𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 — sano shinichiro.
`ღ´ synopsis — shinichiro plans to confess his feelings to you, the cute barista at his favourite coffee shop. on his birthday. but it doesn't play out as he expected.
ෆ — word count: 3.3k
ෆ — cw: gn!reader. barista!y/n. lots of fluff, strangers to lovers except you already sorta know eachother, so it's a bit of a speed run. shin bounces from confident to insecure a lot. a cute cameo by baby inupi.
ෆ — an: this got way longer than i initially wanted it to, lmao. but it's cute and fluffy, so yes. have a very in-the-moment fic. happy birthday, shin my love.
the coffee shop seems even busier than usual, on the morning of august first.
teenagers getting together to hang out and make the best of their summer break, office workers sneaking in for a quick morning meal, and groups of tourists on their way out to the beach all flock to the counter — some scanning the menus displayed overhead, some with their usual order already on their tongue.
shinichiro has been seated at the back for an hour now, only a cup of plain black in front of him on the table.
he's leaning on his fist, gaze as bored and sleepy as he can disguise it to be, as he pretends to look out of the window across the room.
every now and then, his eyes stop tracing the logo stamped on the window, and he sneaks a longing glance at you, as you stand at the counter, tallying up bill after bill for the morning crowd.
the sun that streams through the storefront is a pale gold, and it throws gentle highlights onto your complexion.
it puts a pretty glimmer in your eyes, and accentuates all the lines of your figure as you lean back to talk to one of the other baristas.
when you reach forward to hand a customer their change, there's a glow to your smile as you thank them, telling them you hope they'll come again.
to sum up, you're fucking gorgeous, and all shinichiro can do is sit there and stare.