(Dans POV)

He looked so scared when Marzia approached him as if he was being attacked. Felix was looking him up and down, a thing he has never done. It's like they want us to be together, and not in a funny way.

"They were very... nice?" Phil said after we left.

"Yeah, they are amazing. I knew Felix before he graduated, he lived next door. After he finished school he started university. It wasn't two years later that he moved back to her with Marzia. They have been married for a year and a half now, owned the store for two," I answered, "and yes they are very outgoing, Marzia is anyways. She's been looking out for me for the past two years, ever since my family left me."

"So family?"

I looked down to meet his eyes, "Yeah, you can say that," I answered with a smile.

After that, we walked in silence until we got to the park across from the café. We picked a bench and sat down. I opened the bag that contained pistachio nut muffin and takes a bite, Phil following suite.

"I guess I owe you a lot more than that espresso," he said with a small smile while looking down at his muffin.

"Why do you say that?" I ask looking over to him.

"What do you mean? You've done a lot for me, I have to pay you back."

I smiled at him and put my arm around him, "It's called friendship, there's no need to pay me back." He smiled at me and I returned my arm back to my muffin while I finished my muffin. We were quiet for the rest of the time, not a weird quiet but a comfortable quiet.

Once we finished we headed to the café in silence yet again. I started to wonder what was going on in his head, what if he thought this was too awkward and he was drowning in social anxiety. Maybe he liked the quiet like me? That's what I hoped for anyway. We weren't but three stores away from the café before something was said.

"Hey Dan?" he said quietly.

"Yeah?" I answered.

"I just can't believe that you ended up being that Kik person," he said.

"Yeah, small world I guess?" I answered.

"Yeah, small world," I looked over to him and he was smiling, a small blush over his cheeks, and his eyes pasted to the ground. He looked like something described out of a book, in other words not real. It fascinated me how people could do that, they look so perfect that you can't tell that they are people like you and me. I would never be able to do that.

I held the door as we walked into the café, the smell of coffee was overbearing, as always. Instantly Louise walked over to us and hugged Phil.

"Dan's friend has returned!" she said as she squeezed him. Phil let out a breath and chuckled.

"Good to see you too," he answered.

Once she was done with him it was onto me, of course, she didn't hug me instead she stood on her toes and ruffled my hair. "So why are you here today Philly?"

"Philly?" I mumble.

"Dan told me to come, if I need to go I can go find something else to do until he gets off, that's what I was going to do anyway," he answered.

I have no idea what came over me but I wanted Phil to get out of this room right then.

"Oh no, you can stay, there's a break room in the back, you can stay there if you would like," Louise spun on her heels to face me, "Take him back there and tell him everything he needs to know," she said.

"Okay?" I say as I grab Phil's arm and start to drag him to the back.

"Haha, that's gay," I heard Louise say.

I looked back over my shoulder, "Yeah, and?" I say as I drag Phil behind the counter.

"I knew it!" she exclaimed.

"Who didn't?" I say as we disappear behind the wall. I let go of Phil's arm immediately and looked down, "Sorry, Louise is much sometimes." I heard him laugh a little and I looked over to him. He was smiling. Why was he smiling?

"I-I like her. She's fun I guess," a blush washed over his face as he looked down.

We stayed quiet while we walked to the room. Once we got to the door I opened it held it for Phil, like when we entered the café, I followed after him. A few people were in the room but no one looked up from their phone so it didn't really matter. We headed to the back of the room where a table was set up with the messed up pastries for the kitchen and a coffee maker with cups beside it.

"You can help yourself to anything on this table, we can have anything that isn't desirable to be put out for sale so broken cookies, cupcakes where the icing doesn't look quite right, things like that. Of course, everyone here can't live without coffee so there's an employee coffee maker at your disposal. I think everything else is pretty explainable," I say as I see the few people start to leave for their shift.

"Are you sure I can be back here?" I hear Phil ask.

"What the manager says goes and she said you can be back here so the answer is yes," I say as I turn to and walk to the was where you clock in.

"Well that's very nice of her," he said as he walked to the couch and took a seat.

"Yeah, she really likes it when people like me bring people with me," I say as I clock in.

"What do you mean people like you?"

I turn around and meet his eyes. "If you can't tell I don't have many friends and don't like people very much. I think she sees you as a person that can change that. Also, she wants me to get a boyfriend so any guy I talk about she automatically jumps to the conclusion that I like them," I say as I walk over to the other wall that holds the lockers and start to unlock it.

"So you are gay?"

"Yes and no," I answer as I pull my apron out of the locker, "I do like guys, but girls are pretty cool too. And then there's the gender thing and I don't even want to get into that, I just want to love someone nice, beauty comes with that," I put my apron on.

"Oh, that's cool," he said, suddenly becoming interested in pattern on the floor.

I smile, "Its a nine to five job, by the way, lunch break is at four so I hope you have something to do until then," I say as I head to the door, "if you need me just text me," I say, "I won't answer immediately but still."

He nodded, "On Kik?"

"I'll send you my number," I answer as I turn to the door, "have fun."

"Bye Dan."

"Bye Phil."

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Guess who got a laptop? This boi!! I'm hoping I'll write more now. Till next time.