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Mumbo was tired, obviously; from what seems to be like an overnight stay in his company, He is an owner of a successful company that dabbles in machinery; so surely there would be nights he doesn't sleep well.
So.. after getting ready, he decides to walk to the building; he is almost there until he stumbles upon a small coffee shop near his building.
"Just a cup of coffee and we'll be ready for work" Mumbo says with a tired voice
He walks in and is surprised at how empty it is, surely this would be full at this time but hey! at least he can get a good look at the cafe while ordering or waiting for his coffee.
While mumbo was walking around the small cafe, He heard something..
"Psst.." could be heard around somewhere but when Mumbo turned around; there was no one.. "Strange.." Mumbo says while he continued looking at the cafe, inspecting it like he was about to question how dirty this place is.
"Psst.. Over here, Go to the counter!" was something Mumbo heard after that, Following what that mysterious pesky and mischievous person said; Mumbo goes to the counter but there was no one until..
"Boo!" Someone with dirty blonde hair wearing a funny but spooky chicken mask jumps out the counter, making mumbo jump and fall to the floor. "Oh no!" The chicken masked blonde suddenly went outside of their spot and helped the somewhat easily spooked man get on his two feet, The man while mad still gave him a thank you.
"Oh.. Uh, Sorry about that!" The man with the chicken mask says toward Mumbo, "Thought you were a regular, but it seems like he didn't come for some coffee today" He says with a somewhat disappointed tone. "It's no worries," Mumbo says while he knows that it's what he would've not said in that situation "Just.. make sure you know who comes in the coffee shop first before you decide to spook said person." He added
The Blonde took off his mask, Revealing what he finally looked like.. He has black eyes with a pretty face, He was pretty short so Mumbo was practically towering this man.
The Blonde forgot his name tag so he pulled it out of his pocket and attached it to the apron, Revealing the name "Grian".
Grian hurriedly tossed the chicken mask under the countertop, and went in position; saying "Hello! Welcome to The Hermit, A coffee shop for those that want a fresh start for the day! I'm Grian, What can I get you on this lovely morning?" Finishing it off with a smile.
"You.." A minute of silence between the two happened until Mumbo awkwardly tried to save it with "..r best seller! Yeah, your best seller!!", Why was he like this; He shouldn't be but somehow he is like this somehow..
"That would be the Eye of Coffee! Most of our regulars and new customers like it due to its amazing aroma of hazelnut and taste of hazelnut but to me I'd like it for the design! Our coffees are made with love, That could be typically seen with our lovely designs but don't want to spoil the details so.." Grian laughs at his own words
"I'll pay now!" Mumbo says while still not recovering from what just happened a minute ago between them
Mumbo sits down in a chair and is trying to think of logical reasons why he acted like he did earlier..
- A few minutes after Mumbo thought long and hard about what just transpired between them, as if something else DID happened.. -
Mumbo feels something hot touched his cheek, Not that it was super hot but it was the right temperature for you to feel it. He looks to where he felt it and sees Grian holding his coffee, Nodding towards Grian as a way to say thanks.
Grian placed the coffee on the table with a smile, It made Mumbo smile as well; Grian sat in the seat facing towards Mumbo, God.. I'm not good with eye contact mumbo said to himself; He turned away quickly in a random direction but luckily he did because he was able to see the magnificent view that this cafe had.
Mumbo kept looking at the view until he heard Grian say..
"Hey, What's your name?"
He quickly was back to face a somewhat tired Grian, with his apron a bit crooked and messy from what seems like to be coffee dust and milk stains; He couldn't see what Grian's expression was due to him being in a napping while sitting position.
"I kind of didn't ask you that earlier when I was writing your name, So I just wrote it as.."
"Very tall dude with a bushy mustache" Both of them say in unison, Grian raised his head at mumbo looking at the cup he was given; Grian saw his expression after saying that, He was too busy at the fact that Grian named him that to notice that Grian's cheeks turned pink for a second.
Grian probably noticed so he quickly went back to that position for mumbo not to notice his expression and face, Grian only saw what he looked like from a cashier to customer perspective but now mumbo looks so different from what he saw earlier..
"Mumbo," He said "I'm Mumbo Jumbo"; Grian nodded as a way to say that he will keep it as a memo as for the next time he comes back to this cafe, which is probably never.
Mumbo noticed Grian finally raising his head and placing his hands and elbows as a stool for his head, "Weird name, Should've been called Bushy Stache instead" Grian laughed; Mumbo played along and said "You can't talk, You are a spelling mistake away from being called the origin of most cereal brands" Grian liked the joke and laughed cutely on accident, making Mumbo laugh with a tint of pink on his cheeks.
Grian had a bit to look at mumbo for a bit, It sucks he didn't have his glasses on him because he would've figured out more about Mumbo by getting a better look at him but Grian went into the same position of using his arms as a pillow and laying down on said pillow to think about Mumbo and him as a person.
Grian having very bad vision couldn't really read out the I.D Mumbo was wearing, but he had an idea that he was a businessman; A businessman that looked like he missed a few days of sleep but managed to sleep for a bit, There was no point of asking him why he was here because most people who did come by looking similar to Mumbo would certainly crave coffee to start their day.
Not that he is complaining because his boss earns money and he gets paid via working here but he feels bad for some odd reason, He is supposed to be like any customer; They go in, order coffee, and go out but somehow he feels different.
His boss is probably awful He thought to himself, I honestly hope he leaves that company because he doesn't look good for someone that works there; One more overnight and he could burst- As he was about to finish that thought, mumbo interrupted his thoughts with..
"Hey, Grian?"
"Yeah..?" Grian had to quickly say that without sounding like he was lost in his thoughts but he wasn't ready for what he was about to hear next..
"Can.. I have your number?"
Mumbo said with a smile that hit directly on his heart, If this was an animated show he would have heart eyes appear with his heart beating so fast by hearing that
Grian suddenly was baffled and was shocked by how suddenly he heard that, This was a first for him? It was so unexpected, he had to do somethin-
After hearing that, Grian tried to immediately change positions to face mumbo with his most cute expression but failing and accidentally falling down from his chair; Mumbo went to go help him, immediately Grian waving his hand as a way to say that he can handle himself so Mumbo understood and got back to his chair.
Grian stood up to clean himself from the dust or dirt that might've been in his outfit and apron, grabbing the chair that came down along with him and sat down with an embarrassed expression on his face; He looked at mumbo and looked away to grab his phone from his pocket in his pants, handing it to Mumbo..
"Here's my phone too" Mumbo gives Grian his phone with Grian getting to touch and inspect his hands, It was rough with redstone stains; He noticed how small his hand is compared to Mumbo's which was strange to think about but he can't help it..
Both of them exchanged their numbers and it was quiet for a bit between them, until Mumbo checked the time and saw he was 20 minutes late for a meeting; Grian took a glance at him and saw how he felt upset about something but didn't know what anyway, He saw mumbo get up and before leaving he looked at him and he left him a heartwarming smile that could probably last for awhile in Mumbo's head..
Mumbo leaves and the bell made a sound after the door closed
It was quiet again; It was just him, alone in the cafe like usual.. Grian just laid his head down at the table to go think about what had just happened between him and that Mumbo Jumbo guy..