Touchy Feely Coworkers (Open!)

[Danielle Cooper]

Although Dani still had yet to be able to successfully make a tasty doughnut, she somehow held onto her job at The Holey Place; fortunately for her she made a decent latte and her boss seemed to have a sweet spot for her. It wasn’t a particularly busy day, but there was a steady flow of people. A group of hipsters had ordered a bunch of doughnuts and four lattes, so Dani started as soon as she got the order.

By now, she had gotten used to moving around behind the counter in The Holey Land and where everything was. “Just behind you,” Dani reached over behind Callie to grab a one of the cups; she placed a hand on the blonde’s hip and had practically put her entire torso against her back. Normally, she would just walk around a person and grab it, but she was comfortable around Callie. Once you danced with someone (especially on a regular basis), you get used to being physically close to them. Although, nobody knew that her and Callie danced together, so the scene might have looked odd to others. She grabbed the handle of her cup with a finger and went back to her coffee corner setup to finish her first latte. She looked over towards Callie with a grin, “What design should I make?”

[Calliope Gallo]

When Callie learned the pick of people who had been hired along side her, she had to admit that she was pretty thrilled. It was definitely a fun lineup. And despite the fact that she didn't really know that much about Mia, she was sure that she was the kind of person to have fun with too. Beyond that it was good to work and make her own money even if her father continued to insist that she didn't need to. Just because Niko liked to coast along didn't mean she was the same.

Calliope turned her head when she heard a voice, unshaken by the feel of a person behind her or even the hand on her hip. "Hey, is this for that last order?" She asked. Ahh, so they did want it all here. She pulled out one of the larger plates and a pair of tongs and started loading the ordered doughnuts in a pyramid shape on the plate.

"What was the design you were working on yesterday?" Callie asked, nonchalantly throwing her arm around the other girl's shoulders and pointing down to the cups with the tongs. She turned her head to look her in the eyes with a smile. "Try it again. I think you were getting the hang of it."

[Danielle Cooper]

“Yup, it is.” Dani confirmed the order with a nod. “And they seem like a hungry bunch, too.” Dani wouldn’t lie, she loved doughnuts, but sometimes she wondered how people could eat so many in one sitting. She was able to eat a lot for a tiny girl, but she could never eat a lot of sweet things at once – her official doughnut limit for a day was two, otherwise she wouldn’t feel well.

Dani grinned at Callie as she wrapped an arm around her shoulder. “Oh, you mean Totoro?” She had been trying to master making more complicated designs since she now had the tools handy to do so. “Okay!” She grabbed the steamed milk and started to pour it into the espresso cup carefully, making a circle at in the center of the cup with another center inside before adding to somewhat pointy ears. That was the easy part – it was just like making a bear. Dani grabbed her latte pen and carefully started to draw out Totoro’s features. Once she got to his grin, she slipped up slightly. “Aww, darn… Totoro has a wonky smile now.” She picked up the cup and showed it to Callie, “Is it still presentable?”

[Calliope Gallo]

"Oh, can you imagine eating all these on your own?" Callie asked, raising the plate up from the table and holding it right underneath her face. She waited for just the right expression on her face before she put them back down on the counter and laughed to herself.

"Yes! I love that one, it's so cute." Callie was the kind of worker who made coffee too, but she was still getting her head around standard artwork like hearts and tulips. It was the reason why she wanted to be encouraging when Dani tried such new and exciting ideas. She watched closely over the girl's shoulder as she tried to finish the drawing, but right at the end she slipped up just a little bit. Callie frowned, but then when Dani looked up she changed the look on her face to match the wonky smile in the cup.

"Is this presentable?" Callie asked, tilting her head slightly and pointing to herself.

[Hinata Kagome]

Hinata walked through the mall, she wasn’t sure why she had even went to the mall but she was there. She had bought a few items, a shirt and a skirt and of course shoes to match. It was nice not worry about money but she didn’t brag about it either. Then again the girl didn’t brag at all.

She was just at the music store, she had been singing with the pink haired girl who worked there. It had been fun and she had to remind herself to ask Dani if she would join her, they could sing in the recording studio together. She imagined it would be really fun; but she wasn’t sure if Dani would be open to the idea.

Hinata walked to the doughnut shop, wondering if Dani was working or not. She peaked inside but didn’t see anyone at the main counter. She walked to the counter and stood there awkwardly; too shy to say anything even if Dani was in eye sight just wasn’t able to see the girl waiting.

