For The Love Of Coffee (A Short ‘Romantic’ Story)
James was scanning his book shelf for a novel he could read when he heard the knock at the door. Happy for the distraction, he walked to the door to find his new neighbour, Clara, in her pajamas standing in the doorway.
“Hi, sorry,” She began as she bent her head shyly. “I am having trouble with my coffee machine and I… I know it is late but…”
“Don’t worry. I’ll fix it.” James replied as he bounced into Clara’s apartment. He struggled to make his way through the boxes that were lying around.
“Sorry, I haven't been able to unpack.” Came the apology.
“Unable or lazy?” James teased. Clara smiled as she led him to the kitchen. She pushed aside the coffee machine carton to reveal the unyielding coffee machine propped against the wall on a counter.
James looked at the machine and began to laugh. Clara smiled, a bit embarrassed, unable to fathom if he was laughing at her or some other thing.
“I see you have the same problem.” James announced as he turned the coffee machine around on its axis.
“What problem is that?”
“This is the latest edition of the Numbuss Family Coffee Machine. Somewhere at the back…” he explained as he turned the machine to the light, “there is a children switch at the back. If you don’t turn it off, the machine won’t work. It’s supposed to prevent children from messing with it and all.” He pronounced as he returned the machine to its original position and turned it on.
“Oh!”
“Yeah, you would have figured that out if you had read the manual.” He said as he turned around.
“Oh, the manual…” Clara wondered what made her voice trail off. Was it the fact that she didn’t even think to check the manual or the way his dark coffee eyes stared into her…
“To be honest, I didn’t read the manual too. I actually called customer service who told me about it and mentioned it was explained in the manual.” Came the voice that broke her out of her reverie.
“Oh!” Where are your manners Clara “Thanks. Do you care for a cup of coffee or... It’s aright if you have something to attend to…”
“No, it’s alight. I was actually looking for something to kill time with.”
She could sense the eagerness in his voice. It reminded her of how the little boys she taught sounded when they are excited. What was he excited about?
He sensed she was deeply in thought and walked to the living room. “I’ll be in the living room, er… watching TV”
“You’ll have to fix it too. I think there is a children switch in it or something.” She said between laughter. He laughed in return and felt good.
….….
“That was the best cup of coffee I’ve ever had.” James complimented after a long silence. They were huddled together on the sole sofa in her apartment facing the TV.
Clara laughed and felt good about herself. She could feel the stress of the day leave her. It was most likely the coffee….
“What? I’m serious.” James protested as his face beamed with smiles.
“Really? I believe you!”
“Believe me? You should say thank you.” James countered.
“So what? You’re angry now? I thought you said I make the best coffee”
“Yes, you make the best coffee. But you certainly need a lesson on how to show gratitude.”
“Gentleman,” as she dropped her mug on the table stool, “I must have you know that I am a school teacher and moral instructor. If any one should give a lesson on morals…”
“...it should be me. The teacher needs schooling sometimes, you know”
Clara laughed and in her laughter knocked the mug off James’ hand.
“Oh, I’m sorry.” She apologised instinctively as she lifted cup off his lap and dropped it on the table stool.
“Oh! So you can say sorry but you can’t say thank you.” James replied as he observed his shirt to see if any coffee had spilled on it.
“Young man. You don’t have the tiniest shred of patience…”
“... and you don’t have the tiniest shred of gratitude.” Came the instant reply.
“Look at you, behaving like a school boy. There’s a lick of coffee on your mouth.” She said as she lifted herself and moved closer.
“Where is…” His voice trailed off as their lips met and each savour the taste of coffee in each other’s mouth.
This is my entry for the Contest for Coffee Love by @diebitch
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I feel you did not really explore the coffee enough, I kept reading and kept thinking ok now they are going to explore their thoughts and feelings about the coffee but this did not happen, instead it was just a great story about two people who after I can imagine some time of pining have been brought together by coffee, coffee which I still don't know the brand of.
Sincerely yours Coffee Addict.
I don't tend to read romance but this was well done, very relatable, most people would have had a similar experience of giddiness and eventuality in some form.
P.s Isn't your timezone +1gmt , you seem to post very late at night, reason?
Haha
To be honest, I know nothing about coffee. I don't take it. So yes, I just tried to mention 'coffee' as much as I could since the story had to be inspired by coffee
Thanks. I knew there was a compliment somewhere. It's all imagination though. I've never bonded with a female neighbor that fast.
Yeah. I'm trying to save money. I currently subscribe for 4.5 GB monthly from GLO for Two Thousand Naira. However, it's almost never enough. So I use just Twenty-five naira to subscribe for MTN's midnight plan. For twenty-five naira, I get 500 MB for about four hours. I have to renew it every night though
Sometimes, I use my GLO data to post. But it costs a lot. So I use my GLO for normal stuffs by day and MTN for posting by night
PS: You didn't share your thoughts on the Vegan Satire piece.
I think that is sucky that just browsing steemit etc is costing you so much data, it is because the idiots don't optimize their images, and all this forsaken javascript preloading everything , even what they don't need.
Sorry dude. I think you are better than me in that regard I would not visit a site that rapes my data to show me a 4mb stock cover image .
Really, I don't too. How do I optimise images before I publish them?
Plus, I think my phone default settings also rape my data too. Someone told me to go through my Google Play settings and phone update settings
Yes set your phone and google play to only update over wifi, google play you tell to not auto-update.
I mean it is the sites job to optimize delivery , they should be generating the needed resolutions so it is simple to load for the user, our job is the content, the sites job is delivery.
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