A 21 year-old male named Yukashi, who works at a small cafe, experienced something that wasn't on his daily basis. He works the night shift since it is most uneventful during dark, but his life was turned upside down.
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Ring...ring..ring..
"Hngh..night already..?" ,I groaned as I sat up on my bed. I took a few moments to rub my eyes and yawn after I turned off the alarm. With a tired sigh, I proceeded my way off the bed and went to go brush my teeth. After getting my hygiene over with, I walked over to take a look in the fridge. "Haa.." ,a defeated sigh escaped from my mouth as I decided to eat a banana for a quick snack.
After doing all that, I dressed up for the day and began my way outside. 'Pay day is near, just a little bit more..', I thought to myself.
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**SETTING**
(pretend its dark. :)- )
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I wore my apron and walked over to one of the free registers. Since it was dark, the cafe was pretty empty. As I felt like I was gonna stay here without entertainment, my best friend, Zijaki walked in. "Why are you here so early?", Zijaki chuckled as he put on his apron. "Hey, pay day is just in a few, why not?", I replied with a smile.
"Haa..it isn't as crowded at night. Believe me, in the morning, its hectic as hell!", Zijaki walked to one of the free registers next to me as he explained. "Well, I interviewed for night shift for a reason. I'm not much of a 'crowd-loving-person', plus I get paid for basically standing around.", I let out a sigh.
We let the moment sink in, in silence. After some time of talking, we heard the bell ring as a eerie customer entered the premise. "A..An Americano, please..", the customer spoke in a shaking tone, to be honest, it scared both Zijaki and I. "Of course..sir..?", I nervously chuckled as I left to make the Americano.
To my surprise, I came back to see Zijaki being held at the throat by the eerie customer. Without a second thought, my instincts kicked in and I managed to throw the hot Americano at the eerie customer. Though, the eerie customer only dropped Zijaki and held onto the burn mark on his face. "You..you have amazing..skill..aim..", the eerie customer crept on a psychopathic smile.
'Was he not affected..? He literally has a burn mark..', I thought to myself. I looked over at Zijaki who had widened eyes. "Is it my turn now..? This is fun..!", the eerie customer laughed as he slowly peeked over to see Zijaki on the floor with widened eyes. I stood there frozen, not knowing what to do or what I was scared of. 'Was I scared of HIM or what he is going to do to Zijaki..??'.
Knowing that I had to think fast, I jumped on the counter with a pen. Dashing towards the eerie customer as I jumped onto him, stabbing the pen into the eerie customer. "Damn..it..! Zijaki, c..call some-someone..!", I struggled the words out of my mouth as I desperately held onto the eerie customer who was letting out a disturbing shriek.
I seriously did not expect this day to happen. After I saw Zijaki place the phone down with a relieved face, I knew he had contacted the right person. Though, I can't hold on for too long as the pen was about to snap. I don't have the strength to properly fight this person either, temporarily paralyzing him is all I can do at this rate..
It wasn't long before I realized the pen had snapped. The eerie customer didn't stop shrieking as it threw me out the window with ease once the pen had snapped. The force he had used made my body too pushed back to move. I closed my eyes as I knew I couldn't have managed to survive such an attack.
