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coffee bean, tea leaf & tequila shots • jeon somi

prompt: From a cute meeting to pretend couple for a night, aided by a lot of flirting, this night is about two broken people finding each other. (credit to sharkeu on AO3)

pairing: jeon somi x male reader

genre: fluff, fake dating, barista!reader and barista!haechan lee

word count: 10552

I see you standing there

And I can't help but stare

I'm ready to bring

Your wedding ring

On the day that we met

Wanted to ask

If you'd by my side forever

The song softly plays amidst the chatter as Somi makes her way inside the coffee shop.

"It's way past working hours, I just got out from a very exhausting client meeting and she's gonna tell me she needs the presentation tonight?!" She nags to her friend over the phone. "What does she think of me? Some sort of a robot?"

Giselle, her friend, snorts a laugh. "But you'd do it anyway."

Somi groaned as she walks further inside the coffee shop, lining up in the counter. "I so hate this job! But the bills won't pay themselves."

Giselle laughed. "I knew it. So where are you now?"

"In a coffee shop near the client's office." She replied just as the person in front of her finished ordering. "I'm in Busan, for crying out loud. I need to do this before I come back to Seoul and I can't do this presentation in the train."

"Good luck, then." Giselle says. "Call me when you get home—if you're still sane."

Somi rolls her eyes as she hears Giselle laugh on the other line.

"Thanks. Call you later."

Somi hangs up then puts her phone on her back pocket as she scans the menu hanging on the wall.

"Good evening, Ma'am. Your order please?" The guy behind the counter kindly asked.

"Uh... I think I'll have..." Somi trails off, still undecided.

"Flat white." She said, turning to barista behind the counter and she almost gasped seeing how cute he is.

He looks cute and friendly, he has his hair styled and parted on the side, exposing a bit of his forehead. He's wearing a white crisp shirt that is fits him just right to show off his toned chest and biceps but not to the point that will make you cringe. Overall, he's pretty much like any other barista's out there, as if being a flower boy is part of the job description. But there's a particular glow in this guy's smile that even Somi can't resist. Luckily, she knows how to handle herself in front of cute baristas.

"I'll have one flat white, please. With a pump of vanilla." She said.

"Okay. That's one flat white with a pump of vanilla." The barista echoed as he reaches for an empty cup in front of him. "And for the size, that will be...?"

He looked up at Somi, waiting for her reply, only to find her rather watching blankly.

"Size?" He asked again.

"Size—oh! Grande." Somi replied, blushing very faintly.

He smiled, so softly that Somi almost made a sound.

"Do you want it upgraded to venti?" He asked.

"No, thanks." She replied.

He nodded. "One flat white with a pump of vanilla." The barista repeats as he writes down at the cup.