Is This Even Coffee?

You're Sick

Spending an hour in the cold throwing snowballs at each other wasn't the best idea. Now look at you. Stuck in bed and with a cold. At least you got today off. Maybe don't have a snowball fight in a parking lot. Now you need to go pick up some cold medicine. You spent a good twenty minutes forcing yourself to get up and get ready. After putting a face mask on to stop you spreading this cold you got in the car.

Once you got into the store you realized just how horrible you felt. The growing headache didn't make it any better. Well, it could be worse. You reach for the pain meds when another hand reaches for it at the same time. Is this how you meet your true love? You turn to look at the stranger who went for the same item.

"Are you fucking serious?" You said out loud.

"As serious as this cold I'm assuming we both got." Seto replied.

You grabbed the meds off the shelf with anger. "It's your fault we got sick." You stated.

"I just needed a decent cup of coffee." He said as he grabbed another package or medication.

You rolled your eyes and walked away from him. You were sick and didn't want to put up with his shit. You strolled around and found the cough syrup. You reached for it when you saw his fucking hand reaching for the same fucking item again. This time you just smacked his hand and grabbed it. You heard him snort.

"Are you serious?" He asked.

"Nope, I'm never serious." You said as you walked towards the checkout.

You had everything you needed and wanted to get away from him as soon as possible. You just wanted to recover in peace. Luckily you got to checkout and everything was peaceful. You even made in home in one piece. You took your medicine and slept the day away to recover. The coffee shop let you take two days off besides your regular day off to recover.

When you came back to work after your sick days, it was business as usual. You saw the regulars, and some were nice enough to say they missed you. Then you saw Seto walk in. You realized that you didn't think of anything to make him. Damn.

He didn't even order. You both just stared at each other. Trying to intimidate the other. You managed to punch in the order for him, without breaking the stare. You both actually managed the whole the transaction without talking or breaking eye contact. You've never felt a more tense moment. After he paid, he sat down in a nearby chair.

Time to start back on your bullshit. You decided to be nice today. You both just got over a sickness. You decided to make him a tea. Some chamomile and lemon with a little bit of honey. Maybe he'll even be nice and stop being a dick head. You finished and served it.

He takes a sip and makes a face. "Is this tea?" He asks.

"Yes." You replied as you started on the next customers order.

"Why would you give me tea? At least coffee has some use." He complained.

"Tea does have a use. I made that one specifically for helping with a cold." You replied.

"A cold we have both recovered from." He said.

"Well, I'm sorry for trying to be nice." You snapped back.

He stared down at his tea and took another sip. "Thank you." He said softly before he started to walk out.

"Was that a 'thank you'?" You called out after him.

You're pretty sure you saw his face turn a shade of red as he left. You giggled to yourself about your triumph. The rest of your shift went by with some excitement not caused by Seto. One of your coworkers quit on the job. She threw a fit about not being able to get with the CEO of the company your coffee shop was connected to. She accused you of being a reason why and tried to throw down before security came in.

The rest of your shift went down fine though. You just had to clean up the rest of the mess. Luckily your manager was there to help you and cover up her shift. You and your manager talked about it while you both worked. She had planned on firing that worker due to complaints from other customers about her. After that your manager dropped it and you both continued till end of shift. Seto wasn't there after work to berate your tea. So, you got to go home in peace and without catching a cold. Maybe he learned not to fight you in the parking lot.

When you came in the next day you noticed your manager with someone. A short guy with tri colored, spiky hair. Your manager told you the guy was a new hire to replace one of your coworkers who quit. You introduced yourself and found out this guy was named Yugi. Soon you both got to work. Chatting in between orders and getting to know each other a bit better. Yugi was pretty friendly and chill.

You noticed Seto walk in. Apparently so did Yugi and he went to get Seto's order. Luckily you stopped him.

"I've got this one." You said as you walked towards the register.

"Please, just a coffee." He said a little desperately.

"Give me a good reason why." You responded.

He just groaned and handed over the money. You laughed and put his order in. You sorta felt like an antagonist of some poorly written fanfic. You liked that feeling. You winked at Yugi as you made Seto an iced mocha frap with chocolate chips. Yugi just watched you wide eyed and tried to tell you that wasn't the order Seto wanted. You just waved him off and served it up to Seto.

Seto looked at both of you. He gave out a groan and took the drink and left. You giggled to yourself as Yugi just stared at you in astonishment.

"That's the first time he took one of the drinks I made without much complaint." You said with a few giggles.