#a latte to hate.

[ohwynne]

A Latte to Hate // Nora & Wynne

PARTIES: Nora @honeysmokedham & Wynne @ohwynne LOCATION: A Latte to Love TIMING: Early April CONTENT WARNINGS: N/A SUMMARY: Nora pays a visit to A Latte to Love for some free pastries. When Wynne tries to stop her thievery, she transforms into a giant monster that can only be defeated by a cruel blow.

A Latte to Love was Nora’s next target. She’d been casing the joint for one minute now and determined that at this moment, when she was staring outside the coffee shop looking in, was the best time to strike. The last customer had just walked out leaving the place empty except for the employee behind the counter. Now was her chance. Nora walked in, head held high, as she marched right behind the counter. If she acted like she was supposed to be there, everyone would believe her. As soon as she was behind the counter, Nora started fussing at the pastry pantry. All those little treats were going to belong to her now. Her mouth started salivating with excitement as she completely ignored the employee and went about trying to steal from the place. 

Work as a barista was ever-surprising to the likes of Wynne, who found small lessons in modern-world-non-cult-humanity in almost every corner. This world – that was to say, the one outside of the estate they’d grown up on – was filled to the brim with surprises, pleasant and unpleasant. A stranger marching behind the counter Wynne was managing? The latter category. “I’m sorry?” It was posed as a question. Then Wynne straightened their back, took a step and extended an arm to block some of the pastries. It was easy to roll on their back and let others walk over them — but Wynne had once held an important position. Some days they remembered. “Hey, if you want one of them, you can just ask to buy one. Or two, three …” They never felt like they were in much of a position to judge, but even Wynne thought stealing was crossing a line. “Like everyone else!”

“It’s okay, I work here.” Nora told the barista as she popped a cake pop into her mouth. Nora wasn’t the biggest fan of lying, but recently she’d found herself doing it more and more. It was really something she was going to have to consider about herself. Nora tried to keep moving around the hands trying to stop her as she continued pilfering the pastries. “Boss said I could come in whenever I wanted.” Was it really lying? Maybe it was just an alternate universe explanation of what could be happening in the scenario. If they lived in an alternate universe. “Boss didn’t tell you?” Nora was starting to pile what she could grab into her pockets, not caring what got squished or smashed with other items, all the while attempting to dodge the barista’s attempts to stop her. 

“I don’t think you do.” It wasn’t said with too much conviction: it could very well be that this person had been on a very long holiday, which would explain why she hadn’t shown up for shifts these past months. Wynne always struggled to tell lies from truth, preferring to go off people’s word but knowing by now that it wasn’t always in their best interest. “But even if that’s true, there’s a limit of one pastry a day for employees, you ought to know that.” No, this was far from employee-like behavior. And if this person was a colleague, then Wynne had a feeling that she might get fired real soon, anyway. “Can you stop? Those are for customers.” Their other arm joined the attempt to shield the pastries, trying to snatch a Danish from her fingers.

It was getting very annoying that the single employee seemed determined to stop Nora from her work. This was important hungry business. “I can’t stop,” Nora responded, allowing the employee to snatch back the Danish. What were they going to do with that? Sell it to a paying customer? Sell some Danish that had been touched by Nora’s grubby hands to a little human? That seemed like a funny joke. “These are rightfully mine.” An illusion flickered around Nora, her eyes shifting into porthole views of the ocean. All semblances of a human eye were gone, it was simply waves crashing against themselves. Nora’s skin shimmered as if coated in a light sprinkle of water. Behind Nora, large purple tentacles appeared to burst from her back. They waved menacingly at the employee that stood between her and her pastries. “Back off before I summon a tsunami to destroy us both.” 

Wynne was about to open their mouth to reply when the thief’s eyes changed, waves crashing where eyes had once been. The danish dropped from their hands as they stumbled back, an expression of shock washing over their face as tentacles took over the coffee shop. “No —” was the first word croaking past their lips, the counter hitting them in the back. Fear was an emotion all-too easily accessed by the likes of Wynne, who always seemed to be looking over their shoulder for something to come get them. Was this it? There were mentions of transformation in scripture, just not of this kind. Maybe they were simply losing their mind. “Just take it.” They gestured at the pastries, then tucked their hand under their elbow to hide its tremor. “Just take it and leave me alone.” 

Nora had the illusioned her grow taller, hiding in the body of the giant monster she’d just ‘transformed’ into.  While the show played for the employee, Nora got back to work shoving her pockets full of all the goodies her grubby hands could get on. The smell of orange mixed with sulfer greeted her nose, causing Nora to slow down on the shoveling. That fear… It tasted goood. It was an interesting mix. Nora stepped closer, bringing her large illusion with her. Nora wanted to know just how much fear she could milk out of this situation. “Now you want me to take it and leave?” The eyes went from a relatively calm ocean scene, to a storm. Lightning crackled down the illusion’s body. The tentacles slunk around the illusion’s body, aiming towards the employee. “Now is too late. Now I’m taking you back to my locker.” Davy Jones's locker was a thing right? Nora was like fifty percent sure it was a thing. 

