Chapter 02: You Were Looking At My Chest!

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The next morning, Win sighs happily as he opens his store. The vibe of the store that he owns always makes him feel like home. His mother would probably smack him on the head if she hears this. The owner immediately gets to work, cleaning the dust that is not even there, but it has become a daily ritual now.

 The owner immediately gets to work, cleaning the dust that is not even there, but it has become a daily ritual now

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He glances at the c1955 Lemania vintage watch on his wrist and a soft grin stretches over his lips. It is five minutes past eight in the morning and customers can come any time now. Right on cue, the bell that he put on his door yesterday's evening jingles. "Good morning!" A husky voice is heard and Win stops sweeping the shiny floor.

The owner of the store turns around to greet his customer back. "Good morni-YOU!" His eyes widen at the figure standing not far from him. "What are you doing here? Get out of my store!" Win lifts the broom that he's holding and points it over at the arrogant man that he met yesterday. Let's just say he couldn't sleep well last night because of this one particular customer's weirdness.

"Ow is this how you greet your customer, Khun Win?" The man, who's wearing an all-black suit, walks past him and plops himself down on the couch at the corner of the store. He places the cup of coffee that he's holding on the round rattan coffee table next to it.

Win huffs in maximum annoyance and bolts towards where the man is sitting. "Excuse me, khun. If you don't leave now, I'm going to lodge a police report now for harassing me," he threatens, glancing at the name on the coffee cup that was probably written by a sharpie. 'Oh, his name is Aof?' Win ponders to himself.

This Aof guy cackles at his threat as if what he just said was a joke told at a circus or something. "Khun, you need to calm down. I'm here because I want to buy something from your store. Before I look around for the stuff that I want, let me rest here for a moment. This is couch is truly comfortable. Or maybe you could join me too?" Aof pats the space next to him.

"In your dream!" Win rolls his eyes and storms off to the pay counter. He sits on a wooden chair behind the counter, observing every move that Aof makes. Win is afraid if the man would steal something from his store again like he tried to steal two of his polaroid photos yesterday.

"Khun Win, don't worry. I'm not going to steal anything from your store. I learnt my lesson yesterday," Aof smirks as if he could read Win's thought, unbuttoning his suit jacket as he feels a little suffocated.

Win makes faces at the arrogant man and pulls his phone from his pocket. He starts connecting his phone with the speaker in his store via Bluetooth and shuffles the songs from his playlist. The first song that pops out is a song called Listen to Your Heart by Roxette. The owner feels awkward out of the sudden and he's about to change it to another song when Aof stops him from doing so.

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