Pretend | Taegyu

●What's For Dinner?●

Taehyun sighed as he sat down on one of the chairs in his café. He finally took a breath of relief after two hours. It seemed like his café was getting too much recognition after getting married to Beomgyu. 

He wasn't complaining but not going to lie, he did miss the silent but calm atmosphere of his café in the early mornings. 

Taehyun winced as his stomach growled. "Ah right, I need to eat breakfast." Taehyun got up to walk towards the kitchen. But as he did, he remembered something. 

"Speaking of food, we don't have groceries.." Taehyun muttered to himself, grabbing his phone from his jean pocket before tapping on messages app, opening a chat, revealing a thread of his messages with his hyung.

Dumbass Hyung! 

Me: 

Hyung, don't forget to buy groceries. We don't have anything for dinner. So get them if you don't want to go to bed on an empty stomach. 

Seen, 10:48 am. 

Taehyun clicked his tongue. "Is he that busy to even reply me or something?" If anything that he hated the most in the world, it would be someone leaving him on read. Shaking his head, he put his phone back into his pocket before grabbing something to eat.

Taehyun quickly made himself a waffle to eat and he grabbed a drink box of chocolate milk. He hurriedly ate his breakfast, hoping that someone wouldn't interrupt his eating session. But the bell above the entrance door, chimed, making Taehyun wince. He looked up to see Soobin and Yumin. 

Soobin gave him a cheery grin, running to the younger before wrapping Taehyun into a side hug. "How's your married life, my dear bestie?" He ruffled the other's hair, earning a scowl. 

"Nothing's changed." Taehyun rolled his eyes. "He's still annoying, if not more." 

"Hyung~" Yumin whined with a pout, sluggishly walking towards Taehyun. "You didn't invite me. Why? Do you not consider me as your friend-" 

"You were out of Seoul, punk." Taehyun rolled his eyes, picking up his plate and walking towards the kitchen. 

"Where's Kai?" Taehyun asked from the kitchen, suddenly noticing the missing presence. 

"He's joining later," Soobin replied, typing something on his phone. "He has some errands to do." 

"Are you sure he's not just sleeping?" Taehyun said, his voice filled with doubt. 

Soobin shut his eyes closed. Kai will kill him if he found out that Taehyun got to know the truth. "Uh, I-I don't think so." 

"Quit lying, hyung. You suck at it." Taehyun sighed, rubbing his forehead. "I'll deal with him later." 

Soobin pouted. "I'm not that bad at lying." He muttered to himself before going to the washroom, mainly to text Yeonjun back, but don't tell Taehyun that. 

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Taehyun was so drowned in taking care of the customers and working, that he didn't even realize when it was soon evening. Almost the time to close the café. 

He gave the last customer's credit card back, smiling at her. "Please visit us again." And just like that the last customer left, the sound of the door being closed due to the bell entered his ears.