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Cyno had just started his shift a couple of hours ago, and ever since he had been here there was a man in the corner. He was typing on a laptop with an ongoing crease in his brow, looking quite stressed.
His coffee was long forgotten and had definitely gone cold by now. He was also very handsome, Cyno noticed. He considered talking to him on his break which was coming up.
The coffee shop was pretty packed but thats what Kaveh and Alhaitham were here for. Speaking of them..
“Alhaitham! Would you put that book down for once and actually work?”
“Why should I when your working so hard on my behalf?”
“What? If that’s the case then give me your paycheck for this week.”
“Now thats a bit much.”
“Exactly, so get to work!” Kaveh snatches the book out of his hands, and thats where things get physical.
“You made me lose my page!”
“Too bad!…”
Cyno rolled his eyes at their daily arguments. He’s suprised they havent scared off half the customers. While theyre ‘occupied’, he sneaks across to the table where the stressed customer sat.
“Hey. Do you mind if I tell you a couple jokes?” Cyno pops up, admiring the man’s beauty up close. He was absolutely stunning from afar, but even more ethereal from this view.
Simply breathtaking.
“Uh, hey. Sure?” He looks confused for a second, giving his full attention to Cyno.
He feels put on the spot almost, like he has to impress such a beautiful man with his jokes. Suddenly he feels extremely small. Scrambling his memory to find one he considers his best, Cyno clears his throat.
“What are the strongest days of the week?” The man smiles, he smiles! Cyno feels as if hes already done an amazing job at impressing him and he hasnt even finished the joke.
The smile spreads warmth across his cheeks, he hasn’t felt like this in forever. He hopes his blush wasn’t visable.
“I dont know.. what are they?” He questions.
“Saturday and Sunday. The others are weekdays.” And the smile instantly goes away and Cyno feels like hes failed. Should he have picked out a different one?
“…” He comes to the conclusion that his joked sucked. His face looked as if he was trying to figure the joke out.
“Huh? You dont get it? You know, weekdays are weak-“ Cyno began to explain, but gets cut off.
“No no, I get it.” He confirms, confusing Cyno further.
“Oh. Did you.. like it?” Cyno asks.
“Kind of. Why do you tell jokes? You don’t look the type to tell them.” Ah, there goes his ego.
“Really? I try not to look so stern all the time..” Cyno admits, and he can tell he feels bad instantly.
“No no, you don’t look stern, your very good looking actually!” He says, and his boldness strikes Cyno in a different way. For once in his life, hes lost for words.
How could a man he didn’t even know cause him to get so out of character?
“You looked stressed and I wanted to cheer you up.” He blurts out.
“Rea-“
“Cyno! Quit torturing the customers with your horrible jokes and get over here!” He hears Kaveh shout from across the building.
“Why does nobody ever like my jokes? I guess theyre not that good.” He off handily comments, ignoring his co worker. Cyno briefly hears them break into another argument about butterflies or something.
“Its not that I dont like them. I do.”
“Really? Your the first to say that.” Cynos eyes seem to light up at this, and he feels genuine happiness spread across him.
His jokes didnt suck!
“That isnt suprising..”
“Cyno!” Kaveh calls again. He supposed he should go now to prevent a fist fight.
“Anyways, gotta go. Have a nice day.” Cyno flashes a smile, then slips a small piece of paper from out of his pocket and hands it to him.
xxx-xxx-xxxx
If you want to hear more jokes - Cyno
Tighnari smiles like an idiot at the small note with messy handwriting and immediately gets out his phone to save the contact.