Sasha's POV

"Hi! I'm Sasha and I'll be your server today!" I greeted, a great big smile on my face and my hands posed to write down the order.

"Hey, can we get one-"

"Four."

"....four peanut butter cookies, please?" The emerald eyed brunette finished after being interrupted by a little man in a suit who was staring rather longingly at the peanut butter behind the counter.

"Coming right up!" I skipped over behind the counter of the bakery, slapping on some latex gloves and setting to work.

Licking my fingers whenever possible (don't tell my boss), I spread the nutty goodness over four warm cookies. With a glance over the counter at the pair holding hands under the table I switched out the circular cookies for heart shapes with a small smile. So cute. So gay.

The pastries were arranged somewhat neatly on a plate and I carried them over, being sure to time my "Your order is here!" Just as they were about to kiss.

The brunette ignored a very irritated "Again?!?" And slid my pay over, giving me a very, very generous tip. I would be humble and refuse to accept such a huge sum, but money is money and I like money, so instead I smiled and left them to enjoy their cookies, though only one of them was chowing down.

With no other customers, I grabbed a handful of chocolate bars and leaned against the back counter, sucking on a piece and not so discreetly watching them.

"Eren! I can eat by myself. I'm a grown man."

"But that's not as fun as feeding you~~~!" The one with the big eyes, Eren it seemed, teased and used his thumb to wipe some crumbs off the midgets face, getting a glare that had little effect seeing as his cheeks were bright red.

I felt a peculiar feeling down in the pit of my stomach. It was like... A hole. This big ball of... Of something was knotting up and squeezing my heart, almost making me want to run out of the room and curl up.

...it must be hunger. I shrugged and popped a cupcake in my mouth, praising my baking skills, only to be distracted from the goodness by the bell on the door jingling.

My eyes glanced up, icing all over my mouth and even some in my hair from earlier, to see this man who looked like he could be an adolescent but bald walk in.

He was dressed in khaki shorts and a very comfortable looking shirt, and his eyes were big and bright and so was his smile. They looked around the shop, taking in the very pink, glittery decor, before resting on me.

As soon as they did, his grin widened impossibly and he walked over to the counter. Realizing I was staring, I shook my head quickly and said,

"Welcome to Springle's Cupcakes! What can I get for you today?"

"I'm not really sure... I was walking down the street starving to death and I smelled this awesome smell... So I followed it and ended up here!" His face set in determination. "I want whatever that smell is!!"

I furrowed my eyebrows and took in a good long sniff.

"Smells like... Coconut..." He nodded vigorously.

"I definitely smelled that!"

Another sniff. "And... Is that.. Lemon?"

"YEAH! YEAH THATS IT! Lemon! Lemon and coconut."

"AHA!" I lowered down to my knees to the display case and grabbed two lemon cupcakes with coconut dipped frosting, and set them on the counter. "Lemon coconut cupcakes." I introduced, my stomach growling as I looked at the sugary goodness. I could hear his stomach join mine in a duet of hunger.

"Perfect. But... You got two. I can't eat two all by myself!"

"LET ME EAT ONE!!!" I nearly hopped over the counter, grabbing the front of his shirt and looking into his eyes imploringly. "Let. Me. Eat. Lemon. Coconut. Cupcake."

"Great idea! Come on!" We each grabbed one, me actually hopping over the counter this time and sitting in the barstool right next to him.

"I made these myself, but I've never tried one." I told him, frowning down at the sweet.

"What?? If I worked at a bakery I would try EVERYTHING!" The bald boy insisted energetically, his eyes looking in wonder at the display case.

"I know!! And that's my goal! I've been here about a week and I've already tried 53 of the 60 things we sell!"

"Woah really?? Luckkkyyy!!! But you gotta get to 60. And I'm gonna help you!"

My eyes widened at his dedicated words. "You are?!"

"Yes. I swear it. And we are gonna start with this freaking lemon coconut cupcake."

