[HxH] Caffeinated Catastrophe

𓆩♡𓆪 Three: Affogato

Out of all the things that could be considered oddly relaxing but probably shouldn't be, cleaning has to be one of the top candidates.

It's a very physical activity, it's taxing work. You have to get down on your knees, bend your body to dust off specific nooks and crannies, wipe down objects that appear to never want to follow your desire of becoming fully clean.

Often, it turns into a one-man job. You have nobody to assist you with your work, so you're forced to do it all alone. And even if you do have someone to help, in the end, they often end up doing a worse job at it than you would've done if you'd just undertaken the task all by yourself.

But in the end, it's also rewarding. Standing there, scrutinizing all of the hard work you've done, reassured that for the next few days, you won't have to put in the same effort to keep your space looking clean. You've done your due diligence, now you get to rest.

Besides, who doesn't like living in an immaculate place? It's been proven to be a real boost to your mental health, a motivator for self-improvement. Residing somewhere you can feel yourself be able to fully breathe, let go of all the meaningless stress factors you're required to face in your everyday life.

It helps keep life a little more liveable.

And yet, there's also those stains that just never seem to leave. A blemish that follows you, unwilling to be diminished. You scrub away at it, over and over again, yet it remains, unsightly and aesthetically upsetting to the eye. As if it's taunting you, mocking you for your inability to rid yourself of it.

In these cases, going for a new option is sometimes needed. Something stronger, more permanent, something that certainly won't disappoint. A tool that may be a little difficult to acquire, but will be your biggest aid in achieving your goal.

Because you can't just let a small, minuscule, insignificant stain ruin your plans, right? You want to be able to live in a perfectly cleaned space with no inhibitors, no blockages that stop you from leading your best life, no?

To be the quintessential example of an ideal individual, you sometimes need to take measures others might see as a tad extreme. The amelioration of your life can include the deterioration of other things, and that is nothing to be ashamed of.

Purchase the tools you need. Scrub away at the stain until there is nothing left of it. Until it has turned into a shell of its former self, practically non-existent and invisible to the eye. Put in any effort necessary to ensure your ideal vision of life will come true.

Think about all of the rewarding feelings you will experience. Clean until the only remaining thing that catches your eye is how shiny the floors are, how neatly arranged every shelf, every counter, is.

And just like that, the stench of blood is gone.

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Upon arriving at their shop after a long day of buying necessities and catching up with other local business owners, Y/N had originally expected to be the first person to set foot into their store. A reasonable assumption on their part, considering the fact that without the set of keys they tend to guard with their life, nobody should be able to enter the building.

However, as they do know their customers quite well, the surprise they experienced was rather short-lived. Many of their long-term patrons happen to be rather unsavoury and vexatious individuals, so a break-in or two comes with the territory and is to be expected.

While their clients do often go out of their ways to not disrupt Y/N's usually tranquil everyday life, primarily since they don't want to lose their access to both the coffee shop owner's pleasant company and their unparalleled beverages, that certainly doesn't mean that this general rule of thumb applies to each and everyone of them.