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iggycat:

This is a (day late) birthday present for Haku based on this lovely cafe picture by her! The only difference in the story here is that Arthur doesn’t work at the cafe, but I hope that’s ok. I’m sorry it’s so short and a bit abrupt but I hope you like it anyway. Happy birthday! :)

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                The summer between our sophomore and junior year of college, my brother Matthew and I applied to work at this fancy French café downtown. The owner was actually Matthew’s French professor who ran the place whenever he wasn’t down at the university giving lectures. He seemed to like my brother, and so the two of us sought out some easy jobs. Francis, the owner and head chef, hired us in no time flat, and after learning how to walk straight and poised, and learning how to be a “proper” waiter, I was quickly serving fancy French food whose names I couldn’t even pronounce.

“Matt, come on the place is empty! Let me goooo,” I whined one Tuesday night in July. “You know I’ve gotta do that thing… for ya know that class…”

                My brother just rolled his eyes as he stacked a few menus to his right.

“It’s summer, Alfred. You’re not taking any classes.”

I rested an arm on the podium where he waited for guests to arrive and pouted. Well yeah, that was true, I didn’t really have anything I needed to do,  but there were certainly things I wanted to do. I puffed out my bottom lip and pulled out the puppy dog eyes.

“Come on, Matt! Let me off early! There’s no one here anyway!”

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