Coffee Shop

🥧Chapter 18🥧

The cops came and took my appa away but he was still alive. Everyone has been evacuated from the café and I had my hand taken care of by a paramedic.

My friends come over to me each with different looks on their faces.

"That was a crazy thing you did Felix. But I'm glad you're ok.", Chan spoke first.

"I'm sorry for that. I didn't want him to hurt anybody else. I had to stop him in order to protect you guys."

"I thought it was pretty awesome.", Jisung says.
We all looked at him.

"What?"

"I think that was pretty brave of you. You shocked everyone.", said Jeongin.

"Thanks. What's wrong hyung?", I asked Minho.

"Uhm Jisung and Jeongin. Why did we go see if the café is ok.", Chan walks away with the two of them.

"I do appreciate you for sticking up for me back there."
"I'll be doing a lot meditating after this."

"You meditate?"
"Whenever I feel like my emotions are showing."

"No wonder you're always so calm."

"I've never told you but I have issues controlling myself once my emotions get out of control."

"Like anger issues?"

"I guess you can think of it like that. But it's different with you. You make me feel like I have control..or something. You know?"

"Oh. Well I'm honored to have that effect on you.", I smile.
"Ok. That's all I wanted to say."

"I should say this then. If it wasn't for you I would've never gotten the help I needed and continued hurting myself."

"You mean that?"
"Sure. I trust you more than anyone."

"That's...uhm..good to know.", he walks off.

I felt like there's something he was hiding but what would that be?

'Hmm.'

After a couple of questions from the police we were finally able to go home. We sat at the table eating food we brought home in silence.

My appetite wasn't at all the best so I barely ate anything. Moving the food around was all I did. Then something comes to mind.

"You know I just realized is that since my appa will probably be in jail I'll be an orphan."

The silence gets quieter as I glanced at them. Then Chan speaks up.

"Orphan or not you will always have us."
"Thanks. It is great."

My smile fades as this something I can't hide. I'm almost an adult but this hurts more than I thought it would. I get up from the table and went to bed.

3rd POV:

"Ugh. That was terrible. Why did I say that?", Chan said.
"Wasn't it not true?", asked Jisung.

"His a kid Jisung. You know how it feels when you have no parents."

"You think he's doing alright but something always comes back and makes him feel worse.", Jeongin points out.

"And he barely ate this time.", Jisung said.
"He barely eats all the time."

They silently agreed. Minho speaks.
"Why doesn't Chan just adopt him?"

"Me? I couldn't do that."

"Why not? You're old."
"I...I'm not a appa nor old. Plus I don't think he'll like it."

"No. He'll love it.", Jisung jumps in.
"How so?"

"Think about it. We're already practically family. Why not close the deal?"

"Then..he'll be our brother?", asked the younger.
"Technically Chan didn't adopt us so no. Come on Channie do it."

"I'll have to ask him first. But no one say anything to him until I do."

"Yes sir.", they agreed.

After dinner Chan and Minho sit in the older's office deciding on what to do now after their café had been shut down.

"Should we move and find another shop to open?", Chan asks.
"Another coffee shop?"

"Yeah. We can rebuild somewhere else but it'll be different."
"Hmm. Would that work?"

"We're not banned from making coffee. Just an unfortunate event happened. It's not our fault. But it could be mine if I don't do something to help Felix. And then-"

"Chan! Chan! Calm down. You're stressing yourself out."
"Sorry.", he breathes in deeply to relax.

"I'm fine. Now about this coffee shop plan."
"Chan what about Felix?"

"Sigh. I want to make him happy but I feel like I won't do a good job."

"He's 17 not 5. Most of the work is already done."
"How come you're not against this? I thought you like him."

"One. I don't like him that way. Two. If I did which I don't we won't actually be brothers."

"Ok one. That's the worst lie you've ever told. And two. I'm pretty sure you have strong feelings and you are suppressing them for control."

"I admit he's...cute. But I don't like him that way at all."

"Keep telling yourself that. If I adopt him you have to tell him the truth."

"I just did. Don't believe if you don't want to."
"Oh I don't. But time will tell."