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"What a normal, boring and stupid day as always" he says as he takes a puff of his cigarette, inhaling the smoke and exhaling it all out, his boss would take his lungs off if he sees him smoking again in his workplace instead of going out, thinking about his boss, he thinks about what's his life, and how in his work, even him being related to one of the CEO's man in the office, he couldn't get a break, or an ounce of recognition at least, being just another number in this place, replaceable, a mere tool like his boss said.
Before he could continue in that spiral of thoughts, he found himself being interrupted because of a yawn. well...two nights without sleeping more than 3 hours would affect anyone he thinks to himself, justifing the fatigue he's feeling.
He looks back to the clock, realising it's already breaktime, he stretches out before getting out of his desk. "too much worrying, I need a coffee" and with that, he goes to the closest cafe near the place he works.
He doesn't like the coffee in his workplace, it tastes like lukewarm water, and the cafeteria food it's worse, being from almost a week,bitter and in general tasteless, he prefers to sacrifice a part of his sacred time if that means he will get something that returns his energies and would be of his like.
As he walks to the cafe, he passes through the cubicles, where the newest intern passes his time working. so claustrophobic , he thinks to himself, he can't imagine him working here, it looks like a cage so how does it feel to be here for half-day.
He walks to the newbie's cubicle and notices him missing, huh... weird normally he would find him working his ass until the fatigue gets him, is he even getting well pay? , he doesn't put a lot of thought in it as he continues to walk until he's out of the building, thinking he would find him outside, and as though, he finds the one he was searching before.
"Well well, finally taking some fresh air newbie?" He says as he gets closer to the other man that's sitting in the main stairs that lead to the inside of the building and connects with the street, the black haired one doesn't react to the others presence, so he sits down to his side and gets closer to the man's face so he can see it well, realising he's slepping, work is something, huh. He thinks as he remembers his own tiredness.
"Sleeping at work? Wow, and i thought you had more energy than that." He teases, making the other react a little bit, trying to sag his head between his arms, like he's trying to ignore the fact he's not sleeping in his home.
He gets his hand closer to the others cheek and poke it to see if the other would react in any way, and it happens.
With a grunt, the newbie opens his eyes, and gets a good posture as fast as he can when he realised he's at work, winning a snorted of the other man "I'm awake okay? Im just resting... my... oh, you." the stammered tone changes for a neutral one as soon as he sees the blonde one. "ouch, my poor poor feelings! he exaggerates At least a hello to conserve your job don't you think? " he teases at the disappointed tone of voice of the intern when he realised who is the one that wakes him up.
"Yeah yeah, what do you want?" He hissed with hostility, well, now I know what makes him angry he thinks at the hostility of the other one it's because he wakes him up. "Well, since im feeling so humble today, I Was seeking for you to go to the cafe that is close here, maybe a cup of good coffee instead of black water of rain will bring the life back to your body, don't you think?" He just feel the way the other tries to not roll his eyes, it's amusing in his opinion, the one with glasses get up and just nod and said with a sigh 'okay', a bribery always work as charming.
and with that, both of them get in the way to the cafe, none of them talk as walking or even when they're ordering, just when they sit on a table, The tallest starts asking "Black coffee? No sugar, milk, or anything at all?!" he exasperates, disgusted of how could his coworker drink black coffee like that.
"What's wrong with that?" He replies, in a more tiring way than before.
"It's bitter! It's like chugging pure desesperation of being wake up, at least a tiny bit of sugar!." "I disagree..." he snickered " I'm more surprised of your order, like, a sweet latte? With ice cream? I imagine you would order something like a capuchino or some tupe of-" "C'mon!! It looks edible and pretty so of course I'll pick that one "
He almost heard the other saying something about him having money but not enough for him to even tease him into repeating it. "whatever, you drink what you want and let me drink what I want"
the shortest says as he's yawning.
"Ugh... why is it taking so long??"
"... I think you're just inpatient... "
"You think? That's new!"
"... nevermind. "
As the two men are waiting for their order, they started to talk about work, life in general or just what they were doing before, of course, talk refers to just coworker talking and protagonist listening and doing hums or little comments to prove he was hearing everything his... friend is telling to him; he doesn't have the enough energy to even tried to talk something of himself just to be interrupted, and to be honest, protag was feeling calm with this, it was weird to him to feel this safe with someone who's too loud, egocentric and in general too much of a person that seems to have energy for almost everything.
