more au lore :)
melman works an office job and he is the most introverted guy you'll ever meet. he doesn't talk to anyone much and doesn't really want to find love. one day he goes to a coffee shop and orders ✨ a black coffee ✨ (bc why not). AND GUESS WHO'S THE BARISTA IT'S GLORIAAAAA
gloria is the EXACT OPPOSITE of melman- she's very extroverted and loves interacting with the customers. so she does what she normally does and just chats with melman. he doesn't normally talk, he doesn't want to talk, but HE DOES ANYWAY (BC OF LOVE- jk gloria kept talking so he started talking to finish the conversation and make her shut up.)
after a while they become ✨ frens ✨ and gloria introduces melman to alex and marty. they're like that one duo in your friend group that does incredibly chaotic stuff but they're each other's ride or dies (like george and harold from captain underpants)
also alex and marty are kind of a couple idk hahaha
melman starts becoming friends with gloria, alex, and marty (and also starts developing ✨ feelings ✨ for gloria)
and lots of cool things happen in between that and the ending like the fire thing. lemme explain that:
basically it was melman's day off and he went to the coffee shop like usual. gloria needed help because the other two baristas that worked at the coffee shop were out sick. melman knows ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT MAKING COFFEES but he helps out anyways because he's developing ✨ feelings ✨
but since he sucks at the coffee making thing, he started a fire (but it was small tho- i made the fire large in the gif as a joke)