They must be losing their mind. That could be one explanation: that the months of running and the moments of finally standing still led to this: their mind caving in. Their fingers reached for their collarbone, pressing down the way they had been taught — but Wynne didn’t relax, nor did the appearance in front of them. As its tentacles reached closer, they pressed tighter against the counter before ducking below its flap and moving into the store. The thing honed in on their fear: that of being taken elsewhere, or more specifically home. “Just take the food! I don’t even know what you’re on about, a locker —” There were lockers in the break room. And if they were supposed to believe the movies in schools. “Please, just go. You wanted the pastries, right? Just take them all.”

Nora was ready to follow the trembling employee to the back room, when the ding of the door opening made her pause. The illusion flickered out of existence so it was just her, standing next to a dropped Danish with a handful of pastries, and some sticking out of her many jacket pockets.”Welcome to A Latte Love. What can I get started for you today?” Nora mimicked the words she’d heard before. The customer said a phrase so long and outlandish that Nora just stared at them. She had no clue what half of those words were. “Okay. Five dollars.” A five dollar bill was handed to Nora, and she turned to stare at the coffee maker. Not a single thought crossed her mind as she considered how to use it. Nora grabbed a few more pastries before stepping into the back room. “You got a customer.” She explained to the cowering employee. “You should probably help them.”

And with that, the illusion was gone. The person who had hid behind it moved into the store and Wynne remained, covering their eyes with their hands before moving them up and running them through their hair. They were so tired of this, the panic rising in their chest and the fear that burst to the surface so easily. Of feeling weak. And yet there they stood, giving into instincts and losing themself in quick-paced breaths and memories. Wynne thought they’d escaped the worst thing, but there was so much bad stuff out here too. How was one supposed to find a way to live? In the midst of such ponderings the not-customer made her return. “What? What is wrong with you?” There was a flash of anger on their face before Wynne made their voice pipe up, towards the store, “Just a second!” They had to stop putting them on shifts by themself. Rising to their full (not too impressive) height again, Wynne looked at the other. “You know, if you wanted a sweet deal — no, never mind, just please leave.” 

Pockets stuffed with treats, hands covered in crumbs, clothes torn and disheveled. Nora stood still as Wynne’s words raced through her head. ‘What? What is wrong with you?’ A line that erupted into a choir, turning her mind into an echo chamber. ‘Why can’t you be like other kids?’ ‘What is wrong with you?’ ‘I don’t understand where we went wrong with you?’ ‘You can’t just scare people.’ Nora’s breath caught in her throat. A prickling behind her eyes warned her of a danger she couldn’t control. Disgust ran through her body like bile, hot and rancid, reminding her that despite everything she was a monster. Despite how much fun she thought she was having with others, enjoying her meal, she was wrong. She did not fit. It was a waring of emotions that caused turmoil through her veins. Her mouth opened. She wanted to say 'nothing', there was nothing wrong with her. But she knew there was. She’d always known. “Okay.” The word felt like thorns twisting up her throat to get out. Her mouth poised to say something more, but she couldn’t. Her once self-satisfactory joy of her little heist was ruined by five words. Five words that reminded her that she was a disgusting disgrace. Nora walked towards the back exit, pushing it open and stepping into the light. Light she didn’t deserve to stand in. Nora didn’t even feel like eating anymore. 

[sir-fluffbutts]

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thinking about them a lot recently.....bit of slice of life...being casual neighbors....

[oceanwithouthermoon]

i always feel bad when i see how the point of a lot of saiki's personality traits flew right over the heads of a lot of fans due to him being an unreliable narrator and a tsundere lol.. so a lot of things he says are immediately proved to be untrue and often just him putting up a front, but some people dont pick up on it..

like i see a lot of "haha saiki would never want to watch a romance movie" guys there is an entire chapter (170) dedicated to him being like "i much prefer mysteries to romance stories.." and then immediately becoming absolutely enamored with a romance story.. he was lying, guys, LMAO

less specific ones include:

"i hate children, they annoy me" *goes out of his way to help kids, comfort them, be kind to them, etc.*

"i only use my powers for self gain/my own convenience." "anyway my mama told me to never use my powers selfishly so i always use them to help people and i try my best not to use them for personal gain<3"

"those guys are so annoying, i would never hang out with them willingly." "yeah it took them about two sentences to convince me to go with them. their thoughts seemed like they really wanted me to go, so i did. i didnt want them to be upset. not that i care about them or anything."