[Danielle Cooper]

“I don’t know how someone could eat all of them at once,” Dani replied with a laugh. Dani looked up to see Callie’s wonky smile and grinned. Oh, how that girl was just so cute! “I’d present you to a king with that smile.” She replied, standing up on her tippy-toes and giving Callie a quick peck on the cheek. She couldn’t help it; Callie’s smile made Dani want to just hug her. Of course, there was nothing behind the kiss, just a show of the strong friendship they had formed over the past month or so.

“Okay, then! All done!” Dani placed the lattes on the tray and turned towards the counter to see Hina. A big smile grew across her face, “Heya, Hina-chan!” She called out as she handed off the lattes. She hadn’t any idea how her behavior around Callie would have looked to others, including Hina, but she hadn’t really thought about it.

[Calliope Gallo]

Callie's smile filled with elation at the make-shift title she was given. She couldn't help herself around Dani; the girl just got her as a person and was able to have fun with her. A few dance sessions and they had come a long way as friends, but that was just how it worked when needing to be so close with each other. She leaned into the kiss on her cheek very willingly. Because it was all fun.

"I got it." She offered, willing to take the order out. She started rounding the corner when she heard Dani call out a familiar name. "Hey!" She called out afterwards. Calliope picked up the tray on the other side, making her way over to the table and settling it down before dashing back again. "You guys know each other? That's awesome!"

[Hinata Kagome]

Hinata stood there quietly watching Dani and… Callie. She had sort of forgotten the blonde girl worked at the same place Dani did. She titled her head when the girls kissed each other on the cheeks. She knew Dani was really touchy feely, and she didn’t get any romantic thoughts from either of them. Were the two of them as close as Hinata and Dani were? Hina was just a little jealous of how easy it was for Dani to make friends, and how outgoing she was. She sighed a little but then smiled when Dani turned around.

“Hi Dani-Chan” She grinned, she was glad to see her friend was working. Seeing Callie was also great, and made her day completely. “Hi Callie-chan.” Hina smiled at Callie as she made her way back over towards them. “Yeah. We’ve.. been friends for a long time.” She looked down at the ground and stared at her feet. Hinata looked around “Uh, how’s the business going?” She drew out the sentence, feeling a little awkward and a bit more shy than she has ever been in front of Dani since they first met.

[Danielle Cooper]

“Yeah, we’re best buds!” Dani confirmed, giving Callie a nod and a grin. She was surprised that she hadn’t mentioned that Hina and her were friends before, but it had never been brought up. Not to mention, Hina was very shy, so it was hard to get her to go out with a group of people. Dani was sure though that if it was with Callie, then Hina miiiiiight say yes. She’d have to try it later. “What brings you here?” Dani turned to Hina, “Want a doughnut or something to drink?”

She watched Hina carefully, and a smile tugged at the corner of her lips as her friend asked how business was. Oh, what was this? Even when out and about, Hina was never this shy when they were together. Hina, I’m gonna bug you abou this later! She thought, hoping that she was reading her thoughts. “Callie, you two have met before, right?” She asked, wondering exactly what happened between them that brought out the awkward and adorable Hina.

[Calliope Gallo]

Callie raised her hand, furling her fingers one by one in the form of a wave. "Cool. It's nice to see you again!" She hadn't really seen the other girl since they met on the retreat. Callie pressed the palms of her hands to opposite corners of the tray and spun it idly as the two talked and she listened. Sometimes it was difficult for the blonde to not be moving in some way.

"Oh, we met on that retreat thing a little while ago." She informed the other girl, before placing the tray back where it belonged. Speaking of the retreat; "Did those pictures turn out okay?"

[Hinata Kagome]

Hinata smiled; she hadn’t expected Dani to say anything to Callie about them being friends. It wasn’t like Callie and Hina were close and not to mention she didn’t think she was worth mentioning. She smiled at both of them, not really sure what to say then again she was never really sure what to say. When Dani asked if she wanted something she looked at her and blinked “Oh! I was shopping for a winter outfit.” She help up the bags in her hands. “And I kind of got thirsty... and I wanted to see if you were working...” She kind of forgot Dani said Callie worked with her. “Uh hot chocolate, please?” hot chocolate sounded nice; she wasn’t really hungry so no doughnuts.

Hina bowed a bit to Callie “it’s nice to see you again too.” She smiled and blushed a bit.

Hinata was not reading Dani’s thoughts. She had always blocked the girl’s thoughts; she wanted her to have her privacy. But since Dani seemed to be directing her thoughts to Hina she couldn’t help but read them. ’Bug me about what?’ she shot back to the girl, since her power went both ways. A bit confused, Dani should know she would have been shy in front of Callie.

