End of the Shift [open]

[Aiko]

“Thank you for your patronage.” What a cheesy line.

Still, Renée smiled pleasantly as her latest customer walked away, hands curled around a steaming cup of coffee. The next person in line stepped forward, and she said her other required phrase: “Hello, sir. What can I get for you this afternoon?”

As the customer placed his order and Renée turned around to tell it to the other person working in the café at the moment, her polite façade crumbled for a moment. Her green eyes alighted on the clock, ticking at its painfully slow rate. Five more minutes ‘til my shift’s over, she thought. When she turned back to the customer, she resumed looking chipper, no matter how hard it was to be enthusiastic about selling coffee. Her scowl itched behind the mask of happiness, and she longed for a gap in the line to appear. How many people need coffee in the afternoon, anyway? she thought in a mental voice that echoed with exasperation. Still, she accepted the money from the customer and clicked open the cash register. It opened with a ding. She gave the man his change while the both of them waited impatiently for his order to come up. When it did, she handed off yet another cup of joe and said in a voice straining not to be bland, “Thank you for your patronage.”

Let five minutes go by fast!

[Rin]

Koneko sighed as she walked into the shop. "I cna belive I pulle dna all nighter, all ove rosme stupid Deer headed freak."

Koneko had just come back a day or so ago from being in the fuedal era. She had insulted someone, and when she trie dto apologize, she couldn't find him, so she left a small letter, or a long note.

She walked to the counter. "Double espresso." She ordered.
She looekd liek the devil herself. With bags under her eyes and if her ears had been visable, which were hidden under a panda face shaped hat, were drooping.

( don't know what kind of coffee they sell in japan so jsut go with me! XD)

[Aiko]

“Hello, ma’am. What can I get for you this afternoon?”

This latest customer was a girl, and if the bags under her eyes were anything to judge by, a tired one. She sported a cute panda hat, so if Renee had to guess, she’d say this girl was probably around her own age, younger or older by whatever margin. And when the girl ordered her drink without preamble, Renee’s impatience cracked for a moment, letting a bit of sympathy leak through. She hardly noticed that her falsely happy face had faltered, too, until she heard herself say, “Had a rough night or something?”

Realizing a moment too late that it was probably not a good habit to get into to start talking with her customers, Renee swiveled around and repeated the order. Her eyes grazed the clock again. Four more minutes, she said, the words like a promise in her mind. She only had to keep at this another four minutes.

She turned back to the bedraggled-looking girl and told her the price, which she personally thought was too high (though of course she didn’t tell the girl this), then held out her hand.

[ooc: Oh, like I do? XD They probably don’t even have coffee shops in Japan… probably have tea houses or something. I wouldn’t know.]

[Rin]

Koneko handed her the right amount of money. "Yeah. I had a fight with someone, and when I try to apologize ot the jerk, he ain't even there!" She grumbled.

[Aiko]

[ooc: This is for whenever Rin gets back, if she wants to continue.]

Renée accepted the offered money and dumped it into the cash register. It swung shut with another ding. “Sorry to hear that,” she couldn’t stop herself from saying. Her lips pressed into a thin line for a moment, before parting to continue speaking. “Ah well, at least you tried. Nobody can blame you for that. It’s out of your hands now, so I wouldn’t worry too much abou—” At that moment, her coworker came up and handed off a cup of drink to Renée. The American in turn handed off the drink to the tired-looking girl. “Good luck with that… and thank you for your patronage!” she added quickly.

[Naraku]

Keiko made his way into the store, it was far different from the ones from his home town, and was clueless on what they would serve. He looks around before thinking he could ask the girl behind the register. he made his way up to her but he was slightly shy and unaware on what he should say. His appearance was slightly odd in this area, His long purple hair and girlish charm. He didn't look to have any markings on him, and seem to have very pretty skin. His eyes was slightly golden yet seemingly big.

[Aiko]

Renée’s spine arched in a stretch, her hands gripping the edge of the counter as the American bent backwards. It looked like Panda Hat was the last customer for the day. But just as she was looking forward to three final minutes of relative rest, the bell above the door clanged, and she loosened out of her stretching pose to see a boy with unnaturally-colored hair wander in. Anyway, she thought it was a boy, though there was something uncannily feminine about his smooth skin and doe-like eyes.

As soon as he reached her, Renée heaved a mental sigh and splashed a false but nevertheless bright smile on her face. “Hello, sir,” she chanted, reciting the routine words. As she scratched an itch on the back of one delicate, pale hand, she completed the phrase: “What can I get for you this afternoon?” The back of the American’s skull buzzed with impatience, and she hoped dearly that this girly-boy would really be her last customer. Much as she despised it, she knew she should probably be heading home soon, and if she was going to do it, she might as well do it as quickly as humanly possible.

[Rin]

Koneko sat down at th ecounter chairs and drank her coffee. SHe glanced at the register to see a familure looking boy. 'Wasn't he in one of my classes?' She thought before taking another sip of her coffee.

[Naraku]

He looks down shyly as he begins to trace the tip of his foot onto the floor. He spoke to her shyly. "Umm... I'm not sure, is there anything that you would recommend." He glances back up at her as he kept himself distant of all the counters and all. He was always disgusted at how filthy these places could get that he never wanted to touch anything in any public area. He wore somewhat of long purplish coat that hide under it a sword that he seemingly always carries with him. But as he waited on her to answer his question his eyes move across the room noticing that it was only him and 2 females. The one sitting back looked familiar but he really didn't care to figure it out cause she didn't mean anything to him.

[Aiko]

Sheesh, is this guy gonna take up the rest of my three minutes? Renée wondered, smiling even more widely to disguise the return of her annoyance. Gripping the edges of the counter again, she replied brightly, “Well, sir, that really depends on what type of drink you like. Do you prefer coffee or tea? Caffeinated or decaf? Something fruity? Something sweet? Something bitter? Something herbal? We have much to offer the thirsty customer.” Geez, Ren, you’re laying it on a little thick, there, she chided herself, and then, as if having a conversation with herself in her mind, added, Duly noted. Resisting the temptation to steal another furtive glance at the clock, she gestured to the list of drinks above her head. “Do you see anything there you like?”

[Naraku]

He clasp his hands into one another as he smiles looking in. "Can i have the purple looking one." He said with a slight bounce as he begin to get excited. But as he slightly bounces the belt holding his sheath untied dropping his sword onto the floor. which cause him to give a shirek as he drops down grabbing the blade and wraping his arms around it. The shealth seemed also odd looking, for it was covered in floral.

[Rin]

Koneko resiste dthe urge to snicker whenthe boy became excited over something, then dropped a really weird looking sheath. She shrugged and finished her drink.

[Aiko]

“The purple one” didn’t denote any specific drink in the American worker’s mind, so she had to look back up towards the list of drinks. It seemed like right as she did, there was a loud clatter from her customer’s direction, and she whipped back to face him. Did he break something?! Renee couldn’t see, because he was crouched over something beyond her view, obstructed as it was by the counter. However, nothing on the counter looked out of place, so she assumed the boy was having trouble with himself. She returned her green eyes to the list of beverages.

“Do you mean the one that’s purplish in the picture,” she asked, gesturing towards a drink that was a rich plum color, “or the ones in purple writing?” at which she pointed out the list of fruity teas.

Two more minutes.

[Naraku]

"The one in the picture." He claim as he begins fixing his sword back around him as he climbs back up to his feet. He looks around still seeing he was the last person to enter. He always hated being out so late with strangers. But he was anxious to be able to try one of these drinks that when he lived with his father, he would never of allowed.

[Rin]

Koneko got a refil form a fellow employee and went to chugging it down.