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"y/n, you gotta stay awake," you hear your friend say to you.
you just grumble as you take a second and rest your eyes. you have been studying at a café for hours for exams with a one of your friends.
"why do we have two exams on monday?" you mumble to him.
"beats me," he sighs. "oh damn, i gotta go," he says, realizing that he has to leave. you open your eyes and see him scrambling to pack up his things.
"did you forget about your club again?" you ask him.
"i'm never being an officer for a club ever again," he says and slings his stuffed backpack over his backpack. "i'll text if i go to the library tonight," he says to you.
"okay. see ya."
"bye!" he waves and jogs out of the café.
you look at the time and decide to buy another coffee. you grab your wallet and get up from the table. then, you head to the cashier and wait for one of the workers to come over to you.
"ah, iced coffee, extra sugar?"
one of the workers comes over to the cash register.
"oh, uh no. not this time. can i get a large vanilla latte?" you request, "iced."
"anything else? food?" he asks you. you quickly scan over the half empty case but decide against getting a treat for yourself. you shake your head to answer. "alright, just tap your card here," he instructs, pointing to the card machine. you tap your card and wait for it to process. "you're all set. i'll bring it over to you," he says with a smile.
"thanks," you reply with a smile.
you return to your table and decide to study for your other exam. you clean up a bit and neaten up the table while taking out the textbook for the class.
right before you're about to resume studying, the worker comes up to you with your latte.
"oh, thank you," you say to him.
"no problem," he replies. "kitchen closes an hour before we close by the way. in case you want something to eat later."
you smile at him, "thanks for letting me know."
"of course." he walks back to behind the counter.
you take a sip of the latte and smile at the taste. then, you start to study for your other exam.
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a few hours go by, no more latte and all of the material studied. you sigh and tilt your head back for a second while closing your eyes.
need more coffee...
you open your eyes and sit up and grab your water bottle. while taking a sip of water, you debate if you want more caffeine in your system but ultimately decide against it since you need to sleep tonight.
just as you're about to continue studying, you see the worker from earlier come up to you with a juice box in his hand.
"want one?" he asks, "i bought a pack on my break."
"oh, thank you," you say to him and take the juice box. "you're really nice."
"ah, can't help it. you've been studying here all day," he replies to you while you poke the straw through the top of the juice box.
"you a student too?" you ask him.
he nods, "graduated last semester actually. i have a job lined up in a few months, so i'm just working here in the meantime," he explains to you. "i'm seonghwa."
"y/n," you reply. "it's nice to meet you."
"yea, you too," he says with a smile. then, he looks over his shoulder, "oh, i need to help them," he says and hurries to help out a customer.
guess i could take a break for a bit.
you wait for seonghwa to come back, but it seems like he gets caught up in working as you wait. you decide to scroll through your phone for a bit in order to distract yourself.
after some time, seonghwa appears at your table again, this time with a small sandwich that is cut into two pieces.
"kitchen made an extra," he says to you as he puts the plate on the table.
"oh, let me pay for it," you say and reach for your backpack to get your wallet.
"don't worry about it, really," seonghwa says to you. "besides, i'm taking half because i'm hungry," he adds and takes one half of the sandwich.
you laugh, "thanks." he hums in response while eating.
"still have a lot to study?" he asks.
"feels like it, but i actually went through a lot already," you answer him.
"i think you need a break," seonghwa says to you.
"i think you're correct, seonghwa," you reply.
all of a sudden, another worker comes up to the two of you. "seonghwa! save the flirting for after we close! you need to mop!" the guy says to seonghwa and hands a mop to him. the guys walks away while shaking his head and grumbling about cleaning.
"i wasn't even flirting with her," seonghwa argues back before eating another bite of the sandwich. "ignore him," he says to you.
you laugh, "alright," you reply. "maybe i should leave so you can focus."
he frowns, "leaving me already? so sad." he sighs.
"you working tomorrow?" you ask him.
"hm? tomorrow? yea," he answers and stands up.
"then you'll see me tomorrow," you say to him.
he nods with a smile, "okay, tomorrow."
"seonghwa! hurry up! i want to go home!"
seonghwa rolls his eyes and stands up. "i heard you the first time," he says to his coworker. he looks at you, "see ya."
"see ya," you say and start packing up while seonghwa starts cleaning.
