Chapter 2 - Breakfast by Boss

Friday 4:20am

Cloud Café

Outside was dark and the occasional sound of passing vehicle's horns could be heard from the road below. August found himself awake as this was a daily routine for him. He got up and prepared himself for his morning jog. He changed into a sweatpants and grabbed his bluetooth earbuds from the desk before putting his shoes on. He then exited his apartment and made his way to the second floor of his building where the dorms were located, then lastly to the ground floor, where the café was.

He walked into the kitchen where he saw Sebastian and Hans grabbing water bottles from the fridge. "Pass me one." he yelled, not bothering to go further into the kitchen. Hans threw him a water bottle as requested when Samantha made her way into the kitchen.

"Wow Samantha, you were here? I didn't see you all day. I thought you were out with Kevin boo'd up somewhere." teased Hans, as he grabbed another bottle and threw it to Samantha. "Haha, very funny." she retorted, rolling her eyes as she caught the bottle. "Are we ready?" she asked, as she left the kitchen and made her way into the main area.

The guys laughed as they left the kitchen and made their way into the main area. August made his way over to the door where he opened it and allowed the others to exit ahead of him. "Alright let's go." said Hans running ahead causing Sebastian and Samantha to shake their head at his childishness.

August locked the café doors before he started his jog. 'I left my phone dammit.' he thought as he realized he left it on his nightstand charging. He started jogging down Archer street trying to catch up to his employees. August jogged down the street, past the park where he finally caught up to them. "Can one of you let me on your device? I left my phone on the nightstand." he asked, now jogging beside his companions.

"Sure." offered Sam as she added her boss's earbud as a connected device to her music group on her phone. "Interested in hearing anything specific?" she asked as she had stopped to drink some water. "Anything Nicki Minaj." he smirked at her as she smirked back.

The two continued their jog to the town square mumbling Nicki Minaj lyrics where they saw Seb and Hans waiting for them. Sebastian and Hans looked at August and Samantha as if they killed their cat. "How dare you be behind and listening to the queen without us????" Hans asked with much offence. "If you wanna be added just say that and stop being dramatic." said Sam connecting the two males to her device.

"I forgive you." said Hans as the four made their way back to the back. 'I might need to create a different exercise route, I barely broke a sweat.' August thought before turning to the others. "Hey do y-" he was cut off by Sam.

"Yeah, I mean, we barely broke a sweat." she said while drinking the rest of her water. "I agree." said Hans, bouncing. If Hans of all people is still energized after a jog you need a new route. "I'll map out and have something new by tomorrow." promised August as he opened the door for them to enter. After entering the café, the group split up, all heading to their various rooms to shower.

Once August made his way back up the stairs, and into his room, he stripped himself bare before heading into the bathroom for a nice, cool and refreshing shower. 'That feels amazing.' he thought as the cool water made contact with his heated body. August stayed in the shower for around five minutes before he stepped out.

After he left the shower, he got dressed in the Cloud Cafes signature uniform that he designed himself, of course it still looked like a typical café uniform, but it's the thought that counts. Once he was finished getting dressed, he picked up the phone which he had forgotten on the nightstand earlier and made his way downstairs.

He did his café prep procedures as per usual, double checking the figures from the day before, prepping the machines, recleaning the counters and restocking the showcase. August then went to prepare breakfast for his tenants and himself consisting of a French toast, Omelets, Bacon and fruit smoothies with small bowls of Pineapple, Oranges and Papaya, nothing special, just their usual breakfast.

After he was done preparing breakfast, August set the shared food by the microwave before leaving the kitchen. He was planning to sit in a booth and scroll through his and the cafe's social media, when he saw that everyone but Emma was downstairs, as per they normally do everyday.

August made his way to his usual morning booth first before speaking. "You do know that breakfast is-" before he could finish the males plus Samantha had rushed to the kitchen to grab a plate. Daejanel rolled her eyes as herself, Sophia and Mackenzie trailed behind the wild animals into the kitchen.

August laughed at his friends' behaviour before he took a picture of his breakfast and posted it along with the caption [Should this be on the menu] on Cloud Cafe's official Instagram account, he also shared the post to Twitter and Facebook. Not to his surprise there were comments flooding in of yesss, pls do, looks delicious and something similar. He laughed at this before checking the time it was 5:38am.

"Almost time to open up." he said, finishing up his breakfast. "August? Do you mind-showing me the kitchen?" Emma asked, yawning mid sentence. She was wearing a loose fitting white t-shirt with the words 'I rule' on it tucked into a mid-thigh jean skirt.

"I already made you breakfast if that's what you wanted to do. The foods in the kitchen, on top of the microwave and the kitchen door behind the counters." he instructed. "Don't worry Emma, we left a decent looking dish for you." yelled Hans from his table with Zack, Sebastian and Samantha. Emma giggled at his behaviour before making her way into the kitchen.

After leaving the kitchen she took a seat across from August "You didn't have to make me breakfast." she said in a small voice, embarrassed. So not only is he, her boss, providing her with a place to live and somewhere to work, but now he was also making her breakfast.

"Anything for a beautiful lady like you." he teased, causing her to go red. "It's nothing really, I make breakfast everyday for my employees, we're like family here." he smiled at her. Instead of responding she began eating, savouring every bite. "This is delicious" she said before taking a sip of the smoothie she boldly assumed was hers. "Thank you." he says, accepting the comment. How could his ego ignore a compliment from a pretty lady?

Once finished eating Emma ran off into the kitchen to clean up before reemerging a few minutes later heading upstairs with the others to change into the cafe's uniform.