's friend…the one looking for a job?"
"Y-Yeah, Oh uh here" Tweek said while placing on top of the coffee table a bunch of papers, which was probably his resume. Craig just eyed the pile of papers then shifted his gaze back to the twitchy blonde.
"What's your name?"
"Tweek" The guy responded promptly.
"Tweek?" Craig repeated, while raising an eyebrow.
"M-My name is Tweek."
"O-Oh I see…Last name?" What the hell kind of a name is Tweek? Was this kid messing with him? Craig thought.
"Nggh…Tweak"
"You already told me that your name is Tweek, I was asking for your last name."
"Gah…It's TWEAK!"
"What" Craig said, his voice laced with a little bit of annoyance.
"Nggh…My name is Tweek Tweak!"
Craig checked the resume on top of the coffee table; it was indeed written there that his name was Tweek Tweak.
"Were your parents on crack when they named you? Craig asked incredulously.
"I think so…?" Tweek responded, Craig actually almost smiled at the response, the guy amused him somehow.
"So you have any experience with coffee?"
"Well I used to w-work here, also I drink eight cups of coffee a day...well right now not so much but…"
Craig was curious, what exactly did he mean when he said that he used to work here? Also who the hell drinks eight cups of coffee a day? Is that the reason why the guy so jittery, because he overdoses on caffeine?
"Care to explain?"
"I really love coffee; I think -nngh- I was weaned on it when I was a b-baby…"
"I meant the "you used to work here…" part."
"Oh uh…My dad used to own this branch but then he sold it to some guy so he can build his own Coffee shop b-but business didn't go too well though and -nngh- we got buried in debt, I used to help him serve and make coffee…So I know the basics, although I have never made anything fancy."
Craig somewhat felt sorry for the guy, he then remembered the conversation he had with Kenny yesterday, he really was in debt…and looking at Tweek he was really thin, maybe he wasn't starving to death yet but soon enough he will be if ever he didn't give the guy the job; And for some reason he didn't want that to happen.
Craig really hated how much empathy and emotion he's showing today, and it's all because of the vibrating blonde in front of him, as much as he hates to admit it he might have to cancel his other plan.
"Well…you're a lot more useful than Clyde if you already know the basics."
"Who's Clyde?"
"Just some fatass that you're going to be working with very soon…" Craig said, He can't believe it he's actually going to hire this guy, his whole plan to find any fault in the kid then reject him failed, He couldn't do it, he actually feels sorry for the guy.
"-Ngg- Oh wait do-does that mean I am going to..?" Tweek asked.
"Yes Tweek, you're uh hired…" Craig sighed, there was still a bit of hesitation in his voice.
"Really?! OH JESUS…thank you man!" Tweek exclaimed his face beaming with happiness, Craig was surprised to see him smile, as for the whole duration of the interview the blonde's expression were mostly of fear, anxiety and panic, it kind of felt like seeing the light at the end of a tunnel.
Craig felt something melting inside him when he saw it, genuine happiness showed in Tweek's smile and it was directed towards Craig, the happiness was so contagious and he couldn't help but smile back.
"U-uh g-go outside and meet your new fellow employees…Kenny can show you around since you guys are after all already friends…" Realizing that he had been staring too long at the blonde, Craig immediately attempted to dismiss him. He also didn't want Tweek to notice that he was quite flustered.
"Ri..Right…Thanks again Mr. Tucker" Tweek said cheerfully.
"D-dude, call me Craig calling me Mr. Tucker sounds weird…" Craig said while attempting to avoid the other guy's gaze.
"Oh…alright, thank you Craig." Tweek said as he smiled at Craig one last time before leaving the lounge to meet the others.
Craig just stood there with a dumb smile on his face…but then he realized that it wasn't like him to be smiling, he felt a little bit disgusted with himself for not going through his supposed plan, but he really didn't regret hiring Tweek, in fact he kind of actually felt happy. His cheeks felt warm, and his heart was beating fast, it was a feeling that he had never experienced before.
Gaining composure, Craig shrugged these feelings off, thinking it was way too gay, he decided to do his paperwork to get his mind off things or more like get his mind off someone.
"Tweeeek!" Kenny yelled as soon as he saw the guy coming out of the employee lounge.
"H-Hey Kenny." Tweek responded.
"So did you get the job?" Kenny asked, dying to know the answer.
"-Nngg- Yeah, Craig told me to go here and ask you to tour me around."
"That's great! But I am curious…how the hell did you convince Craig? I kind of thought he'd reject you so I was already looking for backup jobs." Kenny admitted.
"Why would he reject me?" Tweek asked rather curious.
"Well Craig is a heartless unfeeling asshole who feels no empathy towards others…" Kenny sneered, he didn't mean it as an insult, it's just really what Craig is.
"Gah!...Really? But he seemed pretty nice when I talked to him, well except for the part when he asked if my parents were on crack when they named me…"
"Are you sure that it's Craig and not someone else?"
"Well he said his name was Craig."
"Was he tall, black haired, blue eyed and wearing a blue chullo?"
"Yeah…w-wait oh god what if that guy was a doppelganger!? OH JESUS that guy could have killed me." Tweek said with panic in his voice.
"Calm down, Tweek..." Kenny said, whilst putting both his hands on top of Tweek's shoulders in order to calm him down.
"-Nngh- Bu-But the doppelgangers!" Tweek panicked.
"I was just messing around…Let's just go and introduce you to the others." Kenny said.
"A-Alright"
The two walked towards the counter where a very bored looking Stan was reading a magazine.
"Hey Stan, I'd like you to meet Tweek, He's our newest employee! Tweek this is Stan he's a pretty nice guy who always looks bored working but he's not really bored he's just using that as a facade to hide his sad face because his girlfriend broke up with him.
"Fuck off Kenny!" Stan angrily yelled, but then regretted doing so as it seemed to freak out the spazzy blonde next to him.
"Uh, hello nice to meet you…don't believe any crap Kenny says about me." Stan said calmly, trying not to scare the blonde any further
"Oh and there's Clyde…hey Clyde come over here!" Kenny beckoned.
Clyde was mopping up but instantly went towards them as soon as he heard the call, happily accepting any form of distraction from his work.
"This is Tweek, our newest employee say hi to Clyde, Tweek." Kenny said sounding very much like a mother introducing her child to a friend.
"Uh…Hi?" Clyde said quite unsure of what he's supposed to do.
"Y-You're Clyde?" Tweek asked, confused.
"Yup…I am, Clyde Donovan, Nice to meet you."
"But Craig -nng- told me you were fatass, you don't look fat at all…"
And with that said Clyde hugged the blonde crying manly tears, finally he met someone who didn't think he was fat, all his asshole friends can go die in hole.
"Tweek, you are now my friend…you are an angel among all these demons, you are the light that will vanquish all the evils of these world, you are the purest cinnamon roll…" Clyde said with a serious face as he grasped both of Tweek's hands.
"Uh ok?"
"Alright Geez, Clyde go back to mopping, you're going to scare the poor kid, Kenny said with a laugh, "Clyde can get easily attached to someone over the simplest of things" he thought.
"Kenny?"
"Yes Tweek? Oh wait I have to show you where the stockrooms are."
"Now that I work here…Do I get to drink all the coffee I want for free?"
"Yup, Just don't abuse the privilege though, Customers first as they say." Kenny said, as the two walked towards the stockroom.
As Kenny was explaining where all the cups and spoons go, Tweek had only one thing in mind…
Free Unlimited Coffee.
A/N: Chapter 5 will be posted next week. :)
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