Kaffe affär

(This story takes place in Sweden, So There will be some Swedish here and there. :3 )

Cherry walks up to an old house. He’s grinning. He takes out his keys and opens the door. It’s dusty in the house. He looks around. He takes a deep breath.

“This place is finally mine!” He thinks as he sets down a box. It’s full of cleaning supplies.

“This place can’t clean up on its own!” He starts cleaning up the old house and soon enough, the house is now sparkling clean. Cherry is pumped.

Someone rings the doorbell. He opens the door. There’s some moving truck people. “Ah! You guys are already here! Come in!” Cherry lets them in. Later the whole place is decorated with tables, chairs, an oven, coffee maker and more.

Cherry smiles and hands a check to the movers. “Thank you so much for helping me decorate the cafe! When it opens you’re always welcome to stop by!” Cherry says. “Of course! We’ll be happy to visit!” The movers leave and Cherry goes upstairs to his room. He lays in his bed.

“Ah! I can’t wait for the opening! My own cafe… Just like I’ve always wanted!” Cherry thinks to himself. He smiles.

“The opening is in three days. I have my license… I’ve got the menus, the decor, everything I need. It’s gonna be perfect…” He slowly drifts off to sleep.

The next morning he wakes up and stretches. He makes coffee and gets dressed. He goes outside to see a Green van parked in front of his cafe.

Cherry is shocked.He looks at the window, it’s covered up by a curtain. “They must live here…” He knocks on the window. “Uhm… excuse me sir… I was- Sorry to assume that you were a ‘sir!’ That was quite rude of me! Uhm… sir, miss, uhm… mx? Anyways I was wondering if you could move your van? It’s kinda in the way of my cafe and house and I can’t see the view of the beach. And of course I want people to see my cafe too. So… may you move please?” Cherry says.

They don’t respond. “...Was I just talking to myself the whole time?!” Cherry thinks.

Someone slides open the curtains a little, but it’s too dark to see them. Cherry gets a little startled. They slide open the curtain all the way…

“...hi…” They have a blanket over their head. “Hello…” Cherry mutters. “Ah!” They quickly close the curtains. They have a deep voice. “S-sorry if i scared you! I was just wondering if you-” The man interrupts. “English? Do you speak English?” He asks quietly. “Oh! Yes I do. Sorry!” Cherry says.

The man doesn’t respond. “Uhm… do you think that you could move your van? Please?” Cherry asks. He could hear heavy breathing from inside the van.

“Out… The gas…” The man says in Swedish. “Oh? Are you out of gas sir?” Cherry asks. The man doesn’t respond. Cherry waits.

Cherry could hear the man walking around the van. Then he rolls down the window, he keeps the curtain closed but slides his hand through the curtain.

Cherry grabs the paper. It reads, “Yes, I am out of gas.”

“OH! There’s a nearby gas station! Maybe we could push your car there! Although, it might be hard for me to do it alone since I’m so short haha…” Cherry says. The man opens the door, he has the cloth over his head still.

He nods and goes behind the van. “Oh okay!” Cherry follows him and they both push the van. They make it to the gas station. Cherry is out of breath.

“God… That van… sigh… heavier than I thought…” Cherry says laughing. The man nods and gives Cherry a thumbs up.

“Well, now that is done, ill be heading back now! I’ll see you-” Cherry takes a step the trips on his own feet. “Woah!” The man catches him and the cloth flies off his face. The man has brown hair with blonde roots. He looks like he hasn’t slept in days.

Cherry lays is the man’s arms, speechless. Cherry gets back on his feet quickly. “I-i uh!” The man says as he quickly grabs his cloth and runs inside the van. “I’m Sorry!” The man shouts.

“What are you sorry for?” Cherry asks. “Are you okay?” The man stays quiet. The curtains open up and he hands him a note. The note reads,

“I’m sorry, I have trouble speaking with people.”

“Ah, I see.” Cherry smiles. “Well, I’m sorry for trying to talk to you when you’re bad at it. Do… You think we would speak from notes?” The man gives cherry another note. “Sure.”

“Ah! Great! I’m cherry!” Cherry says.

A note gets handed to him. “My name is Venus. Nice to meet you. :)” Cherry smiles. “I actually just moved here! You’re the first person I’ve met, Venus! You seem like a great person!” Cherry says.

“You said something about a cafe earlier? Do you own one?” The next note reads.

“Yes! I do! It’s opening up soon! Since this town is so small, There’s only two cafe’s! And I’m the third!” Cherry says. “Wow! Will you guys have to pick up or deliver?” The note says.

“I have been thinking about that. But I think the cafe will be too small for that.” Cherry says. “Oh, i’m sorry, I won’t be able to come because of my talking problem…” The note reads. “Maybe after work i could stop by your van and give you some of the food or drinks I make!” Cherry says.

“I have no money.” The note says. “Huh? How come?” Cherry says.

“I got fired from my job since I was bad at talking to people and I got kicked out of my apartment.” Cherry frowns then gets an idea. “I know! I will give you some food for free! Give me your number!” Cherr says.

“Are you sure??? I don’t want to be a bother.” The note reads.

“It’s fine. After all, i can’t forget about you once i meet you!” Cherry says as he smiles. Venus gives him his phone number.

“Thanks! I should head back to my house now! But ill see you later!” Cherry says. “Bye!” The note says. Cherry is at his house and he texts the number.

Cherry: “Heyyy! This is cherry btw”

Venus: “Oh, Hi! How are you?”

Cherry: “Good hbu?”

Venus: “Good too! I still feel bad about this ‘free food’ thing. Are you sure about this?”

Cherry: “Ofc! I consider you a friend after all!”

Venus: “I’ll find a way to pay you back!”

Cherry: “How abt we make a deal?”

Venus: “A deal? Don’t tell me you’re one of those people who pay back in sex..;-;”

Cherry: “What!? NO! Ofc not! I would never do that! I was talking abt if you work for me at my cafe, i’ll feed you and you can live with me!”

Venus: “Really? You’d do that? But how can I work even though I’m back at talking?”

Cherry: “You can make the orders! Or we could figure something out!”

Venus: “Are you sure? I won’t bother you, right? It might take me a while to learn!”

Cherry: “C’mon! Give it a shot! Stop by the cafe tomorrow! I have to head 2 sleep! But gn!”

Venus: “Oh! Good night, Cherry. Wonderful to talk to you.” Venus texts.

Cherry smiles and sighs. He turns off his lamp and heads to sleep.