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The sound of heels echoed through the small cafe. Lapis was making a latte for a customer while trying to hide a little from the blonde who is walking quite fast for someone in heels always with a sway on her hips like the perfect demonstration of a catwalk, always with that stupid clipboard in her hands, her pen already danced trough the page on a fast pace. Lapis didn't know what was worse: the fact that the blonde was exactly her type or the fact that this woman was a fucking bitch, always so picky with the way Lapis works arround with edibles and stuff it gets on her nerves. She finished steaming the milk and wiped the wand with a towel that has definitely seen better days and proceeded to do latte art small and simple just like always
"You didn't wash the wand after steaming the milk" said a nasally voice behind her "im pretty sure this towel already holds a small ecosystem in it—im writing that down" soon the sound of someone aggressively writing down stuff could be heard, Lapis never wanted to shove a towel down someone's throat so badly she would if she didn't get fired from doing it, she limits herself to defend her actions "Washing it with soap will ruin the flavor of the milk if not properly rinsed—the heat kills the germs anyway, you should already know that..."
"Indeed but it can still cause cross contamination" said the blonde while she writed even more stuff down Lapis rolled her eyes so hard she was suprised they didn't get stuck somewhere in her skull, they don't serve latte with anything but real milk in this place! Its harder to steam oat milk or almond milk so this establishment just decided not to do it at all "we only steam real milk here..." said Lapis deadpanly, she wanted to scream and insult this woman but she knew Garnet will probably fire her if she did that so she didn't say anything else the same couldn’t be said about the blonde though, god this woman has a really great lung capacity for someone so small
"I'll let this one slide, but I'll give you a note with recommendations for improving the hygiene of this establishment. I hope you read them carefully" Lapis already knew what she would do with that note once she got home and had to bite her cheek to keep from revealing her plan she knew of someone who would enjoy this paper very very much, the rest of the day was uneventful like always, just regulars and a few that just came back to read or work for a few hours
Lapis arrives home with a tired sigh, kicking her shoes off to the side and slumping on the couch unceremoniously then she pulls the note out of her pocked smiling from ear to ear "Pumpkin! Come here buddy i have a nice new toy for you!" As expected the scruffy mutt came rushing to welcome its owner, tail wagging like a metronome behind her, pumpkin yipped in exitement when lapis waved the crumpled note infront of her face waiting for lapis to trow said object so she could make her own custom confetti with it
A few minutes later lapis sat at the edge of the couch with a satisfied smile on her face, one of her hands occupied with scratching Pumpkin's ear causing one of her back legs to twitch in delight at the soft carreses "Thats a good girl, you did such a good job, you enjoyed you toy didn't you huh~" Pumpkin let out a huff that Lapis took as an agreement, scratching Pumpkin's ear one last time before heading for a shower, she glanced at the clock hanging on the wall, calculating that she has about half an hour before her online friend calls her, she still didn't know the girl’s name but it still feels like they had known each other for years
Fifteen minutes later Lapis gets out of the shower, the faint scent of soap emanating from her clean and damp skin, her blue hair cascading past her shoulders and coiling in loose curls that frame her face perfectly dripping a few droplets of water into the floor were she stands like soft rain on a pavement Pumpkin trailed behind her, drinking the droplets that fell on the floor even though her water bowl is full of fresh water maybe she was worshipping the ground in which lapis walked on...but who knows, pumpkin is just weird, just like her owner
She hears her phone ringing a name lighting her screen on 'Greendorito5xG' Lapis never dared to ask why her friend chose such ridiculous name, she made a mental note to maybe ask her, not that it mattered she will enjoy her company either way, Lapis grabbed her phone and answered the call "Hey" she spoke softly her voice mingled with tiredness and fondness for her friend "hey" she spoke back, her voice was a bit deep but with a femenine edge to it, also carrying its own fondness for Lapis
The conversation flowed like always and they found themselves talking about camp pining hearts and the fanfic that her friend was currently writing about Percy and Pierre and how Paulette was just a cover up for Pierre while Paulette was dating Jasmine the whole time, that was actually Lapis’s idea since she always shipped those two together, her wattpad and ao3 history confirming this fact, Lapis interupted her friend's ranting with a yawn "hey...it's kinda late and I have work tomorrow—talk to you tomorrow?" "Yeah its okay, good night" Lapis hangs the call and falls in deep slumber shortly after much more relaxed but also exhausted than when she arrived