One Saturday afternoon, I stroll around the city and discovered this underground càfe. At first, I mistook it as a Greenhouse because of the lot type of plants hanging there and displays of different flowers such as daisies, sunflower, rose, and woah my favorite tulips. As curiosity kills me, I walk in the entrance as I wanted to know what is the look inside of this mysterious cafe. I stopped at the front door and read the name "Havre Cafe" Okay that's interesting.
I opened the door and a chime can be heard, an indication that someone has enter the cafe. I look around to pacify my eyes and I can't believe what I see. Black and white photographs display on the right side of the wall. It was collected and created as a collage. Hmm... a figure of a dog? I don't what exactly breed it is, but as I look closely Aha! It was definitely a dog. I shifted my eyes to the corner and I saw a lone piano, my amazement went high when I noticed its brand name and realized it was an old version. So they are in vintage things too huh? I smirked a little. I wonder how they preserved this piano, the keys are still shining like it was an unused instrument brought here only for display. In the nearby area beside of piano, I also noticed a vinyl set and a casement where a compilation of old tapes and vinyl disks are uniformly aligned.
I shifted my gaze to the left side of the cafe and I see some casement and fixed windows. There are also hanging plants displayed, and from the open window, the sight of a flower garden will surely mesmerize you. A lot of flowers blooming and some groups of butterflies and bees are enjoying and flying around the flowers to get pollens.
After I become content with the given sight outside I shifted my gazed back inside the cafe and noticed a few numbers of customers sitting peacefully on the wooden types of furniture sipping their hot coffee, and savoring the sweet pastries while others are busy reading their favorite books. Along with that atmosphere, soft jazz can be heard in the background. What a cozy and vintage cafe, it was perfectly designed for the kind of people like me. I smiled in my mind. Good job Freen, you found an interesting place. I complimented myself. I think from now on it will be one of my favorite places.
A sudden voice interrupted my cloud-nine thought "Welcome to Havre Cafe, ma'am!" a red hair girl with a hair nametag said "Irin" greeted me enthusiastically and plastering her cheerful smile. I nod my head and beamed a little smile as replied to her.
I start to pace the counter to see their menu and made an order to fulfill my growling tummy. I read some names of their coffee and sweets pastries hmm... maybe carrot cake and vanilla latte will be fine. I uttered to myself. As I was ready to tell my order a cute girl greeted me politely "Hello ma'am, welcome to Havre Cafe! Can I get your order?" plastering her sweet smile. I'm amused by her presence, I think the tickling of the clock stopped at that moment. I look at her face and noticed her long black wavy hair neatly tied in ponytails, her perfect eyebrows that compliment her hazel brown orbs, cute pointed nose, and kissable lips. Woah... her overall feature screams perfectly. Is she for real?
Dug dug... dug dug... my heart suddenly beating wildly.
A little cough cut my daydreaming coming from the girl in front of me. No, I'm not daydreaming, I just appreciating her b-beauty that's it. "Uhm... ma'am may I get your order again?" asked the girl in front of me. I feel a warm creeping out in my cheeks, I blink my eyes a little and composed myself "A r-regular vanilla latte and one slice of carrot cake." I stated nervously. Freen why are you nervous and stuttering in front of this girl? Mentally scolding myself. You were embarrassing yourself. "It's that all ma'am?" asked this cute girl. "Yes, that's all." I replied and shift my gaze at the nametag in her upper right Rebecca huh.
"Okay ma'am, your coffee and sweets will be served after 10 minutes," Rebecca said and flashed her sweet smile again. And that is the first time, I met my happy crush Rebecca.
Freen POV
So, here I am again at the Havre Cafe enjoying the peaceful vibe while quietly reading the book in my hand. Numerous people are visiting this cafe today, maybe because of the cold weather. A tiny drop of water started to pour, and later on the window at my sight become misty. I stopped a little in reading and had a little glimpse outside, it's raining not that heavy but just enough to cure the thirstiness of the plants in the garden. At least their prayers were already answered. I chuckled a little having this silly thought in my mind.
