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It was a dreary winter day in the city. There was a prediction of freezing rain throughout the day. Katie walked up the stairs out of the subway station. She put up her umbrella and continued to walk through the city. The sound of cars and the rain drops hitting her umbrella created a little tune of life. Katie broke away from the crowd and entered the cafe.
There was not many people inside, and they all seemed to be busy reading newspapers and eating their food. Katie took off her coat and headed to the counter. Coran was wiping it down. He raised his head and smiled at her.
"Katie, you're early again," Coran said, checking the old fashioned clock.
Katie shrugged, starting a fresh pot of Coffee.
"Are you even listening to me?" Coran asked, despite knowing she wasn't at all.
Katie kept making coffee, not paying attention to him.
"You're impossible," Coran sighed, giving up and heading into the kitchen.
Katie smirked, glad that he didn't pry.. Once the Coffee was done, she pour it in cups and carried them to each table that ordered them. Once she was done, she headed over to the counter and started to make another batch of coffee. She heard someone come in and take a seat. Katie turned around and smiled when she realized who it was.
"Katie dear, do you have enough to refill my cup?" Allura asked with a bright smile.
Katie smiled, "Sure, you're lucky, the other people have to wait." She poured the coffee into Allura's cup with a smile.
"I know, but it's worth a wait to get the coffee that you make," Allura winked at her while taking a sip.
Katie shrugged. "It's just normal coffee."
Allura huffed, "It's not just coffee, it's your coffee."
Katie blushed. "The coffee is all the same."
Allura shrugged, taking another huge sip. "It's good enough coffee to win you a husband."
"I don't want him to be in love with the coffee, I want him to be in love with me," Katie sighed, leaning on the other side of the counter.
"I know, honey, but if you keep working here, then how are you going to meet one?" Allura asked.
Katie sighed, "I had dreamed of finding my one true love when I was younger."
"Tell me," Allura requested, sitting back, "Tell me what your plan was."
"Not today, I have too many customers to attend to," Katie laughed.
Allura sighed, "you're just trying to get out of the conversation."
Katie smirked, now with a full pot of coffee. "You just realized that now?"
"Coran is right you are impossible, you can't keep running away," Allura pouted, watching Katie walk towards the people asking for refills. Allura knew she didn't hear her, but it was worth a shot to get anything through to this girl. Most of the time it didn't work.
Katie made her way around the place saying "Hi." and pouring coffee. Before Katie knew it, the coffee pot was just about empty. She headed towards the counter to make more, but bumped into someone.
"Ouch that's hot," the boy said, flapping his shirt with a huge coffee stain.
"Sorry!" Katie panicked, then dashed behind the counter to get a wet rag. "Are you okay?" she asked, looking up into his eyes and freezing.
"Well, we meet again," The boy on the subway train from last night commented.
"I am so sorry, I was just going back to make more coffee," Katie fretted, trying to clean the stain.
"I am fine, it's just coffee," The boy said.
Katie blushed when their eyes locked. Everyone went back to their own business, but coran and Allura, who were grinning at them.
"Is he perfect or what?" Allura whispered into Coran's ear.
"Are you sure, never seen him around here before," Coran asked, watching the boy closely.
"Coran stop it, love made him come here," Allura said.
"Love? How do you know he came here for that, he could have just wanted breakfast or something," Coran reasoned.
"Not breakfast, he wanted Coffee." Allura smirked.
Coran gave Allura a look, "Well looks like he got it."
Allura leaned back, "The thing that brought them together."
Coran shrugged and then saw some kids throwing food. "I'll be right back, a kid is throwing food again," He excused, grabbing a rag, "Let them be Allura."
"I am just a young woman sitting here drinking my coffee," Allura said innocently.
Katie found herself lost in his eyes as she placed the damp rag on his staining shirt. The boy smiled, placing his hand over hers.
"There you should be good," Katie interrupted the moment, turning away. She walked back to the counter, ignoring Allura's scheming grin.
"Thank you so much," the boy said, following her over, "Can I have a cup of coffee? Preferably not on me."
Katie smiled, "Sure, coming right up."
The boy returned her smile, sitting down on a stool next to Allura, who moved her grin to him.
"So did you know that Katie makes the best coffee around?" Allura asked him.
He repeated the name many times in his head before smiling at the woman, "No but I can't wait to try it."
"It's just normal Coffee," Katie argued, loading up the coffee machine. She took a scoop of grinds from the bag, "normal coffee."
Allura sighed, Katie not helping at all. "So, what's your name?"
"Shiro, my name's Shiro," he answered, watching Katie make his coffee.
