Cinnamons and cookies [On hold]

8

Three A.M, three fucking A.M.

Seokmin woke up and sighed getting himself ready for university. His class is scheduled at nine am today.

"Ugh, fuck it," he cursed as he walk out his unit going down the building.

He first went to a convinience store for breakfast and coffee and went to the cafe half an hour past.

He expected no one was there but shocked seeing Joshua sitting in one of the chairs on his laptop while drinking some tea.

Seeing him, made Seokmin remember what happened last night that made him blush. He just shrugged the thoughts away and went in the cafe smiling.

"Good morning, Josh," he greeted as he walked to the kitchen. "Good morning," he heard back.

He isn't in job yet, he is on afternoon shifts for today, but he is making for the morning.

He put his bag down at the chair near the blenders and picked up the apron.

He wore it. He wore aprons since he was a child, but today, he can't tie it up. He doesn't know why but he is struggling.

He put his arms down and sighed. He was about to tie it up again but he can feel a hand ghosting on his waist tieing the apron gently, not too tight and not too lose, perfectly comfortable.

"What are you making?" Joshua whispered at his ear while finishing the ribbon at his back. Seokmin pursed his lips into thin line before thinking. "Not sure, but, I'm thinking of cheesecakes and I don't know about the other one."

Joshua nodded after finishing his final touch at the ribbon. "How about some pie? Or carrot cake?"

Seokmin turned around facing Joshua who is an inch closer to him. "Mhm, peach with mangoes sounds good, and carrot muffins too."

Joshua smiled and nodded while Seokmin walked away to the refrigerator and as he expected, there are a lot of ingredients ready for him to bake.

"What are you going to do first?" Josh asked as he sat down on the other side of the center island where his eyes are glued on Seokmin who is in front of the refrigerator getting the ingredients. "Carrot muffins first, then the pie and cheesecake."

Seokmin put down nine medium carrots and cinnamon and butter and went back taking the other.

They were in comfortable silence while Seokmin is peeling the carrots and Joshua looking at him doing his thing.

"I wanna help," Joshua suddenly blurted out. Seokmin stopped peeling and looked at him. "You don't have to, aren't you doing something earlier?"

"I finished all my to dos, my class is still at 9, and I don't have anything to do," Joshua reasoned out as he lied his arms on the island and his head on his arm.

"Then, can you peel this one carrot and shred them?" Seokmin asked and Joshua happily nodded and went to work with it. "I can peel the other two."

Seokmin let him be as he worked on his own.

As they worked in silence. Seokmin remembered what Seungkwan told about his boss.

He isn't that bad than what he think he is. He is kinda gentle than what Seungkwan and Chan described him.

"Oh, Josh, there you are." They both looked at the door seeing a tall guy with glasses on.

"Oh Wonwoo," Joshua said and greeted him a morning. Looking at the guy, they looked a bit the same, Seokmin looked younger than him. "This is Seokmin, our pastry maker."

Seokmin smiled and nodded at him. "Good morning!"

Wonwoo smiled back and nodded before leaving them alone to change and clean the place.

Soon after Seokmin finished the muffins and the pies with Joshua's help. He is now currently finishing the cheesecake while Joshua is beside him watching his every move.

"Done!" He beamed and smiled as he put yhe cheesecake in the refrigerator. "Thank you!"

Joshua smiled back and patted Seokmin's head. "You're welcome."

"SEOKMIN-A!" They heard from a far getting nearer and nearer, then they saw Soonyoung twirling walking in the kitchen, giggling and chuckling.

"I knew it, here, I save for the three of you," Seokmin showed him three muffins in one of the plates.

Soonyoung stared at him before running and hugged him. "Seokmin-a, I knew you would love me as much as I do," he sobbed as he hugged the man.

Is he drunk? That is the only sentence Seokmin can think.

"I knew it that you would care for me a lot, I knew that you always think of me a lot, thank you for the muffins Seokmin-a."

Joshua get the plate and Seokmin hugged Soonyoung awkwardly.

Seokmin looked at Joshua and the letter shook his head. "Anyways, thank you for this."

Soonyoung got the plate and left the kitchen leaving Seokmin lost.

"Don't worry, he is always like that, he looks like he is drunk but he is not," Joshua chuckled before looking at Seokmin who nodded.

"Right, I have this pie for you," Seokmin said as he went and gave the guy a box of peach mango pie. "It's peach and mango, I didn't ask what you want, I just guessed it, but as a gratitude, I hope you will like them."

Joshua nodded and thanked him.

"I should get going, it's almost half past eight," Seokmin said before untangling the apron and took it off.

"Hop in with me, I also have class in 9," Joshua offered and Seokmin looked at him. "Are you sure?"

Joshua nodded and smiled. "Just... a gratitude for baking these for me, wait outside, I'll just get my things."

Seokmin waited in front of the cafe with Soonyoung accompanying him.

"Did you know, it's my first time seeing Joshua helping someone in the cafe."

Seokmin looked at Soonyoung who is looking outside. "He never helped someone here and always have a poker face, but it's my first time seeing him smiling with a person."

"He must've been bored so he helped me earlier," Seokmin reasoned out and Soonyoung shrugged.

"Seokmin," called Joshua and Seokmin stood up bidding a goodbye to Soonyoung. "Sigh, Hong Jushuji, under a spell." With that he left and went inside being nagged by Jihoon for not preparing some coffee beans.

"Thank you," Seokmin said before waving at Shua who left him infront of his building.

"Seokmin?" Seokmin turned around and saw Jeonghan who looked confused as ever. "Did you just got off Joshua's car?"

Seokmin nodded, confused. "He just offered me a ride."

"He gave you a ride?!" Jeonghan asked shocked. Seokmin nodded once again. "Damn, he ain't the Joshuji I know."