Break time came, and Cherry was sitting on one of the guest tables, eating some salad by themself.
Cherry can't eat mayonnaise, so they just eat it with sesame oil instead.
Some might ask why in Cherry menu, everything is weird.
As the rule of the coffee, all maid had two unique foods of their own and one drink.
Anja has something delicious like Limburg pie, Leonii has brownie, and Belen has Taikayi.
But Cherry's menu is salt pudding and overload mayonnaise omelette.
'Why would you put so much mayonnaise into it if you can't eat mayonnaise, Cherry?' A customer one ask when she tried to feed Cherry a spoonful of their own food, but Cherry said they can't eat it, so the customer grew curious.
Cherry doesn't know either…but when everyone asks, they said: 'It's just like… lactose intolerant people, Cherry guessed."
Everyone said milk is good, everyone should drink milk, but somewhere on Earth, some people can't digest that kind of drink at all.
Of course, being lactose intolerant is not like being allergic, because being allergic can kill you.
Being lactose intolerant can't.
For how much milk you drink, you will not die simply because you can't be able to digest lactose.
Salt pudding is a dish full of love because Cherry likes the saltiness of human salt.
And for every hate Cherry has, it's all given to Overload mayonnaise omelette.
Why? I don't know either…
Cherry didn't lie when they said they can't eat mayonnaise. It makes them a bit sick in their tummy.
But other than that, it just feels like it. The white fluffy mayonnaise cover every itch of those yellow eggs, and the only thing anyone can see is the red-ish strawberry and tomato Cherry left next to the egg.
I don't know why…
I will never know why…
The world of humans confused them. Every moment they're alive feels so fake…
Saw everyone smile at them, saw Leonii being shy, heard Belen talk about fish, listened to Anja's evil plan, saw being interact with Cherry, they smiled as they reminded themself.
Yes, you're alive, yes you're living now…
Here and now.
It was my fault for believing that becoming a scientist was a good idea. Because the moment they found their way to help their kind head toward a new future, people stop them from it.
The rich people and the government want to cover the people's eyes. And as a scientist, who knew everything and the truth of the world they're living it, of couse they can't ignore that.
In the end, they almost got killed…
Being brave? Become a hero and save the world? Are you kidding me?!
You people are stupid! Too stupid to care and only want everything to become easier to control…
So they pack their bag and go.
I give up. It was my fault too, to put my belief in you people!
And just like that, they end up on Earth.
The first maid of the Firog maids coffee. Go by the name Cherry.
"Cherry wants to let you know that Cherry is an alien scientist! So believe in Cherry science fact or face death, ok~!"
No need to work hard and submit results every month anymore.
No need to make people believe in your word anymore.
No need to wear a lab safety outfit anymore.
No need to follow safety lad guidelines anymore.
I can kick a table and burn every egg I make.
I can sing a weird song and talk about how many legs a milipede had.
'Why are you always looking so happy, Cherry?'
That's because I can do as I want! Nothing stops me anymore.
Nothing…in my way…I shall do as I want.
Without knowing, Cherry had set the new rules for this coffee shop to just "Roll it out", "Do as you like."
First, it was Leonie. Learn to be who you want to become.
Then Anja joined in. Do as you like.
Belen is the last. Talk your way, remember to be yourself.
This is how Firog comes to be. And the owners love it this way, too.
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"It's already noon…get ready, guys." Froggy looks at everyone in the kitchen with a serious face.
Once Leonie changed her clothes and went back home, they would move the cake and the bouquet out.
"Wait, where is Anja?" Toto asks when she turns around, but can't see the main character of the show anywhere.
"She's going to change her clothes, I think." Lulu saw Anja bring something beside the flower bouquet back to the rest room, so he had some suspicion about it.
"What?!" Toto panicked, then told Cherry and Belen hurry up and cover for her.
If they both walk out at the same time and see each other's faces, then it's over for Anja; their plan is doomed!
"Cherry is really tired now…but ok…"
When they walk off to do the mission that Toto gave them.
"It's finally coming to an end, huh?" Fih asks with a tired voice.
"Yes." Froggy nodded with satisfaction in their eyes, "Everyone had worked hard…"
"All for a goddam day…" Toto bit her teeth; it was truly, finally over.
"We all deserve a break…" Lulu said, hugging his Mr.Purpura again.
Meanwhile, Leonie is quite confused that she can't find Anja anywhere…
If I can just hand this to her…was it too late? Did she already get home?
Should I text her to ask…No, no, no, no…she can't! No…this is so embarrassing…
She can't come to get her phone out to text Anja at all…
Uh…is this really it…I fail…?
Leonie bit her mouth, no, she can't give up now!
She ran outside, then checked the kitchen, then the rest room, but Anja wasn't there…No…she can still feel it…Anja is around here…right?
