5 Chance Encounter 5 (2/2)

Almost a month of asking insistently later, he had revealed to her that he called it her usual because whenever she came in and got it, she smiled more and clearly enjoyed it while when she got a coffee she looked like she hated it. She had asked him why he paid enough attention to her to notice that and his explanation was what had made her keep coming here over all other options. Devin had simply smiled at her and said that paying that much attention to customers was just the first step of his success.

Even though it was an ordinary response, it seemed extraordinary to her, because her entire life she had seen most people simply give all the work to their employees and relax. His answer had shown her his care for his customers and made her want to support people like him instead of the other cafes she had tried since.

As she was nearing the end of her coffee cake, Devin walked over and sat down across from her again.

”Don't you have work?”

”The Monocled Rabbit closed 5 minutes ago.”

”Oh.” After replying, she took another sip of her hot chocolate and looked around.

”You know, most people would say it's polite offer to leave after the owner came over to tell them the store was close.”

”You want me to leave?”

”No, no. I consider you a friend at this point.”

”Me too.” Aria put down her empty mug and stood up, getting ready to leave.

”I know something's wrong, don't leave me worried like this.”

She sighed and sat back down across from him and clutched her hands.

”I'm getting a new roommate.”

”In the second to last month of the school year?”

”The dean told me she's from a really rich family and that they made an exception.”

”You'll be fine, even if she's a monster you only have to deal with her for a little bit.”

”Yeah... I guess. Thanks Dev. Having someone to talk to is so nice.”

The moment she finished speaking, he pulled her into a hug and then spun her around and pushed her out the door, waving at her. Aria waved back and smiled to herself thinking about how much better things have gotten over the past couple months.