Exasperation

4 | Paladin's Pal

Slam!  Espresso had slam the door on his face. Madeleine giggled as he walked back to his house. As he was walking his phone started buzzing. Madeleine took his phone out and saw a text from his friend. He smiled as he went to go read the messages and kept walking. He kept chatting with him until- Clash!  Madeleine had ran into someone, dropping his phone. He looked up to see Espresso? Espresso looked at the floor with pure confusion as Madeleine quickly picked up the phone. Espresso stared at Madeleine before he spoke. "Madeleine. Who is that?" "Oh! It's just a friend of mine. Why do you ask?" "No particular reason." Espresso mumbles. Why was he so angry about it? Could it be, Espresso's jealous? Madeleine shook his head and apologized to Espresso and ran towards his home. He hurriedly took out his keys and zoomed inside and locked his door. Madeleine cooled down and checked the text on his phone, as he was being spammed. His friend, Taiyaki, asked if he wanted hang out on Saturday. Madeleine paused. Wait. Saturday? I have plans with someone else that day! But I can't deny Taiyaki! Madeleine shivered. What could he do? It was in two days! He panicked and paced around his room. Oh my god what do I do literally both of my dearest friends wants to invite me on the same day but I can't deny either one of them I will feel to bad and- Brrrnnggg. Brrrnnnngg. Who could that be? Madeleine hurried to pick up the phone and realized it was Gingerbrave. Madeleine sighed in relief and picked up the phone. "Hello?" "Hello Madeleine! This is Gingerbrave and I just wanted to ask how it went with Espresso? Is he alright?" Gingerbrave asks. "Ah yes! Do not worry my friend! He is quite alright!" Madeleine happily exclaims. "Yay! I'm glad. Thank you for checking up on him! We were quite worried. I'm happy he is alright though. Goodnight Madeleine. Sweet dreams!" Gingerbrave replies, relieved. "May the divine bless you with great dream my friend!" Madeleine exclaims as he sets down the phone. Madeleine sighed as he took off his armor and got into more casual clothes. Madeleine set his phone on the bed stand and fell asleep peacefully.

Espresso on the other hand, was wide awake. Espresso was in the middle of his experiment as he thought of the incident with the phone. Was he really jealous that he had other friends? He couldn't be jealous of his enemy! Preposterous! Espresso paced the laboratory worrying about Saturday. What if he got set up? What if it was a joke? What would he wear? Is there an experiment that d- BOOM! Espresso flinched and backed away from the coffee. Are you kidding? I overdid it? I messed up? What happened? He stared at the timer that went out a minute ago. Espresso hurriedly turns off the heater and hits the table. I can't believe that cookie was the reason I messed up my only experiment this week. He shoved his head into the table and angrily tears up paper. Espresso turned off all his equipment and stomped to his room. Espresso sat on the edge of his bed and shoved his head into the pillow. And screamed. Espresso throws the pillow onto the top of the bed and grabs his blanket and crouched up into it. He rocked back and forth, still angry. Espresso got up and walked to the kitchen to get a mug. As he used his coffee machine to create the coffee he suddenly remembered. He had gotten groceries. Espresso opened his fridge and got milk and cereal. Despite his hatred for milk and coffee. As he poured FRUIT LOOPS into the bowl he wondered what they'd do on Saturday. Park? Fair? Walk? That's when he realized the coffee was overflowing. Espresso cursed as he turned off the machine and grabbed the mug, putting it on the table next to the cereal. Espresso went to grab a spoon but realized that he forgot where they were. He frantically searched the drawers before giving up. He took the bowl and just chugged it. Partially choking. He checked the clock, 6 AM. Espresso sighed and went to grab his notebook. In this notebook he jotted down whenever he felt light headed. Which was right now. He wrote down 01/09/-- 6:03 AM. As he set the notebook down he took a sip of his coffee and nearly died. This is not coffee. He ran to the sink and started drinking water from the tap. What is this?

Authors note:                                                                                                                                                                  Hello! I want to thank you all for reading what I have so far! I hope you enjoy it! I just wanted to say that Taiyaki is an OC of mine and is one of my first. I might be able to add a drawing of him in the next chapter! But till then thank you for all the support!