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Nox was just your average fellow. Working the average office job. With an average 9-5 there was nothing special to him. He even had the same routine. Wake up at 6:30, get out by 8:00, stop by his normal coffee shop and get to the office. But today was different. He got up at 6:30, he got out the door by 8:00 but his coffee shop…
..
Was closed (ó﹏ò｡)
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“Oh no Oh no” what was Nox as he wanted his coffee that he did not have in his hand. So he looks on Grimm Maps to look for a coffee shop HALF as good as his normal coffee. And he found this small cafe called Hollow cafe that had a 4.8 star review and was actually closer to this job than the other place was so he decided to drive there. The drive there was relatively silent since Nox did not have his morning coffee which made him grumpy and tired. He didn't want to listen to music as that would only give him an earworm and a headache. He gets to this “Hollow Cafe” and the parking lot isn't too full; it looks like there are probably the regulars of morning rush. So he parks and he walks inside and waits for a few minutes when he gets to the front of the line to order.
“ So what are you getting today”
The blonde guy said he had soft brown eyes and seemed nice. Now he usually wouldn't be interested in someone but he actually seemed nice and actually cared even if it was a second that mattered to him. It mattered a lot to Nox, he didn't really grow up with people who cared so even an ounce of praise can get him somewhere.
“Um ill get the Caffe Mocha”
The Blonde guy smiles and says.
“Thats our best one that’ll be 3.50”
Now at Nox’s old place he used to pay 6 dollars a day just for a freaking latte and the coffee here is only 3 dollars and 50 cents that seems like a red herring in Nox’s brain.
“Order for #89 your orders ready”
The blonde guy who checked him out said.
“Oh yes, thank you”
Nox says to try not to act like an absolute introvert. He takes a sip of his coffee and his eyes dilate..
… This is the best coffee he has ever had in his 25 years of living
The ratios of the cream, milk, sugar, coffee, and chocolate are pure perfection. Which almost NEVER happened at the old place. This coffee made him so happy he actually smiled for once which he hasn't done in a long time. He goes back to his car and drives to his work, an office job for a company called “Ex Libris” . It sucked but at least he got good insurance.
“Well Someone looks happy today”
Violet, his boss said, she could be very passive aggressive and rude at times but she's a good boss (when she isn't criticizing you for every little thing you do wrong).
“Cant I be happy just for once”
“Well your never happy I usually see you with a scowl on your face im surprised you havent gotten one already spill the tea why are you so happy right now”
“Cant he just be happy without reason”
Silver, one of the higher ups said even though she was a higher up she was still great friends with violet so she would often visit.
“Come on Silver He’s like never happy”
“Ok, Ok, Nox why are you so happy today”
Nox thought for a minute for how to word his response
“Well my coffee shop that I usually go to was closed today so i decided to try a new place”
“What new place?”
Violet said as she looked actually curious
“Its a little cafe called The Hollow Cafe its only like 2 minutes from here”
“You know that Bronze's boyfriend works there right “
Silver said like she’d clearly been there before
“Wait bronze has a boyfriend”
“YOU DIDN'T KNOW”
Violet said as if everyone knew
“Well you know as soon as i punch my card out i go straight home no work drama”
“Well true, Now back to work”
The work day for Nox was always slow tiring and justin bleh like the clouds are covering the sky and its humid outside and the weather just seems bleh. That's how Nox feels for the painful 8 hour work day after he gets done he goes home and that's where things get…weird.
He isn't thinking about going to sleep when he's at home..he's thinking of
..
That blonde boy earlier
..
That second that he felt the skies were sunny
..
The second when he felt he belonged instead of being some kind of outcast
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No, but he's a guy and Chase is a guy so he thinks it's wrong.. It's wrong right ?
He's going back to that Cafe tomorrow
Chase was an aspiring star
But one problem with that he can't afford to
So he's working at his grandpa's cafe until he can become an idol
Luckily…
Someday?
But he's gotta stay positive in his family in times of darkness
So he puts on his uniform and starts working.
And he sees that black haired Buddy from yesterday
“Here to order again?”
