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two

"why did you order so many books, when you can't store them alone?"
the Australian sunshine said, taking another book from the box.

"first of all, I ordered them, because they are new releases and I want my customers to find whatever book they want, and second of all, I knew my amazing beautiful best friend would be happy to help me."
jisung said, putting the new book in its new place and getting off of the stool.

"you have a boyfriend who should help you, sung,"
felix said and took another book from the box, putting a price tag on it and putting it into a shelf.

jisung sighed.
"you know how his work is right now, I don't want to give him more tasks, and I figured you would be off work."

felix sighed.
"jisung, honey, I will tell you my opinion on this, okay? but promise me you won't get mad."

jisung nodded.
"tell me."

"jisung...did it ever cross your mind that hyunjin....could be cheating on you?"

jisung scoffed.
he was mad.
"lee felix, are you crazy? how dare you say that? yeah, hyunjin has so much work now, and he doesn't spend time with me, but I'm proud of him, because he's working so hard. you better cut this crap."

"sung, when was the last time you two went for a date?"

"pff, don't you remember? I was literally telling you all about it. he took me for the Barbie movie."

"jisung...the Barbie movie came out almost seven months ago..."

"so what? just forget it and help me with these books."
jisung rolled his eyes and went back to his work.

"I just feel like you deserve someone better."
felix said, before going back to putting a price tag on the books and then putting them in their new place.

jisung decided not to answer that sentence.
he wasn't feeling like arguing with felix.

they were done just as jisung was about to open the bookstore.

"thanks for helping me, I appreciate it."
jisung said, walking felix to the front door.

"yeah, of course. I'm always here to help. bye sung, see you later!"
felix smiled and started walking away.

Jisung waited until he saw felix cross the road, and he went inside, opening his store.

•~•

"hey, Minho, my house after work."
hyunjin said, sitting on minhos desk.

"really? jisung agreed?"

"of course he did. he has a soft spot for me."
hyunjin chuckled.

minho smiled.
he found it adorable.
if he only knew how hyunjin actually meant it.

"so right after work?"

"yup. seungmin is going with us, too."

"seungmin? why is seungmin coming with us?"
minho asked, confused.

"well, I became friends with him few months ago, and I think jisung will like him."

he needs to meet him, so that he would know he's my friend, and wouldn't suspect that he's my other boyfriend if he ever saw us together.
Hyunjin though.

"oh, okay. see you after work then?"

"mhm."
hyunjin gave him a small smile, before leaving minhos desk and going to his own.

•~•

about 2pm, someone came inside the bookstore.
the bell rang and jisung turned around, seeing some young guy.

"hi, can I help you?"
jisung asked with his usual smile, walking towards the guy.

"uhm...yeah....are you the owner of this bookstore?"
the guy asked, looking nervous.

jisung nodded, his smile never leaving his face.
"that would be me. can I help you with something?"

"well, there is this...thing I wanted to ask you."

jisung nodded.
"tell me."

"would it be possible...for me to work here?"
the young guy finally looked up, his eyes meeting with jisungs.

jisung smiled even wider.
he would finally have some help over here.
and felix would be ecstatic, because he wouldn't have to come here every other week to help jisung if he had too much work.
"of course. but, are you over eighteen?"

"oh, yeah, I turned nineteen about two months ago."
the young boy smiled back.
it was obvious he looked a little less stressed and anxious.

"okay, come with me."
jisung said and went to his little office, the guy following him.

"so, what is your name?"

"yang jeongin."

"okay jeongin, read this contract carefully, and if you agree with everything, you can start working here tomorrow."
jisung smiled.

that young guy, who jisung learned his name was jeongin, nodded and took the contract, reading it carefully.

after a while, jeongin smiled.
"yeah, this is perfect. thank you so much for adjusting the hours by my school schedule."

"of course. I was in your position, I know how hard can it be to find a full time job and still be able to study and go to school. don't worry, we got this."
jisung smiled and offered his hand to jeongin, who happily shook it.

"thank you so much, you're a life saver."
he said, happiness filling his voice.

"its okay, I'm happy that I will have some help and some company here, it gets lonely sometimes."
jisung said and put the contract in his drawer.

"yeah, I can imagine. I will have to go now, thank you so much for giving me a job."
jeongin said, bowed to jisung and left the store.

jisung chucked.
this is going to be nice.

•~•

few hours later, jisung closed the bookstore and stood in front of it, waiting for his boyfriend to pick him up.

hyunjin promised him that he will take him home, since he will be driving there with his friends anyway.

few minutes later, jisung saw a car stopping in front of him, and he smiled when he recognized his boyfriends car.

he noticed that someone was already in the passenger seat, so he opened the back door.

he saw that Minho was also sitting in the back, while hyunjin sat behind the wheel, and in the passenger seat was a guy who's name was seungmin, if jisung remembered correctly.

"hi sung, how was work?"
hyunjin asked him, turning around so that he would face jisung.

"yeah, good. I have a new worker."
jisung smiled as he buckled himself, remembering the young boy.

"that's sweet. it's cool that you will have someone to help you. let's go home, shall we?"

jisung nodded, and the four boys drove home.