For Blaze32  even though I tagged you late XD hope y'all like it! <3

Paul and Dawn walked into one of their favorite cafe's, the delicious aroma of sweets and coffee filling their nostrils.

"It always smells so good in here!" Dawn squealed, with Paul shaking his head.

"I'm only doing this for you Troublesome, so don't get too excited." Paul grunted under his breath, making Dawn giggle.

A waitress came up to the two upperclassmen teenagers, smiling at them. "Booth for two?"

Paul nodded his head, then followed the greenette waitress to a booth that fit for two, one person on each side.

"Here you two go, I'll be back in a minute! By the way, my name's Minty, so feel free to ask for anything." Dawn smiled and thanked the waitress, who nodded and quickly went back to help another customer.

"Soooo how's your day going?" Dawn eagerly asked the antisocial person across from her, who just rolled his eyes in response since he was on his phone. She pouted, as almost pulled out her phone but slammed it on the center of the table, grabbing Pauls attention with an eyebrow raised.

Dawn sighed, but pulled her hand back, leaving her phone on the table. Paul glanced from her phone to the blunette, who looked like she was having trouble trying to say something. The confused look on her face said it all.

"What do you want to say?" Paul asked, making Dawn open her mouth slightly, but close it and huff through her nose. "It's just that, I like spending time with you cause you're my friend, but I feel like you don't. I don't know, maybe I should leave..." Dawn muttered under her breath, finding her hands to be the most interesting thing at the moment.

Paul looked at the girl across from him and shook his head. He looked at his phone and closed out all the apps on it, then set it right under her phone. Dawn looked at him curiously, wondering why he was doing that.

"Okay, so what do you want to talk about?" Paul asked, folding his hands in front of him on the table. Dawn instantly smiled at him and then started on a rant about her recent shopping spree with Serena.

"-Yeah! And then we saw the cutest dress ever! It was totally the cutest dress for homecoming! I wish I'd seen it sooner cause I would've bought it! Oh yeah, and I saw these dope air Jordan's that you would've really loved too! And~" Dawn continued on her rant while Paul just stared at the girl, knowing that he has to listen to her talk for the next hour or so.

The waitress rounded the corner to the small booth, slightly out of breath. "I'm so sorry for the wait! What would you guys like?"

"Double shot latte for me." Paul gruffly said, the waitress nodding her head while writing faster than grease lightning.

Dawn smiled at the greenette "I'll take a quadruplet shot straight black please, no added sugar."

Minty scribbled the two orders down, satisfied with her work. "Would you guys like anything else?"

Paul just shrugged his shoulders, then looked at Dawn, who was cutely biting her lip. He could tell she wanted something to eat, so he'll just guess something to get.

"She'll want a cinnamon bun, that's it." Paul said, making Dawn look utterly surprised. Minty finished the order and sprinted back, leaving the two alone again.

"How did you know what I wanted?" Dawn excitedly asked, wondering how he could've known. It was Arceus or something like that cause he couldn't have known.

"I just do, I usually don't go through with it but I could tell by your face." Paul smirked, making Dawn pout for a second and stick out her tongue.

After a few minutes, their drinks came in with a hot cinnamon bun, the coffee steaming hot. Paul held the cup in his hand, feeling the warmth quickly radiate to his skin fro the hot temperature. He took a sip, but quickly set it down from burning his tongue on the drink.

"It shouldn't be a hazard to drink coffee, they must've hired someone new." Paul groaned, feeling the tip of his tongue burning from the hot drink. Dawn giggles at the sight, then casually took a sip from hers, not even gagging one bit.

Paul just stared at the girl, his mouth slightly open. How was she even drinking it? Firstly, the temp was way too hot, and secondly, wasn't that a quadruple shot straight black coffee with NO sugar or cream?

"Troublesome, how are you even drinking that? I expected you to spit that out." Paul blurted out, amused by how she was completely normal.

"I'm used to it, it kinda reminds me of the world."

"How? Is that why you forcefully drink that? I thought you were the type to get a double pump chocolate mocha girl." Paul asked, making Dawn shake her head while giggling.

"Of course not! I do love mochas, but they don't appeal to me like this. At first it tasted really bitter and strong, but, well, it really grew on me..." Dawn shyly admitted, feeling her cheeks flare up a tiny bit from heat flushing to her face. Paul smirked at her, clearly interested in the topic

"And?"

Dawn shifted in her seat, cutely smiling as she looked down at her hands. "Well, it kinda reminds me of you. You're always bitter, but you're strong. At first, I hated it, but as time passes on, I started to really like it. Now, I really love it, and I wouldn't change it for anything sweeter."

Paul felt the back of his neck and tips of his ears heat up, feeling a tit blush creep up on his cheeks. Was she talking about her drink, or was she talking about him? He looked at the now blushing girl in front of him, then smirked at her as he waved his hand to grab the attention of the waitress.

"Is there anything I can help you with?" Minty asked.

Paul nodded "Yeah, can you bring another quadruplet shot straight black, along with a double pump chocolate mocha?" The happy waitress quickly scribbled the requests down and sprinted towards the back again, leaving Paul smirking while Dawn was utterly confused.

"Why'd you get those?" Dawn eagerly asked, her face expression full of confusion and wonder.

"The straight black coffee's for you, so you'll be able to stay with me a bit longer." Paul replied as the waitress gracefully came back an set the two cups of steaming coffee onto the table. Dawn grabbed hers and set it next to her, but pointed to the sweetened chocolatey drink "Then what's that for?"

"You're sweet, like sugar and chocolate."

"I guess? I don't know! But why'd you get that?"

Paul smirked at her as he grabbed it and lifted it up to his lips. "I'm gonna see if the taste grows on me too, just like you do."

Dawn blushed at his comment, but took a sip from her coffee. Maybe this Valentine's Day date was better than she thought it'd turn out.