CHAPTER 2 “OPEN THE DOOR"
The intense scent of freshly ground coffee, that one of freshly baked brioches and brownies made Alen happy as you could tell from the smile just hinted on his face; that paecefull atmosphere, that sense of quiet before the opening of the cafe made him proud of the choice he had made.
"Sorry sorry sorry"
said Iris breaking in like a hurricane in a quite summer morning
"I'm very late!!! Forgive me, but this morning got a lot going on that I'm not telling you otherwise we doing night !!!" "Really ..." Alen tried to say "Started with, my alarm clock didn't go off, because my dummy brother had turned it off and do you know why? Come on tell me do you know why?" "Really ..." "I'll tell you why, because he can't stand the sound of my alarm clock! It annoys him and to not hear it he crawled like a worm into my room and deactivated it! You understand !!!"
Iris continues as she opens the door of the cafe and lets in the first customers
"As if that weren't enough, there wasn't hot water and I had to take a shower with freezing cold water! But that's not all ... Oh by the way, you know well that guy who comes sometimes in evenings as a DJ? " " Ipno? Do you mean Ipno perhaps? " Alen answered still stunned by the river of words that had runned over him "I don't know what his name is ... but I think so ... do you know him well then?" "Not great, but as far as I know he's a good guy ... interested ...?" Alen asked Iris with a sarcastic smile "Who? About him? You want to joke right!? No it's that Gear, that clumsy, has combined one of his and I need his number to apologize ..." "Ah ok now I understand ... I have it somewhere ... remind me to give it to you at the end of the shift ok? " "Yes boss!!! Thanks a lot!"
An early morning run was a habit for Run, it made him feel better as if through the run he got rid of all the stress. Also that morning he trained, took a nice invigorating shower, got dressed and felt ready and full of energy to face a new day.
He grabbed the shoulder strap, opened the locker door to head for the car he'd left in the track parking. But he didn't have almost time to put his foot out the door when a group of girls, his fan club, rushed at him and almost overwhelmed him.
"Senior Run I brought you your breakfast!" said a girl "But I brought you your favourite drink so take mine !!!" a second girl replied in kind "No darlings my breakfast is much better, because I made it with my little hands !!!" "Come on, girls, calm down ..." tried to retort Run "No senior you have to take mine come on come on come on ..." "No mineee ..." "What are you saying he will eat mine instead ...!"
Taking advantage of the hellish little bagarre and distraction, Run broke free from the encirclement and began to run to sow the infernal group, but the girls immediately realized that he had managed to escape and chased him.
"Today they are more stubborn than usual" thought Run as he ran "Today it seems that they have no intention of giving up ... and now what can I do ..."
Without a second thought he opened the door that he saw out of the corner of his eye
"I'll hide in here until I have sown them ..."
A completely useless thought as some of the girls saw him and entered creating a lot of confusion; Run sat down at a table exhausted, perhaps for the first time he should have given up.
Alen and Iris watched the scene in amazement, they didn't move a muscle, they were almost afraid of that pawing group that had entered into the local like a tornado and that was surrounding a poor boy who seemed resigned to his fate.
"We have to do something boss! Customers are getting scared!" "I "... I am almost afraid to approach ... they are frightening!" Alen said with a desperate look "Okay ... okay ... I'll take care of it!"
Iris replies taking a long breath, saying so, she headed towards the infernal group
"Sorry girls if you don't mind I'll make you sit at that table ... is more spacious ... for sure you're all there" "No way!!! We want to stay close to our senior! And you certainly won't be the one that stop us! DO- YOU-UNDERSTAND!!! " "YES! If you say so! Then I really think you have to sit out of here!"
With a firm and authoritative voice Iris pushed the girls out, startled, and closed the door behind them. Alen looked at Iris, astonished at first, but then walked over her
"Well done partner!" whispered
Iris approaches Run's table
"Are you okay?" "Now yes ... thank you so much! Today I was almost surrendering to my fate" he said with a sigh of relief "Today they were more stubborn than usual ... thanks again ... I never came here ... really a nice place ..." he said looking around "Thanks ... I'm very pleased that you like it ... I think too that the boss has decorated it with style ... what can I bring you? " "Uhm let me think ... a Cappuccino is enough thanks".
Alen, after recovering from the shock of the scene just seen, goes back behind the counter, but he can't take his eyes off Run, there is something that attracts him in that boy, for a moment his heart beat strangely, the mouth went dry; Run noticed Alen's gaze, blushes, can't understanding why, and lowered his gaze unable to support Alen's one.
The hearts of the two boys stopped beating for a moment, and then immediately started again, but leaving a strange sensation ...
...a feeling of warmth ... of pleasant warmth.