forum Coffee Shop Fluff (Closed)

Started August 13, 2021 by @Elder-God-Jacks347

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hello i have returned from school

Asami is officially the second most wholesome character ive ever heard of

also thank you very much, you dont know how much I appreciate that.

you're welcome!

You know what? I decided to just say frick it since I'm holding this back. (Besides, assuming this coffee shop also does baked goods, Aki would definitely be a huge help)

Name: Aki Miyoshi
Age: 19
Gender/Pronouns: Male, he/him
Orientation: Panromantic asexual
Appearance: Aki has short and messy two-tone hair. It is half pastel purple and half pastel green. He is also quite tall, being 6'1. (I don't know what else to say. I suck at describing this kinda stuff)
Personality: Aki is an incredibly caring and outgoing person. He loves making friends, and he can see the best in everyone. He is also quite optimistic and loves to share his happiness with others, usually through baked goods that he made. However, Aki does not respond well to conflict, and he is easily worried.
Backstory: Aki has been baking since he was little, seeing as his parents used to run a bakery. He was always pretty good at it, and he loved making people happy, so it became his passion. He was working at his parents' bakery in Japan until it started losing business. People just seemed to not enjoy baked goods as much. He took the opportunity to travel, and that's how he ended up where he is now.
Other: He just wants to make the world a better place.

Okay I'm sick of waiting. Who's ready to start this thing!

I'm ready!

im down–

Cool! I'll have a starter up in a few minutes!

Carson redid his bun for the third time that morning. It just kept falling out, damn thing. Lucky for him, the shop had just opened so the stream of customers was pretty slow. He had time to grumble to himself about his hair troubles without people thinking he was crazy, which he did as he fixed it.

Gwendolyn entered the bakery, purposely inhaling through her nose so she could smell the freshly baked bread and other goods.

She loved it here, it was her favorite place in the entire town. She liked its rustic and simple aesthetic look, she waited in line, an older man in front of her, when he stepped away she stepped up to the register and said

"I would like a loaf of rye bread please." Her tone respectful and indicating she'd be able to wait as long as possible, there was no rush.

Carson looked up from where he was fiddling with the register after the customer before her and smiled a little. "Gwen, I've told you before, you don't have to be so professional with me. You've been coming here for how long now? I'll have your bread out, give me a second."

Gwendolyn gave a pure, small smile.

She used her hands to gesture to the entire bakery, her eyes drank in the entire interior, as she did every time she came inside.

"About six months and 3 weeks I think." She said with a smile, she could literally count how long she'd been coming to the bakery; six months, three weeks and 4 days.

"You know I like speaking like that to show I respect you, and am willing to wait, I don't like using language any less because I feel it doesn't signify how much I really do respect this place." She said giving him a twenty dollar bill, even though the cost was only nine fifty, she always gave more than needed, after all the bakery deserved it by a far.

"Keep the change" she said briskly to Carson, looking up and giving him another soft smile.

Carson rolled his eyes playfully, taking the cash. "Whatever you say Gwen." He yawned as he wandered back to the bakery, grabbing her usual order and heading back up to the counter. "Hot and fresh, just like you like it."

Gwendolyn gave a small smile, accepting the bread and turning away. She strived towards the door, her dress skirt flowing wildly behind her, she opened the door, and before she left she turned back towards Carson.

"Hey Carson?" she said loudly considering everyone else had left.

she went ahead and finished the question with "Im free all day, maybe you could tell me what time you get off, and I can swing by here and see you, considering I have nothing else to do."

She sets the bread in the wood woven basket she brought with her, casting a hopeful look towards Carson.

The tired barista smiled sadly. "Wish I could but I've got class today. Trust me, you have no idea how much I'd love to skip but I can't. They're important for graduation so I kinda need to be there. The joys of being a double major."

Gwendolyn gave a smile of understanding then nodded swiftly.

"Its alright love, nothing to apologise for." She said in a meanful tone.
She pulled a small leather covered journal out of her pocket and handed it to Carson.

"I know you've mentioned how much you like writing, so I got you this–" She said smiling.

He took the journal with a soft gasp, near in awe as he ran his hands over the cover. "Gwen! Come on, you didn't have to do that. I'm no one special to you, I'm just your barista." Carson hid his face under his hat, hoping to hide his rapidly increasing blush along with it.

