the one that got away | seongjoong (✓)

• VI •

in the short time that he was at starlight cafe, hongjoong immediately fell in love with it, feeling a sense of home in the staff and the decor. it reminded him a lot of seonghwa, and he found it quite comforting, so he vowed to visit again. of course, his schedule wasn't kind to him at all in the next few weeks, and that saddened him when he wasn't able to visit the cafe again as soon as he'd wanted.

day after day he wondered when he would finally get to go back, the strong feeling he had for the cafe growing day by day.

"youngjae-hyung? can i visit that cafe today?" he asked on the ride back to the studio after his performance at inkigayo.

"hongjoong... you have work to do. i'm sorry, you know i wish i could say yes."

"hyung, i have so much music written already! why do i have to go to the studio and work on it some more?"

"i'm sorry, hongjoong... when it comes to music, it's not my choice what you can and can't do."

hongjoong sighed, staring out the window. he wondered which of the baristas would be there, if it would be the sweet girl, yeojin, who had helped him choose a drink, or maybe hyeongjun, the boba-eyed cashier. the staff was so kind and patient with him and his team, he just knew that their boss had to be the same way. the environment was extremely comfortable there.

hongjoong chewed his lip a bit before getting an idea, quickly calling yunho.

"hyung, is everything okay?" the younger asked.

"yeah... everything's fine, yunho, don't worry."

"okay... what's up?"

"you know the cup sleeve event we went to?"

"yeah! the one at starlight cafe?"

"yes! that's it! can you get me a drink from there and bring it to my studio? youngjae-hyung said i can't go myself..."

"of course! same as last time?"

"surprise me! they make good drinks there," hongjoong said with a bright smile on his face.

"alright! do you want a snack from there too?"

"if that's okay..."

"of course it is, hyung. i'll see you soon, okay?"

"okay... thank you, yunho."

the two hung up and hongjoong smiled the rest of the ride to the studio. yunho quickly made his way to starlight cafe, smiling when he saw seonghwa at the counter.

"hyung!" he called out.

seonghwa looked up and smiled, waving a bit.

"yunho... it's so good to see you. what can i get for you?"

"ummm... do you happen to know what hongjoong-hyung got last time we were here? he asked me if i could get him a drink from here, he really liked whatever he got."

"hmm... chuu? hey, do you know what hongjoong got at the event?"

the girl shook her head, frowning slightly.

"yeojin helped him decide! a-and hyeongjun was on cash when he came in."

"thank you, chuu..."

seonghwa turned back to yunho and shook his head.

"neither of them are here today. it's just me and chuu right now, minhee is on his break and the others have the day off."

"um... that's okay, he did say i could surprise him, so you can just make something and i'll bring it to him."