(sorry i post about this kind of thing a lot, i just giggle a lot at how the entire manga is so easily misinterpreted and thousands of people have watched the show but didnt pick up on the main characters most defining character traits and frequent bits.. i think there needs to be a masterlist or something disproving all the extremely common misconceptions about saiki k lol)

[the-sweetest-g1rl-in-town]

Todays vibe after school

[avariceaside]

Joining in on the trend with Cowgirl Texas Hatsune Miku, yeehaw!

[lazykurocat]

This is how Queers for Palestine seem to think Queer rights are in Palestine based on how much they support it...

No Courtney from Ohio they/them in Bio you can NOT get your fucking top surgery at Palestine Hamas would shoot you with the slightest hint that you're queer, get a grip and drink your damn pumpkin spice latte.

[shadows-coffeebeans]

oh shit i havent shown yall my sea monster designs for shadow and sonic 💥💥

[m1ss-wor1d]

I love being basic. I love autumn, pumpkin spice lattes, watching sitcoms, listening to taylor swift, rewatching movies like 10 things I hate about you and Juno. Christian Girl Autumn is my favourite time of year and I don't care anymore

[respectthepetty]

Me on a Wednesday after experiencing another week of Jack & Joker, Reverse 4 You, and Peaceful Property not letting up.

In my Big Freedia voice, "They did not come to play with you hoes!"

[lavandulawrites]

I tried pumpkin spice latte for the first time today, and holy shit it was disgusting🙁 I was so excited for it too🫠 what a letdown 😭 at least I got something to warm my hands on

[raylaismad]

me when people ship two people that literally act like siblings so it doesn’t make any sense and then blatantly ignore a ship that doesn’t feel like incest:

[queenbeedarling]

These two... these two are going to be the end of me. 🥹😭

Knock Knock Boys weren't originally on my radar, and then I randomly decided to check it out today and immediately binged all 7 eps that are out.

I'm absolutely obsessed with these two, specifically 😍 (still love Peak and Thanwa, though).

[the-sweetest-g1rl-in-town]

Cinnamon in my teeth, from your kiss

[359midnightburgers]

If you pretend to like linguistics but then judge internet slang as if that is not just as valid and worthy as all other linguistic changes, I genuinely think less of you.

Language is interesting because it shows how people chose to express themselves in a certain time period, not because it is written down in a dictionary.

[antiquepearlss]

sinces its basically fall i have an itsy bitsy question for u

who in the tts cast do u think likes pumpkin spice drinks/food/idek atp and who do u think, thinks its a big fad/dislikes it?

personally i think rapunzel likes it, varian is kinda "eh" about it(he enjoys hot cocoa more), eugene thinks its a big fad(but he dabbles in it from time to time), lance likes it more than raps, catalina and kiera DESPISE it, and cass doesnt like fall that much bcuz shes allergic to pollen(she also hates spring bcuz of pollen)(cass being allergic to pollen hc)

I’ve now seen two people say Varian wouldn’t like pumpkin spice lattes, but I disagree. I headcanon him as both a coffee drinker and a sweets lover, so naturally he would love very sugary coffees. Not necessarily 99% milk (like Rapunzel) but he’s always getting sweet lattes, frappes, and various affogatos and cappuccinos. And I think as someone who grew up eating a lot of pumpkin pie and various pumpkin treats (as Quirin is a pumpkin farmer), I think he would enjoy a psl, especially if it includes real pumpkin. But yes, hot chocolate is the superior beverage to him.

I agree that Rapunzel and Lance also love them, and Eugene doesn’t really care for them but will drink one for the sake of being trendy or for matching instagram pics with Raps or Lance. Eugene is someone who is committed to being trendy and setting trends (to an extent ofc) meanwhile Rapunzel and Lance just like them. Even if Rapunzel more often than not gets cream based pumpkin spice Frappuccinos than lattes (look she doesn’t really like coffee okay.)

And yeah, I can’t see the girls liking them either. Cat doesn’t like coffee, she prefers tea, and Kiera thinks they’re too sweet, she prefers diet mtn dew. Same with Cass and Hugo, they don’t drink it either. She drinks her coffee with like, one sugar packet and an ounce of milk. (I can see Cass and Cat drinking pumpkin spice chai tea) Hugo also strikes me as someone who prefers his coffee black, because it’s more practical and “cooler,” and he really doesn’t care about being trendy. If anything, he doesn’t drink them to avoid being “basic.” (also I hc he hates pumpkin)

I can see Cassie liking fall but hating pollen, and despising spring, so she prefers winter. She likes it when everything is dead and isn’t bothering her (like bugs or Rapunzel stopping her every twenty seconds to point out a cool flower.) Also I love her being allergic to pollen that’s weirdly funny to me.

[shanastoryteller]

CHAPTER 7 OF HERE BE DRAGONS IS UP!