The black hair guy responds
“Yeah can I just have a Caffe Mocha”
“Yeah sure totally i guess ya liked it from yesterday”
“Yeah I loved it, im thinking of making this my permanent coffee spot”
“Well that's great”
Chase was really happy that the blackhaired guy was going to start coming there on a daily basis. Like this guy was lowkey kind of fine in his formal business attire even if it was a bit… monochrome Chase could help him see the sun in a world of fog right..
..
Right..
This right here is Chase's new mission to help this guy whom presumably he knew nothing about see a bit of sunshine of life to show that life can be great and worth living. He can show him how to put a little color into his life and can do him some good. Show him that life can be…happy.
“CHASE YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO WORK INSTEAD OF STANDING THERE LOOKING ALL MOPEY DOPEY”
Chase's grandpa hollered.
“I KNOW I KNOW IM GETTING BACK TO WORK OK”
Chase hollered back.
Day number 3:
“Oh your back”
Chase said
“Yeah”
“So you want a Mocha again”
“Yeah”
Chase starts making the coffee
“So what is your name”
“Nox”
“Thats a pretty cool name my names Chhase so you must really like chocolate”
“What do you mean by that”
“Youve came here 3 times and ordered a Mocha Cappachino”
“Well you can say I do like chocolate.”
“You would really like the chocolate croissants here my Grandfather makes the fresh here every day”
“Ill try that soon then”
“Oh yeah your coffees ready by the way made just how ya like it”
“Thank you, I don't think you would understand how this gets me through my day”
“Work be rough”
“Yeah”
“Thats real”
“I gotta go im gonna be late for..work”
“Bye then ill see you Tomorrow"
Nox gets to work on time as usual. He does normal work things (i dont know what office jobs do).
“I mean it's got to seem weird that Nox has been happier lately i mean since the first time he went to that other coffee place on monday”
Violet gossips to Silver and Bronze.
“I mean Deacon did say his cousin was acting a little bit more happy than usual”
Bronze says.
“Wait do you think Nox actually made a friend instead of painfully making himself an outcast for once”
Silver smirked.
“I think so”
Violet said.
A few hours Nox is on his lunch break
“So you’ve made a friend for once”
Violet asked very curiously.
“What.. How do you know about that”
“ Well I was talking with Silver and Bronze and Bronze said that this boyfriend noticed his cousin talking about a certain black haired fella”
“Dont say this is all over the office”
“We had bets going for if you even had a friend in the first place”
“ Do you guys really think im that lonely”
“Yep”
“Fine he is my friend”
“OMG im so happy for you’re first friend in what five years”
Silver added excitedly.
“Just dont get me to overwhelmed ok sil, you know im not the best at you know social interaction”
“I know, I know im just jokin around with you you know im actually really proud of you your like my brother to me and now you finally have a friend instead of just your coworkers”
“Thanks sil”
“Anytime”
Work for Nox was just normal, bland, and just plain repetitive but it was the only job he could get and he does get paid pretty well and get insurance.
Later that day Nox couldn't help but be hungry because it is lunch time and it's a thing the human body needs to do. Around Lunch Time Violet, Silver, and Bronze came up to Nox’s desk
“You Hungry”
Violet pondered.
“Yeah its about Lunchtime everyone gets hungry around that time”
Nox answered curiously
“Me, Violet and Bronze were thinking about going to the Hollow cafe for lunch since you know.. Deacon, is there you wanna come with us?”
Silver Asked Politely .
“Yeah sure i've heard their lunch is good, you know from a friend.”
Nox exclaimed.
So Silver, Nox, Bronze and Violet piled into Violet's Black Cadillac SUV just to all go to this 5 minute away coffee shop they could have walked to but dress shoes hurt and heels hurt so they go in the car.
“You know we could have walked”
Nox said.
“Heels are not made for walking that far, it hurts like hell”
Violet explained as all four of them got out of the car and walked up to the cafe. When they went into the cafe the door made a lil ring (it's called a shopkeeper's bell). And they walked up to the register to order and Chase was there since it was fall time it was soup season.
“So what would you guys want to order”
Chase said.. Chase was here Nox should not be surprised of Chase being here but seeing him other than the morning time did feel really good even though it messed up his routine a lot.
“One Italian Wedding soup, One Turkey soup, One Avocado Salad, and a Raspberry Walnut Salad”
Violet ordered politely.
