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“I suppose that’s fair,” she said to the man, smiling. “My name’s Ari, and yes, I’m from Germany. Born and raised, baby,” she said, laughing. “What’s your name?” When Ever said she had never tasted coffee, Ari’s jaw dropped. ”It’s the best stuff… I swear,” she said. Now that Ever hadn’t ever had coffee, well, this changed things. ”Actually, I think I might have a cup with my new friend here,” she said, pulling her wallet out of her messenger bag.

{{That is weird! On the main Bai Ching forum, it showed that I posted last, but then I came into the story, and your posts were here Rrine! It never registered on the section that says who posted last that you had posted. Stupid glitches....}}

Ever shrugged. "I... I don't know if I want coffee. Thank you for the offer, but..."

She looked at the man behind the counter. She spoke softly at first, even though the girls around them were talking. It wasn't polite to raise one's voice. "Go ahead and get her something, please. I wouldn't even know where to start."

Musica was becoming very fond of this very abler blind girl. Silly him for pitying her in the least. "My name dear is Musica Brandt, but feel free to just call me Musica. Oh yes yes, I was born and raised there myself by my mother and step dad. After their passing I began to travel and found myself working a quaint little coffee shop in town nearby. If you like you should come down one day if you students are allowed and try some of my more specialty coffees. I'm sure a German like you can appreciate Miss Ari."

He then looked at the other girl whom Ari was with and after speaking of never having this divine liquid, he mocked a gasp of shock before he spoke. "Why miss never? How can it be that you've lived so long without it? Here I must simply let you try it."He then poured two cups of coffee for the girls and handed them out individually. "Here these two on are on the house, now one for the beginner." He spoke smiling at Ever as he gave her the cup. "And here's one for..." He said placing Ari's in her hand slowly, his hand brusing across hers as he did so. "My new friend Miss Ari." He spoke slowly, other girls around looking at him as he raised up his shades to reveal his well hidden eyes. They showed a calm intensity that was all his own.

EDIT: ((So sorry I posted and didn't see your posts sad just assume he didn't hear over all the chattering girls. XD))

Ever watched the exchange between Ari and the man behind the man selling the coffee, whose name was apparently Musica. That was an interesting name. It had a ring of familiarity to it, but she couldn't remember where she had heard it before. She liked the exchange between the two. It was cute.

And when the man handed her and Ari coffee, on the house, she smiled politely and nodded her head. "Why, thank you, sir. That is very kind of you."

She heard what Ari said about not starting off on straight coffee, but since this was free, maybe she should. No time like the present. She was looking down at her cup and blowing into it to cool off the liquid, so she didn't see the man lift up his shades and reveal his eyes. If she had, she would have noticed an aura in them that would have shocked her and she would have remembered where she had heard the name Musica before.

But she didn't, and it was probably all for the best. She needed to start out her morning well.

Finally, she leaned her head forward and carefully and slowly took a small sip of the drink that had been given to her. Almost immediately, she had to turn her head so that the man wouldn't see her grimace. It was awful! Who would normally drink this willingly?! There was no flavor, no sweetness, nothing. She had heard that people drank this liquid frequently, but how?!

She put a smile back on her face, though, and turned her head back toward the man. "Well that was, fine. Thank you very much, sir."

As the girls around the table continued to ooh and ahh about his eyes, Musica was studying the young woman he was seeming to becoming fond of. "Ihr mehr als willkommenes Fräulein Ari." He said this in what could only be described as a seductive purr. And people thought he talked sexy in English.
"And your right about the English, no offense to the ones natively speak it of course, but it grows tiresome and monotonous very quickly. I'm glad to hear I'll being seeing you at my shop, though I'm not sure how much I'll be able to get back there seeing how much these girls love my coffee. Maybe I should bring a few specialties here as well." He said still smiling, knowing the girl couldn't see it but he was fine with that.

He then looked at Ever and could tell she didn't like her first taste. He pointed to his array of sugars and creamers. "I bet if you tried it with some of this in it, you'd like it much more. But if not that's fine too, at least you wasted no money eh? Oh and I suppose you already know my name as Musica, but I don't believe I know yours. Would you mind enlightening me dear?"

Ever laughed softly at what Ari said and nodded. "Yeah, apparently it is. And I taste that I'm not going to acquire in the future, I'm afraid."

She was about to walk away when Musica began to obviously flirt with Ari. However, when Musica spoke again, she stopped and turned back to him.

"Thank you, but I don't want to have that much sugar in the mornings. And, my name is Evermore Erinýes."

She held out her hand to the man politely. She never worried about saying her last name to people around her age. They never knew that her last name was another name for Furies. Even if a select few did, it didn't matter. It was all Greek mythology to them. Didn't actually exist.

Suddenly, Ari was nudged from the back. It wasn't much, but not expecting it made her jump in surprise. She lost her balance and landed on her butt. "Nice going!" she said, a bit peeved. "'Excuse me' would have worked just fine," she huffed, her hand gently searching the floor to make sure the wouldn't bump into something when she stood. When the area was cleared, she stood up and brushed herself off. "Seriously," she muttered again indignantly as she adjusted her skewed glasses. The good news? She saved her coffee!