Beautiful Chaos (Cole x Reader)

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"Excuse me, do you work here?" A teen boy with ebony black hair and brown eyes asks me with furrowed brows. His shirt was a tang top as it flexed his muscles, like hard core big muscles. I haven't seen muscles those big since the centaurs back home! I shook my head from the thought and nodded to answer the boy's question.

"Yes, uh, how can I help you?" I asked while folding my hands together and smiling to presume presentable. That's what Daisy always said to do, be polite and only talk when you have to talk. That's how we'll survive the human world. He brushed his hand back through his long locks to keep the strands out of his face. He smiled back at me and looked around the shopping cart. It's just another human, nothing special, remember your priorities.

"What would you recommend I get?" He asked while placing his index finger and thumb on his chin. He switched his gaze from a stuffed creature to me, to another animal on the cart, and then back to me. I furrowed my brows at his question and blinked.

"I'm sorry, can you reword that? I don't understand what you mean..." I asked him while scratching the back of my neck. He chuckled and shook his head.

"You're good, you're good. I mean, which little guy here should I get? Its tempting to buy all of them." He explains more thoroughly while returning his chocolate eyes to mine. I chewed my lower lip while looking around the cart. He's right, it is tempting to just buy all of them.

"I mean, I personally love animals from the sea. So a cute dolphin would be great, oooh! Or maybe a polar bear! They're always adorable, but then again who wouldn't want a penguin to just snuggle with?! Not like you'd be able to do that in real life, but-" I stopped myself from my rambling and placed my fingers over my mouth to help me stop. The boy just smiled and chuckled lightly. He shook his head.
"I apologize, go with the polar bear. I feel like the bear goes with you a lot." I answered his question finally while pointing to the little section of polar bears. He chuckled lightly again and grabbed one.

"Its fine, thank you for your help. Say, you really like animals don't you?" He asks while grabbing a stuffed polar bear to give to me to pay. I grinned and hummed.

"I love animals, they're just amazing. Especially with how they help our world and environment. Its, kind of magical." I explained my opinion while scanning the item. I widened my eyes, realizing what i had just said.
"But of course, where would the earth be today without the science behind it too??? Pff! Magic doesn't exist...that'll be $6.78." I quickly saved my own ass and debunked my true opinion. He sent a curious gaze and handed me a $10 bill. I smiled and put the bill in to get his change out.

"Um, keep the change. Thank you for the conversation." He said with slight pauses in between his words. I was completely flabbergasted.

"Oh, uh, thank you! Enjoy your day!" I scrambled for words of his parting. When he was out of sight and hearing I groaned and rested my head on my palms. What the hell was that??? Why is it so hard to talk to humans??? Humans are practically animals as well, which means I should be fine talking to them! So what was that???

I sighed and out of boredom, started playing with my braids. They're long so it was a bit more entertaining. A few more customers came up, it was just a family getting souvenirs before leaving the zoo. I looked around the zoo to see if that boy or Daisy was anywhere. Nothing. I heard cries from Bubbles and Carl again to come over and play. I double-checked the area again to make sure it was clear. Then I headed over to throw their tennis ball again.

"You're both lucky I was getting tired and bored at the cart." I told them while prepping to throw the ball again. They cheered back and Bubbles asked about the boy from earlier. I shook my head.
"Just a one time thing, Bubbles. Probably will never see him again, and I have other worries to focus on. You know, with my whole kingdom held hostage by werewolves and such." I explained to her as Carl went to retrieve and give the ball back to me. I felt someone coming so I dropped the ball into the pool and ran out of the dolphin area while closing the gate.