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Coffee Shop {Azumane Asahi} (Request)

Coffee shop AU where you work at a new coffee shop next to Karasuno!
Requested by @Kurohyozu
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"Hey, I heard there was a new coffee shop opening today nearby! Does anyone wanna check it out?" Daichi announced as he stood in the club room with the rest of the team.

"I don't think that they need any caffeine," Sugawara warned as he gestured to Hinata, Kageyama, Nishinoya, and Tanaka, who were yelling and shouting their conversations as they spoke with animation.

"I'll go with you," Asahi offered with a shrug as he picked up his schoolbag and placed the strap around his shoulder.

Once everyone had gotten their things together, Asahi, Sugawara, Tsukishima, Yamaguchi, and Ennoshita tagged along to go with Daichi to the coffee shop. While Daichi, Asahi, Suga, and Ennoshita genuinely wanted to try the coffee, Tsukishima had only come to avoid having to walk with Hinata, and Yamaguchi only because he went where Tsukishima went.

Once they had arrived at the coffee shop, a small bell dinged, announcing their entrance, and Asahi let the strong smell of coffee assault his olfactory senses. He'd never really been a huge fan of coffee, but he was in the mood for a hot drink of some sort on a cold night like this one.

"Hello! Welcome to (shop name) Coffee Shop!"

Asahi turned his attention to the source of the sweet voice that had cooed to them from behind the cash register. He saw your soft (e/c) eyes and the way your (h/l) (h/c) hair framed your beautiful face, and his heart started racing.

As everyone shuffled in through the door and closed it to keep the cold out, your eyes widened. "Oh, you play for the Karasuno volleyball team, don't you?" you asked upon recognizing some of their faces.

Daichi smiled proudly and nodded before approaching you and ordering something to drink. As Asahi stood in line behind Yamaguchi, his hands shook and twitched in his pockets. He was getting so nervous just because there was a pretty girl behind the register.

"Next!"

What was he going to do? He didn't even know what to order! What if he stuttered? Stuttering was such a turn off...

"Hello?"

What if he totally messed up? All he had to do was order something to drink! What was the name of the largest size again? Wait, maybe he wanted a smaller size instead!

Asahi was jarred out of his crazed thoughts by Daichi gently shoving him towards the register. "Are you deaf? It's your turn." Daichi chuckled slightly since he already realized the situation that Asahi was in.

Asahi carefully picked up one foot after the other and approached the register, putting himself less than a foot away from you. He then lifted his head to look at the menu, trying to make a quick decision. Maybe a hot chocolate?

"Hi, how can I help you?" you asked, giggling softly at the fact that Daichi had had to bring him back to reality. He must have a lot on his mind...

"I... uh... Hi. I... I've never really h-had coffee before so... I don't really... know what to order..." Asahi admitted, stumbling over his words just as he had been afraid of doing. He hoped that you couldn't see him trembling.

You gave him a warm smile that made his heart race even faster. "You don't have to order coffee. We also serve teas and other decaffeinated drinks. Would you like one of those instead?" you asked gently.

"M-Maybe..." Asahi murmured, his brown eyes wide with nervousness.

"How about a hot chocolate?" you suggested, pushing stray pieces of hair behind your ears.

"O-Okay."

"Is tall okay? That's the smallest size we offer... Unless you'd like a grande or a venti."

"Sure."

You smiled and picked up a cup of the correct size before uncapping a marker and writing down his order. "Anything else?"

"No, thank you."

"And you are... hold on, I know your name... Azumane Asahi, correct?" you asked, a hopeful look in your eyes.

Asahi nodded sheepishly as he felt himself blush. He unconsciously looked down at where your name tag was located on your shirt and discovered that your name was (l/n). "Thank you, (l/n)," he said shakily.

You gave him another bright smile. "You can call me (f/n). I have a feeling that we'll be seeing each other more often since your school is so close by."

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Since the day Asahi first met you, he made it a habit to go to the coffee shop where you worked after his practices to pick up something warm to drink at least three times a week.

Each time he entered the shop, you greeted him with a warm smile and asked him about his day. The two of you often talked while you made his drink behind the counter, and you sometimes spoke to him as he sat at a table nearby and enjoyed his drink for a few minutes before leaving.

The hours that he visited were the quietest hours of the day, so you had plenty of time to converse with the ace. Eventually, he started to get more comfortable around you, and his nerves began to fade. He wished that he could talk to you outside of the shop, though.

One evening, as you made his drink for him, he talked to you about his day, telling you that he had a lot of work to do for school.

"I know the feeling, but I'll make this quick so that you can get on with your homework," you offered as you finished up his drink, scribbling something on the side of the cup before placing a lid on it and wrapping a cover around it so that he didn't burn himself holding it. "Here you go!"

"Thank you," he said gratefully and smiled. He admired your bright and cheerful face for a moment before taking the cup from you and waving goodbye.

As he walked home, he ended up taking the cover off the cup since his hands were so cold. The heat from the drink burned him at first, but it soon started to soothe his chilled hands. When he looked down at the cup and at your perfectly neat handwriting, he noticed something else written:

Your phone number followed by the words, Call me! ♡ (f/n).