The next day, you've landed your job at the coffee shop, much to your joy. Now you've got a job. You'll be able to pay off your rent decently. Working with you is a chihuahua woman who's lived there in Goatshire for seven years. Her name is Gina Marsh.

You're there right now and you're being trained. You're mostly just observing what everyone is doing since you're new there and it's your first day. You're also thinking back to last night's event when you were at Barnaby's manor. 

Nothing further happened. It was all just talk and a glass of wine. But you realized that he really likes you, especially if he's sparing you your life and offering you some wine. The wine part is usually hinted that someone likes you.

Gina says, "We'll be happy to have you working here with us, (Y/N). We're in need of more employees here. One of them left to go and work at a daycare." You say, "Thanks for having me, Gina. It's been great here in Goatshire so far. I've made friends with my neighbors, Belle and her daughter Billie."

Gina says, "Billie Goat?" You nod. She says, "That kid is pretty mischievous." You say, "I'm aware. I'm actually not any different from her. I had a reputation myself, back in Cat Scales." She says, "I see. Any guys or girls you've met?" You say, "Yeah actually. A guy. An owl."

She says, "Ah okay. That's gre-... Wait a minute. Did you say owl?" You say, "Yeah. His name's Barnaby." Her mouth drops open and you say, "What? Hey, it's alright. He's not so bad once you get to knowing him."

She says, "Honey. Be careful around Barnaby. He may seem alright with YOU, but he's still a dangerous entity whose been dead for a hundred years. We all know about him. He's the deadliest being in this entire area. Through his world. You name it."

You're unaware that a certain ghost owl got into the building and is hiding. He's eavesdropping on everything you and Gina said and he smirks. He says, "So... we've already got somebody onto me, huh? Ooh, the older lady will regret trying to keep her away from me."

He chuckles and he suddenly has the angry look on his face. He says, "That won't do now, will it? And I'll make sure of it." He does that hoot slash laughter of his and he vanishes. You feel something is off and you look back towards the hallway. 

Gina says, "(Y/N)? Something wrong, hon?" You look at her and you say, "Oh. N-nothing. I'm fine. Thanks, Gina." You smile and you say, "And I'll be fine. I like Barnaby so far." Gina continues training you. 

Little are you aware, Barnaby himself happened to still be around listening and he grins. He says, "Oh, happy day. She really likes me. I know she'll come around, eventually after hearing her say that. Oh hoo hoo hoo." He leaves the coffee shop without being seen, but a happy face from what he heard from you.

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Later on in the evening, you're back at home. Gina is at the coffee shop alone after closing up the place. She's doing some cleaning. As she wipes the counters, she suddenly hears noises in the back of the shop. She stops and looks back saying, "H-hello? Anyone there?" Nothing.

She hears it again and she puts the rag down. She puts her hands on her hips and she says, "Jordan! Are you pulling that crap on me again with the smoke bombs?!... I swear, you're worse than that Billie Goat! You hooligan!" 

She walks into the back of the shop and she flips the switch. She looks around. Nobody's in there. She says, "Huh. I swear it was that little punk ass, Jordan." She shrugs and says, "Oh well." As she turns her back, she suddenly feels a tap on her shoulder. She turns around and sees nothing. She says, "Alright! Come out and show yourself, you bastard! Breaking into my shop!" 

She hears this, "Oh hoo hoo hoo hoo!" She gasps as she recognizes that laughter. She says, "Oh shit... Barnaby!" She sees his head stretch down and he grins at her. She gasps. He laughs and says, "You're absolutely right. It is I, Barnaby the Ghost Owl of Barnaby Manor." 

He leans in and says, "I've heard what you said to that sweet and lovely (Y/N), earlier. About her being careful around me as if I'm going to harm HER!" He laughs loudly and he says, "It looks like you didn't realize that YOU would be the one to meet with your demise, instead." He chuckles. She says, "Y-you ghostly bastard! You leave that young lady out of this! You touch her and y..." 

She gets picked up by her neck by his clawed hands and she struggles. He grins and says, "Looks like somebody wants their fate sealed. Their fate... done by MY own hands. Bye bye to you, Gina." He does that hoot laugh.

Gina says, "Ack! A-a living being c-can not be with 'ack'... a g-ghost." Barnaby says, "Oh, I'll have her. I'll have her aaaall to myself!" He laughs. From outside the building, agonizing screaming can be heard from Gina.

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Meanwhile, at your house. You're sitting on your bed, looking at your laptop. As you look at it and you watch clips from South Park, you suddenly hear a tap on your window. You say, "Huh?" You pause the video. You look over and you say, "Is that Billie? Maybe she wants to sneak back to the manor or something." 

You get up and you walk to your window. You pull the curtains apart, but you don't see Billie. In fact, you don't see anybody. You say, "I heard a freaking tap. I swear." You open the window and you look around saying, "Hello?" 

You yelp as you suddenly see a familiar head appear in front of you, startling you. It's Barnaby. In a cheery voice he says, "Hello, hello there!" You say, "Barnaby! Don't do that! Jesus christ, you scared me." He says, "Oh hoo hoo. Took you by surprise, didn't I?" 

You sigh and you say, "Get in here before somebody sees you and accuses you of creepily looking through my window." He says, "Gladly." He comes in through the window and you close the window. You pull the curtains shut and you face the ghost owl, looking up at him. You say, "Do you want to sit down?" He smiles and says, "Of course."

You sit on your bed and he sits next to you. You lean back, resting your palms on the bed. Barnaby looks over at you and he suddenly darts his eyes down at your chest. He blushes and looks away.

He hears you saying, "Barnaby." He looks at you and he says, "Yeees?" You look at him and you say, "Were you at the coffee shop, earlier?" He smirks and says, "Maaaybe." You say, "Why am I not surprised, anymore?"

He smirks and cups your chin. He says, "Because you like me?" You look away and you blush. You say, "Sh-shut up. I never said that." He sings, "Oh, yes you did.~" You look at him. He chuckles and says, "I overheard you saying it at the coffee shop."

You say, "So, I did say that. So what if I do, huh? You like ME enough to stalk me. You offered me wine. The wine was hinted. That's like an invitation to se-" You stop yourself and you look away, blushing. Barnaby smirks.

He says, "What was that you were about to say? Hmm?~" You say, "I-it's nothing. Really. I..." He cups your chin and he has you look at him. He looks at you with those yellow and orange eyes, half-lidded. You blush.

He grins and says, "Looks like you were thinking the same thing I was thinking.~" You blush even harder. You're practically red at this point. He strokes your face and he says, "Be at my manor... tomorrow night. Wear your best.~"

He gets up and he says, "I look forward to this moment with you, (Y\N).~" You blush and you smile. You look up at him and you say, "I'll be there.~" He heads out of your room, the same way he came in. You sit there and you say to yourself, "I'm about to screw a ghost."