𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐳 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬

hongjoong || inception

feat. Lee Know (Minho)⭐
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I was about to fall asleep in front of my textbooks when a notification from my phone made me jolt awake. It was a message from Minho.

Minho 🤪:
Do you want to meet up tomorrow?

Minho and I have been seeing each other a few times recently, and things were going well. But lately he had been a lot busier than usual and often cancelled our dates last minute. It was super annoying to say the least.

You:
Yes, but only if you promise that you won't   cancel again ...

Almost instantly he messaged me back.

Minho 🤪:
I have an off day tomorrow. I promise I'll be there. How does lunch at Chan's Corner sound?

You:
Sounds good! What time?

Minho 🤪:
Is 2 okay?

You:
All good! Looking forward to it x

Minho 🤪:
Can't wait to see you either 😉

I sighed and propped down my phone on my desk. He promised. And if you make a promise, you are supposed to keep it, right?

•••

I was both scared and confident about lunch with Minho. Confident, because he promised to be there - which meant that he had to be there. Scared because what if he broke his promise?

Y/n, you probably shouldn't overthink it. You're not in a relationship with him yet.

I made sure not to put too much effort into my outfit and make up, just in case he cancels again.

As soon as I was done, I ran downstairs to the front door.

"Where are you going, lil sister?" Seonghwa asked as soon as he noticed me.
"Please stop calling me that. And I'm meeting up with Minho," I hurriedly replied.
"Wait, he actually hasn't cancelled for once?"
I rolled my eyes. "We'll have to wait and see."
"Just don't get your hopes up too high," Seonghwa replied, turning back to the sandwich he was making.
"You are a great help," I sarcastically called out to him before opening the door.
"I know," I heard him say before closing the door behind me.

He was always playing the I-know-better-game. I get that he was just being protective, but sometimes it annoyed me when he spoke his mind about matters in my dating life. Or how he just bluntly laid out the truth in front of me, as he just did when he said I shouldn't get my hopes up too high. By that he probably meant to tell me that Minho wasn't coming.

If he's right about it again, I will honestly give up my dating life until he is out of the house we share.

•••

I arrived at Chan's Corner and sat down at a table in the back of the cafe where I could observe everything and everyone.

An energetic waiter came to take my order. San, I read his nameplate.

"Oh uh, I'm waiting for someone. He'll be here in a while." I smiled apologetically at San.
"Okay, no problem!" San trotted off like he's the happiest person in the world. How is he so happy?

I sighed, propping up my elbows on the table. It was still five more minutes to 2. What's five minutes?

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