The familiar chime of the seashells you'd hung over the main entrance door reached your ears, making you break your gaze away from the doughnuts you were packing away and instead focus on the potential customer entering the premises.
"Hey!" The enthusiastic voice belonging to a curly-haired boy you now considered as a regular exclaimed, a smile appearing on your face as you pushed your glasses up to the bridge of your nose and set the tray of freshly-baked pastries down on the counter, taking off your mittens and wiping your hands over your apron.
"Good afternoon!" You greeted, a happy grin present on your face as you welcomed him with the wave of your left hand. "How're things?"
The teenager responded by saying he was doing well, afterwards resorting to picking his usual order up and thanking you with a smile, followed by a quick, though friendly goodbye.
Once he left the building, you remained alone with your thoughts again. Today was a slow day, and you were anxious for it to be closing time already.
Though to most people Mondays were meant to be a stressful day, you looked forward to each one — at least, ever since you met with the purple-skinned woman with the lavender hair and bright gemstone on her chest.
You'd become a close acquaintance to her, enough for you to sneak some of the leftover doughnuts and sweets, which you occasionally accompanied by coffee and juice pouches, after closing time marked on the clock you wore on your wrist.
There were still five hours until your work shift came to an end, and you were growing impatient.
You wanted to confess something to her ever since the last time you met with her. The thought had been drifting through your mind restlessly and, though to others it seemed like a silly and unimportant thing to worry over, it was one of the matters you most found a meaning in.
The hours passed on with you attending no more than eight to twelve more customers, the day going by awfully steady and lacking its usual line of sweet tooths and people looking for a quick break in the midst of their hectic, daily lives.
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"There's something I want to ask you." You began, your throat about as dry as the stale pastries you'd thrown at the nearby seagulls an hour before closing time.
Tension began to swell over your chest, finding it hard to take in the air outside your workplace.
Your breathing hitched, and you found it a challenge to word out the remaining of your thoughts. You fumbled with your watch as your eyes tried to face with the person in front of you, until you finally found the courage to say your thoughts out loud.
"I was wondering if. . ." You trailed off, pressing your lips together as a huff exited through them.
You were taking too long, and you knew you had to wrap things up soon before you were found out.
"I was wondering if we could be friends." You finished, a relieved sigh melting the tension away from your face.
"Who're ya talkin' to, _________?"
The easygoing voice belonging to the one you'd been looking forward to meet with almost made you jump. Your now sweaty hands turned into fists and you were hesitating on turning around to face her instead of the mirror on your hand.
"Didn't know you were the type to need some self pep talk." She teased, well-intentioned laughter leaving her mouth as she proceeded to walk forward and give you a rough smack over your upper back. "Dunno why you're doing it, but keep at it! I'm here if you need someone to cheer you up."
It was at that moment that you wished for the concrete grounds below you to swallow you whole.
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That's all for this first update!
In contrast to the slightly angst-y, slightly romanc-y vibes of the previous two books, I've decided to make this a more short n' sweet sort of story, meant to give more "feel good" vibes than anything else.
I've also made some changes in regards to the original, 1k+ chapter length.
With my recent work on Quotev titled "Liberosis", I found out that it's easier/more convenient for me to chop down the chapters in half in order to make the updates more frequent. As a result, the updates will now be twice a week (Mondays and Fridays) instead of once!
Anyhow, that'll be all for now! Feel free to let me know if you believe something's off or you see something that could be improved. :-)
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FanfictionBOOK 3 of 'The SU Song Title Series' RELEASE DATE: Early June/July of 2018 Simple small talk between you and one of the Crystal Gems leads to late night talks and the occasional venting.
