The Morning of Preparation

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The next morning, bright and early at 5:30AM you woke up to the sound of a screeching alarm clock, with Jaehee no where to be seen. You shut off the annoyance, and get up to look for Jaehee.

You walk into the kitchen to see Jaehee all ready to go. "Oh, I thought I'd allow you to sleep in a little longer..." Jaehee said, blushing slightly, then proceeding to hand you your clothes. "Get changed, we have to go and start baking the cake and making sure everything is ready." Jaehee said, smiling, and swiftly moving some boxes out to the car.

You took about 20 minutes to get dressed and do your hair, and you walked out to the car ready to go, and notice the trunk was open. "What are these?" You ask, pointing to some boxes in the trunk.
     "Oh," Jaehee began. "Those are some extra baking stuff I thought we might need. You can never be too prepared, or at least that's what I learned while working for Mr.Han." Jaehee said, ticking something off her checklist.

"Alright, I believe that's everything!" Jaehee said, as you got into the drivers seat, and her into the passengers. You looked at Jaehee.
     "So uhm... A-About last night..." You started, but Jaehee cut you off.
"We shouldn't tell them today, we should wait and see where this goes first. But yes, I do remember last night." Jaehee said, reassuring you that she meant everything she did. You breathed a sigh of relief and backed out of the driveway.

You get back to your quaint little coffee shop, and walked inside. You both put your aprons on, then you decided to take inventory while Jaehee started the cake. "Everything is stocked and seems to be here." You said to Jaehee and smiling. Jaehee breathed a sigh of relief to know everything was in order. "It's all because of your list." You said, walking over to Jaehee, and she chuckled while stirring the eggs in with the flour and milk.
     "If working for Mr.Han taught me anything, it's that you always need to be organized and on top of everything." She smiled, adding in the already prepped strawberries.

You decided to be of help and preheat the oven for the cake, then noticing the clock that was just above the stove. "Wow, it's already 7:37AM! What time were they supposed to be here?" You looked towards Jaehee, assuming she wrote it down.
     "Ah, I hung a reminder on the fridge, it has the timing on it." She said, smiling. You walked back and there was a pink sticky-note with hearts all over it that had the time written in pen.
"10:00AM" You said, loud enough for Jaehee to hear. "That's perfect, that's about the time the cake will be ready to be taken out!" She said excitedly.

You started brewing some coffee, while Jaehee put the cake into the oven. "Mm... What type of coffee is that?" She said, walking up behind you.
     "It's Blue Mountain." You said, pulling down two coffee mugs. Jaehee smiled
"That's one of my favorites." She said, getting some cream for the coffee.

After a few minutes of the coffee brewing and some small talk, you poured two cups of coffee, anding one cup to Jaehee. "Thank you." She said, pouring some cream into her coffee and taking a sip. "Mm... Warm." She said, smiling. You put your creamer in and took a sip as well.
     "Yes, this is very tasty." You said, smiling. "Hey, do you think we should make coffee for cats?" You said jokingly, and Jaehee gave you a smirk.
     "No, because Jumin's going to want to make a chain of Cat Coffee Shops and is going to want me to work for him again." She chuckled slightly, taking another sip.

Jaehee put down her coffee cup, and started cleaning up the small mess of flour she made while making the cake. "Maybe we should also start making some bread, you know, for when our customers start coming in." Jaehee smiled and nodded.
     "That's a smart idea." She said, grabbing all the ingredients. "Hey MC, while I do this, would you mind going and making sure the seating area is nice and neat?" Jaehee asked. You nodded, and took a wet rag with you.

You began wiping down all the tables and chairs, and making sure the windows were spotless. You had put small planter boxed with blue and yellow flowers on the windowsill, and you decided to water them while you were near them. Once you went back into the kitchen, Jaehee was humming again, while preparing to rise the dough. She actually began singing this time, but in a slightly mumbled voice. "Every morning I wake up to the same sweet sound, picking up my phone that's been ringing~" Jaehee stopped her verbal singing when she noticed you standing there watching.

"O-Oh, MC! I didn't see you there! S-So are you done wiping down the tables and everything?" Jaehee asked, her face beet red from embarrassment. You nodded and walked up close to her.
     "I never new you had such a pleasant singing voice." You said, smiling. Jaehee blushed.
"I-It's nothing really..." She said, and you pulled her into a tight embrace.
     "I'd love to hear you sing more sometime." You said, smiling at Jaehee.

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