“That will be 54$, Cash or card”
“Card please”
Does the Card thing I dont how to describe it. But they sit down and Nox thinks
How is he always so nice to people? How is he such a ball of sunshine? How is he just perfect in every way possible when I see him he just makes me happy. Like nothing else matters in this world except me and him.
“You okay you just zoned out there”
Silver Asked
“Ohhh yeah just daydreaming you know”
“Really cuz it seemed you were a little bit off for a second”
“Im okay Sil, you don't have to worry about me”
“Okay but if you ever need help with ANYTHING you come to me okay”
“I will”
So the food comes with a combination of Chase serving and Deacon serving since you know they know people. The food is like incredibly good like extremely fresh would get five stars from a critic type good when they're about to leave Chase comes up to Nox
And gives him a little bag.
“This Morning there was some chocolate croissants left and I know you’ll like them so consider this a gift”
Nox smiles something he has been doing a little more often than he used too
“Thank you”
So then Nox goes and follows the others to the car and they go back to work. A few hours later about an hour before work time actually end, he opens the bag only to find two chocolate and a business card that says “Chase Hollow Like and Follow: give me a call at (XXX)-XXX-XXXX”
Nox smiles and puts Chase's contact into his phone. He would text him when he got home but right now he wanted to eat those delicious croissants.
Which indeed they were probably….No the best thing he has ever put in his mouth in his 25 years of living in this world.
Which did give him the determination to get back to work and leave at five.
So he went home on a bland and normal drive home as always and there was bad traffic so he didn't get to his house which was a small house but still his until 6pm which was certainly annoying. So he puts his stuff down and goes to his laptop to continue the novel he has been writing for years.
After a couple of hours, he eats dinner and sees Chase's card and decides to give him a text.
~☆☾☆~
“Hi, this Nox”
“Oh Hi you finally got my number”
“Yeah I did”
“Sooooo how was ur day”
“It was good, yours?”
“It was good ¯\_(ツ)_/¯”
“Did you like your croissants”
“They were Amazing, thank you so much”
“You always welcome”
“So what do you do other than work”
“I like to read and write, you?”
“Wouldnt have expected, that you liked to read. I personally like music in general”
“Do you write music”
“I used to, I used to want to be a star but that changed some time ago I realized I needed to help my family”
“Do you still dream that one day you could”
“Yeah I do, I wonder what would've happened if my mom didn't get sick. I maybe could've became that star I wanted to be”
“I think you could've been a great star”
“Really ?”
“I do”
~☆☾☆~
They texted for hours until they both fell asleep. Chases alarm went off at 5am time to get ready to work another shift at the cafe … at least he gets to see Nox today but today was friday which means he wouldn't be able to see the light of his week until monday but at least he has Noxs number right he’ll be able to text him which he enjoyed a lot last night.
About two hours into his shift Nox came into the cafe.
“Good Morning, Do you want your usual”
“Yep”
“You have any plans this weekend or next week since its thanksgiving and all”
“Not really, I mean I am from Canada so we do celebrate it but that was like a month ago. So i just use it as an off day”
“So what do you do in Canadian thanksgiving?”
“Well first of all we celebrate it in the first week of october instead of the last week of november, and there's no Macy's day parade, no black friday until the 28th of november, and it's not really a big family gathering like you guys celebrate we just have a little bit of a nicer dinner.”
“So it's really just a dinner to you”
“sorta”
“I hope you have fun on your time off on Thursday then”
“I will”
“Oh your coffees ready here ya go”
And as Chase gives Nox his coffee he can't help but feel a bit of emptiness inside even if he was only a regular for only a week he couldn't help miss his new friend for the weekend. So he can't help finishing his shift and being a little bit mopey around the cafe of course deacon his cousin having to step in.
“Why are you mopey like this today after bronzes coworker left”
Deacon asked
“Hes good to have around, he's nice to listen to. I mean shouldnt you be happy i made another friend even though im already a social butterfly as it is. Dorkin when he first came in on Monday morning he looked grumpy depressed, he looked at me like he could never smile in his life, and even in the short week i got him to smile and laugh multiple times dorkin, do you understand that sometimes people need to be shown a path of light in the dark, a sunny sky in the middle of the storm or am i just crazy.”
