coffee shop dreams // jaeno

chapter two

now, jaemin completed his studying before he went to his morning college classes, he was tired. not able to listen to the lecture in his classes. probably the running drained him out. the thought of him finding the bad boys and bolting straight out made him worried. what if he was caught?

today is a slow day at the coffee shop. less people are here. all of his friends are once again busy. jisung isn't coming into work. and sooyoung isn't coming until later.

unfortunately, his mother caught a cold. jisung called in that he'll be taking care of his mother for the time being.

the browned hair boy leaned towards the counter, staring at the by passers in the rain. the pitter patter of the rain. the dark, gray clouds shading the sky like it's night. the song, 'for life' by exo plays quietly in the background.

not only does this scenery feel calming to jaemin, but he can also think... think deeply too.

jaemin was on the verge of dozing off from the deep thinking, when a loud ringing of the bell filled the whole shop, causing the college student to almost jump up in fear.

jaemin looked up to see the last person he could think to come in a coffee shop like this. the familiar short length hair, the ripped black jeans and pure black t shirt to match his solid black jeans. people all in seoul call him "satan." jeno.

Lee Jeno.

jaemin is all over the place... mentally. this was so sudden, jaemin didn't know what to do.

'what if he's gonna beat me up for finding them? what if he's gonna threaten me? what if he's gonna kidnap me?'

jaemin's face was probably showing a worried expression for quite a bit that jeno snapped him out of his frozen pose. he's not usually afraid of much things. i mean, he can watch a while scary movie for god sakes! but that doesn't mean he wants to experience it in real life. like, right now.

"um, excuse me?"

jaemin went back to reality. jeno's confused expression was the first thing he saw after he was caught in a frozen stance.

"i'm sorry about that. can i take your order?" the barista asks, almost nervously. this nervousness showing through. he can almost feel the sweat forming on the side of his face.

"yeah, can i get a coffee? nothing in it." the boy dressed in black requests.

jaemin prepares the order. which he doesn't have to worry about screwing up anything. because the coffee is black... like his soul and his outfit.

i bet jeno dressed up in black for this day. so he can get black coffee.

when jaemin first seen jeno, he thought the boy liked screamo music. you know. that emo phase you have. but, jaemin was a little 9th grader who stereotyped everyone.

gee by girls generation was playing at 15% volume while, jaemin handed the coffee to jeno. the boy have no expression to jaemin and handed him money... without jaemin telling him the price.

jeno went to turn away but, jaemin noticed he handed him 3 dollars. the coffee is 2 dollars 1.50 for a 50 cent discount.

"um, sir, you handed m-"

but, jeno was gone in a second.

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sooyoung took over at 3:00pm, so jaemin was free and left. sooyoung is a very nice person. she's an elderly woman who's just looking for something to do and get out the house. sometimes, jaemin and sooyoung are paired up for work times. she shares her childhood stories. mostly about her boyfriend that had a haircut that looked like a crab on steroids.

for real. some actual words she said.

jaemin took the backroad (the shortcut) to his usual studying spot. the old building. last night, it was taken over jeno and his boys. he hoped he isn't caught.

now, as he arrived to the destination, he made sure to hide.

and there they were.

jeno holding the coffee while doing whatever with this crew.