Kakagai or Kabiki? I think it’d be cute for a meet cute coffeeshopau, basic but I am in fact a basic bitch lol
Note: I did do both, because i’m weak. I am however only posting Ibiki with the ask because together two post au’s add up to about 6k and i’m not about to be that mean. Also @konoha-interrogation might enjoy these two dorks in love XD
Kakashi: Coffee Shop Owner
Ibiki has been going to the same cafe for all of his career and he doesn’t care if there’s a new owner or if everything inside the cafe has changed. He’s going to get his coffee and not a single person is going to stop him.
Let me explain. Kakashi bought the cafe from the old owner, who wasn’t doing so well even though they had some very loyal customers. As happens with a change of owners, the cafe shut down for a few months for a complete revamp and a hiring process. Kakashi changed everything.
None of this stops Ibiki. This man has had to drink office coffee for the last three months so the day that Cafe opens up again he is in line to get his regular cup of coffee. The good, strong stuff that brings life to his soul and doesn’t taste like burned coffee grounds.
Does he care that the new sign has a Henohenomoheji and looks ridiculous (in his opinion)? No. Does he care that the inside of the place looks like it was gutted of everything he recognizes and changed it a completely new, unrecognizable building? No.
Ibiki wants coffee and he wants it now. The only problem? The guy at the till smiles at him and somehow that smile, which he can’t even really see because the man is wearing a mask, is the most intoxicating thing he has ever seen and his regular coffee order just dropped from memory like a ton of bricks.
Thankfully Hayate is standing right behind him and happily picks up the slack (and the bill) before Ibiki can start feeling embarrassed about this situation.
This all, of course, comes at the low low cost of ‘teasing Ibiki for the rest of the week’ and he’s certain to get his revenge but also free coffee. He’s not complaining.
There’s a cute worker who is still smiling at him and has a coffee in his hand. There is nothing to complain about.
The coffee, by the way, is excellent. Ibiki might even be convinced that it’s better than the old Cafe’s coffee, except it’s missing that touch of comfort. It’s alright though, he’s sure that will come back as he gets used to the new place.
The best part of this new cafe, Ibiki thinks, is the cute new worker who greets him almost every morning with that same stunning smile. He gets used to the smile of course and starts making his order on his own, even if Hayate is standing behind him offering to place the order for him so he can ‘ogle the cute worker’ (in earshot of said worker, by the way) but Ibiki is determined.
He is not a man who makes a fool of himself. At least, not twice.
The strange new design even becomes normal to him. Though he doesn’t make a habit of sitting inside, it’s more of a passing glance before he has his coffee and leaves.
One thing he notices very quickly, though, is that his coffee seems to come out cheaper than Hayate’s. A lot cheaper. A fact that Hayate has been grumbling none stop about since their second visit to the cafe.
‘He’s not sure if the new guy is just being nice or if he’s flirting with him, but he is certain that the owner would not like having their worker give discounts on coffee. So, he decides to deal with this and assures the guy that he is happy to pay the full price.
The next time he goes in he hands over the exact money he knows Hayate would pay, but the guy doesn’t take it. No matter how long Ibiki stands there, holding it out to him, he refuses to take it.
Finally, after a short standoff, Ibiki huffs and tells him that it’s not fair to play favouritism. The answer he gets is the last thing he’s expecting.
“As the owner of this fine establishment, I do believe I set the prices. Not you.”
Hayate has to walk out of the place he’s laughing so hard, and Ibiki the ever-calm and collected man he is, just grumbles something under his breath and hands over the appropriate amount of money. Once he has his coffee in hand he makes a beeline for the exit.
The owner. For weeks Ibiki thought it was just a cute worker flirting with him, but no. Somehow he has the owner of this cool new Cafe flirting with him and he’s not sure how he feels about it.
He likes it. He loves it. It’s fun and the man has such a pretty smile that reaches up into his eyes. At the same time, though, Ibiki doesn’t do flirting. He’s too busy. There’s work to do and few people want to commit to dating a detective. He has seen so many relationships cut short because of the demanding hours and endless stream of work.
But that smile. It is intoxicating. Even when he’s trying to do paperwork Ibiki can’t help but think of it. The easy those soft eyes crinkle at the edges, showing unrestrained pleasure.
There has never been a more beautiful smile, of that he’s sure.