“I mean Chase thats good and all theres some bad people in this world and I don't want you to get wrapped up in bad people like you were in high school you got in fights you played hockey and hung out with some assholes all im saying is that I don't want you stuck with someone who doesn't treat you like you deserve in life”
“I promise Deacon you don't have to worry about me and those fights were like so seven years ago its crazy i know you probably wont understand but i am a changed person from who i was 7 long years ago”
“Okay just checking up on you cousin duties”
“KIDS GET BACK TO WORK”
Grandpa Ralph yelled from the kitchen
“Okay, Grandpa were going back to work”
The rest of the day went on easily but usually for Chase and the Cafe so they closed and went home to the dinner table. And now they are talking about plans for thanksgiving which is in about six days.
“So here's the plan boys, chase your mother is invited, and since im still mad at ebay your parents did to you this year and I still want to protect you Deacon. Your parents are not invited to thanksgiving but Bronze is since he is your boyfriend and all. The goal of thanksgiving is to ALWAYS have good food and to make sure our loved ones are safe”
Ralph explains
“Got it”
The boys said.
Later that night Chase was super de duper bored like that kind of bored no one should be trusted with so with his remaining brain cells he texted Nox
~☆☾☆~
“Hi”
“Hi”
“Soooooo how wassss your dayyy”
“Good, you?”
“The rest of the day was lowkey boring so okay ¯\(◉‿◉)/¯”
“Well at least it wasn't bad”
“So what are ya doing…reading…writing”
“Just writing”
“Like what kind of writing like a novel or poetry”
“Poetry”
“Didnt know you were into that stuff”
“Yeah its a thing I kind of like to do in my free time”
“Do you usually have a lot of free time”
“Not really, I just have it on the weekends and a week of vacation a year”
“That sounds like just bland boring work everyday”
“Well not if your in marketing cuz you have HR up your ass half the time if you make on wrong move on the company page,your done for”
“We don't have an HR at the coffee shop whats that”
“Its like a HOA”
“Ohh that sounds like hell”
“It is”
So they continued talking for the entire night again except it was saturday now and since it was saturday nox was off but chase was nox was of T-T. So Chase goes to work and does cafe things, order, make give, order, make give repeat. It was very repetitive and boring that day so he wasn't in the best mood of all moods. It was just like normal repetitive plain old tasks that felt like they were never gonna end.Welll Untillll Nox texted him.
“Hello”
Chase while doing work was shocked to see the ping from Nox on his phone didnt he have anything better to do on his two days off before Monday. But He guessed that Nox literally had nothing better to do so he does the average thing the text back when someone texts you and that is.
“Hi”
“So hows work going for you today”
“Slow and repetitive, how is your day off?”
“Good”
“So what have you been doing while you're off this weekend?”
“Resting”
“That makes sense”
Like five minutes later.
“Its very slow today”
“Why do you think its slow”
“Well its about thanksgiving times and the regulars are traveling to go see their families and new people barely come so its just empty this time of the year”
“Well thats weird”
“Why is it weird to you”
“Well when your in marketing for book publishing the most busy time of the year is the holidays since theirs an entire new set of advertisements that need to be filmed and different books take the limelight”
“You work at a publishing company?!?!, didn't expect that from you”
“I work for Ex-Libris”
“WAIT ARE THOSE THE PEOPLE WHO DO THE BOOK FAIRS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS”
“Yes”
“I LOVE BOOK FAIRS WITH THE SPY PENS AND THE POINTER THINGS THAT I USED TO USE AS A MICROPHONE”
“You know there's people who have to help plan those right”
“So it's really just a way to promote sales”
“So you never feel the nostalgia from it”
“Ive never had a book fair as a kid”
“Can I ask why?”
“I went to a private school in canada”
“That makes sense, so you never grew up with that nostalgic feeling that you somehow got 40 dollars to go to the book fair”
“No, we had books at home I grew up in a big mansion had everything physical thing I could want but my parents were always too busy to kinda raise me so a nanny did”
“Is that why you left Canada”
“No”
“Then why did you leave Canada?"
“My parents wanted me in an arranged marriage which I did not want. The woman just seemed like a clingy tacky person whom I did not want to be with at all plus what I've learned from reading is that people need to find their own love instead of them being automatically chosen.”
