Requested by: 1607813cat
Ship: S2!ModernCafeAU!Jizzie
Word Count: 1431
This one's inspired by that one popular song i put at the top of the chapter, the song's cute and helps warm my cold and very lonely touch-deprived heart </3
Not that this chapter has anything to do with dandelions lol
"Dude, you've been talking about her non-stop. I bet she's drop-dead gorgeous." Sausage smirked as his friend choked on his food, the two were out eating at a barbecue place. "I— I haven't..." Joel was usually someone of many words, someone who always had something to say. That was... until now. The other laughed as they continued eating.
"Jokes aside, I've never seen you so star struck over anyone. I think you should go for it." Sausage continued as he picked up his cup of ice water, "If she's as amazing and nice as you say she is, she'll give you a chance." Joel took that into consideration, she would... wouldn't she?
Joel hadn't ever really experienced rejection, considering he had basically everything he wanted at his disposal for all his life. He was partially curious on how rejection felt, he should try and the worst that could happen is the new discovery.
"Your regular?" Joel was pretty bummed out when he saw a different barista at the counter, a short ginger male with dark blue eyes. He was so in his own world he had not watched out for any hurtles that he would possibly face. "I— Yeah, a large Iced Americano." He smiled awkwardly down at the barista, scratching the back of his head.
"Your name?" He asked, holding a sharpie as he would write on the paper cup; "Joel, J-O-E-L," The brunette spelled out slowly. The ginger finished writing it, "Alright! Will that be it sir?" This was Joel's chance! "No, I have one more thing. I have a tiny... favour... to ask of you..." The barista let out a hum as he waited for what the favour would be. "Could you ask Lizzie— if me getting her number would be... okay?" The barista laughed but nodded as he rung Joel up, handing him his receipt.
"Finally, we were wondering when you were gonna ask Big Man." The ginger took a pencil and scribbled something down on the backside of a used receipt before giving that to Joel as well. "Her number, she's been waiting months for this... just tell her it's Cute-Café-Boy and she'll get the jest."
The brunette thanked him before going to sit down and wait for his drink, he slowly entered the numbers in. That was easier than he had thought... what was he gonna text her? The male looked out to the street, with splashes from the cars due to recent rainfall.
"What do I say...?" Joel mumbled, thinking about it. He had the dm set up, all he had to do was send something.
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Hi! This is Cute Café Boy! I wanted to ask|
He stopped, was he really gonna take that short barista's 'advice?' That makes him sound kinda cocky... hold up, when did he even care if he sounded ignorant? He never questioned himself like this before. Joel deleted his opening sentence, trying again numerous times.
Each time ended the same, with him using the backspace button. It had to be perfect. He wasn't gonna send something he didn't like, what if he offended her by trying to sound cool?
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Hello! My name's Joel, I got your number through one of your co-workers! I was wondering|
Joel huffed in frustration as he couldn't figure out the right wording... why wasn't it coming out? It's not like he's never dated someone— it's just never seemed this... hard. "Iced Americano! For Cute-Café-Kid!" Did the short uni-child just call him a 'kid?'
Joel stood up to collect the drink... it was too sweet. How did he manage to add this much sugar to an iced americano? Lizzie made it better.
Lizzie 🌸
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Hello Lizzie! It's Joel from Coca Café, I got your number from one of your co-workers
I was wondering if you'd be interested in a date?
Hi Joel! I'd love to! When are you free?
I'm free anytime, my job's very flexible
If you're free on Friday, I could pick you up and we could go to the local arcade together :D
That'll be awesome! I'll send you an address on Friday. Can't wait to see you, Joel! 💖
Can't wait to see you too
Joel stared at his phone, did he really just...? He had to tell Sausage! The brunette was ecstatic, he didn't know he was that good at picking up chicks—he dialled his best friend; "I'm so smooth— She said yes. I'm better than you—" Joel spoke while grinning, his day had been made.
"Hold up— did you get the chick?" Joel rolled his eyes although Sausage wouldn't be able to tell, "What do you think?" He asked sarcastically, only for a genuine hum as Sausage was trying to think. "Yes! I did, dummy." Joel answered himself as his dense friend didn't seem to get it.
"Yay! Now just don't mess up the date and you'll be good."
Lizzie was very excited for this date, it felt like forever since she had first landed her eyes on her favourite regular customer. It felt too perfect, almost like a dream. She wished that if it was possibly a dream, she would never wake up.
She got ready with a dress Shubble had gifted her for her birthday, "Hopefully he likes this..." She smiled at herself in the mirror before she took a glance out her window, Joel should be arriving any second now. "Sis, your annoying boyfriend is here... he's in the living room..." Her younger brother knocked on her doorframe, Joel was on time.
"Thanks Jimmy, make sure you do the laundry!" Lizzie grabbed her wallet and essentials and threw them all in her bag. "Yeah, yeah... go on a date so I'm stuck doing the chores..." Jimmy let out a scoff but was obviously happy that his sister found someone special.
Lizzie met the brunette in the living room, he sat on the couch, waiting for her patiently. Not what Fwhip had reported him to be like while she was gone from the coffee shop, but she appreciated his patience. "I'm ready." Joel smiled as he got up, holding a hand out for her to take. "You look lovely Lizzie."
He led her out to his car, not luxurious but it was notably extremely clean on the inside. Joel held the door open on the passenger side for her, "Thanks..." The brunette soon got on the driver's side as he pulled out of the Shadow-family's parking.
"What do you do for a living?" The pinkette asked as she looked over to the brunette. He wore full white, the only colour popping off of the brown and white was the faded green streak he had in his otherwise dark chocolate coloured hair. "I'm a film student, I do some small gigs on the side as I finish my final year. I've got a few offers from a couple studios like Paramount Pictures."
"Paramount? Like the studio that filmed the Titanic?" Joel laughed and nodded, "Yeah, the one with Jack and Rose... what about you?" He asked in response, glancing over at his date for a second before his gaze returned to the road. "I work at my parents' coffee shop of course, I'm planning on opening a second location myself in the near future actually."
"Exciting! Where?" Joel's excitement was cute. She had told a few other people but nobody else seemed as interested as Joel... maybe Fwhip was but that's because he was gonna help her. "On the east side, down Fireblock St."
"It's okay, I didn't need the pikachu—" Lizzie stepped aside as Joel used another one of the tokens they had bought on the same claw machine, "You almost got it though! If I just..." Maybe it was the bad angle or the claw was broken, but Joel couldn't seem to even get close to the same plushie Lizzie had touched.
"We can try other games..." As Joel used another token, this time actually securing onto the pikachu plushie. "See? Here, Lizzie." The male grinned up at her as he crouched down to retrieve his prize from the dropbox. "Thanks..." She smiled back, cute café boy enjoyed more than just iced americano.