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sorry for the delayed stories I'm trying !!
also this is super long and might be all over the place so I'm sorry abt that
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Techno softly yawned as he parked his car into the employee's only section of the parking lot and turned it off. He grabbed his belongings off the car and locked the door making sure all doors were closed.

He looked around looking up at the rather grey sky. It's pretty early for people to be up at this hour but Techno has work and duties to attend to. He then sighed and went over to the door of his workplace, which is a coffeehouse.

He noticed the lights were on in the building so he opened the doors with his keys and locked the door behind him. "I see you finally decided to show up" a man around his age said as he cleaned one of the dining tables.

"Good morning to you too, dream" techno said as he walked behind towards the employees room and to his locker. He placed in his belongings and got his uniform ready. It was made up of a simple white tucked in long sleeve with the coffee shop apron.

Techno hoped today will be a simple and slow day so he doesn't have to try as hard for his work. He neatly tied his apron and as soon as he closed his locker his coworker, dream showed up and leaned against the locker next to him with a smirk.

"This is the second time I've come to work before you, you're getting old" he said with a laugh. Techno rolled his eyes as he went over to the kitchen and waved at his other co-workers.

"Techno! I'll make you a quick pancake with coffee big man!" One of the cooks said as techno nodded and walked over to hand her some money. "No no, it's on the house techno" she said as she gave him a pat on the back and pushed him away from the kitchen. "Anyways, what's up with you techno?" Dream asked as the duo went and sat at an empty table.

"Nothing has changed from the last time you asked" techno responded which made dream raise an eyebrow. "Geez, techno. You have to do something more with your life other than stream Minecraft" dream said as he crossed his arms against his chest.

"Here you go, again it's on the house so don't worry about paying" one of the waitresses said as she dropped off technos food and hot coffee. Techno nodded and thanked her with a soft smile.

Dream and techno have been working together at the same coffee shop for quite a while. Ever since they met during training, they've been competing with each other with random tasks.

Most of the time Techno would win, making customers and his friends at work like him quite a lot. Even the managers find his rather monotone voice rather funny at times. Dream has been trying his hardest to beat techno at anything he's bad at, which is rare to find.

"You know dream, this is the only time I'll let you have the win you had this morning" techno said as he took a sip of his coffee and his lip tugged lightly upwards at the feeling of hot liquid go down his empty stomach.

"Just you wait, I'll beat you at something you're bad at" dream said with determination. They talked about their growing YouTube channels up until techno finished his food then they got ready to work.

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"That'll be $9.45 on the second window, thank you" techno said as he tapped on the side of his headset to mute his mic. He tapped on the flat tablet in front of him as he tapped the order he just took.

The customer pulled up to his window and he quickly took their money. He then went to get their drinks and handed them with a smile. "Thank you please come again-" Techno said mid closing his window until the customer stopped his window.

He moved his headset to the side and leaned forward. "Yes? Is there something wrong?" He asked with concern. It's not a common occurrence that an order goes wrong but it happens. When it does happens, techno does anything in his power to make it right.

"There isn't anything wrong, just wanted to tip you!" The customer said as they slipped a ten dollar bill to Techno with a smile and drove off. Techno stood shocked at the dollar bill on his hand as he slipped it into his pocket and continued to take orders from his headset.

It wasn't rare for him to receive tips during service. It took Techno by surprise whenever it happened to him though. He looked at his wrist and looked at his wrist watch and noticed he was supposed to be on lunch break a few minutes ago.

He finished off an order quickly and headed to the break room to eat his lunch with dream. He pushed the door open and cleared his throat. He saw the other male on his phone waiting for him on the break room table.

"Let's go sit out there, it's really stuffy in here" Techno said as he went to his locker and got his homemade lunch which was in a plastic bag. "Alright big man" dream said as he clicked his phone and followed him outside.

They went to get seats towards the back where they can't disturb any customers. Techno sat down and took off his cap and untied his bag. "What are you eating, dream?" Techno asked noticing nothing in front of dream that could be food.

"It's in my car actually I'll go get it" he said as he stood and went out the front doors in a quick pace. The bell by the door rang for a few seconds then died down. Techno opened his food and got his fork out and started digging into his food while scrolling through Twitter on his phone.

Dream came back with his lunch bag and quickly sat down. "It's quite cold out there" dream said as he also started eating trying to not lose any time left they had for their break. They talked about their YouTube ideas they had and how they could collaborate on certain videos as well.

"That food really hit a spot for once" Techno said as he wiped his hands on some napkins and headed towards the trash to throw away. The duo went back into the kitchen and Techno quickly slipped the previous ten dollar bill towards the cook who cooked his breakfast as a thank you.