Cherry quickly grabs Belen's hand and writes on it so Leonie can't overhear them
'She gets so flushed she doesn't even trust her own instinct anymore.'
Belen understands what this means.
They're clearly in trouble here. Leonie can literally smell Anja's scent and find her right away; the only crack in this situation is that Leonie is currently under a mental panic.
She gets all confused and scared, and so many mix emotion that she accidently ignore what her instinctis telling her.
This is our only chance to lure her away!
"Leonii, I saw Anja walk out of the shop…"
"What?!"
"Yes…Belen saw it too, right?"
Belen opened her eyes a little wider as Cherry looked back at her with a mysterious smile. As she nodded at Cherry's words, Leonie got even more panicked.
Cherry is in the best position here, because everyone knows, they don't lie.
"I see…" Leonie's ear fell down as her face turned dark.
"How about you text Anja?" Belen asks.
"I…uhm…" Her face turned red as she tried to look away from them… "I…no…I don't want to annoy her…"
"If it Leonii, I'm sure she will even beat the best marathon runner just to come to you!"
"Cherry! Stop saying weird things."
"Cherry is not!"
Belen covered her mouth; she nearly laughed at that. It was true that Anja would do anything for Leonie…even if facing God or fighting monster…
Everyone knows how much Anja loves Leonie.
Only Leonie doesn't know that.
Leonie walk home with a disappointed face.
After making sure she had already gone far, Cherry and Belen went to call Anja back.
They were right, Leonie can tell where she is if she's still in the shop so Anja has to gone outside of the shop and stand somewhere Leonie can't see for a while.
"That was close…" Cherry whispered.
"Let's tell the other to bring the cake out." Belen was about to turn back but Anja stopped both of them.
"It's alright, I can do it…"
They both look back at Anja, Cherry swings their sleeves and smiles, Belen also shakes her head.
"We're in this together!"
"We've already gone this far, might as well help you til the end."
"Th…thank…" Anja doesn't know how to answer back, all she can said is a thank.
"Turn off the light!" Toto shouted: "Leonie coming."
"Anja, break your leg."
"Good luck."
Fih and Froggy wish her the best and all of them hide behind the kitchen as they hear the footsteps and the door slowly open.
"So dark…" Leonie whispered before she sensed something. That smell…Anja?!
The light suddenly turned on.
A table in the middle of the hall, with all the other tables, got moved out of the way.
A big chocolate cake with small sheep and wolf chocolate decorated on it.
As Anja slowly walks out, wearing a black suit and a bouquet of roses and lilies on her hand.
"Leonie." She softly said.
Wait…wait what is going on?!
"Will you…"
Stop! Stop all of this, this is getting too much?!
As Anja walks closer to her, she breathes in a deep breath and opens her mouth.
"Will you be my Valentine?"
Leonie leg move on it own and she stormed out of the door.
"Wait! Leonie!" Anja quickly rushed out of the shop to catch up with her.
"Well…that was fast…" Cherry pops their head out of the kitchen in confusion "The door sacrificed for better or not…"
"Uhggg." Toto feels exhausted.
"Not the door…" Lulu too, is exhausted.
"I hope they are alright…" Belen doesn't even need to pray, she knew so well Anja will find every way possible to be able to get to Leonie.
"If they're not alright, it's our nightmare to deal with…" Fih said in a shaking voice.
"Absolutely…" Froggy nodded her head agree.
Toto frowns: "Can't believe I'm actually helping these guys…"
As Anja ran out of the door, she knew Leonie ran fast but love is faster.
"Leonie!"
Giving up is never a thing to Anja, she either does it til the end or not doing it at all.
Leonie try to cut her off but for some reason her leg doesn't obey her order.
Then she accidentally slip and fall, Anja jumps over and grab her hand to pull her back up.
"Leonie!"
"You…!" The suit fits her too well! What the hell! She looks too handsome: "God damn it!"
"Leonie, I'm sorry." She releases Leonie's hand and looks at her with those poor sheep eyes: "Did I say something wrong…?" She doesn't understand why Leonie just run away from the shop like that.
Leonie bites her mouth, her eyes almost bat out…Dam…those adorable eyes…I can't take it! I can't handle it!
"I'm sorry if I did something…"
"No!...No, it's fine." Leonie cuts her off so she won't misunderstand: "Just…stand back for a bit…" this girl…seriously, Leonie heart feels so bad like it about to explode at any moment. Why is she so adorable today, why is she looking at Leonie with those eyes: "Please…"
'God help me…' Leonie closes her eyes and beg after Anja finally backs off a bit 'Help me…I will die from this…'
Please have mercy on her.
She tries to calm herself down before asking about all that happened at the shop, and to that, Anja answers: "I just wanted to invite you to hang out on Valentines…"
"So…you set up all that?!"
Anja looked down at her feet and nodded as Leonie asked.
At the shop however, the other staff knew something was going on.
