Samnang was nearing the end of his shift, and he'd spent a good portion of it in the back, due to phone conferences, an interview for a new potential barista, and other tasks, and he felt bad because he knew his cashier and barista were suffering today. It had been busy, like line-to-the-door busy, all morning, and they had had two call outs, and Sam had been lined up for conference calls today for the last two weeks. He went about duties as customer support, prepping new coffees, getting the food, checking the condiment bar, and cleaning what he could.

He let out a tired sigh as there was a break in the line. "Okay, I think it's calmed down." He told his coworkers as he wiped his forehead. "Sorry I was gone so long."

"You came at just the right time, I think." The barista said over her shoulder.
"A second longer, or rather, one Pike more, and we would've been in real trouble." The cashier agreed.
Sam grinned at them. "You two did great. Thanks for sticking it out. You," he pointed to the cashier, "go on your lunch. I'll ring until you're back. Then if it's not too busy after, you can practice on bar."
"Okay," The cashier said chipperly as she punched out for her lunch and headed to the back.
Sam signed on to a register just as the line started forming again, and he mentally groaned as he gave the first customer a smile.

Some time passed, and he gave a small wave to the mid-shift shift lead, but was in between customers so he couldn't yet say hi. The next customer seemed really familiar; this wasn't uncommon, he grew up in this town and so anyone who had gone to school here and was around his age could be familiar. He couldn't remember his name, but he remembered it was not English. Something bird. His mind wanted to say bird bird, but that a) seemed unlikely and b) seemed silly. "Wait a second..." He spoke out loud, that sparking his memory. "Aren't you Saehwan? Right? Sae Saehwan?" He waited to type in Saehwan's name in case he was wrong, but he was pretty sure he wasn't. Though it explained the bird-bird, because of Saehwan's last name, and English name, though he honestly couldn't remember which bird was Saehwan's English name. The other cashier had come back and taken care of the line, and was now taking care of the coffees, so under his breath, Sam hesitantly added quietly as he pointed to his name tag, "It's Samnang, from GSA in high school."

Samnang grinned, "Yup! I'm still here. And uh... As someone who was called every brother's name by teachers we shared, I'd like to think I can pride myself on telling you two apart and keeping your names from getting mixed up. But also, you two literally did everything possible to not look alike if I remember correctly." Samnang said, still grinning. The smile faded slightly as his eyes drifted towards the line and noticed it was growing again. "Anyway, your total is $4.75. Also I'm off in like ten minutes if you've got time and want to catch up..."

Samnang nodded, saying quickly, "Yup, sounds like a plan. And yes please, I love dogs." He had always wanted a pet, but never asked for them because he always assumed his parents would have said no, considering how many kids were in the house already. At this point, he figured he could just get a pet when he got his own place, or found someone to move in with that would be okay with it.

He laughed softly at Saehwan's explanation of him and Sparrow - right, that was the other brother's name - being different, nodding in agreement about his own family. He couldn't help but wonder if Saehwan was talking about Nicky or Devi, now that he knew Devi was like, an actual human, and one with interests, some even similar to Sam's. But he could wait until he didn't have a line of customers to ask. He added a chipper, "talk to you soon," as he handed Saehwan his card back, and then called to the next customer in line once Saehwan was far enough away from the register.

With two cashiers, the line died much quicker this time, and Samnang signed off his register, tapping the other cashier on her shoulder and telling her to try being on bar on for a bit, telling the barista on bar as well so she could keep an eye on the line, adding, "Once Jason punches in, go on your lunch." He waited until he got affirmation from her before heading to the back and greeting the shift lead. "It's been pretty busy today, but those two are killing it out there. I've got Katie practicing on bar, and then Rae is going to go on lunch once Jason gets in. I... am about ten minutes past my scheduled time, and I've got a friend waiting, so I'm out of here. Everything else is in the logs." With that, he punched out and took off his apron, slinging it over his shoulder and going to the register, glad the line had stayed dead long enough for him to get a final drink. "Hmmmm I should make it hard, right?" He teased,"since you're learning still?"