We both held up our cakes to the air in tribute to our promise, and then stuffed them into our face.

"Mmm!!!" We both chorused, licking our lips and dropping the wrappers down onto the pink marble countertop.

"My compliments to the chef!" He said gratefully with a wink, cleaning off his fingers. "54. What else haven't you tried?"

"Let's see..." I squinted down at the menu, and jabbed my finger at an item. "Here! Mint chocolatey chip icecream Sunday."

"Sounds delicious! I'm starving who's ready for 55?"

Both my hands shot in the air. "Me! Me! Stay right there! I'm gonna make one for us to share!" Running back around the counter, I got out a bowl and started dipping the light green ice cream.

Looking at my name tag, he asked, "Your name is Sasha?"

"Mmmmhm! Sasha Braus. Who the heck are you?"

"Springer. Connie Springer."

"Connie? Isn't that a girls name?" I laughed, causing his face to turn bright red.

"NO! It's a guy! I'm a guy! A man!" He stood up, kicking back the barstool and flexing his biceps. And lemme say there were pretttyyy nice.

"Hm... Okay. I believe you."

We both got spoons and for the first bite we crossed our arms and fed each other, cause that's what friends do!

"What in the hell are you doing, Braus?" Uh oh. I turned around to see Annie walk in from the kitchen.

"Oh hey boss! I was just talking to one of our loyal customers and making sure the product is absolutely perfect!"

"Oh really?" She brought her cold gaze down to the back counter, no doubt seeing my wrappers from breakfast, morning snack, second morning snack, and lunch. "You made sure every single one of my products were perfect?"

I gulped and smiled my widest smile. "Yes!"

~~~~~~~~TIME SKIP~~~~~~~

Fired again... I was so close to setting the record for longest job kept. So close to 6 days...

I sighed, dropping my chin to the tops of my knees and staring at the brick alley wall, my back resting against the bakery back door.

I heard the little jingle again and looked to the right to see the midget and brunette walking out hand in hand, before suddenly they weren't there anymore. My head shot up and I looked all around. What the...? Where did they go??

I banged my palm against my forehead. I must be going crazy. They looked so happy together...

There's that feeling again. But I just ate!!! Woah I've never said that in my life.

"Hey! Sasha!" I lifted my eyes up to see Connie standing over me.

"Hey..." I groaned, feeling sorry for myself. Without money I'll starve.

"That lady sure is mean. You don't want to work for her anyway." He decided, extending a hand down to where I was slouching. "You don't have a job, right?"

"Obviously not, that was my only work!"

"Perfect! Now you can come work with me!"

What. "Work with you?? Where? How! ...is there food?"

"See, what I learned is that people like us don't work well in restaurants. That's why I got a part time job at an ice skating rink."

Ice skating..... I've always loved ice skating... And since ice doesn't taste good, I wouldn't be fired for eating anything!

I lifted my head up, getting some hope as he continued. "There's a lot of really nice people there. Rico, Krista, Ymir.... It'll be fun! And everyday after work we can stop by the bread bakery right by it and eat second afternoon snack!"

I grinned and took his outstretched hand, the feeling in my stomach disappearing as I jumped up- nearly pulling him down- and yelled, "Yes yes YES! I'll take it!"

"Really?!" His voice cracked and he blushed before making his voice incredibly deep. "I mean, of course you will. Let's go!"

We swung our hands as we took off down the street towards the local rink, heading towards money and hopefully my most successful job yet.

"And hey Sasha... I actually could have finished those two cupcakes by myself."

A/N I'm super sorry if you guys wanted this chapter to be about Eren and Levi. I just wanted to throw in a little side story about Sasha. I added them in there though! I want to get my story more known but I got no idea how to do that, like I see Kipnotize with like five bajillion reads and it's like WOAH. But I LOVEEEE all my readers you guys are great and your comments kill me ❤️❤️❤️❤️Hope you enjoyed~