They're humans!

Balloon was walking home from work. He works at an animal shelter. He spent the day taking care of the animals today. His colleague Suitcase was walking beside him. Balloon and Suitcase are really good friends.

Balloon suddenly saw the coffeeshop that had been built recently. Inanimate Coffeeshop was written on the building, in italics and yellow letters, that would glow in the dark. 

"Hey, wanna get some coffee together?" Balloon asked. 

Suitcase thought. "Um, no, I'm not really in the mood for coffee." She then replied.

"That's alright. Bye Suitcase!" Balloon said, walking to the coffeeshop.

"Bye Balloon, c'ya tomorrow!" Suitcase replied. 

Balloon waved at her as he entered the coffeeshop. Suitcase smiled and waved back. She then continued walking home. 

Balloon walked to the counter. A guy with silver-ish dark grey hair sat there, typing on his phone. 

"Uhh, hello?" Balloon said.

The guy looked up. 

"Oh, hey. Welcome at Inanimate Coffeeshop. What can I get ya?" He asked, his voice sounding bored.

Balloon couldn't help but blush. The guy looked quite cute. His hair slightly covering his eyes made him look even cuter.

"Uhh, hey? What can I get you?" The guy's voice sounded a bit more impatient.

"Oh! Uh, I'd like a Latte macchiato." Balloon replied. 

The guy nodded. "Take a seat at one of the tables. What's your name? So I can write it down on the cup." The guy clicked his pen.

"Balloon." Balloon said, wiping a hair out of his face, slightly sweating. 

"Alright." The guy wrote it down so he wouldn't forget. "Well, Balloon, I'll bring the coffee when it's ready."

"Thanks... Nickel." Balloon said, reading the guy's name tag to figure out his name. 

Balloon then took a seat, near the counter, so he could admire Nickel secretly. Nickel blushed a bit. He thought Balloon was cute too. He turned around to let his colleague Baseball, who always made the coffee, know the order.

"Baseball, one Latte macchiato!" He called. 

"Ok!" Baseball called back. 

Nickel turned back and just let his head rest in his hands. He thought this job was quite boring. Baseball made it at least a little fun, because he was Nickel's friend. 

Nickel's eye suddenly caught Balloon, who was staring at him. Balloon blushed a bit once he noticed. So did Nickel. 

Baseball got Nickel out of his trance.

"The Latte's done."

Nickel nodded and took the cup. He grabbed a marker and wrote Balloon's name down on the cup. 

"Draw a heart next to it." Baseball whispered.

"What? Why?" Nickel asked.

"I saw you staring at that guy~" Baseball teased.

"Oh, shut it. The fact I think he's cute and all doesn't mean I have a crush on him."

Nickel got up before Baseball could tease him more and brought Balloon his coffee.

"One Latte macchiato for Balloon." He said. 

"Thanks." Balloon thanked Nickel as he took the cup and started drinking. He noticed Nickel was pretty short. As if he wasn't already cute enough!

Nickel stayed at the table, debating with himself wether he should start a conversation with Balloon or not. Balloon saw Nickel just standing there and decided to ask him if somethings wrong.

"Is... something wrong?" 

"What? No, I just... never mind." Nickel walked back.

Balloon gave him a questioning look, then shrugged and drank his Latte peacefully. 

When he finished his coffee, Balloon stood up. He went up to the counter and payed. Before he wanted to go, Nickel stopped him.

"Balloon, wait." 

Balloon turned around. "What is it?" 

Nickel sighed. It's now or never.

"Well, I... I think you look like a nice person... And I kinda wanted to get to know you. I might not seem like the kind of guy to, y'know, do romantic stuff, which, indeed, I'm not, but you... you're different from other people I've seen here." Nickel explained.

Balloon felt his face heat up. "What do you mean?"

Nickel blushed too. He looked down slightly to hide it.

"What I'm saying is that... you're pretty cu- I mean nice! And I'd like to... keep in touch..." 

"So you're saying you want my number?" Balloon grinned. 

"No, I'm asking for your car insurance." Nickel replied.

Balloon looked at him confused.

"Of course I'm asking for your number." Nickel said, rolling his eyes. 

Balloon giggled, causing Nickel to blush. He and Nickel exchanged numbers and Balloon left. Nickel smiled, for the first time after he got this job. Baseball had seen everything.

"Hey, looks like you got the cute guy's number." He said. "When are you going on a date?"

Nickel blushed more. "Shut up..."

When Nickel got home, he wanted to text Balloon. Apparently, Balloon already texted him.

Balloon🎈: Hey Nickel😄

Nickel replied immediately (ha simp /j).

Nickel🪙 : Oh hi Balloon

They started talking about random stuff. They didn't have much in common, but that didn't matter. To Nickel it felt like he had known this guy for ages. It also felt like this for Balloon. It was pretty late at night when Balloon finally had the courage to ask Nickel on a date.

Balloon🎈: Nickel, can I ask you something?

Nickel🪙: Sure

Balloon🎈: Wanna go on a date with me sometime? I know, we just met, but I'd really like to go on a date

Nickel🪙: Sure. When?

Balloon🎈: Well, I'm supposed to be free on Sunday 

Nickel🪙: Wow, so am I! How about 12 pm?

Balloon🎈: Seems good to me

Nickel🪙: Where?