"Well, Shiro, you come to the right place. Katie's coffee is to die for," Allura chuckled, patting him on the back.
Katie blushed, not facing them. She was about to kill Allura for talking about her coffee like this to a stranger, him being handsome making it even worse. She sighed, why did she just call him handsome.
"So her Coffee's that good?" Shiro asked.
Allura nodded, "thousands of people come here to get a taste of Katie's coffee."
"Most of them are just normal people who come for food…" Katie added in defence.
Shiro hummed. "Well I was on my way to school, I might have to stop by here more often if the coffee is as good as you say."
"Ohh, a college student, that's cool," Allura winked at Katie.
Katie blushed and then turned back around to pour the coffee into a cup. "Here you go," she set the mug in front of him, not noticing she was still blushing.
"Thank you," Shiro said before taking a sip. A smile crossed his face. "This is amazing coffee."
Allura nodded in agreement as Katie blushed harder and wiped her hands, "Thank you."
Coran came out of the kitchen with a smile after watching them, "Allura I need your feedback now."
Allura returned his smile, "Not now Coran I am busy."
Coran grabbed her by the arm, dragging her into the back room before she could say anymore. Now it was just Shiro and Pidge, alone at the counter seating with a pot full of coffee.
"So what are you going to school for?" Katie asked, trying to start a conversation to change the awkward/shy air between them.
"To become a flight pilot," Shiro answered, voice teeming with pride for his chosen profession.
"Wow, that's so cool. I just work here right now, trying to get enough money saved up to pay intuition when I go to school," Katie explained, smiling brightly.
…
Neville headed towards the Cafe. When he looked through the doorway, he saw Katie helping someone with a stain on his shirt and a pot of coffee on the ground. The guy and Katie locked eyes and he touched her small, beautiful hands.
Neville backed away, forcing himself to stay calm. He ended up in an alley, kicking two trash cans in rage. Soon he took an old pipe and started to beat them with it.
The banging could be heard inside by Katie and the others. "Do you hear something?" Katie asked, checking outside the door.
Shiro shrugged, "Nope, anyway thats cool you wanna go to school to become a programer…."
Pidge blushed, "It's what I do on my spare time, when I'm not working."
…
Neville growled, throwing the pipe into the trash can with a huff. He looked around to see other people staring. Fixing himself up, he puffed out his chest and turned away to the street. "I now hate that guy."
"Excuse me are you okay?" A cop asked from behind him.
Neville turned to the cop. The cop was smiling at him, the man's name tag read "Hunk." Neville gave a fake smile and nodded. "Getting some anger out, sorry officer."
Hunk smiled, "It's okay. Tomorrow's another day, so just hang in there," Hunk assured, then headed into the cafe.
Nevil pretended he was not doing anything outside the coffee shop. At times, he would look inside to stare at Katie.
….
Shiro and Katie kept talking about school. Both of them couldn't take their eyes off each other for a second.
"Hey I have a project to do on programing that has to be turned in by Friday," Shiro said, "Are you any good at programing?"
Katie nodded, "Yes I am, it's not hard once you know the basics."
"Can you help me later today?" Shiro asked, a little excited.
"I don't know..." Katie started to say.
"She would love too, she has the whole afternoon off," Allura popped her head in from the kitchen.
Katie turned around to give her a look.
"That would be great, thank you so much," Shiro said with a huge smile.
Katie blushed when she met his eyes once again. "you're … Welcome."
"Say we meet at 1?" Shiro offered, checking his watch. It was just turning ten o'clock.
"Great, but where are we going to meet?" Katie asked.
"How about the central Library, do you know where it is?" Shiro asked.
Katie nodded her head, "Yeah I do."
Shiro smiled. "Great, meet you then." He paid for the cup of coffee and then walked away.
Katie watched him go. "Bye," she called with a peaceful look on her face.
Coran and Allura came out, watching her closely.
"Is she going to be okay?" Coran asked.
"Yeah," Allura said.
Allura brought Katie out of her thoughts, bombarding her with requests for info about her and Shiro's conversation. Katie was overwhelmed, her head was swimming with thoughts of meeting the young, handsome boy named Shiro.
...
Neville watched the young boy exit the cafe with a huge smile on his face. "I'm going to see her again, boy I wish I picked a sooner time," The boy mumbled to himself as he passed Neville.
Neville growled and clutched his fits. He looked inside the cafe to see Katie in a dreamy state. "This is not good at all." He marched away, heading back to his home to come up with another plan, but Neville would be back for when she leaves. He headed back home, trying to control his anger.
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