Morning came faster than I wanted it to, my friend was still asleep next to me. Tiny strings of saliva trailing down his mouth. I grimaced and got out of bed.
I wasn't going to the cafe today. I wanted to start working with what Iun gave me but first I had to do my duties.
I opened all the curtains of our living room and began to clean and dust. The house groaned with content as I relieved it off it's dusty burdens. I got to the kitchen and started working there as well. I didn't know what to cook so I settled for deep fried ocean breathers and land roots.
The land roots simmered slowly in the oil as I pulled out my tablet. The folder Iun had given was underneath it. I tore through the folder revealing a tiny drive.
Well, here goes...
I opened it, several images lined my screen. I scrolled through each image scrutinizing them
Wait...I never actually thought this through.
Dream had never shown me a picture of his ex-lover, neither had he told me his name or what he looked like. This was stupid.
I hissed and shoved my tablet, the device chimed and slid to the next image.
My eyes glued to the screen as eyes that hurt me stared back at me.
It was most likely an old photo because he still had the same haircut he wore back then. I choked back tears,
"Um...breakfast is burning"
I gasped and rushed to the kitchen, smoke was everywhere, I pushed the kitchen window wider to allow the fumes escape.
None of the land roots were spared.
"Well looks like we are having fried ocean breathers and burnt land roots for breakfast"
I sighed and leaned into the kitchen counter
"What got you so distracted? Iun?"
"I wish"
Dream scoffed, his hands scratching his hair.
"Going to the cafe today?"
"Nah"
"Oh...well I am, I need to set up my branches and the decorations I made...finishing touches"
"Will you be okay on your own?"
He gave me a thumbs up before disappearing into the house, most likely the shower.
"I'll come too! We can eat out or something"
"Sure!"
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Dream had gone to the cafe and I was alone in the house. I hurriedly applied a nice coat of lipgloss before locking up the house and walking to the Whale Train Station.
My phone buzzed. It was a text from Dream
Dream: I'm hungry.
Me: Hi Hungry, I'm Elora.
Dream: haha very funnyಠ︵ಠ
I giggled and shut my phone off. Arriving at the City of High Elves, I stopped by a neighbouring cafe and got us something to eat.
By the time I reached out cafe, Dream had already set up all his decorations. His branches sprouted tiny green buds
"Those will bloom when we open the cafe"
"Let's just hope we don't get customers that are allergic to them"
"Oh my goodness, I didn't think of that"
"Don't worry we can add that to the sign board outside"
"Hmm"
I placed our takeout on the cashier counter and headed to the back to fish out napkins.
I was busy checking around the kitchen for the damn napkins whose location I couldn't really remember when I heard a chair scraped against the ground and fall off
"Dream? Are you okay?"
He didn't respond so I went out to check on him.
He was standing there,frozen, his food spilled on the table and eyes glued forward. I followed his line of sight.
I froze as well.