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five

"here are your books. have a nice day."
Han said with a smile, as he pushed the paper bag with books closer to the customer.

"thank you. have a nice day too."
the lady in her forties said with a smile and walked out of jisungs bookstore.

jisung smiled to himself when she left.
this is why he liked owning a bookstore.
helping people find the perfect books for them, and then seeing the smile on the customers faces.
it was truly his therapy.

suddenly, the door opened.
jisung looked at its direction, smiling when he saw who was just walking into the store.

"jeongin! glad to see you."
Han said, super excited about his new coworker.

jeongin gave him a small smile.
"hi hyung. so, what should I do?"

Han looked around.
"well, no one his here now, so how about I showed you how to use the register?"

jeongin nodded, excited about his new job.
things just got real.

Han took a random book from the shelf.
"okay. you will take the book and you will swipe it here, okay?"
he said, doing exactly what he said.

on the touchscreen checkout , there was shown the name of the book and how much it costs.

"if the customer has more books, you will swipe all of them here, okay?"
jisung said, looking at jeongin, who nodded.

"after you swipe all of the books, and all the books will be shown here, you will press the 'check out' button."
Han said and tapped on the screen.

"now, you will select what type of a payment will the customer be paying. let's just say that they will pay with cash. when they do, you will press this button."

•~•

han showed Jeongin everything he needed to do.

"I know that this is a lot to take in, but don't worry, I'm here and I will help you, until you get the hold of it, okay?"

jeongin nodded.
"thank you so much hyung."

jisung have him a small smile.
"of course. and look, there is customer coming towards the check out. come, this will be the first time you will try to sell something to an actual customer."

•~•

jisung was just getting off the bus.
he was so close to home, and he was in a good mood.

the first day with new worker was amazing, and surprisingly, jeongin was a quick learner.

he unlocked the door to his apartment and went inside.

he hoped hyunjin would be there, but he wasn't.
he didn't let that ruin his mood tho.

instead, he decided to cook a dinner for his boyfriend.

he was working a lot, and he thought that it could be a sweet gesture.

the worst part was...that he wasn't a good cook.

so he decided to call the only person he knew was a good cook.

"hello?"

"Minho? are you busy?"

"well, not really, I'm just going from work. do you need something? or does hyunjin need something?"

"well, not exactly, but I sort of have a favor to ask."

"tell me."

"can you come over? I want to cook hyunjin his favorite meal, but I'm a terrible cook. do you think you could help me?"