Tennis ball

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It was 6 am in the morning, the sun had already risen and the birds were chirping outside.

Jong woo's alarm woke him up, he woke up feeling slightly tired and for some reason his tooth was hurting a bit too but he was glad that he didn't get a nightmare.

"I have to get ready to go to work" Jong woo thought to himself as he was still pretty sleepy.

He got up from his bed and went to the bathroom to shower and brush his teeth, he hurriedly got out of the shower and put his clothes on, he didn't have any time to eat breakfast so he went to work on a empty stomach which might have not been the right choice since he felt pretty hungry as soon as he entered the cafe, the smell of freshly baked desserts only making him feel more hungry.

"Everyone gather around our new barista is here!" Seok yoon said excitedly as all the employees in the shop gathered round to greet Jong woo, which made him feel kinda nervous but most of the employees seemed nice and greeted him warmly, the work environment seemed a lot better than the places he has worked in the past before, Seok yoon really takes good care of his cafe and employees.

"We are all just preparing to open the cafe I'll show you the things you need to do, don't get too overwhelmed okay, if you need help with anything just ask anyone in here" Seok yoon said in a comforting tone.

Seok yoon showed Jong woo what he needed to do, he organized and prepped ingredients that were needed to make drinks, they were going to open the cafe at 8 am and people were already lining up which made Jong woo nervous.

"I don't think I've handled so many customers at any job i have had before" Jong woo said to Seok woon in a lighthearted tone.

"I know this place gets pretty crowded but don't panic just keep making drinks and it's going to be fine" Seok yoon said to Jong woo.

"Alright everyone, It's show time!" Seok yoon exclaimed and it made Jong woo chuckle.

The cafe was now open and customers were coming in, Jong woo got orders after orders and thankfully he didn't mess anything up and people really did seem to like his coffee which made him surprised, Jong woo thought Seok yoon was just trying to hype him up and didn't think his coffee was all that special.

"Mommmm please buy me a cookie" a child cried to her mom as the mom was waiting for her coffee.

"You can't have too many sweets dear, you're gonna get cavities and then we will have to go to the dentist" the mom said trying her best to calm her daughter.

"Noooo not the dentist he is scary" the child cried even more.

"Uh sorry about my daughter you know how kids are haha" the mom explained to Jong woo as he gave her the coffee.

"Oh no it's okay i was scared of dentists too when i was a kid" Jong woo said lightheartedly to the woman as she smiled at him and took her still crying daughter with her.

The rest of the day went by as Jong woo made delicious drinks and got many compliments from customers, he had lunch with his coworkers and they all seemed nice except one of them that didn't seem to talk too much to him and glared at him sometimes.

It was around 6 pm and the closing hour was nearing, all the employees were cleaning up as the cafe was about to close but a customer showed up right as they were about to close the cafe.

"Are you guys still open?, I want to get some desserts " The man said to Jong woo.

"No sir, we are closing now we can't serve you anything right now" Jong woo said to the man in a polite tone.

"Come on, i can still see things at your display just let me in the cafe!" The man yelled at Jong woo which made him feel uncomfortable.

Jong woo went on talking to the man in a polite manner but the man just kept getting angrier and angrier.

Jong woo just wanted to choke the life out of that angry man, he imagined himself strangling him and watching him as the life was bleeding out of his eyes.

Jong woo was snapped back into reality as Seok yoon interrupted, he convinced the angry man to leave and Jong woo breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's fun working in the food industry isn't in Jong woo" Seok yoon said sarcastically.

"Yeah sure it is" Jong woo said jokingly.

Jong woo was slightly concerned with himself because of the thought he had, of course he had dealt with rude customers before in his previous jobs and most of the time he just had to act polite even though he didn't want to, he would often just wanna beat them up or kill them.

Jong woo just tried to think of it as a intrusive thought and shake it off and he was too tired to worry about anything right now so he just tried to forget about the whole ordeal.

"Man im so tired, you wanna go out and have something to drink" Seok yoon asked Jong woo.

"Actually I'm just gonna go home I'm tired as hell" Jong woo said to Seok yoon.

"Aight, I'll see you tomorrow then" Seok yoon happily said to Jong woo as they closed up the cafe and all the employees said goodbye to each other and went home.

"God I'm so tired my legs are gonna explode" Jong woo said to himself as he was walking home, since he was making drinks all day he had to stand a lot.

He headed straight to his apartment and plopped himself onto the bed, he was so tired that he didn't even had enough energy to make dinner.

As he was laying down he almost fell asleep but suddenly he heared faint sounds of classical music playing again from the apartment beside him.

He could hear Gnossienne 1 by Erik Satie playing.

He wasn't too well versed in classical music but he knew that song because the main character in his novel is a pianist and that song is his favourite song to play.

Jong woo didn't know why but that song makes him feel like what death would feel like that is why the main character in his book likes it since the main character was a serial killer.

Since the music woke him up he decided to go and see the roof, he hadn't been there before so it made him curious.

"Ugh i forgot to bring my keys" he thought to himself as he was exiting his apartment but he decided to leave his door unlocked anyway since he didn't think anyone would come in this hour and the security seemed pretty tight in the building as well.

He took the elevator and went to the roof, the roof was quite nice and spacious and Jong woo stood leaning against the rail, admiring the beautiful night sky.

"I should bring my laptop here sometime, this looks like a good place to write" he thought to himself

Near where he was standing he found a tennis ball and he decided to pick it up

"What's this doing here?" He thought to himself, he also wasn't sure who it belonged to so he put it back where it was.

"I should get a beer actually, I'm thirsty" he thought to himself as he went down to his apartment to fetch a beer.

When he came back up again he stood at the same spot and enjoyed his beer but he noticed that the tennis ball was gone.

"What happened to that ball?" He thought to himself but he brushed it off and thought maybe the wind made it fall off the roof or something.

He spent quite some time on the roof drinking his beer and he thought about everything that happened today, work seemed great and he thought of himself as lucky to have a friend like Seok yoon but there were still things that bothered him alot especially his sudden violent thoughts and his nightmares too, he often was scared to even go to sleep sometimes cause of his nightmares, most of his nightmares were from when he was in the military and he does not want to remember those days at all.

But he had to sleep after all since he has to go to work tomorrow so he went back to his apartment and got ready for bed and laid down, he noticed the music had now stopped playing and he closed his eyes to go to sleep.

"Sweet dreams, darling" Jong woo heard someone say but he was half asleep so he couldn't tell if it was in a dream or if it was real life and when he woke up the next morning he had no recollection of hearing it.

But it definitely wasn't a dream.

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