Hinata nodded to Dani’s question, didn’t she remember their sleepover where Hina talked about this? Hina smiled at Callie’s question and nodded “Oh! Yes… they.. they did.” She bit her lip and looked at the ground “If I knew you were working here I would have brought a picture for you.” Since she had said she would give the girl a copy of one of the pictures.

[Danielle Cooper]

“Hot chocolate coming right up!” Dani grinned, quickly getting ready to make her friend a delicious chocolaty drink. “You’ll have to do some modeling when I get out from work.” She added in, always enjoying seeing people showing off new clothes for some strange reason. Dani turned to Callie, nodding, “Right, Hina told me that you two met there.” She hadn’t forgot, but was just keeping conversation flowing.

Dani watched with a grin as the two spoke back and forth. It was cute how Hina was acting around Callie. Future teasing was definitely going to happen. ’You’re acting extra shy in front of her. What’s up with that?’ Dani replied in her mind as she added extra-extra whipped cream on the hot chocolate, with chocolate shavings put on top of it. “Order up!” She slid the mug towards Hina, “You should stop by again and bring some of the photos! Or we could all hang out sometime?” If Dani didn’t push Hina to be a bit social, she had a feeling poor Hina would never ask Callie to hang out otherwise. “What do you think, Callie?”

[Calliope Gallo]

"Cold weather drives me crazy. Give me the sun any day." Callie responded, when Hina was talking about buying winter clothes. She just didn't like the cold as much as she liked the warm weather. Though, she had experienced it from different points in the world. And when Hina bowed at Callie she smiled, raising her hand and offering a small wave again.

Callie's eyes lit up a little at the thought of spending time with the two of them. She nodded with a smile, "Sure, yeah. Let's do it. We could do whatever seems fun. I'm game." She replied, looping her arm around Dani's shoulders and giving her a comfortable side hug.

[Hinata Kagome]

Hinata didn’t mind the cold and she also didn’t mind the hotter weather either. She was carefree in the expect of life; she didn’t care what the weather was like, she always enjoyed it to the fullest. “I don’t mind the cold weather, but I also don’t mind the warmer weather either.” For which one she liked best? She really hadn’t thought about it, she would say the colder weather, just because it didn’t last as long as the warmer weather did so when it did come around she wanted to relish it.

Hinata smiled at Dani when she started to make her drink. She felt weird having Dani make her something, even if it was something as simple as a drink. Hina blushed when Dani said she should model her clothes and she shook her head “Oh, no I… I can’t model…” She was never very confident and though she was more confident with Dani she still wasn’t comfortable doing what the girl asked of her. Hinata smiled but her blush deepened “Yeah… Callie let me take pictures of her.” Not sure if she had told that part to Dani or not but didn’t mind repeating it.

Dani would be so mean in her own way when she wanted to be. ‘I’m like this around everyone, except you…'Did the girl not remember how she was when they had first met? Hinata had always been a shy girl, even when she was younger, she wondered if all middle children became the shy ones. But she wondered if it was even possible for her to be even more shy around Callie, she was already a very shy timid girl to begin with. Hinata smiled at Dani as she gave her, her drink “thank you.” She gave Dani the money for it, not expecting to be treated specially nor did she want to be. “Oh.. I can bring the photos over when ever…” She looked at the ground as Dani mentioned hanging out together, all three of them, together. She didn’t know what to say, but she didn’t think Dani would let her off so easily, when the girl made up her mind it could never be changed.

Hinata blushed when Callie agreed to spend time with all both of them. Was the girl really game for spending time with her? Hinata’s eyes focused on the arm Callie had around Dani’s shoulders. She wasn’t sure which one she was jealous of the most, Dani was her best friend but it was weird to see the girl she was different feelings for have her arm around Dani. She wasn’t sure why, but it was kind of intimidating. Hina wondered what Dani’s and Callie’s relationship was, if it was anything more than friends wouldn’t Dani have told her? Were they not as close as Hina thought they were anymore?

{ooc: I'm so sorry this took so long!}

[Danielle Cooper]

“Ain’t that the truth; warm weather is superior.” Dani leaned into Callie’s hug and brought her own arm around the blonde’s waist and grinned happily. Oh, how she loved Callie. The girl was just absolutely adorable and fun. She was happy to hear that Callie was up for hanging out. They’d have to plan something that would be fun for the three of them. “Any ideas for what we can do?” She asked, wondering if either of the two had any ideas.

“Oh, you can certainly model.” Dani gave a wicked grin; as soon as the words ‘I can’t’ left Hinata’s mouth, she immediately accepted the challenge. Dani decided she’d talk about their little private conversation with Hina later, and dropped it. For now. She brought her gaze back to Callie, who had a stray hair fallen over her face. Without so much as a word, she reached up and tucked it behind Callie’s ear.