The Grinning Blue Barista (Shance Modern Coffee Shop AU)

Chapter 11

Hey, guys. Thank you for being patient with me, I am a trash piece of garbage human being who cannot write a chapter within a week to save their life. I actually forgot that I had a story here, whoops. Please leave comments, I absolutely love comments. They give me life. Anyways, enjoy this super short and super adorable chapter.

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Shiro could not believe his luck. He'd just happened to run into Lance on his way home from one of his tutoring sessions, and he'd actually been able to talk to him! He hadn't imagined that Lance would be so knowledgeable when it came to the things Shiro liked. He hadn't been sure if he would be able to have a conversation with Lance without being incredibly awkward and putting his foot in his mouth, but the conversation had flowed, moving from one subject to another and another.
Now they had arrived at Lance's apartment, and they immediately saw Blue sleeping on the couch, stretched out like a piece of taffy. Lance smiled warmly, causing Shiro to lose his train of thought. His eyes softened at the love in the smaller man's eyes, at the warm smile on his face.
After putting the cat food and other groceries away, the two men sat on either side of the cat on the couch. Lance picked Blue up, kissing the feline on the forehead and laying him back down on his lap. Blue curled up on Lance's lap, continuing his peaceful sleep.
After a few seconds of Lance watching Blue sleep and Shiro watching Lance watch Blue sleep, Lance suddenly seemed to realize that he was not alone. He burned red, turning his head to look at Shiro and mumbled out an apology. Shiro then also mumbled out an apology, both cementing the fact that they were awkward airheads.
"Your cat is nice. What's his name?" Shiro had completely forgotten to even ask about the cat, but seemed to somehow have gotten his sanity and his tongue back just in time for the silence not to have been too long.
"Oh! He's Blue. I actually just got him today, I was feeling really bad but then I went to the park and it smelled nice and I guess he was also nice and he made me not feel lonely so I decided to keep him and..." Lance had been rambling, but suddenly stopped, as if there was nowhere left for his train of thought to go.
"He, uh, it's- a lovely name." Shiro was so dumb. He was dumb on another level, and he couldn't believe that was the only thing he had said. Should he add to it? No, that would just seem forced at this point, like a last minute add-on to save ass.
"Yeah, I guess."
Dammit, now Lance looked down. Shiro felt like an ass.
"Oh, shit! I'm supposed to make lunch for my nephew! Sorry to leave suddenly, Lance, glad I could help with the cat food and stuff. It was awesome talking to you, maybe we could do it again sometime?"
"Sure, I'd like that." And Lance's face looked better again. He absentmindedly played with Blue's feet.
"Awesome, thanks! See you then, love ya!"
The door closed. Shiro walked down the hallway. He stopped. 'Love ya'? Oh, no.