The soft orange sun slit through the covers so as to disturb Queen's beauty sleep. But she blinked open nonetheless, knowing that she should or else she would lose her job. She missed those days where she was just a student and not someone working her butt off for the rest of her life.
Groggily she sat up then stopped short as she noticed her cat staring at her across her room, sitting on her desk with his limbs hidden. Queen thought of a potato at the sight of her cat. She got used to his behavior every morning, it's like he is telepathically waking her up without having to breathe on her face, which she preferred the former.
"You hungry Buddy?" Queen rose from her bed and began to tidy them, "just a minute..."
Buddy just stared at her and getting excited at the moving sheets and had wild movements in his eyeballs, but stayed at the spot, maybe too lazy to move.
"Alright Buddy, let's get you stuffed today..." Queen said as she walks out of her bedroom and went to the kitchen, pulled a cat food from the lower cupboard, "...hmm I think I'll be going home late tomorrow, is that alright?."
Queen pat Buddy's head as he rubbed his ginger body against her leg, then chomped on his food when Queen placed the bowl down.
As she stared at her eating cat she found herself remembering her dream, the same dream she often has. She shook her head so to erase it, but she knew it would still resurface later.
Queen sighed and stood up, dusting off her pajama in the process. Then glanced at the wall clock in the dining area and thought about getting ready quickly.
Getting refreshed from the cool bath and wearing more comfortable work clothes, Queen sat down on her dressing table, took out several makeup materials from the drawer and paused.
It's been a while my lovelies...
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The sound of an entry bell resonated at an almost empty cafe and an ash-head perked up as he saw their regular customer enter.
"Queen!" Louis jumped up and smiled at her and said, "you're early today."
"Good afternoon..." Queen greeted rather timidly and went near the counter, and gave Louis a pressed smile, "Louis."
Upon hearing this Louis made a fake shock look and joked, "Did I just heard my name from you?!"
Which Queen responded with a flat look, turning slightly attempting to walk away but Louis quickly asked for her orders as he chuckled at her reaction.
"It was a joke, it just a joke. Geez" Louis said.
"I know" Queen responded, which surprised Louis a bit and quickly looked up to her from punching in her order. Queen then just smirked and went to her favorite table.
This delighted Louis as he happily called Agnes to make the order.
"Here's your favorite drink, aaand your meal will arrive at about 10 minutes, your highness" Louis curtsied after placing a cup of Choco Latte on Queen's table, "aaand a handsome guy to accompany your loneliness" he then winked with a charming smile.
But Queen just tried to not get disgusted at his odd gesture and tried to smile which failed.
"You know, you don't have to force yourself" Louis said a little hurt.
"I... don't need an... escort" Queen looked away, embarrassed at saying the word 'escort'.
But Louis burst out laughing, plopping himself down at the seat across her in the process.
"Did you just seriously say 'escort'?HAHAHA!", he said while wiping a tear, "you're funny Queen."
"Huh?"
"I was— I meant to say as a friend, not a— HAHAHAHA an escort!" Louis is now covering his mouth to not further disturb the other customers.
Being embarrassed enough, Queen lowered her head and glared at Louis for doing this, "It's not funny at all."
"Okay, okay, I'm going to stop now..." his laughter died later after a few attempts.
Somewhat Queen hid her smile.
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Just a Crush
Short Story"Maybe it was just my heart palpitating to the effect of that coffee, it's been a long while since I drank one..." Queen clutched her heart, as she felt another beat and her stomach starts to flutter inside. "Yeah, let us think that way." Queen is n...