Balloon🎈: Maybe at The Best Restaurant Ever? That's like the only restaurant that has vegan stuff and salads so I always go there 

(A/N: I think of these names myself bare with me)

Nickel🪙: Wait, you're vegan?

Balloon🎈: Kinda. I don't like meat that much tbh

Nickel🪙: Ok, we'll go there

Balloon squealed silently as he closed his phone. Sunday they'd go on a date together! It was Thursday today so they'd have to wait a bit, but that'd be worth it.

It was Sunday. Nickel woke up because his phone rang. He picked it up and saw a message from Balloon.

Balloon🎈: Ready for our date?

Nickel smiled. Today was the day. He just had to dress up. He chose to wear something simple, not too fancy-looking. He decided to wear a light grey shirt with 5 cents written on it, in black letters, underlined. He also chose to wear plain black pants. He combed his hair with his hand and went to eat breakfast.

Meanwhile at Balloon's house, Balloon was pretty stressed. He didn't know what to wear. 

"Oh god, what do I wear?" He wondered out loud as he rummaged through his closet. 

He eventually found a cute pastel red shirt with a kawaii salmon on it. KEEP CALM AND BE A SALMON BOI was written on it, in white, bold letters. Balloon once bought it for himself because he thought it was very cute. Balloon found some cute, pastel blue jeans too and decided to wear them as well. He combed his hair and went to eat breakfast.

At 11:45 pm, Balloon got in his car to pick Nickel up. They exchanged addresses a few minutes ago. 

When Balloon was at Nickel's place, he waited. Nickel came outside. Balloon got out of the car. Balloon and Nickel hugged, but it was a bit awkward, because neither of them knew what to do at this point.

Balloon held the door open for Nickel. Nickel blushed and rolled his eyes playfully, whilst smiling a bit. Balloon got in as well and they started driving. (GAS GAS GAS WE GONNA STEP ON THE GAS-)

Balloon put on the radio. Classical music started playing.

"Wow, you really listen to that crap?" Nickel asked.

"Pop music makes me nervous." Balloon replied.

When they came at The Best Restaurant Ever, they got out of the car and went inside the restaurant. When they came in, they searched for a table for two. Luckily, there was one. Nickel and Balloon sat down. 

A waiter with tanned skin and blonde hair in a pony tail came up to them.

"What would you like to order?" They asked.

"I would like a salad and some Fanta please." Balloon said.

"And I would like an egg sandwich and some coke." Nickel said. 

(A/N: Y'all I'm sorry for not being very creative here but I'm just not at restaurants that often and when I am I either eat a sandwich, fries or a salad depending on where I am💀)

The waiter wrote it down and smiled at the two.

"Your order will be there in a few moments, love birds." The waiter winked before leaving Balloon and Nickel, who were both flustered. 

Nickel and Balloon started talking before they suddenly heard someone call Nickel's name. 

"Hey Nickel!"

Nickel turned, only to see Baseball sitting at a table behind him. Suitcase was there too.

"Baseball? What are you doing here? And who's that girl? I never knew you had a girlfriend."

"Nickel, that's Suitcase. She's my colleague at the animal shelter." Balloon explained.

"You two know each other?" Nickel asked.

"Yeah, we do. We live in the same apartment. We don't share a room, but we do live in the same building." Baseball explained. "We are pretty good friends."

"Suitcase did mention a "Baseball" once..." Balloon muttered.

"Yeah, that was the guy I was talking about." Suitcase said. 

"I knew you two would go on a date, I just knew it." Baseball said with a grin. 

"Yeah yeah, leave us alone now." Nickel rolled his eyes. 

Baseball chuckled. "Alright then." He turned back to Suitcase and they started talking about some messy guy at the building. 

Nickel turned back to Balloon, his face completely red.

"This is embarrassing..." he said.

"Nah, I don't mind." Balloon said, also blushing a little. "Oh, hey, I think that's our order." 

A waitress with lighter blonde hair that hung loose came up at their table, holding a tray with their food and drinks.

"Here's your food!" She said happily. 

"Thank you." Balloon thanked her.

The waitress smiled and skipped away. Balloon and Nickel could see a red thing hiding in her hair for a moment. The two then looked back and started eating and talking about stuff like their jobs, but also personal stuff. 

Eventually, they finished their food. Balloon, who coincidentally had his wallet with him, payed. The two then exited the restaurant. 

The sun was shining beautifully outside. Nickel and Balloon walked to the car and got in. 

"Balloon?" Nickel said right before Balloon wanted to start the engine. 

"Yeah?" Balloon replied.

Nickel hesitated before smooching Balloon on the lips. "I... liked this date..."

Balloon blushed furiously. So did Nickel.

"I... I liked it too... we gotta do this more often." Balloon said. 

Nickel smiled. Balloon started the car and started driving. He drove Nickel home. When he got home himself, he went to his room. He texted Suitcase.

Balloon🎈: Hey Suitcase!

Suitcase texted back a few seconds later.

Suitcase🧳: Hey Balloon! How did the date go?

Balloon🎈: Nickel... kissed me- in the car-

Suitcase🧳: Awww!

They talked for a bit. Balloon then texted Nickel a heart emoji. Nickel texted a flustered emoji back. Balloon giggled before putting his phone away and going for a walk.

1793 words! Man, I didn't want to make the story this lonG- Welp hope you enjoyed anyways!