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- At Blight Manor -
Bright and early at 5:30 AM, Amity sat in front of her glamorous makeup mirror, combing her hair as she yawned. She wasn’t even dressed for school just yet, wearing underwear and a crumpled nightshirt. her Hexside uniform hung in the closet, ready for Amity to take and wear for class. The sun wasn't even half up yet, showing how early Amity had woken up. "Another morning of pain..." she mumbled before yawning, her hand with the comb drooping slightly before she woke herself up again, going bac to brushing.
Her mother, Odalia Blight, came over to her daughter with a cup of warm water and a small sponge while Amity was brushing her hair. “Hold still,” she said as she semi-gently pulled her daughter’s head to face her. Before Amity could protest, her mother started dabbing her face with the sponge, her eyes, nose, and mouth getting splashed with warm water. She pulled away a few seconds later, sputtering and coughing as her mother continued to sponge her face. “There, now go back to tidying up, you’re going to be late,” Odalia said as she left the room. Amity frowned as she looked at her hair. She had to comb and tidy up all over again.
Ten minutes later, a properly showered and dressed Amity made her way to the dining table, where a bowl of expensive and fancy looking oatmeal waited for her. At the table sat her father, Alador Blight, eating his own breakfast. He was munching on a piece of toast spread in black jam while reading the newspaper.
She didn’t see her siblings at the table, which was a small bit of luck on her part since they would most likely make her already insufferable morning even harder to handle. Given that they didn’t have a zero period study hall in school like her, they could afford to sleep in another half hour before they had to get ready for school. Amity quickly ate her breakfast in the span of 2 minutes, putting her bowl in the sink and washing down her breakfast with a glass of cold water before quickly hurrying to the door where her schoolbag was.
Her father looked up and cleared his throat, making her stop. “Have a good day at school,” he said. “And make sure not to forget your lunch again.” Amity flushed and hurried back to the kitchen to grab her smaller lunch bag before hurrying out.
As she made her way to school, she wondered how long she’d done this routine. Waking up extremely early, only to spend a few hours struggling to pay attention, despite the ‘top student’ front she put up every day. It was getting harder and harder to handle classes, with her parents demanding her to put more hours into studying herself in perfection, while juggling extra credit assignments and spending time with her friends. She was getting less than 6 hours of sleep a day now, especially with exams coming up.
Amity’s nerves would overload her brain, giving her an equivalent to anxiety attacks in classes. Hiding them was hard to do as well, especially when Boscha and her goons were now on the lookout for any ammo they could use to embarrass her after ditching the Grudgby team captain and her gang.
It was fairly safe to say that Amity was losing it. The only thing that was keeping her sane was the thought of the human. Luz Noceda, a cute and very pretty human girl who came into her life and gave her one thing she needed, friends. As cheesy as that sounded
After ditching Boscha and the others for Luz, Willow, and Gus, Amity never felt happier to be in a group. She and Willow were slowly rekindling their friendship, and she was getting closer and closer to her crush, Luz Noceda. No amount of stress would take that value away. Amity let herself smile softly before yawning as she came into view of school.
- At the Owl House, 45 minutes later -
It was super early in the morning, King yawning as he lay on the counter after Luz carried him there. As he lazily opened his eyes and looked up, he saw Luz at a strange machine, taking out a pot from the machine and heading towards the counter. "Morning..." he mumbled tiredly.
"Morning, ya little munchkin," Luz said as she put down the pot near King, the steaming black liquid bubbling inside. King stared at the strange substance through the glass wall and its strange lines. “Hey, what kind of potion is that stuff? And where did you get it?” the little fluffy demon asked, tilting his head.
“Oh, it’s not a potion. It’s coffee,” Luz said as she tipped the pot over, a stream of that black liquid pouring into a mug, wisps of steam blowing out. “Eda found the machine and a container of it, in her stash of stuff. The machine was still working, and the coffee is new, so I thought I’d make some.”
“What’s Kaw...Fee?” King asked awkwardly, as Luz internally cooed at the adorable attempt in pronunciation, as she went over and opened the refrigerator.
“It’s a hot drink popular back in my world. We drink it if we’re too tired or plan on working or staying up later. Gives us a boost of energy,” Luz explained as she took out a few other things from the fridge. “I’m surprised this stuff is this new. I'm guessing this was the last stuff Eda got before...I blew up the portal.”
King looked away, remembering how hard it was for Luz to tell Eda about the loss of her only way back home. “What about that stuff?” King asked, looking at the other stuff Luz took out of the fridge.
“Creamer, milk, sugar, whipped cream, and chocolate bars,” Luz explained as she looked at what she managed to scrounge up. “Everything you need to make your cup of coffee perfect. Well...I might not be using the last two, actually...”
