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thirty six

jisung stood in front of a shoes repairing store, a small paper in his hand. there were three addresses on it, and under them were three mobile phones.

when they were at felix's house with the whole gang the other day, they foud three locations that sounded perfect for them, and today, jisung was going to check all of them. he called all of the owners a day before telling them he was interested.

suddenly an older guy walked outside of the store, giving jisung a small smile.
"are you han jisung?"

jisung nodded, offering his hand.
"that would be me. it's nice to meet you in person."

the owner shook jisung's hand, before opening the door for him, letting him go in first.

jisung looked around. the place wasn't anything big, but it wasn't exactly small either.

"we have been repairing shoes for twenty years here with my wife and kids. we found a bigger place recently, and we want to move there, that's why we're selling this place."
the owner explained, as he showed jisung around.

•~•

"so, how was the location hunting?"
minho asked while reading a book, right after jisung walked into the living room.

jisung immediately threw himself on the couch, his head resting on minho's lap, minho immediately started lightly playing with his hair without even looking at him.

"exhausting."
jisung said.
"very interesting tho."

"what do you think about the locations?"
minho asked.

"well, I think that the first one is too small for a bookstore. it could be a small bookstore of course, but putting all the shelves there, I don't think it's big enough. the owner was super, super nice tho, an older gentleman, really cool guy. apparently his family has been repairing shoes in there for twenty years already, but they are moving to bigger location, and that's why they're selling the place."

"wow, that's actually really sweet."
minho said.

"yeah. the second location was definitely bigger, but it's kinda in a place people don't go that much. the owner wasn't exactly nice either. I could already sense that over the phone, but in person it was very much worse. I know that I won't see him after I buy it, but still, the owner gives an impression of the location as well, you know?"

"yeah, it makes sense."
minho nodded.

"the third one was honestly too big, and the place just wasn't it in general, it doesn't even come close."
jisung said.

"damn, so no luck?"
minho asked, finally looking down at jisung.

"well, the first one was the best I guess. and it would be a nice feeling to know that the bookstore is in a place that was being filled with love for twenty years."
jisung said with a small smile.

minho smiled wildly, caressing jisung's cheek.
"aren't you a cutie?"
he said, lightly pressing jisung's nose with his finger.

"stoop~"
jisung whined, turning around on his side and hiding his face in Minho's belly.

that just made minho chuckle.
"I made us dinner, it's on the counter, and there is a cheesecake in the fridge I made for you."