Gwendolyn waved her hand in the air as if to say c'mon, you know me better than that. And chuckled softly, putting a hand to her heart in mock offense.

"Carson! is that really all you think of me as? a customer, and here I was thinking we were friends." She said in pretend pout, jutting out her lower lip.

"Well-" she said with a smile.

"Well I'm not saying we're not friends it's just-you know what I mean!" He spluttered, tripping over his words like he always did with Gwen. For some reason, she had a way to always make him tongue tied.

Gwendolyn held her hands up in surrender, her smile upturning the corners of her her mouth, she took something else out of her basket; it was a dream catcher, woven around it was red, yellow and blue colored string.

She laid it on the counter in front of Carson and turned around, walking away. When she got to the door, she craned her neck around to look at him and said.

"If you ever want to talk, outside of here– i'm in the cottage a little to the east of here." And with that she opened the door, and walked away, the cold and bitter air hitting her stockings, she quickly bundled up her coat, and set for her home.

Carson waved goodbye before picking up the dreamcatcher and twirling it in his hand. It was very pretty, definitely something that took a lot of time to make. He smiled a bit, turning to hang it on the handle of one of the cabinets behind his head. "Lord knows we need the bad vibes taken out of here."

Aki saw all of the interactions between Gwen and Carson, and he was smiling to himself. He was happy seeing them interact. He walked over to Carson and decided to talk to him, seeing as he wasn't busy at the moment. He was still smiling as he did so.

"I see she gave you a dreamcatcher," he said. "That's nice of her. She seems to care a lot about you, and you seem to care a lot about her, given your interactions. Hopefully things stay that way." He wasn't making it incredibly obvious that he thought Carson and Gwen may make a cute couple, but those who knew him well knew that he did.

(I'm just kinda projecting my thoughts into this through Aki lol)

"Of course I care about her. She's a very loyal customer and quite the sweet one. I know what you're implying Aki, stop it." Carson chuckled with a roll of his eyes. "You have too much free time."

"I'm not implying anything." Aki jokingly denied his own words. "I'm just saying that I'm happy that you're close to her. Seeing you happy makes me happy. However, if things do change, and you end up dating her, I will definitely set up a date for you, free food and everything."

Carson once again blushed bright red at the idea of dating Gwen, pulling his hat down to hide it. "Oh please, that's ridiculous. Besides, I've only known her for six months."

"You're blushing. That's adorable." Aki smiled at his friend. "I know you like her, and I bet she likes you, too. I'm not exactly a matchmaker, but I would love to help you get together if the time ever comes. Anything for you to be happy."

Gwendolyn then went home, took the rye bread out of the packaging, and brought a single slice out, she pulled the butter out, smearing some on top of the bread, and sprinkled some Oregano on top, and started eating it, she then sat down on the couch, propping her feet on the coffee table, and pulling her lilac colored laptop onto her lap and opened it.

She scrolled through her email, stopping on one from Euthoria community college. There were two colleges close to her, the community college, and the college where money was the only promise of admission.

She clicked on the email, chewing as she read it, the email contained the schedules of the classes she had signed up for this semester. Each class had two different times, on in the morning, one at night to fit people's schedules better.

Phycology: 8:00AM to 9:00AM / 5:00PM to 6:00PM
Sociology: 10:00AM to 11:00AM / 7:30PM to 8:30PM

the email stated simply, she smiled to herself and finished the bread in a quick, single bite.
She then pulled out her phones, because although she was into antique things, she still stayed connected to the world like a normal human, she scrolled through instagram, she then saw a picture of Carson pop up, she added him quickly, then went back to scrolling through her instagram feed.

"You're blushing. That's adorable." Aki smiled at his friend. "I know you like her, and I bet she likes you, too. I'm not exactly a matchmaker, but I would love to help you get together if the time ever comes. Anything for you to be happy."

"I-It's not like that. I don't like her like that." Carson protested, mentally kicking himself for stuttering. Of course Aki could see through him but he still tried.

"You can't hide it that easily. You're only making it obvious, but luckily, I just find this adorable. I'm not gonna do anything stupid, but if you need help, I'll try my best." Aki was still smiling at Carson, knowing that he'd do anything to make his friends happy. "Just let me know."