The cook tried to refuse the money but he had orders to make so he shook his head with a smile. "Just this once, techno". Techno then moved towards the registers and sighed.

"Slow day today, isn't it?" His coworker said as she tapped on the tablet and thanked the customer for stopping by at their shop with a smile. "Yeah, there isn't much to compete in anyway" Techno said as he scanned the tables and there were the usual customers and some new faces.

The familiar bell rang once again on top of the doorway indicating a customer has entered the shop. Techno looked up thinking it was just a usual but then did a double take and noticed it was a fine man that has entered.

He was wondering around, his eyes scanning most bits of the shop while slowly making his way towards an empty seat. Techno didn't mean to stare but he couldn't simply look away from the young man. "Techno? Techno? Hello?" His coworker said as she waved a hand in front of his face.

"Woah, never seen him get awestruck like this before" Dream said with a laugh as he leaned his forearms on the counter. "Huh? Oh sorry, were you speaking?" Techno asked pulling his eyes away as quickly as possible and towards the tablet in front of him.

"Do you know him?" She asked as she moved her headset to the side to reveal her ear so she could hear better. "No i actually don't" he responded with his usual monotone voice. "Seems like you do by the way you just looked at him right now" she stated with a smile.

Techno looked up in disbelief and sighed. He brought his hand up and rubbed his face with a groan. "Okay, can we just move on from this? There isn't much to talk about other than-" he began but dream cut him off. "-other than that you fancy that man over there. Why don't you go and get his order?" He suggested which made the other presence gasp while she covered her mouth.

"Yes! It'll be good! You can finally start doing something with your life other than Minecraft " she said but then quickly apologized because that was quite a hard pill to swallow. "Woah so honest yet so brutal. But I'll pass on that" techno said.

Yes, he thought that man was actually pretty interesting but he doesn't necessarily want to go up to him and take his order. He'll rather just stay in the back and stare at him from a distance.

"Awe cmon techno, you're not going to take the chance?" Dream scuffed as he stood up straight from leaning on the counter and turned to look at techno. Techno nodded and started unpacking the styrofoam cups on their respective place in a quick pace.

"Fine techno, but guess what? I'll take the chance because to be honest, he looks quite charming" Dream said with a sly smirk. Their coworker silently stood there as she heard what Dream just said. She leaned a little bit to the side and made eye contact with him with a questionable look while techno still kept his back towards them.

Dream only brought his finger up to his lips as in to tell her to be silent for a second. He cleared his throat and jumbled with his keys to indicate he's on his way. "I guess I'll be taking your little fixation and securing another win~" Dream said as he left the register by swinging the side open and making his way to the gentleman that sat still looking at the menu with a puzzled look.

Techno silently stood holding the trash bag that the cups came in and thought to himself. He knew they weren't being serious at all but they were kind of right. Techno looked down to his shoes and started thinking very deeply on what his friends had currently said to him.

Techno has been working in this coffee shop for a really long time, and doing Minecraft instead of college as well. Almost everyday for him is the same routine: Get up, get ready for work, go to work, come back from work, work on a YouTube video then go to sleep and repeat the same cycle.

His online friends and real life friends have tried to add little things in his life to make it more interesting but it always goes back to the original routine no matter how hard they tried.

He needed something to change, he won't be living like this until he's an old man, he'd hate that. He threw away the bag and turned to see if Dream actually went up there like he said he would.

To his surprise, he actually is there talking to the man about the menu. Techno slightly widened his eyes and let out a sigh, his coworker quickly turned to look at him. "I don't know what they're talking about but they're all smiley" she said as she moved her headset back on and quickly took an order from a customer and techno helped her by making the order, not leaving his eyes off Dream and the other man.

Dream then moved to the side and turned to look at techno and the woman next to him. "Wait, why is he looking over here- why is he pointing? Oh god, I can't handle this.." techno said as he saw Dream point at techno with a big smile, yet very dark eyes as well.

"Oh! He's maybe introducing you to this nice man~?" She said as she slightly dragged out her last word of her sentence without overdoing it. Techno didn't like this one bit. He already took his lunch break so he couldn't just bail out from work.

He tried to look busy in order to avoid their stares that were directed towards him. Dream then started heading back and walked straight to techno, who was just messing with the straws by the counter. "You owe me one, big guy. So now get in there and be sociable!" He took his big hand and slapped him in the back quite hard and pushed him out from the registers into the dining room.

"I've never wanted to sit and cry more than I ever do now" techno said to himself as he nervously walked up to the customer who was waiting for him with a shy smile. He was also avoiding eye contact as much as techno was.

He finally made his way over and stood by his side as his hands trembled. He took out his notepad and pen from his front pocket of his apron and cleared his throat. "S-so, welcome to our coffee shop, how may I take your order, s-sir?" Techno said stuttering midway making him internally scream.