“That makes a lot of sense actually”
“Yeah thats why I dont go back to Canada”
“Makes a lot of sense I would run from your situation immediately”
Like five minutes later.
“So just thinking about it you've never experienced an actual thanksgiving at all”
“I mean we would eat the food my nanny and I”
“So you never had the warm family aspect”
“No”
“How about you come to our thanksgiving on thursday its the best we play games and we eat turkey and it just has the warm feeling that you've never really experienced from what I've heard ”
“Ill think about it”
~☆☾☆~
“GRANDPA I NEED TO ASK YOU SOMETHING”
Chase asked.
“What do you need to ask me”
“Can..I invite a friend over”
“Why would you invite a friend for thanksgiving”
“One hes a regular at the cafe, two hes from canada so he doesn't experience thanksgiving the same, and three his parents never wanted to even celebrate canadian thanksgiving with him”
Now Chase knew his grandfather was a stickler for the rules but he was also a family man that thought that everyone needed support from a village to thrive in the hard world. And in Nox’s case he knew his grandpa would let it pass considering his background.
“Ok Chase, but you owe me one.”
~☆☾☆~
Nox is in his house that he bought with his own money alone, its two stories which is very big for one person. ANd is just thinking…thinking about how he's never really had a friend in his life. He's just been there like a sea urchin just existing in a world that treats everyone badly in some way. He thinks about how as bold and extroverted Chase is that somehow he is very right about how everyone needs to at least have a feeling for what a family is because if you don't have one life just wants to beat you up because everyone needs a village to thrive without one you just become stuck. So he gets his phone out and does something bold that wouldn't have thought he would have done a few days ago. So he's going to call chase
Ring
..
Ring
..
“Hai”
Chase says cheerfully.
“Hello”
“So did you think about thanksgiving”
“Yeah and I have decided to come”
“That's AMAZING NOX.. So how have you been since my last text?”
“Good, you”
“It's been good, have you done anything today.”
“Not really,you?”
“I worked but tonight is “fend for your self night” so im probably going to find somewhere to eat”
“So where are you going to eat”
“Nifty Fiftys”
“Nifty Fiftys?”
“Yeah what about it”
“I love that place”
“Me too”
“They have the best chocolate milkshakes in town”
“It's always the chocolate with you, do you wanna come with me?”
“Like I would stay home”
“See you there at 8”
“See you there!”
Hangs up the phone
“GRANDPA, DEACON IM GOING TO GO OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT AT 8 SO DONT WORRY ABOUT ME OKAY”
“OKAY”
So you know Chase gets dressed in actually presentable clothes and goes to the Diner.
~☆☾☆~
Nox well was in his pajamas since he was home all day so he had to get ready surprisingly outside of work his clothing style was goth which you would think he was more of a plain individual based on how plain of an outfit he wears to work. So he gets into the outfit he chose out and put on eyeliner and then got into his car and drove to Nifty Fifty’s
~☆☾☆~
Chase was already inside by the time he got there which was exactly 8 but he couldn't blame him as it was getting closer to winter and getting colder outside by the day. So he walks inside and sits at the table where the blonde was sitting.
“Hello”
“oh , hi”
Chase looks at him for a second since he has only ever seen Nox in his work attire and not his out of work attire so he takes a second to check his clothing style out.
“You look nice”
“Thanks”
“Didnt ever think you’d be goth outside of those work clothes.”
“Really I wear the most plain grey and black monotone clothing to do my job and you think I don't have style outside of work”
“Well I'm afraid that I accidentally judged a book by its cover”
“Everyone does its part of the statistics portion of my job, Trust me I know a lot about people judging books by their covers”
“Oh I do know, im just curious what influences made you goth because it is clearly not your parents because they weren't present and you told me the private school you went to had uniforms so where did you learn it from.”
“I actually learned it when i went of for college it was the first time i was exposed to several different clothing styles and I was allowed to express myself at the same time so i started in college and just moved on from there”
“So when you were finally able to express yourself was when you got into college”
“Yeah kinda like that”
A moment later a server came out and said
“What do you guys want to order”
“I’ll have a number 2 and a strawberry milkshake”
Chase said.
