Grumbo Oneshots

The Hermit Cafe

This next story was requested by Hog-wildStyledChild, and I really liked the idea. I hope you enjoy reading this story as much as I enjoyed writing it. Also, this one's really long, so be prepared for that. On with the story.

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Grian was walking to his workplace, he worked at the 'Hermit Cafe', a cool and quiet hangout area that was very popular amongst the locals. The place was small, but that didn't limit the number of customers it had. Most came in every day. Some before work or classes and some during their lunch breaks. But one customer in particular caught Grian's eye.

He was taller than Grian, had raven colored hair and a mustache. Every day, Mumbo Jumbo, or Mumbo for short, walked in and ordered the same thing thing; a medium iced coffee and two cookies. Grian already memorized his order. Mumbo usually came to the cafe around 6:15, before going his classes at the nearby university. He was studying to become an engineer. Grian attended the same university, but he had afternoon classes, which gave him enough time to open up the cafe at 6 am and leave it to Jevin at 2, he worked every day except Sundays, when the cafe was closed due to lack of business that day. Grian was planning on becoming an architect.

Grian unlocked the door to the cafe and began to set everything up. it was 5:58. When he finished with everything, he sat at the counter, reading the day's newspaper. A few minutes later, the bell above the door rang, signaling that somebody had entered the cafe. Grian looked up from the newspaper to see Scar coming towards the counter. "Hey, Scar! What can I get for you?" Grian asked, ready to prepare his first order of the day.

"Just two coffees and two blueberry muffins, I'm waiting for someone," Scar replied, blushing and looking away.

"Is it Cub by any chance?" Grian asked, grinning. Scar nodded, still blushing. "You two are cute together. Anyways, that'll be 12.18." Scar handed Grian the money.

"When are you gonna settle down with somebody, Grian?" Scar asked and saw Grian pause briefly, face turning bright red.

Grian coughed and went to work on Scar's order. "U-umm. Gee, Scar, I don't know..." Grian trailed off, face turning more red.

"Do you like somebody?" Scar asked. Grian remained silent, still continuing with the order. "You do! Who is it?"

"I don't li- I mean... there is this guy..." Grian stammered out and handed Scar his order. There was also a faint sound of a bell dinging, but the two of them didn't hear it.

"It's a guy? What's his name? Where'd you meet him?" Scar asked, curious.

"Umm, well... he's a regular customer here," Grian said, blushing a bit.

"Who is?" asked Mumbo.

"Just Grian's crush!"

"Scar!"

"Oh, really? Who is it?" Mumbo asked, trying not to get his hopes up too high. He had been liking Grian for a little while now. He had blonde hair and was a bit shorter than Mumbo. He was perfect in Mumbo's opinion, but he wasn't sure about how Grian felt towards him. Did he view him as just a friend or a little more?

"It's nobody," Grian replied, trying to hide his ever-reddening blush. "Anyways, would you like your usual order?" Mumbo nodded and took out his money and handing it to Grian. "Here's your change," Grian said, handing Mumbo his change and blushing a bit more when his and Mumbo's hands touched briefly.

Grian went to work on Mumbo's order. There was an awkward silence as Grian was working on Mumbo's order and Grian felt Mumbo's eyes on him when he was turned around. Mumbo was admiring Grian, but he snapped out of his trance when he realized that Grian was looking at him.