But here he is, feeling less stressed with how his colleague talks about trivial things, trying to make them look interesting (and in some point they became interesting for the raven hair one).
In some moment of the conversation, he started to lose focus, being his little answers mumbled and clumsy, slowers too, and his vision more blurry.
However, before he could even get asleep again, the man who invited him become less mouthy and less noisy, changing a little bit his tone when he speaks again.
"Geez newbie, I didn't think you would get that bored of my achievements. "
The look his friend gave him, even if it was for a second, makes every drop of sleepiness leave his body, almost instantly, and taking a better posture before to try to explain himself.
"What?- No, No it's not lik-" he babbled before he gets interrupted.
"Well that can't happen, maybe you would like to hear more about my life! Since you're my number one fan " and as fast as his toned changed, it returns back to normal, maybe a little too plastic than before in his opinion, making the intern to question if it was his face falling for a moment, and not knowing if rolled his eyes at the supposedly change of talk of himself to other theme that is himself, or to question at the change of tone.
He didn't look too much at that, he's tired to even concentrate where he is , and after a while, their orders were bring, with each drink there was some kind if pastry (because coworker insisted )
They started to eat and drink in silence, the blonde surprised and cringing at how fast the one with glasses drink his black coffee, and the other amused of the taste of a child his friend has, grinning at the irony of the other's habit of smoking cigarettes in contrast of the sweet tooth he realised he has.
When they finished, they just stay quiet for a while, too quiet even for the newbie's like, considering with who he is.
"Hey... sorry..." "mmh? Why?"
"Because... you know, I almost fell aleep... sorry" "heeey. Don't worry your little head, i was just joking, y' know me!"
Of course the newbie would belive him, sigh and they'll continue with any talk about whatever it occurred to them, but he only frown... guilt in his eyes like he had killed a hypotetical pet of the blonde one
"Hey. Really, it's fine, geez..." He doesn't know what to say to the other one, so he just starts bragging. "I recently bought a car, a brand new Plymouth Sport Fury, $3,067, a beast! With 145 HP, four-door sedan, two- and four-door hardtop, and convertible, And the name goes with it, i saw it and i decided to buy it! It's better than going in taxi and being late." he concludes his bragging about a 'little thing' he bought, predisposed for the other to let him speaking alone and filling the silence with anything.
"You always learn the brands and details of what you bought, don't you?"
But he's welcome with a weak tinted smile of the ravannete one with a little bit of smugness in his voice, but also curiosity, something about that look, and the fact he's trying to get involved in the talk makes him want to continue, and he does.
"Well my friend, the secret to success is knowing well what you have, I mean, you can't just buy the first thing they tell you to buy, you buy what you like, and know what? it can save you to have a big headache, you can spot scammers more easily! " "Huh, interesting, and have you been scammed before?" This just makes him scoffed a chucked. "Maaany times, Imagine this. I was buying a coffee and they almost make me pay $2 more! And! It had less caffeine and less cream, it tasted awfully, ugh, some places of food decides to change the ingredients for cheapest ones and sell it with less content, the money it's fine for me, but Ugh, the quantity and quality! Horrible!"
This makes the other guy chuckle, agreeing silently with him by nodding. "yeah, it sucks, not only food places but also in other places, becoming more expensive and less content each time..."
He mentioned, paraphrasing what the buffed man said, with a hint of something similar happening to him. "but this place it's really good"
The shortest man looks at the menu they still have at hand, searching for the cheapest thing, to see if he could afford coming to this place often, for his surprise, he finds it, the same coffee and he ordered how didn't i notice before? and a plain cookie.
"I think I'll come often to this place, you're right, it's a nic-" "Well of course I'm right! I mean, when I'm not?"
And... he's back, being interrupted is something that annoys him, but maybe he can bear it if it's only this man.
"So you like it?" "Yeah, I like it" "I'm glad, well, I'm gonna pay" "same, it's f-" "Nah, I'm paying for our order, and don't worry, I'll look for you the next time we come here"
As fast as his frustration grew up by being interruptedfor the third time, it vanishes. "oh... wait, Next time? Why? " it's always so out of place what the blonde does, and surprises him everytime, he acts so out of place with him.
"Well you're really cheap, so it's nothing, plus, what am I if not humble?" Yet his words assure him it's the same coworker as always, he smiles for himself before thanking his friend and going back to work, each one where they have to go, the two of them with more energy than before.