"Your friend..uhm already took my order.." the man said in a hushed tone as he fiddled with the ends of the menu pamphlet. "Then there is no reason for me to be here, I'll be heading back" techno simply stated as he clicked off his pen and put away his notepad.

"Wait! Your friend, he told me a little about you" he said as he scooted closer in his chair. "I also do Minecraft but I stream on twitch rather than on YouTube" he said still playing with the pamphlet which now has a permanent fold on the corner.

Techno turned back and faced him intrigued on the talk he was being introduced into. "He told me you're really good at pvp, especially at the 1.8 version" he said slowly trying to make eye contact with techno, but he's honestly intimidated by him.

When dream came up to him, he thought he was going to simply take his order and leave but he didn't leave after writing it down which made him worry and look up at him with a confused look.

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"May I take your order sir?" Dream asked as he came up to the other male with a big smile. The male unsurely nodded as he scanned against the items on the menu but still not knowing what to order.

"What would you recommend?..I'm not good with these things.." he stated making Dream quickly step ahead and started explaining some of his favorites and some of the least famous, sometimes customers end up liking the ones no one orders at most.

"Oh..then I'll take [insert order], with a [insert drink] please, thank you" he said as he leaned back on the chair with a sigh. Dream wrote it down and still didn't leave. He nervously made his eyes up to dream and tilted his head. "Yes?"

"Do you see that big man over there who's organizing those cups?" Dream asked as he stuck his thumb up and signaled to techno who was in fact doing what he just said he was.

"Yeah I actually do, what about him?" The other male asked as he anxiously brought his hand up and played with the hem of his own shirt. For some reason he felt like he was getting in trouble even though he hadn't even seen these people in his life before.

"Well, he's being such a big baby at wanting to talk to you so that's why I'm doing him a favor. Do you by chance know Minecraft, well games in general?" Dream asked making the man spark up in joy and nodded. He's actually really big on video games, he's a streamer on top of that.

"Yeah! I mean sure, I stream once in a while " he said toning down because he might've came out as a bit explosive just now. Dream smiled as he clasped his hands together.

"Yes! I'll bring him over and you guys can start chatting, unless that isn't okay?" Dream asked feeling quite guilty for making these two talk without consent or both not wanting to. He wants techno to get out of his safe zone but he doesn't want to do it without consent.

"It's okay if he can come over here" the male said as he slowly nodded. Dream quickly made his way back towards the counter and the male still nervously sat there but then moved on to fiddling with the menu in front of him.

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"Oh wow, he told you that? Well this is kind of awkward " Techno honestly stated but then apologized. "It's okay! it seems kind of weird talking about Minecraft out loud, you can hear yourself just sound like a nerd" the male said with a laugh making techno stare once again.

"Well that is quite true, which I don't mind being called a nerd in that sense" Techno replied which made the other laugh once more. Something felt quite different inside of techno whenever he let out laughter like that.

"If you don't mind me asking, may I get your twitch name?" Techno asked as he took out his notepad as if he was taking an order. "You look really funny like that—and sure it's [T/N] and my Twitter is [T/N]" he said.

"So then your name is (y/n)? Or is it just a random name you chose for your Twitter?" Techno asked jotting down both socials with his pen and clicked it closed. (Y/n) nodded brightly which made techno's brain gears start turning.

"Well then (y/n), I hope this isn't our last time meeting but I have to head back to work" techno said pointing back to dream and his coworker who were currently staring and gossiping.

When both boys looked back at them, they quickly moved away and pretended to be working. "Oh I forgot I'm sorry! But I'll see you tomorrow techno" (y/n) said as he waved him off and techno only nodded and went back.

"Sooo...how was it?~" Dream asked as he quickly wanted the news coming from techno as soon as possible. Techno simply took a big sigh and stared at the little notepad he had just previously wrote on and turned to dream. He had a tiny smile hoping the news weren't bad.

"You know what Dream? You're not so bad after all" that simple comment made Dream jump up in excitement as he patted techno hard on his shoulder which made techno groan softly. "There we go big man! Baby steps go such a long way" which was true.

"Good job techno! I'm proud of you I thought you were going to dip and never try it again" his coworker said with a chuckle as she sat down on one of the tools they had to hold some boxes.

"Yeah.." techno said as he stated at the paper in front of him. This might have been the first time he has gotten someone's socials all by himself. Dream helped him a bit but he still managed to ask (y/n) himself.

He put the paper away and with determination shown all over his face, he finished his day at work strong with minimal labor and not a lot of customer service was needed from techno.

-next day-

Techno managed to arrive to work before Dream and mentally tally marked his victory for later to write down. "It's quite chilly.." techno softly said to himself as he made is way to open the shop and quickly got in.

