I KNOW I TOOK THE PATH THAT YOU WOULD NEVER WANT FOR ME

Her situation is funny to think about, really.

[break][break]How many cafe's had she been visiting from the beginning? Plenty. How many had rejected her card? One.

[break][break]Work is out of the way again, thankfully. She was not in the mood to write a thousand more articles; she direly needed her coffee and she would probably go insane without it. But she was in a hassle this morning. Fig had been fed, the house well-kept, and she was out of the door looking forward to take the break like normal.

[break][break]If your wallet isn't in your bag, though, you know it won't be normal.

[break][break]She had everything. Phone, ballpens, and other necessities. Except her wallet, which was the most important thing when it came to buying her beverages. She went out of the taxi desperately rummaging through her bag, but no matter what she did there was no sign of it anywhere. It's gone. She left it at home, was the realization. Too much in a hassle that she forgot to bring the most important thing that was obviously needed for purchasing coffee.

[break][break]But it was a good thing her card was still there.

[break][break]NM156 Cafe was her spot for the day, as it was also the nearest she could find when she had come out of the taxi. Without thinking, she entered and walked up to the line. Things have been going well, really, but then she receives news that her card had been declined when it was finally her turn to order. All this is reacted to with shock, and worry, and a whole flurry of ugly feelings that start to well up in Athena's chest.

[break][break]"What? But... how... why...?"

[break][break]She tried to fix things. People were getting impatient, and she could hear the sounds of grumbling short distances away from her. Her face flushes red with embarrassment, and as soon as she took her card and was about to leave the cafe she had been offered something by a kind stranger to actually pay for her.

[break][break]Athena wanted coffee. And he was kind enough to do this. So why let the chance pass?

[break][break]"...Thank you..." She says that in a rather funny voice, before turning to the staff. "...Umm... chocolate milk tea please. This kind stranger here is paying for it. Thank you."

I hope it isn't a little late for me to join ;_;