My Idiot Herb

January 3rd, 2022

Don

8:30 am

January 3rd, 2022

"C'mon we're almost there," says the familiar gothic female in front of me.

She had shown up at my door at 8:00 repeatedly ringing my doorbell trying to get me to wake up and to be completely honest I almost called the cops on her. After convincing me not to call the police she rushed my morning routine and then dragged me out of my house towards the bakery she had mentioned the day before. 

"We're here!", she sounds like a child on Christmas morning.

I look up at the building in front of me. It's one of those buildings you see downtown that have a store with a couple of extra levels at the top to do what you want with it. There's a simple sign in front of the store, but it says Basil Confections in beautiful calligraphy. The building is made of faded brick with a white lining overall the place looks quite quaint. 

As Eastyn opened the door the smell of freshly brewed coffee and desserts hit me in the face. This place smelled amazing also the aesthetic of the cafe was so pleasing. It had a large window with plenty of natural light plus everything inside was made of light oak and there were plants added on around the place as decoration. I continues to look around in awe as Eastyn dragged me to the front counter.

I was snapped out of my daze by a soft yet kind voice, "Hello, what can I get for you today?"

I looked across from me to see an almost feminine-looking man about my age. He had wavy short albino hair that some of it went into his piercing blue eyes that matched perfectly with his clear perfect porcelain skin. To offset the albino look he had on a black turtleneck sweater with black pants and a stained off-white apron to top it all off. He had a smaller more frail build and his facial bone structure was softer and more feminine than that of a normal male. He almost seemed to shrink under my gaze, and I hadn't even realized I was staring until I felt Eastyn nudge me in the gut. 

I looked over at her confused and she whispered to me, "Your staring daggers at this poor guy."

I looked over at the guy who appeared a little intimidated by me.

"My apologies, you're just extremely attractive," I say bluntly.

I see his white face flood with red.

"Th-thanks, I guess?"

"Pardon my friend, he's extremely blunt," Eastyn says interrupting us.

"Oh no it's fine, it's not my first time hearing that," he says, rubbing the back of his neck. 

"I'm sure it's not you really are handsome. Anyway, can we have two banana mango scones and  a medium skim milk latte and Don?"

"I'll have a large hibiscus tea. Also just out of curiosity are your baked goods made of Basil?"

 He chuckles, "No."

"Then why Basil Confections? I'm curious," I say leaning on my forearms in front of the tablet that he was taking our orders on.

"Well, last time I checked my name was Basil and I'm making confections," he replies, grinning and leaning in closer as well.

"Oh. Well, that makes sense," I say getting up, "Well in that case I'll have the lime pudding with coconut whipped cream."

"The hibiscus tea might take a little longer since I have to make it,"

"That's fine I'll stay here for a bit,"

I watch the guy, Basil, turn around and yell to the back, "Hey Char!"

I see a girl with really short red hair and pale skin, pop around the corner, "Yes Baze?"