He went directly towards the heating system and rose it a bit higher and the shop got a comfortable temperature. He started to clean some mess the night shifters left which he didn't mind since he had nothing else to do.

An hour or so has passed and they finally opened their shop for service and it started quite fast. The weather got a bit colder than the morning so customers come in ordering hot drinks rather quickly.

Techno quickly tapped on his headset as he handed a man his change and went to fetch his drink. He had to slightly pass the register and make the drink. "Hello, how May I take your order today?" He said as he poured the hot drink into their own shops cups and added caramel.

As he pumped in the caramel, he looked towards the dining table just out of curiosity. Then when he caught the glimpse of the familiar hair color of (y/n), his heart felt like it fell down all the way to his feet. "Techno, be careful it'll overfill" one of his managers said as they nudged him on his side softly.

Techno quickly stopped pumping the caramel and apologized to his manager which didn't mind the zoning out. He quickly handed the man his respective drink with an apology and quickly wrote down the order he was taking on the headset to send to the kitchen.

After a few orders, he got a few minutes to catch his breath and he perked over to try and find (y/n). He found him on the table he was in yesterday just on his laptop with his earbuds. "Looks like he's working.." techno thought as his lips perked up in a small smile.

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The day has come to a finish and surprisingly (y/n) was still on his table but now was packing his stuff away. He stayed working on a bunch of projects since working at home can get a bit distracting at times.

"Goodnight, take care and get home safely" techno told his friends and other people he works with and a wave. He stepped out of the counter and debated whether to come up to (y/n) or to wait for him to come. He gripped his pant leg by the side for a bit and tried to make himself move but wasn't working.

'Cmon techno, just go say hello or something. It's embarrassing standing here' he said to himself with a stern voice. Then, dream came out of nowhere and came running to (y/n) while pulling techno with him. "Dream-" techno tried to pry his grip away but he was already in front of (y/n) when he was allowed to walk again.

"Oh, hello techno and dream! How was work?" He asked as he quickly placed his backpack on and pushed in his chair. "Meh, it was kind of busy at first but then it quieted down past noon" Dream said making (y/n) nod in agreement since he was in the shop for most of the time.

"Well, I'll be heading out. See you guys later" Dream said with a thumbs up and started running out the door which made both boys tilt their head in confusion. "Why did he-?" "Why did he-?" They both said at the same time making them turn and burst into soft laughter.

"Never thought that could even happen in real life" techno said as he cleared his throat, his nerves calming down a bit. "I thought it only happened in cartoons!" (Y/n) said as he sighed with a smile. "Can you walk me to my car?" He asked which techno couldn't refuse even if he could.

They stood at (y/n)'s car for a while just talking about random topics that came on top of their minds. (Y/n) was currently talking about one of their recent obsessions and didn't notice he was practically talking all over the place. He would say one thing and then say another but then come back to his original thought and it was an endless cycle.

Surprisingly, techno still understood everything he was saying. He tried extra hard to listen and take in everything he was saying for future reference. And because he really liked hearing (y/n) speak so freely for such a long period of time.

(Y/n) said something but then noticed his clock on his car indicating it was really late and perked up with a scared look. "Wah! Techno it's super late!" He said as he unlocked his own car and started it up and turned on the heaters. He rolled down his window to still be able to be heard.

"It's actually fine (y/n), I didn't really notice the time either" techno admitted as he moved away from leaning on the car. (Y/n) apologized once more but techno told him to stop since he understood you sometimes get carried away at things.

"But it was really interesting on what you were talking about, I wanna hear more about it" techno said with a genuine tone making (y/n) smile brightly. He quickly searched for his phone and then went to google. "Well if you google-" he began but then techno took the initiative and moved his phone away.

"I wanna hear it all from you though" techno said with assertiveness making (y/n)'s smile slowly fade and turn to a nervous one. He blushed lightly as he put his phone away and scratched the back of one of his ears. "If that's your way of asking for my phone number then sure".

After swapping phone numbers, (y/n) started heading home and techno went to his car. He got in and let the heaters go from cold air to warm air as he leaned his head all the way back to the head rest.

He removed his cap, letting his hair fall into the front of his eyebrows and let out a big sigh. "Jesus fucking Christ. That was way too much socializing I need to recharge real quick" he said. He's always at his limit at work and talking to (y/n) made it overcharge.

But he wasn't complaining. It was a nice, odd feeling when talking to him and he would take any chance and not let it pass by. It also changed his mindset on not letting things get away from his grasp once more. He placed his hand on his heart and felt it pump a bit faster than usual. "I'll have to get used to this feeling" he confirmed to himself as he relaxed for a bit more and then headed back home for the day.

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this was a long one to make up for the missing chapters :c