Chapter 5 : LUKE LOVES HIM!!

Chapter 5

“ That boy’s so cute, isn’t he”, One of the girl yelled in excitement.

“ Not much, he’s so-so”, another girl interrupted, standing beside her.

“No no no, I think he's cute, I should go after him, he will notice me for sure”, the girl fixed her makeup and hair quickly.

“It’ll be a waste”, That girl Told her from back but she was late.

“Um, Mr Luke, I can teach him all the basics, you don’t have to worry, you can go back to the cash counter”, the girl pointed at the people crowded around the counter, “ Look there are already so many people, dry couldn't handle them”. Luke went there.

“So, what’s your name?” the girl asked.

“Ryan”, he felt a little uncomfortable.

“Oh, I’m Amenda, You can call me Amy, I’m working here for quite a long time”.

“ Oh”

“ You’re not much talkative,… nevermind, how old are you…”

“ Seventeen”

“Only”, she sneered, “ so that means , I’m older than you”

“But miss Amy you look much younger”,

“Ow, don't flatter me”

“ I’m not, I can tell you from this distance, that your skin is so smooth and white as milk”

“Then look at it from closer look”, she shoved her face in front of his face. She stood so close to him that he could hear her breath.

“ I-I think We should focus on our job right now”

“Yeah, so this is the coffee machine, put cup here...etc…etc”, she described everything and taught him to make basic coffees.

“Your main job is to serve, like us, but still you should learn some of this basics”.

“ Got it”

Ryan tried to make another one on his own but spilled hot water on his hand while placing the cup in the machine. Thanks to his fast reflex , there weren’t many damages, just a little burn on his index finger of right hand. Amy ran to the freezer, brought ice cubes and ointment. Carefully rubbing ice on the burn, she applied the ointment.

“I am sorry, I was careless”, Ryan apologized staring at his hands.

“Don’t be, it happens, while working here you might get burned or even get a cut. So bear with it. All done”, She put a bandage on his finger, “It’s not a big wound , two days will be enough for it to recover. It’s 7 already, I should go home or mom will shout, bye”, she placed a light peck on his cheek and left.

“All learned?” Luke asked while leaning to the door, cross hands.

“You have serving as your job, so you have some time to learn it all, now come to the front desk.”

He saw a bandage on Ryan's finger, “what happened to your finger”, he held his hand delicately to look at the wound.

“No… nothing, just a small wound”, Ryan flustered.

“Will you be OK to work”

“Yea-h yeah, absolutely”, he took back his hand.

Ryan was enjoying his job, both at the café and at the car washer. At the car washers, he learned pretty quickly to use the equipments, also the staffs and the owner were quite helpful and supporting. So right at the moment he was comfortable at his jobs. He even had weekends for his own. But there was one problem, TIMING. The timing was a bit tiring from 12 at noon to 6:00 PM at the car washers and then from 7:00 to 11:00 PM at the café. On the weekend he cleaned their room thoroughly from washing clothes to mopping the floor, cleaning their kitchen etc.

On a bustling evening as always, a lot of people came at the café. A group of four girls were sitting at a table next to the door, they always came there after school. This gang had some bad rumors about bullying other students in school.

A girl with short, brown curly hair, wearing a school uniform ordered 4 cappuccinos and started talking with the other three girls in same uniform. Another girl on that same table, wearing a pair of round glasses and her hair tied up to a bun, her badge showed her name Lilia.

“What are you staring at Stella”, she asked the previous girl, took a side glance at the way she was looking, a handsome guy was at the counter, talking with a cute part timer.

That guy she was staring was the owner of this café, Luke.

“Don’t stare at him like that, it’s creepy”, she warned Stella.

“Shut up, it isn’t”

“Do you like him or what?”

“Yeah I like him”

“I didn’t know you like that cute kinda guy”

“What! cute?... Not the cute one, that tall and handsome one, I want him but that guy with curly hair is the trouble”.

“He is? How can he be a trouble, he’s just worker here”

“There’s rumors going on, haven’t you heard, wait… Look”, Stella showed a post on her phone saying “they look sweet together, they are real, I’m telling you, I have saw it in their eyes”. A photo of them standing together holding their hands. It apparently looked romantic, but it shows only the owner helping out the other.

“It looks normal, what’s the problem with that”, Lilia pushed her glasses to her nose with a sigh.

“I won’t give in to that boy, I want Luke for myself, I will put him out of the scene”, she smirked.

Ryan left early although his shift was not over for that day.

“Tomorrow is Darius’s birthday, I will prepare something as a surprise for him”, Ryan thought. He left the cafe early with a small cake in his hand. Although the cake was small, it was filled with his love for Darius. He never had a chance to celebrate his birthday in those past two to three years but this time he promised himself to do celebrate.

He bid goodbye to Luke. He had an iced americano before leaving, sipping into it, he turned to a dark spooky alley. Suddenly, someone caught his both arms at the sides, that americano splattered on the ground as well as that cake he bought for his friend. A coarse, yet familiar female voice lingered, “ So, you are this weak, I thought I have to bring some guys from my school, but it is enough for us to take you down”.

“So you were waiting for me to leave the café, now, now, what do you want”

“…”

“Ah, I think I know what you want, you want to beat me”

“You… You”, she grumbled.

“Yeah… Me, I heard you while you were planning to Take Me Out of the scene, oh, where is that another girl with glasses”.

“… She went home, but that’s none of your business”.

“Do whatever you want, he will not give up on me, I’m sure Luke loves me hard”, he sneered sarcastically, “why don't you…plead to him to let me go, I’m already tired of him, but you can’t, so that’s why you are trying to bully me, I’m not that soft guy, I’ll let you Pay for your wrongdoing. He looked quite terrifying with bloodshot eyes on top of a creepy laugh.

“You won’t be laughing”, she pulled out a paper cutter with a sharp and shining blade.

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