“I’ll have a number 3 and a chocolate milkshake”
Nox said.
“Okay the food should be out for you guess in 5-10 minutes”
“Thank you”
Chase and Nox said at the same exact time.
“So you always ask me about myself what are you like”
“Me?”
“Yes you, What about you, past, future and present Chase. Its nice to ask stuff about me but what if i want to find stuff out about you also”
“Well i mean there nothin much to me-”
“Dont say that to yourself theres a bunch of stuff about you lets start somewhere, where did you grow up?”
“Here”
“Did you ever do any activities outside of school or work”
“I mean I did hockey in high school, and wrestling, and the dance team”
“Well thats somethin”
“Well I was a different person 7 years ago especially one that you would not want to be around”
“Why do you say that”
“I got drunk, went to parties had fights, a lot of fights things that i realized were probably the most stupid decisions of my life”
“I mean that was 7 years ago what made you want to change”
“Graduating high school i could never afford college so now i just work in the family business”
“And that family business is how I met you so that couldn't be the worst thing in the world”
“No, but watching everyone you know be successful and your stuck trying to do what you can to boost your potential but no one is having it”
“So what do you want to be… still an idol like what you said in our texts a couple of days ago”
“Yeah still not going well”
“Maybe you just need to put in a little bit more effort..maybe try again”
“Okay but only because you said so”
The waiter came to give Chase and Nox their food.
“Now lets dig in”
Chase said
Now the next 10 minutes were in comfortable silence of them digging in their food but it was really good food so it was worthwhile silence and after they ate their food Chase says.
“Well that was amazing”
“Indeed”
“Well im going to pay the bi-”
“No”
“No what”
“I am”
“My trea-”
“No, I make 110,000 dollars a year and own a house im going to pay”
“Bu-”
“No buts””
“Fine”
After Nox paid they got to their cars and parted ways going to their respective homes. Chase just got home.
“WHERE WERE YOU CHASE”
“I told you already grandpa I was at Nifty fifties with a friend”
“Oh Okay”
Chase goes up to his room and texts Nox.
“Thank you for paying the bill”
“Your Welcome.”
~☆☾☆~
Now Sunday was Chase's day off and he wasn't going to waste it so he started doing his promise to Nox which was doing his music again and it actually was going really well. Nox, was writing as per usual and noticed his dusty piano he has in his house since he hasn't played it in a while and since you know he just felt like he wanted to try again he sat down in the seat and started playing the keys really really nicely, the notes, the rhythm, that random staccato all ended up being really good.
~☆☾☆~
It's Monday again but this time Nox is walking into that cafe with a smile on his face instead of a groan and a sigh like last week.
“Good mornin Nox”
“Mornin”
“I know what you want that’ll be 3.50”
“Okay”
“Its a 4 day week so at least you have that”
“I guess i do”
“And you get to go to thanksgiving at my place”
“I do”
“Well your coffee is made i just want you to have a good day ok!”
“Ok”
The day was a collection of Chase and Nox sending each other random cat memes to keep each other entertained throughout monday. Until Violet and silver come creeping Up again….
“Someone is smiling today”
Violet investigated.
“Hmmmm I wonder what it could beeeee”
Silver said
“Did you get Chases number”
Violet asked.
“Yes, but how did you know”
“Well Deacon noticed that Chase was smiling and he texted bronze and then Bronze told us the scoop its the ✨Gossip train✨”
Silver said.
“Ohhh, you ease droppers”
“Ok say what you want but the marketing depart is having a thanksgiving on thursday if you dont already have plans”
Violet said
“I do”
“You of all people have plans for thanksgiving, I thought you didn't have any family”
Silver said
“Well I already got invited to a thanksgiving”
Silver and Violet stand there in shock
“You as in Nox Aveline got invited to a thanksgiving”
Violet said
“Yeah”
“W-ho, h-ow”
Silver said
“Chase”
“BRONZE DIDNT TELL ME THIS NOW I GOT TO GO TELL HIM THE SCOOP”
Silver says and walks away with violet.
The rest of the day went pretty slow for Nox and for Chase and when they went home they decided to call.
“How was work”
Chase said.
“I made Silver and Violet stand in utter shock”
“How?”
