Eclosion | Kami x Reader

III. Sweet Aftermath

-13th of July 1998, Tokyo-

You adjusted your uniform, looking into the dusty mirror in the back of the shop. You had a few minutes left until you'd have to open up the shop. You groggily ran a hand through your hair while examining your sleepy face in the reflection.

Kami unintentionally woke you up early today, telling you that he's sorry, but he has somewhere to be. He left with a smile and a "I'll call you." You unfortunately couldn't fall asleep after that, no matter how hard you tried.

You heard the back door open and close, telling you that a coworker just arrived. You heard a bag being thrown onto the counter, which was followed by lazy shuffling and a coffee machine getting turned on. "Hey, ____." Miki greeted you. You whipped your head around to look at your black haired friend.

"Hi." You greeted her back and made your way towards her.

"How was your time off?" She asked as she poured the hot water into her mug. It's funny how this is a coffee shop, but it only has an old coffee machine with convenience store bought coffee for the employees.

You tried to fight back a cheeky smile at her question. "We hooked up."

Upon hearing that, Miki instantly woke up from her sleepy state and turned her head to look at you. "What?! No way!"

"Yes way, girl!" You giggled and leaned against the counter. "I told you Miki, guys are all the same."

"I know, but damn! On the second date?! Jeez.." She took a sip out of her drink, completely forgetting about the fact that it's boiling hot and accidentally burning her mouth. You two laughed at her accident and then Miki asked again. "So.. How was it?" She whispered with a smirk on her face.

You playfully raised your brow and thought about it for a second. "Well.. It was okay, I guess."

"Okay?"

"It could be worse. I had worse. This was okay. Not the best, but not.. that bad... It was okay."

You explained and your friend just let out a quiet "Mmm.." She blew onto her drink to cool it down, not making the same mistake again, and looked at you through her wispy eyelashes.

You looked down onto the counter and changed your tone to a more serious one. "He said he'd call me though and he had this like.. cheesy smile on his face. So I don't know about that. Do you think that he wants to hook up again?" You looked up at her again.

"Depends on the smile, I guess.. Show me."

"Show you what?"

"The smile! Show me how he smiled!"

"Okay, okay!" You giggled and stood up straight. "Like.. like this." You locked eyes with Miki and tried to reenact his soft caring smile, feeling slightly embarrassed by it. You both immediately bursted out laughing.

After Miki calmed down a little, she looked you dead in the eye and with a small smile, she seriously said; "Girl, that's not a 'I want to fuck you' smile, that's a 'I enjoy being with you.' smile."

"What?! Absolutely not Miki, you know I'm not looking for that kind of attention right now."

"I know! But don't say I didn't warn you!" She put her coffee down and grabbed her apron. She walked into the shop, with you walking right behind her.

"I think you're exaggerating." You said behind her. Miki whipped her whole body around to face you.

"If he looked at you like this.." She mimicked the smile. "..Then you're in serious danger, darling, trust me." Then she turned back around and went to unlock the front door to let the customers in, while you just stood there. Not surprised, just kind of mad. Not quite sure if the madness was directed towards her or yourself.