Obsessed [Editing]

Chapter 18

(A/N: Below is the Bar/Café design. I wanted to share how I imagined it to look.)

"Well, the new girl seems to be doing better than she did yesterday," San said to Wooyoung as he flicked the tea towel over his shoulder. He was startled when he almost bumped into Seonghwa who was carrying trays with food and drinks but he managed to quickly maneuver his way around him. He gave an apologetic smile to Seonghwa who laughed at his surprised expression.

"Jeez, why does it have to be so busy?" Wooyoung pouted and San gently pinched his cheek. "I hate days like this," he whined and San couldn't hold himself back from giving his boyfriend a smooch on the cheek, he was too adorable when he was all pouty.

"It's good that we have a new worker now, especially on days like this," Naomi said as she walked by with a tray.

"Where's Tyler?" Seonghwa questioned and the couple looked around, not seeing the other worker.

"Probably in the staff room," San said, pointing in the direction of where their fellow co-worker could be. Seonghwa made his way over, opening the door and there Tyler was; sitting at the table with his back facing the door and his feet propped up on another chair, looking at his phone.

"Tyler, it's a busy day, you need to come out and help." When he didn't get an answer or wasn't even acknowledged, Seonghwa walked over to him and placed a hand on Tyler's shoulder, startling the younger male as he looked up at Seonghwa with wide eyes. He pulled a wireless earphone out and that's when Seonghwa noticed his teary eyes upon a better inspection. He frowned. "Hey, you good?" Tyler averted his eyes back to his phone screen and it showed a message from some by the name of Detective Park. He quickly skimmed over it and one thing stood out the most;

We have decided to drop Kim Hongjoong's case due to a lack of evidence.

"The detectives are not continuing to look for Hongjoong," he muttered. "They're filing him as dead. Dead, Seonghwa-hyung!" Tyler whipped his head back up to look at Seonghwa. "If they have no evidence on finding him, then they can't just file him as dead when they have nothing! Hongjoong might not even be dead! He could still be alive and is suffering! They need to try harder!" He got so angry that he grabbed a cup off the table and ditched it at the wall, it shattering upon impact, though, Seonghwa didn't even react.

Just then the new girl, Areum, walked in and she looked at the two men then at the shattered cup on the floor. "The other's sent me to see what was going on. What happened?" She asked and the two turned to look at her. "Tyler, are you okay?" She asked in a concerned tone when she noticed the tears rolling down the male's face. He hurried to wipe them away with the sleeve of his shirt and nodded.

"I'm fine," he muttered and kicked his feet off the chair before standing up to leave, softly bumping his shoulder with Areum's. She frowned, watching him leave and then turned to Seonghwa.

"What happened?"

Seonghwa sighed and shook his head. He grabbed the dustpan and brush to clean up the mess Tyler caused. "Don't worry about it, Areum," he muttered and the girl left the room.