friend #hyungwonho

#3

Hoseok was doing his part time job at the library, when he suddenly saw a familiar face.

"Hyungwon, hi", he said to the guy who turned to from the shelves to look at Hoseok. Hyungwon was wearing the uniform they had bought the last time.

"Do you work here?" he asked although it was obvious because Hoseok was pushing a cart full of books and had a name tag on.

"Yes, can I help you find something?" Hoseok smiled trying to see what books Hyungwon was holding.

"No need to", Hyungwon said quickly and continued to stare at the shelves, clearly not knowing what he was doing.

"Tell me what you're looking for", Hoseok continued with the same, friendly tone, making Hyungwon even more frustrated because he didn't want to bother Hoseok or reveal what he wanted.

"Uhm... S.E. Hinton books", he stuttered trying desperately find one so he could go quickly.

"Oh, you like S.E. Hinton? Me too", Hoseok continued smiling. "I have one here", he took out 'That was then, this is now' from his cart and gave it to Hyungwon.

"Thanks..."

"No problem. Tell me if you need anything."

"Actually, Shin Hoseok", Hyungwon started when he was about to leave. He pressed the book close to his chest. "I was wondering if you were free today."

Hoseok bit his lip. He had many reservations today and he was going to be busy the whole day. "I am actually", he lied smoothly. He knew he shouldn't cancel his previous plans but he didn't want to disappoint Hyungwon.

"Can you hang out with me later?"

"As long as you want. So, will we meet at the usual spot? At what time? I get off work at four."

"Is six okay?"

"Perfect, I can't wait to see you", Hoseok waved to him and continued working.

As he got behind the shelf, he quickly took out his phone and sent a message to his boss saying that he would have to cancel his reservations from six onward.

'Are you crazy? You know you can't just cancel like this? You're going to lose customers. Lucky you're liked because...-' his boss replied with long message about how Hoseok better not do this again or he will get fired.

On a list of things you shouldn't do in this job, cancelling on customers wasn't so bad thing to do but it was still risky. Many people didn't understand that the ones who rented themselves had own life too. To someones people like Hoseok were just objects.

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Hoseok sat on the edge of a playground, watching as a kid ran around there.

Some young woman had rented him to babysit her kid. He had hurried there after work and it was supposed to be only for an hour but it had been way past that already and Hoseok was getting worried that he would be late meeting Hyungwon.

"Come push me!" the young kid yelled from the swings.

Hoseok sighed. He knew he didn't have a choice. Cursing in his mind about how much he hated this, he walked to the swings to play with the kid.

It had been hour and forty-five minutes when the kid's mother came back.

Hoseok was tired and hungry from playing with a five-year-old boy for hours. He was holding the kid's hand when the mother stopped in front of him.

He held out his hand. "You owe me", he said, his lips forming a straight line. He usually wasn't strict with things like these but now he was too annoyed because he would be late.