"Noooo," Katie whined back.

Samnang laughed, "grande blonde flat white."

"That is hard," Katie whined more."

Samnang laughed again, giving his numbers to Rae and heading to the hand-off plane. "Better you learn on me than a customer though, right? Make sure you make the shots ristretto, it's an extra shot, try to avoid too much foam." He coached as she made his drink. As he was handed his drink, he took a sip, giving her a thumbs up. "Presentation could use a little work, but the taste is spot on." He praised. "See you guys!"

He went to sit across from Saehwan, giving him a grin. "What's up man? Also I'm curious which of my brothers you kind of know." He dead-panned.

"I feel it." Samnang sympathized, nodding as he recalled his time in school. "I just recently graduated, finally, so I totally get the busy with school life."

"Oh!" Samnang began, a grin breaking out on his face, "Yeah, I think you did have some classes with Nicky, and yeah, Devi's another one of my older brothers." He chuckled,"I uh... recently found out Devi was a real person with like... a personality. I've learned a lot of things I'd kind of forgotten about him, and so we've trying to bond more." He laughed, "Mind you, this all started with my time attending a drag ball, so uh... it's been an interesting ride."

He thought over what he had been up lately, and shrugged, "I mean... not much? If you remember Jiuk - he was also in GSA, very quiet. Went by Z in high school. Anyway, I still hang out with him a lot, or uh... I'm really into skateboarding lately? And then I still like anime and Asian dramas. Oh! I've been really into learning languages, I took like... five? While in college. I can speak Korean now!" He said excitedly, then added, quieter, "but not fluently so if you decide to speak Korean at me be nice." He returned to his usual volume, "I also took Mandarin, Thai, and Khmer." He shrugged, "Okay so I guess only four languages." He paused. "Other than that, just working here. I'm assistant manager now, and there's a rumor going around the manager is going to have to transfer soon because her wife is potentially relocating to Florida." He playfully brushed off a shoulder, giving Saehwan a cocky look, "So you're probably looking at the future manager of this fine establishment." He said jokingly.

"I'm trying to," Samnang replied back in Korean, punctuating the sentence with a grin and short laugh.

"Even if I don't become manager, you should come visit more often. I mean, I know it's Starbucks and there's a thousand better options around here but even so! I'm here." He said, straightening up and sticking his nose in the air for only a moment before chuckling again.

"I tend to be there in the afternoons, so depending on when you go..." He began, fading out. "And even then, it's random, when I decide to go. So we could've easily continuously missed each other." He changed the subject, "And yes, I'd love to see pictures of your pets. Especially your cat on a leash. That's great. If you don't mind, I'd love to join you on a walk."

"Excellent, it's settled then." Samnang said, grinning at Saehwan as he nodded. He looked at the pictures and let out an enthusiastic, "wow! They're so gorgeous!" Now he really wanted a pet, especially if they could be as pretty as those animals. He enjoyed looking at all the pictures, a grin seeming stuck on his face as they looked through them. "That's so cool that you have a dog and a cat to spend time outdoors with. If I got a pet, I think it'd be fun to teach to skateboard." He said, only half-joking on the last part. He'd seen enough videos to know pets could learn to do it, and how great would stranger's faces be when they saw him skateboarding with a pet? Or maybe he'd get an animal he could train to rest on his shoulders while he was skateboarding. That would also get some great looks.

Samnang stood up and dumped his drink in the trash - it was mostly ice at that point anyway - and then nodded to Saehwan. "Yeah, I'm ready." He laughed a bit as the conversation veered to skateboarding animals and nodded, "There's plenty of videos across the internet of animals doing it. I'm assuming some of them, especially the cats, see their owners doing it and want to mimic them. Hence, skateboarding pets. Heck, just on my break I saw a gif of a dude skateboarding and pulling his dog on a skateboard behind him. It's entertaining to watch."