Canary Lienne is playful, skips classes and never serious in her studies. 'You only live once' is the title of the song she thought of as her motto to believe. Then with just one reservation at a café, she met Samuel. He is mature, silent and an adult. Samuel is her first crush. Isn't it great that they both like each other? As she grows up and faces independence, learns of things she never knew, will the bad little girl Cana remain? Or does Samuel's love and care make her the good girl she has always wanted to look up to? A warm cup of coffee in the summer and a slice of romance, a story of growing up, family, friendship, betrayal, bullying, coming out and the first struggles of teenagers. This is solely based on the experience of the author's teenage years with peers. Disclaimer: The names, characters, setting and scenes are fictional.
Chapter 1 Prologue
The first sip of coffee is strong in taste, if you add milk and sugar it gives a sweet pleasure and more aromatic taste. Just like in life, a young girl named Canary Lienne has her first sip of coffee, like a bitter taste of life as she grew as an orphan. Striving to reach for her dreams, she met along people who added flavors to her bland life.
Samuel, who has faced a monotonous life, being excellent and having everything on the palm of his hands, felt so dull and exhausting. An unexpected meeting smells so sweet and tempting, he met this girl who when tears fell still smiles brightly. A unique taste unknown to him, fate seems to play over him, he met her again when his cousin Simone requested him to be their guardian. Having the mindset of a businessman, he grabs that opportunity to know more about Canary. Attraction between them is inevitable, that is why he pursued and waited for Cana to be ready and confessed his feelings to her.
The story revolves around the growth of the characters from teenagers turning to adults as they enter their coming of age. Along with the anxieties and new found responsibilities as they slowly enter independence, Cana who has been an easy-going one has decided to straighten her path. She longs for a familial love, although the adoptive family has treated her as the youngest daughter she can still feel the missing piece in her life. Her path only has herself to persevere. Together with encounters along the way, growing up and realizations, a coffee still gives a warm cup of pleasure!