Temptation [ Min Yoongi | ENG ]

S I X T Y

I went into the bar and headed for the corner table in the back. It was a Sunday morning, the day before I started working at the publishing house. I was tense and going crazy inside my house.

I had been absent from PH for almost a month. And before leaving home to cycle I sent a message to the group, inviting everyone who was available and interested to spend the day with me at the bar.

I sank on the bench against the wall so that I could see the whole space and because it was still eleven in the morning, I could see everything. There was nothing preventing me from having a complete view of the place.

Only 2 gentlemen were sitting at a table across the room and Bram was organizing some dishes behind the counter. We didn't talk to each other in the time that I was away, but we started to follow each other on Instagram and occasionally there were likes, from each of us on the others' posts.

I checked my phone and saw the messages in the group. Lotte said she would meet me there when I arrived. I replied that I was already there and threw my phone aside, deciding that I would wait for her to arrive to order a drink.

I saw when Bram finished what he was doing and saw me when he looked around the room. It was as if his face lit up. He stepped out from behind the counter and walked towards me.

"You disappeared!" He exclaimed, taking the seat across from me.

"Ah, yeah. I do that sometimes." I smiled.

"I only know you were alive because I saw your Instagram." He spoke playfully and I laughed.

"Oh, you were worried now?"

"I was waiting for you to show up."

"Ah?"

"I was wondering if you want to go out with me one of these days." His look was confident.

"Like a date?" I was taken by surprise.

"Yeah... I have Tuesdays and Wednesdays off at night and I have my Friday and Saturday afternoons free as well."

"Right." I was processing the information. "I'm going to start a new job tomorrow. I was planning to do nothing this first week. But we can arrange something for the next..."

"Okay, fine, we can set up the details later." He spoke calmly.

Bram was still sitting with me when Lotte appeared. She sat next to me and greeted him. He excused himself and left us.

"Huh?" She said when he pulled away enough to not hear us.

"What?"

"No mysteries, Roosje!" She begged while I pretended not to know what she was talking about.

"We were talking, I was alone and the bar was empty" I pointed to the hall with one of my hands.

"He asked several of us about you. Even Yoongi." I made a face at the mention of his name.

"What happened?"

"What?"

"That face... why did you disappear?"

"I needed to think about a few things."

"Which things?" She came over and I was going to start talking when I saw Maud coming in.

"Let Maud sit and I'll tell you both." I nodded towards the counter, where she was now.