“Ooh, I want some!” King demanded as he reached over and tried to grab the mug of black coffee, only to yelp in pain as the hot ceramic burned his little paws. "Ow, it hurts!" he whimpered.
“It’s hot,” Luz warned, taking the coffee mug by the handle, and away from King's reach. “And if you drink this, you won’t be able to nap, you’d be too awake to sleep. Plus you'll end up being too energetic, which is probably something Eda doesn't want.”
“But...chocolate and drink...” King whined pitifully as he reached his little paws for the cup, now out of his reach.
“Sorry King. I’ll make it up to you with cuddles and pets after school,” Luz promised, rubbing the depressed fluff ball on the head softly. “But Eda wanted to try some, so I’m making some for me and her.”
“You called?”
Luz and King turned to see a sleepy Eda trudging her way to the table. “Right!” Luz said as she held out the mug to her mentor. “Here you go. A fresh cup of...” She looked to the large brightly colored coffee bag on the counter. "Dunkin' Donuts Original Blend."
Eda took the mug and looked down at the steam rising from it. After she blew on the steaming liquid for a few seconds, she took a little experimental before coughing violently. “Blehh...” she said.
“Yeah, black coffee is bitter, but if you want, I could add cream and sugar-“ Luz offered before Eda cut her off with a raised hand.
“Nah, I’m not too bothered by the taste. I’m just used to the apple blood,” Eda said before taking another longer sip. “It isn’t that bad anyway.”
“That's good. Umm, how’s Lilith?” Luz asked in concern.
“She’s doing OK. The curse has been pretty nasty in her, she spent the whole night crying after turning back,” Eda said, eyebrows furrowed in worry for her older sister before sighing to herself. “Hopefully she’ll get used to it soon.”
“Want me to save some coffee for her?” Luz offered kindly.
“Yeah, just in case she’d be interested. So, what’s this stuff do?” Eda asked, looking back down at her mug.
“Oh, it helps wake you up, so you aren’t so tired to the point of being a zombie in the morning. You know, like-” Luz said, before letting out a dramatic zombie moan as she flailed her hands to visualize her point. "-in the morning."
“Ha, good one kiddo. Oh...ooh, wow, I feel that,” Eda said, her heterochromia eyes now wide as she set the mug down. “Wow, this stuff actually works. You sure this stuff ain’t a magic drink? Some potion you learned in class or something?” she asked as she looked at the 2/3rds full coffee mug.
“Nope. Caffeine and energy only, well...those two are practically the same thing anyway,” Luz said as she poured her own cup of coffee, before drizzling in some creamer and sprinkled some sugar into her cup.
“Now that looks like light chocolate,” King said before making his way to Luz. “I want it...”
“Sorry, King. Not sure how coffee will affect you,” Luz said. “I don’t wanna hurt you.”
“Wait, then why does Eda get to have it? You never know if human stuff can hurt witch stuff!” King said.
“King, just relax. I’m fine, see?” Eda said as she sipped her coffee lazily. “Mmm, not bad.”
“It won’t hurt me! Now, I demand that kawfee! Give me a cup or suffer the consequences!” King demanded childishly, standing up and pointing at the mug in Luz‘s hand.
Luz just reached over and pecked King on the forehead before guzzling half the mug down in quick succession, just as the glass ball blared red, the alarm going up. “Sorry, I have to go!” she said as she poured the rest of the coffee and a generous amount of cream and sugar into a silver thermos that said ‘Don’t Talk To Me Until I Had My Coffee’ on it. “Don’t let King drink my mug, and save the rest for Lilith!” Luz said to Eda as she opened and hurried out the door with her things.
“Hey, Luz! How was your mor-“
“Hi Hooty bye Hooty!” Luz yelled as she raced off, the loud owl tube’s voice being cut off by the door slamming.
Eda finished her mug and grabbed Luz’s mug. She set it on top of the cupboard, much to King’s dismay and chagrin before grabbing her Owlbert staff. “Luz, I’m your ride, remember?” she called exasperatedly as she made her way outside to catch up to Luz.
King just looked at the mugs now out of his reach and just squealed loudly in anger and defeat, stamping his little foot. “I’ll get that coffee if it’s the last thing I do!” he proclaimed before yawning. “But first...nap...”
- At Hexside Academy , 10 minutes later -
Eda dropped Luz off at the courtyard, saying a quick goodbye and good luck before heading back to the Owl House. Luz made her way to the entrance, where she reached the waiting Willow and Gus duo near the stairs. “Hey guys!” Luz said, coming over. “What’s going on?”
“Nothing new, just waiting for you,” Willow said as she stretched her arms. “Cutting it kinda close, are we?”
“Had to make coffee for Eda,” Luz explained, grinning widely. “So, how bout you? How’d you sleep?”
