Aespa Oneshots/Imagines

Karina: My Favourite

disclaimer: might be slightly confusing but basically y/n thinks jimin and karina are different people

"Here you go. Have a nice day!" you said as you handed over the order to the customer.

Today was your first day of a part time job you took up while on semester break. It just so happens to be a barista in the cafe of a building called SM Entertainment.

You weren't into Kpop due to college but you heard that SM was one of the huge entertainment labels that houses numerous famous idol groups.

"Hi, can I get an iced americano to go please?" a long haired girl muttered out, approaching the counter.

"Sure, may I know who this is for?" you asked.

"Jimin" she responded.

You quickly scribbled her name on the cup and started making her drink. Mouthing a quick thank you, the girl collected her drink and exited the cafe.

As the first day of work wrapped up, you discovered that most of the store's customers consist of either company staff, aspiring trainees or established idol singers. Of course all of that didn't matter to you. Doing your job did.

*timeskip*

Over the past few days, you noticed that Jimin would always enter the cafe at exactly 9am and order the same cup of iced americano.

You heard from the store manager that she was a regular in the cafe. "She's probably a trainee or something" you thought, unaware of her identity.

After a whole week, you were exhausted from the full day shifts. You were heavily contemplating whether you should request for lesser shifts. However, this meant that you had lesser chances to see Jimin.

You weren't exactly a morning person. Coming to work early was definitely a struggle but seeing Jimin did make your mornings much more bearable.

She might just be a store regular, but she was definitely much more than that in your heart.

There was something about her deep gentle voice and her soft features that made you look forward to each morning.

Later did you know Jimin was looking forward to seeing you everyday too. She thought that you were pretty cute, especially when you flashed a smile at her. She could feel her heart fluttering whenever you did that.

As both of you saw each other more frequently, Jimin naturally struck up a conversation with you while waiting for her drink.

You told her that you were currently a college student on break while you learnt that she loves dinosaurs, which you found to be quite adorable.

Jimin wanted to know more about you and you were feeling the same way too. However, she had her schedules to attend to and you had your job to do.

*timeskip*

You didn't notice it until the manager pointed out that Jimin had been visiting the cafe more often.

Jimin usually only swung by in the morning to grab her coffee
Nowadays, you observed that she visits the cafe during teatime to order a drink of your recommendation and sometimes a slice of cake.

It wasn't that busy in the late afternoon with little people in the cafe. You were going around sweeping the floor and cleaning tables.

"Do you listen to Kpop?" Jimin asked. Jimin was curious whether you knew anything about Kpop, specifically her group. You shook your head in response.

"But you must be one of the trainees here right?" You replied.

" Yea...Yeah!" she sounded convincingly, realising that you were unaware of the fact that she is in one of the biggest Kpop girl groups.