The Coffee Shop
Tangle stretched her arms as she rolled out of bed, collapsing onto the floor which swiftly woke her, a loud thud echoing through the house as she falls.
"Ow." She exclaims weakly, lying flat on the floor. Whisper jolted out of her sleeping bag, sitting up in shock. Tangle's sudden fall had quickly alerted her, forcing her up to look for any danger as she tightly grasps her sleeping bag, nearly to the point of tearing it with her claws.
Whisper's ears twitched slightly as she scanned the area, pouring over the room, before turning to the fallen lemur.
"You alright?" Whisper asked quietly, releasing the sleeping bag from her grip.
Tangle, slowly but surely, raised her hand and gave Whisper a thumbs up as she groaned in pain.
"Yeah. This happens alot." Tangle replied in a hurt voice, not only hurt by the fall but also by the embarrassed by it.
"I'll be fineee." Tangle continued, making her way up until she stands next to her bed. Whisper collapses back into her sleeping bag, Tangle walking off into her kitchen to make breakfast.
"Hey, Whisper, do you, uh, want some breakfast?" Tangle asked, poking her head back into their room.
Whisper had gone back into her sleeping bag- she was almost completely asleep, turned away from Tangle. Tangle stared at her for a moment, waiting for a response, before Whisper rolled over towards her and muttered,
"..huh? Up in a minute..." Before turning away again.
Tangle said "Alright." and shrugged, going back into the kitchen and searching through the cupboards.
She took out a box of strawberry poptarts, placing one in her mouth before getting a box of coffee beans out from a smaller cupboard.
Then, as she went to prepare a cup of coffee, she spat out multiple shards of poptart.
She had remembered what she said yesterday, having completely forgotten when she originally woke.
"Awww crap. That's what I forgot!" Tangle yelled as she threw away the scraps of poptart, dropping the box of coffee beans onto the counter.
"Hey, Whisper!" Tangle said as she walked back into the bedroom, waving at Whisper as she spoke.
Whisper turned to her, a tired expression on her face.
"I was gonna take you to that coffee shop, remember? I forgot this morning, but I can take you there in a sec!" Tangle continued joyfully, Whisper staring on in confusion for some time, before Tangle walks back into the kitchen.
"Huh?...Wha?" Whisper said to herself, before the memory dawned on her aswell.
"Oh." Whisper continued, a slight smile appearing as she sat up in her sleeping bag.
Tangle, after re-doing her breakfast, stood quietly in the kitchen, bored, tapping her feet against the floor.
Whisper entered the kitchen soon after, Tangle turning to her as she entered.
"Hi! So, how are you feeling about going to the shop, then?" Tangle asked excitedly, waiting to get out of her tiny apartment.
Whisper took a moment to respond, but eventually murmured in reply,
"Excited."
Tangle smiled, happy to hear so, leaping over to the sofa.
"Cool! Let me know when you wanna go then, 'cause this place is superrr stuffy." Tangle said, swinging her legs as she sat on the sofa.
"Now?" Whisper spoke, walking over to the door and opening it slightly, waiting for Tangle.
"Sure!" Tangle exclaimed loudly, jumping over to Whisper and running through the door, Whisper following her soon after.
"Let's go!" Tangle continued as she bolted down the stairs, gesturing for Whisper to follow- who slowly wandered down, following Tangle until they reached the coffee shop.
By the time they got close to the shop, Tangle had calmed down, the two gingerly walking along a pavement towards the shop.
Tangle reached the door, holding it open as Whisper walked in. The two took a seat at a table as they thought about what to order,
"Huh. So they do sell chocolate-coated strawberries!" Tangle yelled as she looked over the menu, Whisper sitting down and enjoying the serenity of the shop.
"I'll go order some of those, then. Do you wanna share, or should I get a regular sized bowl?" Tangle continued, Whisper absentmindedly nodding as she stares through the window and at the empty streets.
"Alright- cool," Tangle then walked over to the counter, ordering from an employee,
"Hi! Can I get a bowl of strawberry-covered choco- I mean, chocolate-covered strawberries. Oh, and to share." Tangle asked, the employee writing down her order as she speaks.
"Sure! So, for you and your partner?" The employee replied, Tangle blushing and freezing up slightly as they spoke.
"Well, she's not exactly my partner- just a friend, I think!" Tangle said nervously, rubbing her neck.
"Oh, so you're not in a relationship, then? It looked like you two were on a date." The employee continued, calm and either unbothered or ignorant of Tangle's nervousness.
"Nope! Not that I wouldn't mind being in a relationship with HER, I mean that'd be GREAT! I'd love that- It's just, we're not ACTUALLY in a relationship andyousee-" Tangle began to ramble, the employee staring at her as they held their notepad.
"Okay. I'm gonna go get your order now, then." The employee said, still unbothered by Tangle, walking away to get Tangle's order.
Soon later, Tangle walked back to her table with a large bowl of chocolate covered strawberries, still visibly nervous as she sat down at the table.
"Hey, uh, Whisper! You wouldn't BELIEVE what the employee said! They thought me and YOU were in a relationship! CRAZY, right!?" Tangle said skittishly, blushing as she put the bowl down in the middle of the table.
"Sure." Whisper replied awkwardly, her face turning slightly flushed as she took a strawberry from the bowl.
The two spent awhile talking- Mainly Tangle inquiring about Whisper's adventures, and sooner than later, the bowl was empty and it was getting dark.
As they walked home, Whisper slowly reached for Tangle's hand- holding it as they walked back, Whisper turning away from Tangle and blushing before they returned home.
Once they arrived, Tangle jumped through the doorway and collapsed onto her bed, Whisper crawling into her sleeping bag.
"So, did you have a nice time at the coffee shop?" Tangle asked as she yawned, beginning to drift off to sleep.
"Yeah." Whisper replied, smiling as she watched Tangle fall asleep, herself dozing off soon after.