"Hey, here's your order." My silly thought was cut by this girl. She carefully places the coffee and cake in front of me. "Thanks, Bec!" I beamed enthusiastically and plastered my gummy smile. "Can I sit here?" she asked while pointing to the empty seat in front of me. I stand up in my seat and move the wooden chair enough so that she can sit comfortably. "Yeah, sure. It's my pleasure to have you here as my company." I bowed gracefully and act as if I'm serving a royalty princess and laughed a little while offering her to have a sit. She just shook her head slightly smiling with her sealed lips not taking seriously my joke and taking her seat.
Rebecca POV
While preparing her casual order which is a vanilla latte and carrot cake I smile widely when I remember how we first met. I remember that time when I heard the entrance door chime indicating that a new customer enter so I look at where the sound came from. I see a sight of blonde hair girl, her eyes are shifting in every corner of the cafe. Maybe appreciate the vintage vibe of this cafe, thanks to my brother for designing the interior of this cafe he totally knows what can satisfy my taste. I look back at the girl and she's pacing forward to me. Oh gosh! Her eyes are alluring, not only that but her nose is so perfect for my liking and her lips sh*t I think my rainbow self can't handle her. Okay, take a deep breath Rebecca and calm your unicorn hormones.
When my breathing is stable, I greet her casually. Like how does the staff greet customers and ask for their orders? I noticed that she froze for a second and I'm thinking about how to bring her life back. So, I coughed lightly getting her attention and I asked her again what is her order coz there are also customers at her back waiting for their turn. She back to her senses and stuttered a little. While stating her orders, I focused on her face and noticed her bunny teeth. Oh, cute. She's pretty. I'm glad, I still get her order and to make sure that I get it correctly I repeat her orders and asked if that's all. She agreed and I was relieved mentally.
She's staring at the window and smiling? Hmm... weird. Well, Freen is a regular customer here she always visits here every weekend. Starting from 10 o'clock in the morning until the cafe closed. She's just sitting at the corner left side of the cafe, reading her favorite book and eating her usual order which is carrot cake and vanilla latte. I wonder how she can do that, reading her book for a long time and sometimes taking a glimpse at the flower garden. Okay, I need to serve this, I don't want my Freen to starve to death.
"Hey, here's your order." I carefully place the cup of coffee and plate of cake in front of her. As usual, she gave me her gummy smile which is one of the things that give butterflies in my tummy. As I said earlier she become regular and that lead us to create a special bond.
Every weekend my shifts are only in the morning, so after my shift, I will sit there in front of her and talks about random kinds of stuff. At first, I'm shy to approach her but my best friend Irin who's working part-time here told me that sometimes she caught Freen staring at me, and that boost my confidence, and assumed that maybe she like me too? And that's the start of our friendship, well it's the start of friendship right?
After a lot of conversations with Freen, I realized that she's a risk-averse type of person, but sometimes she's not herself. Like right now she's taking care of me in the eye of the public. I know I'm special to her based on her treatment. She always accompanied me going home, always checking on my whereabouts when she can't visit the cafe or when she had a very tight schedule. Updating me, every time she had free time from her work. I know this little gesture is something, not normal friends do. Yeah, that's where I concluded that our bond is special.
"Uhm..." I look at Freen and it's look like she want to say something so I raised my eyebrows indicating her to continue what she wanted to say. "Beck, uhm... do y-you wanna go out tomorrow after your shifts"? she asked shyly. Oh crap! She's so cute when she's getting shy. "Are you asking me on a date?" I asked her teasingly. A blush flashed on her cheeks and nod shyly not meeting my eyes. A tint of red presence in my cheeks, I didn't expect her boldness. "Okay, babe let's date tomorrow." I voice out as finality in her plan.
Finally, Freen understood her assignment.
End.
