Ino softly cursed as she added yet another stain to the collection she already wore on her apron. Frustrated, she wiped the sweat from her forehead and sighed before tucking her hair behind her ear. The only reason she refused to quite was because she didn't want to see her dad's smug smile or hear her friends' "I told you so's" that she knew would come.Working at a coffee shop had been a lot harder than she had thought but she didn't want to give everyone the satisfaction. She refused to even complain about it. The second she earned enough for a car she was out of there.
She finally finished the order and plastering a smile on her face, delivered it to the customer, only to see her regular. Her co-workers had started calling him 'Ino's regular,' when they noticed he only showed up when Ino was working. She brushed it off at first, thinking it was only a coincidence. Later on she was forced to change the days that she worked and noticed that he changed the days that he wanted coffee.
She gave him a smile and the second he walked away she turned around and pulled her apron off. She walked outside for some air when she noticed that 'her' customer was still outside, leaning against a street sign with both hands in his pockets. Looking over near the trash, Ino spotted the coffee she had just made. Irritated, she walked towards him.
"Excuse me!" she called as she got closer to him