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Minato "Actual Housecat" Arisato // 有里湊 ([personal profile] moribound) wrote in [community profile] recolle2017-02-26 10:44 pm

[Open] Taking orders and breaks;

WHO: Minato and you!
WHERE: Expressive and the park
WHEN: End of February and beginning of March
WHAT: Life as a barista and as a student who sometimes takes way too much of a break
WARNINGS: None

I. Expressively Espresso-less, afternoon

[It's a relatively quiet day in Expressive for once and Minato's glad for it since he still doesn't deal too well with crowds, even if the coffee shop can hardly accommodate anything close to what a normal person would call a crowd.

The only problem is that he's the only barista on duty since not many customers are coming, and that means having to look each of them in the eye. Glasses can only help so much with obscuring his expression, not that there's exactly a lot to see when he's as blank as an order that hasn't been decided and his tone is similarly dry, as if he were an old librarian instead of a twenty-year old barista.]


...May I have your order, please?

II. Park, morning

[The park's usually silent enough in the morning that Minato prefers to be there before people start milling in, especially the children. Not that he has anything against them, children are simply too noisy for his own liking and they'd interfere in what he's trying to do today.]

Here, kitty, kitty... [He doesn't come here too often, but Minato tries to always bring food for the tiny group of stray cats living at the outskirts of the park, lips curling into a smile when one comes running to him mouthing a fond meow.]

You're Kuro, right? You look great today. [The black cat purrs, letting Minato rub its soft fur while it paws at the treats in his outstretched hand. The scene could go on for minutes with how blissfully content the pair are only to be interrupted the moment someone approaches from behind, causing Kuro to retreat into the bushes and Minato to look up from where he's sitting as if he's trying to explain what was he doing.]

Ah...do you like cats? I just happened to be passing by and I thought they could use some food. [Why is he asking that when he was clearly feeding one earlier?]

[personal profile] appraiser 2017-02-27 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
It's like you read my mind; I like hazelnut too.

[ Is hazelnut the right flavor though? Ryoji can't imagine that it's as simple as hazelnut creamer in black coffee... and to be honest, he isn't sure he can recall anything about the flavor that could help guide Minato into recreating it for him, because when he looks back on the memory, he'd been so focused on the person in front of him instead of the steaming cup in between his hands. And that person is the largest blank to the memory.

He pauses in studying the person in front of him now, trying to superimpose Minato's face onto the one in his dream, but he isn't sure. The kindness and consideration is there, but... well, maybe more will come to him later. ]


Is that really alright? There's this coffee I once had— it must have been a long time ago, because I can't remember much about it— but I can't get it off my mind lately. It's like... if I could taste it again, it'll bring back to mind somebody important I must have forgotten, that sort of feeling. [ Rarely does he get so fixated on something, that saying it out loud makes Ryoji laugh. ] It sounds silly, doesn't it? You're the first person I told.