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jooheon | coffee {pt.2}

Requested by: @xkhj_04

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Haeji Kwon's P.O.V

Once again, I stood outside Café Oui. I left my house in a rush, thinking I'd be late but I ended up 10 minutes early.

I decided to wait outside on one of the neatly painted benches, with green vines hanging off of it. Little white flowers were starting to bloom, the edges around each petal, a pastel colored pink.

You waited there for about 5 minutes before you saw a familiar person approaching, his red hair glistening in the morning sun. He was looking for something in the bag that slung over his shoulder. He looked neat and tidy with a white long sleeved dress shirt and black tie.

He pulled out a small sign with the cafes name on it and the word "OPEN". He started smiling at it and then he glanced at you on the bench, smile disappearing.

"What are you doing?" He asked.

"I'm early, so I was waiting." I shielded the sun away with my hand, it almost looked as if Jooheon was an angel coming from heaven as he loomed over you.

"You can never be too early Haeji." He motioned his head to the cafe door,"Let's go."

I nodded and followed him. I watched him replace the old sign in the door with the new one, adjusting it so it was balanced.

"I like the sign." I said as I observed it. It was painted a cream white, with a coffee mug on it. The letters were neatly painted in cursive with the Korean translation under neath it.

"Thanks, I made it myself." He gave a small smile before turning his back to me and walking into the cafe.

I started to think about how everyone said to watch out for him. I didn't see why, he seemed really nice.

I slowly made my way into the cafe and saw him checking the coffee bean machines. He started yelling at one of the employees,"Yah! These are burned! It only takes 3 minutes! No more no less!" He scoffed and dumped the burned beans into the trash and then slamming the tray back into the machine.

The employee kept bowing apologies, never making eye contact. I watched him go and inspect other parts of the cafe, the tables, the kitchen, and the backrooms before he came back and looked at me,"What are you standing around for?"

I stood there shocked by his tone of voice,"I-I don't know what to do."

He raised an eyebrow,"There's plenty to do."

"You did say to run the cash register but where's Seohyun?" I looked around.

He shrugged and went over to the counter, looking at the check in sheets and sighed,"I doesn't look like she signed in."

The employee from earlier started to speak,"She called in sick earlier this morning before her shift."

"Sick?" He rolled his eyes,"Everyone's sick aren't they." He started to walk back behind the counter the register,"Did you empty it and put change back in?"

"Ne." The employee said.

"Kitchen needs prepared." He ordered.

The employee bowed and ran back to help the rest of the workers already in the kitchen.

"Come here, it's simple." He glanced up from the register.

I approached him, unsure what to say or do.

'What if this turns into what happened yesterday..?'

I shook away the thought when I finally was beside him. He smelled really...good. I watched him hit a button which made the bottom pop out with money inside.

"Never leave it open. For obvious reasons." He shut back inside before pointing to the numbers and symbols,"These are for typing the amounts." He pointed to another button,"This is for receipts. Understand?"

I nodded, trying to memorize the buttons. He then grabbed my arm and lead me to the back room,"This is where you can get your uniform."

He handed me the white dress shirt, similar to what he was wearing and a black apron,"Always wear this when your on your shift."

I nodded once again and took the clothes, looking up at him,"What about pants?"

"Just black pants are fine." He looked away. I saw a faint blush to his cheeks.

"Jooheon?"

"Hm?" He looked back at me again, worry in his eyes.

"Why do you treat me differently then the other employees?"

He didn't say anything at first. He hung his head low and looked at his shoes before taking a deep breath and looking back up,"You...just remind me of someone."

My eyes widened,"I do? Who?" I didn't mean to sound so anxious but it just happened.

"My sister..." He was looking everywhere but me.

"Oh..Um.." I tried to find the words, to ask in a way that wasn't too offensive or anything.

"You want to know what happened, huh?" He said almost also if he read my mind.

"N-Ne.." I slowly nodded,"But not if you don't want to!" I said quickly.

"No no, it's okay." He closed his eyes for a minute and then looked at the ceiling,"My sister..was in an accident about 2 years ago..her boyfriend was drunk and he was driving her home one night on her birthday. You can probably imagine what happened after that." He continued,"Me and my sister had a really good relationship...I miss her."

"I-I'm sorry..." I didn't exactly know how to react.

Jooheon suddenly looked down and wrapped his arms around me, pulling me into a warm embrace. I felt his heart beating in my ear, and his chest moving with every breath.

"T-thanks.." He breathed out.

"I don't understand, for what?" I said into his chest.

"I've never told anyone that. It's nice to get it out. Just..stay here with me for a little bit..." He hugged me tighter.

I started to smile, feeling calm run through me. We stood there, hugging, him gently soothing my hair down, his warm breath on my neck. His heart beat playing in my ears a soft melody that made me close my eyes and just hug him back with such affection I didn't know I had. I didn't care that he was basically my boss now, I didn't want to leave his arms.