Just a short story about how my OC, Phiemy Autumn, met Black Sapphire, my friend's OC.

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It was 6 in the morning on a tuesday when the alarm went off.
Way too early in her opinion. She let out a yawn and streched slowly, before turning off her alarm clock and slowly but surely getting out of bed. After she got up she streched one more time and went to get out some clothes for work, a black shirt with the "Cresent Rose" Tattoo store Logo on it and kaki shorts. Wondering how the day would go, she went to take a hot shower, putting on the clothes and heading downstairs into the kitchen. She made herself a Nutella Sandwich and packed a chocolate chip bagel for work. She loved her job. But she hated waking up early.
She took the bus to get from her village to the nearby city every day, where she worked. If she didn't work she would usually still go there with her best friends, Thules and Nurikha.
As she arrived at the bus stop in the city, she noticed a very handsome guy sitting in the waiting area. A brown Hyena from the looks of it. He had two small horns, a goatee and freakles. He was wearing grey pants and a blue hoodie, with black headphones, listening to music.
She pondered talking to him for a second, but she wouldn't even know how to introduce herself. Her bus arrived, late as usual, and she got in, turning around one last time to look at the interesting hyena who, to her suprise, looked up at her as well now. She blushed, he smiled and the bus drove off.
"Why did I blush? I dont even know him. I wonder if he's from around here.", she thought to her self, wondering if she'd see him again.
7:30. Phiemy arrived at the tattoo store. She walked in and was greeted with a hug by a cute little mouse named Cappio who worked the front desk.
"Good morning Phiemy! You have your wok cut out for you today! I hope you're ready!", she said in a happy voice.
"Morning Cap. Whats the plan?"
She flipped through a little book and handed it to Phiemy. "You have a client at 8 o'clock who needs his tatoo covered up, its the name of an ex-girl friend", she sighed,"I don't know why people get name tattoos, at least get married first!".
Cappio pointed to some other appointments Phiemy would have that day, two customers she had before that are back for a talk about a new tattoo they want and one name she hadn't heard before. "Black Sapphire?", she said and looked at Cappio. "Who's that?". The mouse shrugged, "she came in the other day and specifiaclly requested you for a tattoo. Said she was impressed by your quality and was refered by a friend."
Phiemy smiled, happy that people apprechiate her work and put her bags into her office, where she drew sketches and tattooed the customers.

One coverup tattoo and two appointments about planned tattoos later, Phiemy checked her apointment book. Black Sapphire was next. She called Cappio into the office: "Is Black Sapphire here yet?".
"Yep!", she said cheerfully, "want me to call her in now?".
"Sure", Phimey said with a soft smile.
The door opened and a very beautiful girl walked in with headphones around her neck and a smile on her face. She seemed to be a Wolf-Fox mix with Black fur and blue highlights. Her hair went just past her sholders, pink blue and black in color. She had Piercings and Heterochromia, just like Phimey. Only she had one beautiful purple eye and one that was ice blue. Her clothes indicated that she was the type of girl that really likes rock music, wearing a jeans vest and a choker necklace with a music note on it.
Phiemy got up from her office chair to greet her: "Heya! You must be Black Sapphire. It's very nice to meet you!". Black Sapphire shook her hand and smiled: "It's nice to meet you too! I've seen a bunch of your work and can't wait to get my tattoo done here!"
The Fox smiled and said "Im so glad you like my work! I usually have a little meet and greet with the customer to discuss what they want, where they want it, how much it would be etc. But you seem like you already know what you want, huh?" Black Sapphire smiled widely: "I sure do!", and pulled out a picture on her phone. It was a japanese symbol, the symbol for Courage to be exact.
Phiemy took a good look at it and the said "Alright, no problem, I've done chinese and japanese symbols before. She got out a folder titeled "Japanese Symbols – Phiemy Autumn". It was full of tattoo sketches she had made and pictures of tattoed symbols to show Black Sapphire.
She took a look at the pictures and her eyes widened. "They look amazing! Let's do it!" Phiemy gave her a big smile: "Nice. Where would you like it?"
Black Sapphire pointed at her upper right arm and said "Right here!"
The redfox showed her to the tattoo chair and told her to get comfortable as she got her tools and the ink.
Cappio peeked into the office and asked if the customer would like anything to drink while she waited. Black Sapphire accepted thankfully and the mouse brought her a nice, cool Coke can.
"Okay, are you ready?", Phiemy asked, turning on her tattoo machine and looking at Black Sapphire. She nodded excitetly and Phiemy began her work.
While she tattoed her new client, they got to know eachother. It turns out Black Sapphire was a DJ. "Really? Thats so cool! My friend Nurikha is also a DJ. What kind of music do ou play?". "All kinds fo music, depends on the crowd. I prefer Rock though." Phiemy's ears perked up a bit: "Oh? I love rock music. Maybe I can go to the club you play at some time?"
Black Sapphire smiled "That would be awesome! I'd love that!"
After about two hours, the tattoo was done.
Phimey inspected it and nodded, happy with her work and then told her client to take a look. Black Sapphire went to look at it in the mirror and her smile widened: "I love it! It's exactly the way I wanted it to be!"
She went to hug Phiemy, as a thank you, before she went back to the front desk and Cappio charged her for the tattoo.
Phiemy cleaned her equipment and then joined her at the front desk, giving her creme to put on, a list of things she should avoid while it was healing and told her she was welcome back anytime.
Black Sapphire thanked her again and gave her a buissnes card with her number and the adress for the club on it. Phimey told her she'd come by the place friday evening after work, to which Black Sapphire responded: "I'll make sure to give it my all then!"
Happy, she walked out of the store, as Phiemy finished cleaning and putting up the equipment.