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I lazily went to unlock my front door- quickly realising that it was already open.

What the fuck? I thought to myself in a slight panic.

Pulling a small flip-knife from my belt I activated my quirk, quickly running into my apartment to see who was in there.

The figure was in the kitchen cupboards reaching for something at the top. Quickly getting behind them I placed the knife to their back and deactivated my quirk.

"Who the hell are you?" I growled.

The figure jumped and -in a split second- melted into a puddle on the floor.

"Shit! Yuri!" I gasped as I hastily put my knife away. "I am so sorry! I forgot you were coming over."

The puddle materialised back into my blue-haired best friend who had a wide, if not slightly disturbed, smile on her face. "No worries, glad to know you've still got your edge." The girl laughed triggering me to burst into laughter too.

"You've really... got to remember... to lock the door... behind... you." I managed to get out between wheezes.

"Oh god sorry." She ran over to the still-open door and shut it with a click.

"I nearly kebabed you, idiot." I chuckled.

I looked at my best friend as she walked back over to the kitchen, "Sooo." I looked at her pointedly, remembering the reason she was in my house in the first place.

"What? Oh right, yeah." The smile on her face quickly disappeared and I saw tears begin to form in her big blue eyes. "Sawako cheated on me."

I looked at her in shock. "That ass!"

She threw her arms around me and started to sob into my shoulder. I hugged her in return and walked her over to the sofa. She sat down and I went back into the kitchen, grabbing a tub of (favourite ice-cream flavour) ice cream and the biggest spoon I could find.

Yuri gave me a weak smile as thanks, taking the ice cream.

"Do you want me to go over there and teach him a lesson?" I asked with complete sincerity.

She sighed, "no. He's not worth it." I watched her face contort in disgust as she took a bite of the ice cream I had given her. "(Favourite ice-cream flavour)! What's wrong with you psychopath!" She spat it out back into the tub.

"Okay, 1. That's disgusting, you owe me a new tub and 2. What's wrong with (favourite ice-cream flavour)? I'll have you know it's a best seller at the cafรฉ!"

"Your customers are terrible people."

"Hey, woah, calm down! Don't attack my customers like that."

Yuri giggled, placing the ice cream down on the side table, but the sad expression still returned to her face.

I wrapped my arms around her in a tight embrace, "I know this sounds clichรฉ, but you're too good for him. He was a dick, I tried to tell you I didn't trust him."

"Don't make this an 'I told you so' thing." She mumbled.

"Sorry, sorry." I pulled away looking at her directly in the eyes, "why don't we go to the cafรฉ early today? I'll get you whatever you want, on the house." I smiled.

She sniffed and nodded, "Honey toast?" She queried.

"Of course." I chuckled. "Let me just get changed." Gesturing to my hero costume.

She nodded and began to flick through the TV channels as I had done only a few hours ago.

I walked into my room and got changed into some light clothes for the day, thinking back to my encounter with this so-called Eraserhead. What was the guy's problem? Maybe it was because I took down handsy before he could? But I was there before him, he must've seen me I wasn't really trying to hide from anyone but the jewellery thief.

Sure he had that handsome ruggedness about him, but that doesn't excuse the fact that he acted like an angsty teen whose parents just told them to cheer up.

And he had the gall to call me 'immature'?!

Some people.

"Hey Yuri, I'm ready to go. Wanna change or are you okay the way you are?" I called out, walking out of my room.

"I'm fine!" She replied standing up.

"Cool, let's head out."

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The sun was rising as we walked to the cafรฉ. I listened to Yuri as she told me all about Sawako and what happened, every now and then I would nod my head or make a quick comment in response to her story.

In conclusion: Sawako is a dick.

When we got to the Cafรฉ, Yuri pushed up the shutters whilst I unlocked the door.

I took pride in my cafรฉ. Before it belonged to me, it had belonged to my grandparents who had looked after me since I was 6 years old, they built up a name for the Tanakashi cafรฉ and with that more than a few loyal customers continued to come by.

The wooden panelled walls were littered with photos of my smiling grandparents standing next to a multitude of different pro heroes and celebrities who had somehow found their way into the little rustic shop alongside photos of all three of us, Paps, Nana and I thrown in there and a few newspaper clippings from the few times this place was in the local news.

I always admired the work they put into every part of it, they wanted it to be welcoming and cosy- so as soon as you walked in you felt like you were at home. It practically was my home, with the amount of time I spent here compared to my apartment and all.

I flicked on the lights and turned the closed sign around, telling everyone that we were open.

Yuri sat down in front of the counter and opened her phone while I set to work, putting everything out where it needed to be and then set to work making the previously promised honey toast.

"Whatcha looking at?" I glanced at a frowning Yuri.

"Sawako's been texting me non-stop." She flashed the screen towards me and I saw the wall of one-sided messages.

"Eek. What does he think you're gonna do? Run back to him, arms wide open, and say you forgive him?" I placed the tray of honey toast into the small oven behind me, making sure I set a timer for exactly 10 minutes 45 seconds. The extra few seconds ensured it had the perfect crunch to it.

"I would just block him." I turned back to her and began brewing myself a coffee, looking at Yuri and pointing to it in a silent offer. She shook her head.

"You shouldn't be drinking coffee this early in the morning. Especially with all the stuff you put in it."

I gasped placing a hand over my heart in mock offence. "I'm sorry, but I take my coffee the way I take my coffee- you'll never change me!" I shouted defiantly.

I got an unamused look from my best friend as her phone vibrated once more and she looked down.

I grabbed her phone and quickly blocked his contact. "There," I said proudly.

"Ugh, fine." She mumbled walking behind the counter, taking a glass and filling it with water. "So how was your patrol?" She asked returning to her seat and taking a sip.

I groaned, "Bumped into some other hero with a stick up his ass, you wouldn't believe. Have you ever heard of Eraser head?"

"Isn't he a teacher at UA?"

"Huh?" That guy? A teacher? I couldn't imagine that for one second. I pictured a whole class of students trying to stay awake whilst listening to that guy try to teach a lesson.

"Yeah, I think I saw a photo of him on the news while you were getting changed. One second." She pulled up an article on her phone, the title read: 'NO.1 PRO-HERO ALL MIGHT JOINS THE LIKES OF MIDNIGHT AND ERASER HEAD AT UA'

Wasn't expecting that.

"Isn't that kinda cool?" Yuri looked at me. "I mean you met a pro-hero."

"I'm a pro-hero Yuri." I turned to look at her while foaming the milk to go into my coffee, "and even if I wasn't, you're acting as if I've never met a pro-hero before." I gestured to the walls.

"Yeah but-" she was cut off by the sound of the door opening.

"Hello! Welcome to Tanakashi Cafรฉ, would you like a menu?" I called out finished my coffee and turned around only to be greeted by the same tired bloodshot eyes I'd seen earlier that morning.

Yuri turned around to greet the customer and then frantically turned back to me. "Y/N that's Eraser head!" She whispered in disbelief.

Well fuck. I thought. What a lovely way to start my day.


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