Caffeine (Kyumin)

Chapter 1

Sleep.
That's what I need. But why can't I get any?
I've been laying in bed for a couple hours trying to sleep but I can't.
3:47 am
Come on Kyuhyun! Just close your eyes and sleep.
I'm scared of dying in my sleep. Do I need therapy? All these thoughts of people dying in their sleep is terrifying.

5:03
Should I just get up and do my normal schedule? Would it ruin it at all? No I still have 57 minutes until my schedule actually starts... Well there is a coffee shop that just opened a couple days ago. It said it was 24 hours. Maybe I should just go there until I have to get my schedule sorted out.

I got out of my bed and put on my suit. I stood in front of my mirror looking at my gray suit that I put on. I had small bags under my eyes. I guess that's what happens if you don't sleep for 2 days. I walked over to my dresser, grabbed my watch and walked out the door. I exited my house and walked down the stairs. Living in a pent house can be a pain sometimes. The Elevator is broken so I have to take the stairs. 15 floors isn't really that bad actually. I was so deep into thought that I didn't realize that I made it to the 1st floor. I opened the door and left the building and was out in the open. So cold. It was snowing, I should've brought a jacket or something. The coffee shop was right next door to the building I lived in, so that's great.
I opened the door and there was a little bell, cute.

"Oh hello hello! Welcome to Lee's coffee shop!" a small person said.

I couldn't classify what gender they were. All I could tell is that the person was small, short, and had short brown hair. Probably a boy.

"Lucky for you, it's early so everything is fresh. What would you like?" The he/she asked.

"Well it's my first time here... do you have a menu?" I looked all over the place but all I saw were the specials, which in fact were blank.

"Actually, here at Lee's coffee shop, you name what you want and we'll make it." the person said happily.
He handed me a piece of paper. I sat down in a stool in front of the counter he was at and looked at the paper.

Drinks
Coffee: mocha, caramel, macchiato
(Plus more.)
Tea: green, Thai, herbal, fruit flavors

At the bottom there was a picture of a cup of coffee with a heart in it.

"Can I have what's in the picture?"

"Sure" the person then turned and went to work.

I looked around at the cafe. It looked like a girls fantasy house. Everything pink, cute little drawings everywhere, food with cute smiley faces, the chairs and tables were also cute. Such a girly place, I'm kinda ashamed to be here.

"Here you go!" said the person happily while they put it down on the counter. The mug had a cat on it that said 'hello' in English. Just like the picture showed, there was a heart on the foam of the coffee.

"So why are you working the early shift? So it doesn't exactly affect you schedule for school? I bet you hate your boss..." I said to the person as I was about to drink the coffee.

"Actually I am the boss." I nearly spit out the coffee.
"Don't look so surprised. I own this place. And I'm 29." I chocked this time.

"What?! 29?! But you look so young!" I continued coughing. The person then patted my back trying to 'help'.

"Well thank my parents for that, creating such a young face. Anyways, what are you doing here so early?"

"I've been having trouble sleeping so I decided to get some coffee since I couldn't sleep. Plus I have work and coffee seemed good."

"Ah well we are open 24 hours so just come whenever..." The person said silently.

"Not to be rude or anything but uhm... what's your gender? It's just..." I trailed off.

"I'm a guy..." he said so quietly that it was barely a whisper.

"Oh uhm look at the time! I should get to work hahaha thank you! Oh here!" I handed him 10,000 wons.

"Oh no it's free." he then turned and started the coffee machine. I walked out the door quietly.


6:00 pm
I sat at the office, I should be leaving soon but I didn't want to leave. Going home means I have free time, then I'll have to sleep and I can't sleep. But that wasn't the main focus of my mind, the guy at the cafe, he's an interesting character. There's something off about him... No man can have that much pink in a cafe they own. Hmm...

"You know you can go home, Kyu." I turned around and my friend Ryeowook was there. I smiled at him

"Woah you look like crap! Did you sleep at all?!" he said really loudly.

"I'm fine." I said to him while smiling.

"Okay whatever, lets go eat! I'm starving! I'm also tired, can I sleep at your house?" he asked nicely.

"Eh you know how Yesung is about me having company... he gets kinda annoyed."

"Oh yes. Yesung~ he's hot." Ryeowook looked like he was going to faint just by thinking of him. I guess this is what happens when you're best friend is gay.
"Actually I'm not in the mood to eat. I'm just going to go home." I got up off the chair and left the room. We exchanged our good byes and I left.

7:00
I started walking home, I could've taken a taxi but I wanted to take a longer time getting home. I heard footsteps behind me, someone is probably also going home the same way as me. I started to turn and take different ways but the footsteps still followed. I started running. I could hear the footsteps run too. I made a turn, which was a big mistake. Dead end. I turned around and got punched in the stomach, the air got knocked out of my stomach. I fell on the ground and the figured started kicking my stomach, he then punched my face. I felt the blood trickle down my face. I closed my eyes thinking this is how I will die.

The person stopped kicking and punching. I heard something get shoved into the trash can. I opened my eyes and I saw the small man from the cafe beating the other person up. He kicked the figure in the face and he fell down. The smaller man ran to me and held my face. I could feel my eyes start to close. He started to wipe the blood off my face. He then help pick me up. He put one arm on my hip and grabbed my other arm. I rested my head on his neck. Then all I saw was black.