𝙲𝚊𝚏𝚎 𝙱𝚘𝚢𝚜

First day

Dave was new to the job and was alreadt running late. He cursed himself for not setting an alarm to 6:00, but he was better late then not showing up.
He hoped off the bus after thanking the driver and walked his way over. He could see that the place wasnt so crowded, and in his opinion, it was very calm.
He clocked in and put on his uniform. It was a dark pink shirt that matched with his soft pink locks, a white apron, and a nametag that simply said 'Dave'. The white shirt he was handed by another co-worker was placed on under his pink shirt, making collar of the white button up pop out of the pink shirt.
He was rushed to the counter to take orders and direct people. Now he wished that hadnt told the manager that he didn't mind talking to customers, cause now his anxiety was building up.

"H..hello what may I get you today?"

His hands were shaky as he wrote down the order. But was he was finishing up another co-worker said he would take it from there and let Dave run along. Dave thanked the other boy and read his name tag.

"Thank you Phil"

He walked away to start making the coffee, and calmly started brewing. He was so calm while pouring the coffee and cream in the cup, even giving the coffee a design with the word 'Techno'.
Just as he finished up piping the Nutella on a croissant, another worker passed by ruffling Dave's hair. It was a weird jester but Dave could care less, also the idiot was walking around with his name tag on his back.

"Wilbur..."

Dave thought to himself, "where had he seen that stupid face before?". He shrugged it off and handed out the order, collecting the tip as well.

The day moved slow but comfortably. Whenever Dave needed help he would call over Phil, who would gladly help him. Or, sometimes he would catch Phil and Wilbur in the lounge room when the customers were coming in slow. "They seem really close, that's nice" he thought to himself while cleaning down the counters and mopping.
Whenever he would catch them laughing, a small smile would plaster his face. He really just thought the whole thing was cute.

Soon the cafe got a lot busier, making all the boys tend back to work. Coffee after coffee, order after order, and serve after serve! The boys were working hard and were getting tired, but that didn't stop them from working hard and together. Sometimes Dave would tend to the counter and take orders for Phil as the bucket hat boy would fan himself outside.
Wilbur would also clean up after kids who would make messes and would occasionally change the music from one lofi song to the next.

Soon the customers calmed down, leaving the cafe almost empty. The only people that were still there were students who were studying like Dave and Wilbur should've been.
Wilbur and Phil retreated back into the lounge area, leaving Dave up front to hand out coffee for the few students who looked a bit sad.

It made him sad to see kids struggling to answer questions and almost cry over them. So, as he would give them coffee, he would also ask them if they needed help. Or he would give them a free croissant to make them stop crying.

He also felt bad for the kids who were stuck at the Cafe cause they didn't have a ride, or didn't have money for one. So he would slide them a few dollars out of his wallet so they could get home safe.

He felt better about this job as everyone was exiting the store. The only people still there were the trio of Wilbur, Dave, and Phil.
Dave and Wilbur were stuck with mopping, while Phil had to wipe the place down. It was full of Wilbur and Phil chatting while Dave was in more of his own world.
Anyways, after hours were done, they hung up their uniforms and said their goodbyes.

"Wait! Dave before you leave, have this"

Phil handed Dave a small strip of paper with both His and Wilbur's number on it. Dave let out a small laugh, as the paper was littered with little doodles of Minecraft and a guitar.

"Hope we can be friends!"

Phil said before leaving, Dave leaving after him shortly.

"First day complete!"

Dave thought to himself as he got on the bus, going home.
He couldn't be happier!

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