Do You Mind? ➢ 2jae

We're not friends

"We're not, no we're not friends, nor have we ever been.
We just try to keep those secrets in a lie..."

Friends - Ed Sheeran

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Just one more date. A single one. Not much had happened on the other two so this time, Jaebum wanted to go on a real date.
He booked seats for 2 on the fanciest, not-too-expensive resturant he knows about. He didn't feel confident about it. But if he and Youngjae actually 'did' something, it would be worth it.

The date starts at 7:30 pm, currently, it is 5:55, and Jaebum is laying on his bed and just waiting for it to start.

He felt terrified. What would he do if Youngjae wouldn't like it? Would he turn Jaebum down? What would happen then? Would he go back to just working in the Coffee shop and watching tv, because that is the last thing he wanted to.

The minutes passed imennsely slowly. Seconds felt like mintues. Where the time even going? Nothing moved.

But then, he took a skip in time, the clock read 7:05 pm, and it was time to go pick up Youngjae.

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Youngjae looked lovely. He always did, but Jaebum was always blown away whenever he saw him.
He wore a black and white stripped shirt today, with a black cardigan over it with blue jeans and of course; a hat.
"We're going somewhere fancy," said Youngjae as he opened the car and entered, "aren't we?"

"You are correct." Jaebum responded with a smile playing on his lips.

Youngjae didn't say anything.

They sat quietly in the car on their way to the resturant and for some reason the atmosphere felt tense. Jaebum started to feel anxious about the situation but ignored for now.
He was just imagining it, right?

Ultimately they arrived at the resturant, it was huge and extremely fancy. People who were waiting in line all wore costumes and dresses, which put both Jaebum and Youngjae at unease since they didn't wear such fancy clothes.

They walked to the head waiter - Jaebum felt very uncomfortable doing so since they skipped the line making everyone stare angrily at them- and asked for their table.
The two boys walked after the waiter and was placed in the corner next to a big window.

It was kind of dark inside the resturant. Probably becuase of the aesthetic needed it to be, but it made it hard to read the menú.

"Hello i'll be your waiter today, my name is Heechul, what would you like today?" Jaebum looked up at their waiter who was smiling (obviously) back at Jaebum and Youngjae.

"Uhh..." said Youngjae and Jaebum simultaneously. The waiter laughed.

"I'll just have some water, thank you." Said Youngjae and smiled back at Heechul the waiter.
"Make that two."
Okay, i'll be right back with that." Said the waiter and left, taking some plates from other tables with.

Youngjae looked at his surrounding. The resturant was wine red almost everywhere, big crystal chandeliers where hanging from the unecessary high ceiling. Jaebum and Youngjae's table was decorated with a single rose in a glass vase and a crimson table cloth.

Without saying anything, Youngjae continued looking at his menú, but he had a disturbed look on his face.
It made Jaebum feel even more anxious than he had before.