“By telling them that you invited me to thanksgiving and i chose yours over theres”
“Your colleges are crazy”
“I know”
So they yapped until they both fell asleep on the phone and now its Tuesday. And Nox is walking into the cafe.
“Hi Nox”
“Hello”
“That will be 3.50”
“Okay”
“Better than monday”
“I mean everything is better than monday”
“true ,true”
“You excited for thursday”
“Yeah”
“Were probably serving dinner at 3 so you better be there”
“I will”
~☆☾☆~
Nox goes to work as Chase continually sends him Turkey cat memes all day and the office is watching. Silver and Violet totally did not pull a meeting with everyone but Nox ( 8 people but 2 people were off so it was 6)
“So how do we feel that Nox has a best friend”
Violet asks.
“Well I mean friendship is always the cure shown in several of our kids books”
Patina a short woman who takes care of the children's books in marketing says.
“Well The child I babysit does watch Chase leave his house everyday and she says he is suspiciously happy”
Goldie, a very tall man who is in charge of filming the adds says.
“So no one thinks its a bad thing”
Silver says.
The whole office room collectively says “no”
“Okay meeting dismissed”
Violet says.
~☆☾☆~
Chase's job was normal for the day, until he sees a woman with moonstone eyes and black hair come in.
“Hello do you want to order”
“Ill have a Mocha”
“Thatll be 3.50”
“Okay”
“Who is the order for”
“Ivy Aveline”
“You run AVELINE like the company where everyone buys everything and it only has one day shipping!”
“Yeah I do”
“Do you ever get tired of it”
“Well its on a system now, back when i had my son it wasn't like that so I couldn't spend time with him and I deeply regret it”
“You do?”
“Yeah”
“I have a friend who's like that his parents didn't spend as much time with him but he turned out great he has his own house, a car, but he doesn't have a family so thats why in invited him over for thanksgiving”
“That's..emotional do you know what his name was?”
“Hes one of my close friends even ive only known him for a week his name is Nox”
The Womans eyes glowed in recognition
“What”
“Thats what my sons name is”
“WHAT, then why are you here”
“Buisness stuff”
“But didn't you try to force him into an arranged marriage”
“Right”
“Hes a great guy but i dont think he needs you right now he's happy where he is and I don't wanna make things worse for him”
Gives her the coffee and watches her leave
“Well that was unexpected”
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Later Chase sends a text to Nox
“How was your day”
“Good,you?”
“I may have ran into your mom”
“WHAT”
“Yeah ur mom was at the coffee shop she said that she regretted what she did to you but I told her that you didn't need her and that you were perfectly capable on your own”
“Well that's one thing I could never say straight to her face”
“Really?”
“really”
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Wednesday was extremely boring SO TIME FOR THANKSGIVING YAY!!!!!!
The Hollow family is getting ready for thanksgiving Ralph is preparing the food the cousins are a combination of entertaining family and deacon going back to Bronze about 2:30 Nox Knocks on the door
Chase opens the door and says “Hi”
“Hello”
“What are you doing there come in”
“Okay”
“Are you ready for a real american thanksgiving”
“Yeah”
“All we did this morning was watch the Macy's day parade and then that specific video of the Barney balloon exploding”
“So what's fun well about 30 minutes is dinner and then we play games for prize bags because there's always a competition”
So thanksgiving goes like the dinner and I don't know how to describe that since FAMILY DINNERS ARE HARD TO DESCRIBE but imagine Chase and Nox having a lot of fun and while chase was helping clean he kinda slipped into buddy
“Oh-h im sorry “
“Naw its okay just happy accidents”
Chases brain, HAPPY ACCIDENTS JUST HAPPY ACCIDENTS RIGHT DFHDUAFALUKJKAGFHJ.
And To be Honest Chase's family loved having Nox around especially his mom. Chase's Mom loved to hear his life story, and helped him to erase some of the self regret he had for leaving his family as he is successful.
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The Night of Thanksgiving Nox started having thoughts, thoughts that he hasn't had before for Chase. Nox had never felt a romantic connection for anyone but Chase but it was definitely romantic since the day he met Chase he felt the clouds were fading away to a beautiful blue Sunny sky that you only see on the best days of your life.And that was the moment Nox realized……. HE HAD FEELINGS