“Um, good,” Gus said, raising an eyebrow. “Hey, are you OK?”
“What do you mean ‘am I OK’? I’m cool, excited to learn about today’s classes, come on, let’s get to class,” Luz said in the span of 1.2 seconds.
“Well, you seem weird,” Willow said, before clearing her throat and rubbing the back of her head. “More weird than usual.”
“Hmm...” Luz said as she took out her thermos and screwed the cap open. “Could be all the coffee I drank earlier.”
The smell that drifted out made Willow and Gus drool. “Whoah, that smells really good...” Gus said. “What’s this coffee?”
“Umm, it’s an energy drink. You drink this super early to wake up easier. Plus your attention span gets more attention,” Luz said. “It’s a picker-upper.”
“That sounds super useful,” Gus said as he whipped out a notebook out of nowhere, with the title "Human Appreciation Club Notebook" on the cover. “Humans also created drinks and substances to help with their daily tasks such as waking up,” he muttered as he wrote down what he was currently saying
“Sounds like a hassle, but it does smell good,” Willow said as she took a deep breath.
“Yep, we’re geniuses like that,” Luz said as she took a small sip. “Want some?”
“Hmm...maybe later. I don’t think I need a picker upper right now,” Willow said. “Thanks for offering, though.”
“I’d have some but I’m already awake,” Gus said. “How about I come to school extra sleepy tomorrow?”
“Sounds good!” Luz chirped as she closed and put her thermos away before bouncing up the stairs. “Come on, let’s get going.”
Luz jumped into someone else by accident, both of them yelping in surprise as they tumbled down the stairs, landing painfully on the pavement.
“Ow! Watch it you-LUZ!” Amity spat out before her voice rose a dozen octaves higher in embarrassment as her face burned a bright red. She jumped to her feet in order to help her crush stand up. "S-sorry about that, are you OK?"
“H-hi,” Luz said as she grabbed Amity’s hand, pulling herself up and dusting herself off. “My bad, shouldn’t have jumped into you. So...crazy morning?”
“Y-y-yeah!” Amity stuttered, giggling nervously as she tousled with a lock of her hair. “Super early and...tired...zero period was a pain.” She ignored Willow and Gus’s stares at the back of her head as she focused on Luz in front of her.
“Huh. Sounds like you need coffee,” Luz said, dramatically spinning and yanking out her thermos. Amity raised an eyebrow as the human girl offered her thermos, unscrewing it and releasing the aroma once again. Amity’s eyes widened as she smelled that sweet, beautiful, and tempting smell. “I-what's coffee, exactly?” Amity asked as she looked into the thermos.
“Oh, it’s an energy drink made by humans,” Gus explained. “Helps you wake up easier. Plus it enhances your attention span.”
"Energy drink? That sounds...useful," Amity said, as she looked away awkwardly.
“Come on, try it,” Luz offered, holding out the thermos to Amity. "You look like you kinda need it, no offense." Amity took the thermos, smelling the coffee inside it before slowly tipping the container.
As the hot and sweet liquid flowed down her throat, Amity’s eyes widened. Her entire body suddenly felt warm, and her heartbeat quickened at a higher rate than usual. She now felt more awake, energized, wary, and more importantly, more focused. Amity stared down at this miracle drink in her hands, pupils slightly dilated. She probably shouldn’t have felt the way she did, but it felt good and she didn’t care. "Wow...this stuff tastes great! I feel more awake already," the green haired witch remarked, looking down at the coffee.
“Wow, coffee doesn’t work that quickly, but hey, that’s all the better to wake yourself up with, eh?” Luz joked to herself, before Amity tipped the thermos up again, taking larger gulps and unknowingly taking over a half of the entire thermos.
“Wow. Looks like you really needed that,” Gus said.
“I’ll say,” Luz said, watching in confusion. Amity looked down and realized over 3/4ths of the thermos was now empty.
Amity bushed brightly in horror as she quickly gave the metal drink container back in Luz’s hands. “OhmytitanI’msosorry!” Amity cried in embarrassment. “I didn’t mean to drink so much, I was just so tired and-“
“It’s cool, it’s kinda extra for later. Not that I usually need it. I’m not sure about the rules in bringing drinks to class, so it’s best to finish it early for that better boost of energy,” Luz said before the bell screamed. “Well, gotta go! See you later!”
“See you at lunch!” Willow said as she headed to her class, Gus hot on her heels. Amity said her own goodbyes and headed off to her own classroom, feeling warm and jittery.
“Whatever that drink was...I need more,” Amity said to herself. “I haven’t felt this good in...ever!” Maybe Luz had some kind of potion recipe that could let her make her own coffee. It would definitely help with school, and that kind of help was just what she needed with the incoming exams that were coming up.