"I feel something is wrong." Fih frown as they look back at Froggy.
"She must be lying to Leo about something..." Froggy knew her child well.
"We need to ban that damn sheep from seeing Leonie's face for a week or something…!" Toto knew what that sheep was lying about, all this effect of helping her and she going to say it her work, oh Toto knew it.
"I'm afraid it is not even a day and Anja will crash the shop…" Lulu shook his head in fear.
"What is Belen?" Cherry feels someone is pulling their sleeve: "Oh…"
Belen was pointing at a small box lying on top of the kitchen table.
"That's not good…" Cherry picked up the box and pulled out their phone with the other hand.
While Leonie was still surprised at what was happening.
'She…so she went all this way just to…seriously?!"
Anja looking front and back, panicked when Leonie's face didn't move an inch: 'Is she…mad?!'
Leonie frowns when Anja looks at her again 'Dam it…my heart feels like jumping out of my chest, hold it in! Hold it in for now Leonie! Don't lose your calm, not now…!'
Why is everytime when it come to Anja, she will lose her cool right away.
'Her face turning red…cute…' Anja loves to look at Leonie's face and everytime she red face make she look like a little tomato…so adorable.
Leonie turns away from Anja before she continues: 'F…fine…" this is my chance…I need to step up: "Maybe just for today…" What are you saying Leonie! Gods…it is today…today is the day…dam my mouth…
Anja blinks her eyes and taps her ear, is she really not mishearing that?
Leonie panics and says it a bit too loud: "Uh…hand! Your hand…" at least we should hold hands right?
Anja raises both of her hands.
"No. no…one is enough."
"Oh."
Leonie holds one of her hand, make Anja eyes open wider.
"Uh…" Anja take something out of her pocket and unwrap it.
"Huh?"
She pulled Leonie's hand over and put chocolate pieces into her hand.
"Uh…oh!" Leonie started to panic when she realized, did I leave the clover chocolate at the shop?! "Dam it…"
Then her phone shrank violently, she took her phone out and looked back to Anja.
"Wait me a minute!"
She ran off to somewhere near before she saw familiar faces.
"Oh, Leonii, look how clumsy you are~" Cherry handed the small box over to Leonie.
"Sorry…"
"It's fine~" Cherry feels like Leonii just got a bit softer, well…she'll be like that when she is around Anja sometime: "We'll be heading back now!"
"Take your time, Leonie." Belen said.
As Leonie walks away, Cherry whispers into Belen ear: "Cherry told you, Leonii will not give her chocolate out yet. She will be like "should I give it now?!" "When is the right time!?" and the next thing she know, it already night night."
"Yes…" Belen nodded her head.
"But anyway, Cherry is hungry now…wanna go eat something with Lulu and Toto and the owners?"
"Yes, we should invite them to a meal for their hard work after all…"
"Uh…! After all that helping Anja…Cherry thinks we all deserve a break."
'Valentine is such troublesome isn't it?' Belen thinks.
"Hey now, Cherry knows Belen thinks Valentines are not necessary but Cherry thinks the problem here is not valentines…but the couple." they point their hand at Anja and Leonie from afar: "Even after Valentine's ends this will still continue…"
"Right…"
Leonie run back then gave Anja the chocolate box right away before she regretted it.
"H…here…happy Valentines!"
Anja hold it with both of her hands then hug it tight: "Thank you, Leonie."
Leonie's face feels like burning again…oh god..
"I missed the chance to give it to you earlier…sorry…"
Now Anja turns to be shy about it 'This is too much…she's too cute!'
"Why are you?! So red! Are you sick or something?"
"No…it's fine Leonie, I'm fine…just too happy, that's all…"
They stay in silent for a moment then Leonie open her mouth, trying to say something: "Uh…It's late so…uh, maybe go for a walk?"
"Yes…!"
Anja and Leonie silently walk together as Leonie look over to Anja, Anja smile at Leonie then put a small chocolate cube into her mouth, then quickly peak out another to feed Leonie.
"Uh?! uhm." Leonie panic for a bit but calm herself down before Anja feed her with another.
Yet it seem that both of them forgot about the cake back at the shop…
"So…" Lulu about to ask but Toto answer right away.
"No…leave it there for the sheep to clear it up herself. We go eat."
"I'm so tired…Well at least someone happy." Fih yarn as they look over to Froggy all smiling in joy.
"Three people will explode and can't be able to come to work the next day, bet." Toto was talking about Anja, Leonie and lastly Froggy.
"Hey!" the bell rings as Cherry and Belen walk in: "We're back!"
"We were planning to go somewhere to eat." Belen said.
"Yeh, we already packed our stuff up, let's go." Fih said with relief.
"So fast!? You guess that Cherry were plan to go eat somewhere already?"
"Hehe, who know's." Tot shrugs as they all prepare to go somewhere for a meal.