she never expected her little silly crush on the bus boy to grow into something so much more, in a world where soulmates could hear what music their other half listens to, he wanted her to play the music he heard in his head.
[ 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘!𝗔�...
her eyes were still puffy from crying so much the previous night, but she felt a bit better after her mother comforted her as always. she felt like skipping college that day, but she knew she couldn't. so she reluctantly got ready. as she went downstairs, she hoped her brother wouldn't be home so she could have her breakfast in peace, but the universe seemed to be against her. she walked to the door to leave.
her mother noticed and shouted, "eunji! darling, come have your breakfast at least!"
"sorry, mother! i'm late! i'll just grab a coffee at college!" eunji shouted back in response before slamming the door.
she sighed as she stepped onto the bus, immediately thinking of beomgyu and smiling. she plugged in her earphones and played her usual playlist. when she arrived at her class, min jeong's bright smile greeted her like a beam of sunshine. she smiled back and wished her good morning. they sat down and started chatting before the professor arrived.
"so... how's work?" min jeong asked
eunji smiled before answering, "very good, honestly!"
suddenly, a sharp voice cut through their conversation. it was chaesoo, saying, "what work? why haven't you told me about it?" she gave eunji a look as if she had betrayed her. eunji gulped, suddenly nervous and hoping for a miracle to save her from this situation. she wasn't sure how chaesoo would react upon learning that eunji was working with beomgyu at the same café.
"actually, it's just a part-time job, nothing important!" eunji answered with an awkward smile, but chaesoo didn't seem all that interested anyways, so she just took a seat next to the two girls. eunji let out a sigh of relief at that.
˖ ࣪ ‹ ⁺˖ 𓂃THROUGH MUSIC
it was just a normal day, and a normal scene in the break room of the cafe. eunji chased after beomgyu, shouting, " yah choi beomgyu, give that mop back or I'll tell manager-nim that you called him greedy!" beomgyu stopped abruptly upon hearing her threat, causing eunji to bump into him hard and fall on her butt. she groaned while glaring at him, and he was turning purple from suppressing his laughter. before she could retaliate, aira, another cleaner, came out of manager jin's office and confronted them.
she cleared her throat and said, "eunji, manager-nim wants you in his office now."
eunji nodded awkwardly as aira spoke in her usual cold and flat tone. eunji knocked on the door and entered. meanwhile, beomgyu sat down and watched aira pack her things. before she could leave, beomgyu asked, "where are you going, and why did manager jin call eunji?"
aira grimaced at him with her poker face and answered, "i have something to do, so eunji will take over my job for today. you can help her since i know you're worried about her handling everything alone." then she left the café. beomgyu frowned at the weird comment, but brushed it off as aira was already known for her weird and cold attitude.
beomgyu thought for a moment, then knocked on manager jin's office door. he heard a 'come in' and twisted the doorknob. he saw her sitting opposite manager jin, who appeared to be quite desperate.
"oh beomgyu, my boy, come on, sit." manager jin said with a smile, surprising beomgyu. sensing something fishy, he sat down next to eunji. staring at his manager with parted lips and a confused expression.
"so, i just told eunji that my whole family is coming back from japan and will visit my café. i need you to clean and organize the café in a very pleasing way tonight!" manager jin said, catching beomgyu off guard. how could they possibly clean and manage the café in one night? it would undoubtedly take a lot of time.
"but it's a huge café, and that'll take a long time with just the two of us." beomgyu protested.
"yes, yes, please do it for me! aira left due to an emergency!" manager jin said with an appealing tone and puppy eyes. beomgyu was about to protest again, but eunji spoke up.
"okay! we'll clean it up tonight, but will you close the café now so we can start working immediately?" eunji asked, while beomgyu's jaw dropped.
"oh my goodness! of course, i will! thank you so much." manager jin said, and went out to inform the other workers to close the cafe. meanwhile, eunji and beomgyu went to the storage to get more cleaning supplies.
"ugh, we'll be so tired tonight, i know." beomgyu said with a sigh.
"you can go home; i can clean up alone." eunji replied nonchalantly.
beomgyu immediately responded, "no, no, i didn't mean that! i-it's just a lot of work."
"oh, i can't see the strong tiger you were talking about last night." she teased. beomgyu sighed, rolled his eyes, and said, "stop teasing me! you'll see how brave i am! i'm very, very strong, just like a tiger."
"pfft, you're so full of yourself, it'll be the death of you one day" she said, shaking her head. beomgyu smirked and started talking about his strength while eunji listened to his stories.
after working and cleaning for four hours, beomgyu was exhausted. he collapsed on the floor with an exhausted sigh."i'm so tired! oh, i have an idea!" beomgyu said, standing up and grabbing his phone to play some upbeat kpop songs.
"do you know the choreography? let's dance to it." beomgyu shouted. eunji hesitated at first, as dancing felt strange to her, but the music beat and melody compelled her to move. she couldn't hold back any longer and joined him. beomgyu was stunned by how professionally she danced, something he hadn't expected. they danced to pop and hip-hop songs for a while, then a calm, slow song played. beomgyu smirked.
"shall we, miss?" beomgyu asked. eunji blushed and placed her hands on his. they both felt sparks at the contact. "we shall." she replied. beomgyu held her waist and pulled her closer. butterflies fluttered in her stomach as they moved to the melody, gazing into each other's eyes, in pure oblivion to the outside world, to the furious chaesoo who was glaring at them through the windows.
"you, eunji, you lying traitor! i'll show both of you who i am! i'll make your lives a living hell! just wait and see..." chaesoo seethed with anger at the sight. no wonder her calls and messages went unanswered—beomgyu was too busy having fun with eunji.
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