It's dangerous to live a human life. They had to always be on their guard.
No wonder when they'd have to encounter one of those inhumane creatures, daytime or nighttime.
But by now, the cafe workers were used to it, or at least that is what they thought.
Usually, vampires were the main customers who visited the cafe due to where it's located. Right at the border of their human territory. So it wasn't something to be surprised about.
Over the past few years, they have run the cafe, but strangely, they haven't encountered anything nearly as violent.
The customers were quite friendly. They minded their own business. They seemed so decent and loyal, visiting their cafe regularly. Alice and Gloria were more than glad about it.
But there was no saying they'd never witness something opposite to that. Anything might conspire in a crazy world like this. They just had to be alert.
"I'm glad that the neighboring town has quite polite people living there," stated Gloria, a smile spreading across her face.
"Who knows, we even might be dead by now, taking in the number of vampires and werewolves visiting our cafe, don't you think?"
The very thought vanished her smile, replacing it with a dreadful one.
A tired sigh left Alice's lips as she gazed at the customers through the glass wall that stood in front. One-fourth of Alice's cabin wall was of glass, just so she could monitor even from her cabin.
Alice hummed as she heard what her friend stated, going through their cafe website.
"Melissa!" she called out, spotting the curly, dark-haired girl pass by her cabin, startling Gloria.
The girl gingerly entered the cabin through the glass door with the little coffee tray hugging dearly to her chest.
"Yes, Miss?"
Alice gazed out and then at the young lass, who was not two or three years younger than her.
"Did the delivery boys return?" She questioned the girl.
"Not yet, miss!"
"Make sure you let us know once they do. There are lotta deliveries to be settled before the night reaches." The girl nodded her head and rushed out of the cabin.
Back then, both the girls and boys did the deliveries, but one evening, three girls came hesitantly into her cabin with brimming in their eyes.
Confusingly, both bosses insisted on knowing what had happened, only to see them break down into tears.
They were harassed by the customers who ordered home delivery.
Once the four male staff members got wind of the incident, they demanded that Alice and Gloria not let the girls do the delivery.
They willingly accepted to do it on behalf of the female workers.
Alice and Gloria were more than happy to see them so protective and responsible. They immediately accepted the idea.
After all, they didn't want something like that to be faced by anyone else.
"Jeez!" exclaimed Gloria.
"Don't you startle me that way," she glared at Alice.
In return, she poked her friend's cheeks as she chuckled in amusement.
"I gotta go, love."
Alice stood up, gathering some of the papers and placing them safely into her little side bag.
"Where to?" questioned Gloria quizzically.
"Have you forgotten already?" she questioned, not so surprisingly.
"We are supposed to give a September offer for our cafe's anniversary. Gotta print out some posters. I've completed designing them."
"Oh shoot!" exclaimed Gloria, hands on her forehead.
Alice shook her head, expecting something like this beforehand, so she left her cabin.
Gloria tailed her like a puppy with a pout on her lips as she felt bad for forgetting something like this.
"Alright. Alright. Wanna join me, Ria?" questioned Alicia, but Gloria shook her head with a big no.
"Whose going to look after the cafe, dumbo?"
"Right!"
Gloria smacked her head as she shook her head.
"By the way, I gotta borrow your scooter," she said, giving her a sheepish look.
"Under his nose again?"
"I can't help it," Alice said, shrugging her shoulders with an ear-to-ear grin. Little chuckles escaped their lips.
Gloria disappeared into her cabin, which was right next to Alice's, and was back in a few seconds with the key and its chain twirling around her long, slender fingers. She handed it to Alice and disappeared into her cabin once again.
Alice took her helmet along with some of the delivery packages and got onto the yellow bike.
Time passed by, and she happened to spend more time than she had expected at the printing shop.
The guy who was at the shop was being too cheesy, which had her annoyed. But she had no choice but to tolerate him as long as she got her work done perfectly.
Pulling out the door of the shop, she was about to step out, putting the extra copy of the poster into her bag, but she clashed with someone and was pushed back, hitting her butt on the hard floor.
"You insolent brat! Watch where you're going," she spat, glancing back at the guy who dashed out.
Not once did he look back at him.
The only thing she got to register about the guy was his black gothic spike shoe, leaving her elbow scratched and her butt in pain. She glanced down at her elbow and was about to get up but was pushed by another person.
"Uhh... What's with you guys, pushing me down?" She screamed.
The guy who hit her secondarily slowed down and glanced down at her with his black twilight eyes for a brief moment.
She thought he was about to mouth at least a sorry, but to her disappointment, he looked away and ran.
Alice grunted furiously.
The printer guy, who happened to witness the incident, came running out of his shop and tried to help her. But she glared at the printer guy, gritting her teeth, only to swat her hands away.
Ignoring the man who was trying to help her, or more like being too cheesy just to hit her, she took her belongings and left the man confused.
"What!!! I just tried to help you," he shouted like a maniac, raising his hands as he walked into his shop, gazing at Alice.
"Can't beautiful girls be blessed with hearts and attitude?" he muttered as he continued where he had left off in his work earlier.
Alice got onto the bike, cursing at anyone and everyone she spotted. She really had a bad temper.
"Uff... there's these deliveries to be settled... Just what more, dear Lord?" She asked the question seriously.
As if it were not enough, a crow flew right above her cawed and pissed nearly a few inches away from her feet.
It was more like the bird mocked her situation.
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