-"How do you know if you love someone?"-
". . ."
"When they make it hard to say goodbye."
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"Love Hearts & Coffee Cups" is a cute, silly, and light-hearted Zana story where the two are fresh out of college and slowly falling for each other aft...
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Zane never liked being in public places.
Honestly, he never liked being around people in general.
But because he had a job that revolves around interacting with others, there was no avoiding it unless he wanted to move back with his parents after college. Since he wanted to prove he can be independent without their help, it was better for him to just suck it up and think about it more positively.
Being a waiter there was helpful in improving his social skills at the very least. Zane found himself not always having to rely on someone else to interact for him when in a large group of people.
Plus, as much as he disliked the job, it did pay the rent of his apartment with the addition of Vylad paying his share of it too.
And as always, someone managed to make him less stubborn and forced him out of the house. In most cases, it would be done figuratively. But if you were someone like Garroth, it would be a matter of literally shoving him out the door.
He should try to loosen up a bit. It had been quite a while since they all went together as a group.
However, simply walking into the IHop was enough to set him off; the place was loud and quite packed for a late Saturday morning. Even a wild Karen was there with her lovely demon spawn let loose around the establishment while the employees tried their best to get them under control.
Zane had his own fair share of working with such difficult customers in the few months he's worked at the coffee shop. Most tend to make a big deal out of nothing, so he was a little more sympathetic towards them.
Garroth had managed to find them a booth to sit at while Zane continued to survey the place. Vylad followed the two to their booth while looking down on his phone.
"What are you up to, Vylad?" The blonde asked once they sat down.
"It's just some business work; a few emails from different clients about designs and whatnot." He explained, pocketing his phone and picking up the IHop menu. "Oh, and Zane, your painting got a lot of good feedback on it!"
"Really?" He asked, puzzled. "It wasn't even that great nor is it a finished work."