To his great horror (not really but he’ll certainly act like it for Anko’s sake) he walks in one morning to find Anko waiting in line for her morning coffee. A regular occurrence, until the cute owner, calls her name and hands her the cup, only to watch in absolute horror as she flips the lid off and drops in some strange substance with a cruel smile.
Ibiki’s certain the substance is safe. Anko never takes her poisons out of the lab, but the way the man behind the counter watches her with cautious interest is what concerns him.
Most people would run for it, or they would look horrified. They’d want nothing to do with whatever it was Anko was up to. But this guy? The cute silver-haired owner who has been giving Ibiki discount coffee for months now? He looks intrigued. Like he’s about to ask Anko all about it and spend five hours listening to her gush about all of the poisons she works with.
Ibiki orders his coffee quickly and decides to interrupt the conversation before it can happen. Stepping up to Anko’s side, she leans an arm on her shoulder and stares down at her while she looks up at him with a mischievous smile. The smile he knows to mean ‘I’m just having a little fun’ whenever she finds herself in trouble.
Ibiki doesn’t believe it for a second.
Most days when he goes to the cafe it’s empty. The rush hours are at six am and twelve pm, and thankfully Ibiki doesn’t get the opportunity to go for his daily cup of coffee until around eight am.
This allows him the freedom to hang around when he doesn’t need to rush off to work. A freedom which he freely uses to hang around and chat with the cute owner. Ibiki keeps telling Hayate that he is NOT flirting because he has better things to do than flirt like a teenager looking for a hookup, but he knows he’s lying.
The best part of it all is that Ibiki knows he’s at least succeeding in his flirting because Kakashi always flirts back with him. Not just by giving him cheaper coffee, but by complimenting him and openly talking about how handsome and sweet he is.
Things Ibiki rarely hears because few people find it possible to look past his scars and speak with him about more than just work.
It’s a refreshing change of pace. Kakashi is sweet, always seems happy to see Ibiki walking through his front doors, and seems to get immense pleasure out of being a little shit to everyone he knows. Whether it’s acting like he doesn’t know how to make a Latte just so Yamato has to do it himself (even though it’s his break) or asking Ibiki for the tenth time in one conversation what he did for a living, Hatake Kakashi is a troll. A fact Ibiki never thought would make a person attractive, but makes him want to jump Kakashi.
Ibiki is usually calm and collected when he goes into the cafe. After that first day, he always makes sure to give himself a moment to prepare for that heart-stopping smile and those sweet compliments. No matter what Kakashi says or does, he is ready to face it with a smile and some sweet words of his own.
What he is not prepared for is the day he’s walking down the streets with Hayate, coffee in hand and no sight of Kakashi anywhere in the cafe while they were there, when this hunk of a man comes running down the street with eight (EIGHT) dogs in front of him. Ibiki’s almost too stunned to say anything just because of all the dogs, but then he sees the face.
Kakashi’s face. The face without a mask, out in the open for all to enjoy.
For the first time in his life, Ibiki drops his coffee. Hayate has to walk away he’s laughing so hard, and Ibiki is not doing alright. He’s pretty sure he just died and went to some form of an afterlife where everything is amazing.
Then Kakashi stops, directly in front of Ibiki, and smiles at him. That same smile he has always given him from behind the counter except for this time his lips are visible.
Ibiki didn’t think the smile could get better. He was certain it couldn't make his heart beat any faster than it already did.
Once again, he was wrong.
He feels like his heart is about to jump out of his chest staring at that man’s pretty face (and he has no idea Kakashi feels the same way, but is just very good at the cool, aloof act)
The best part of it all isn’t even Kakashi’s pretty face. It’s the dogs.
Every single one of them seems to love Ibiki, jumping up at him (though not actually pawing at him) and begging for pets. He notices one dog sticks by Kakashi’s side, a small pug that sits itself down by Kakashi’s feet, but all of the other dogs love him.
He’s pretty sure that means he’s a shoo-in if he were to ever ask Kakashi out, and without thinking too much about it he does that. He just, asks Kakashi out in a moment of inspiration.
To his (slight) surprise, Kakashi says yes.
For six months the two of them have been flirting over the counter at Kakashi’s cafe, and now Ibiki has secured himself a date with the cute cafe owner that he has been eying since the day they met.
Hayate is never going to let him hear the end of this.
