Lunch (n.) | lən(t)SH – a meal eaten in the middle of the day, typically one that is lighter or less formal than an evening meal
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"Don't you guys think it's kind of weird that Moonbin-hyung hasn't been having lunch with us on the weekends anymore?" Sanha pouted, pointing at the lunch table that, like he expected, only had five people sitting at it.
"He has other friends too, you know?" JinJin pointed out, taking in the scent of the chicken on his plate before putting a piece between his lips.
"Sanha has a point, though," MJ laughed, "It's not just the weekends by now. Thursdays are usually without him too."
"Then why don't we just follow him?" Rocky suggested, to which Eunwoo wanted to protest but didn't get the chance to. He didn't want to come with them the next day either, but they wouldn't take no for an answer. Eunwoo was forced to come.
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"Can you see anything?" MJ asked, struggling to stay still behind the bush due to everybody moving so much.
"Ssh, hyung! I'm trying to see what he's doing!" Sanha replied, before focussing on the scene inside.
Moonbin walked up to the counter at the Grill&Steak place he had mentioned to his friends previously, laughing sheepishly as it was his turn to order.
"Hello again," A girl laughed, "It's nice to see you! Your stamp card must be filled by now."
Moonbin simply smiled. "Ah, what can I say? The food here is really good."
"I hope it's better than my paycheck. But hey, since your card is full, your meal is free today, and you get to make a request. Table for one?"
The boy shook his head. "For two, actually."
The girl smirked. "Oh? Mister Regular brought a friend?"
"Mister Regular, also known as Moonbin, is asking for you, Miss Employee, to have lunch with him."
The {H/C} haired female was somewhat taken aback by his statement but laughed, slightly frowning afterwards. "Miss Employee, also known as {F/N}, would love to have lunch with you, but she has to work."
"Not if my request is for you to eat with me."
{F/N} rolled her eyes with a smile as she told him to wait, looking for a coworker that would be willing to work a little harder. What {F/N} was doing was business, after all.
When she finally found somebody that was nice and wanted to help her – read: sucker that now had a higher workload for the same amount of pay – she took off her apron and guided Moonbin to a table, sitting down quietly but tilting her head when the boy wouldn't stop frowning at her. "What?"
"I can't pull your seat back for you this way."
{F/N} sighed but got up, pushing her chair closer to the table and trying not to crack a smile as Moonbin pulled it back again and almost seemed to shine. Did that really satisfy him that much?
{F/N}'s coworker came to take their order and winked at the girl before leaving them be again, making {F/N} nervously lower her gaze to her hands as she waited for Moonbin to say something.
"I've been wanting to ask you out for lunch for a while now," He chuckled, "But you were always busy with work."
{F/N} was surprised. Someone she liked actually wanted to hang out with her? That was something new.
He could tell she was nervous about something and sighed, before speaking again. "If you don't want to have lunch with me, it's fine. Really, don't push yourself to-"
"Th-That's not it!" She suddenly interrupted him, slightly startling him. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that... I was just surprised, that's all... I didn't think people actually enjoyed being around me."
Moonbin looked up and tilted his head. "What do you mean? I more than enjoy being with you. They're missing out by not liking you. But that's fine, that means I get to have more of you than they do."
The girl could feel her cheeks burning as she fidgeted her fingers, feeling her heart skip a best when she made eye contact.
"Sure, the food here is really good, but the only reason my card is full is because I met you by coming here. That, and you usually stamp my card twice because you forget that you've already stamped it."
"Woah, how many times have I stamped it twice?"
The boy laughed, "Every single time. There's even been times you've stamped it three times!"
"Yah, you should've told me!"
She slapped his arm and laughed, before realizing what she did and becoming a blushing mess along with the boy.
"But if I stopped you I wouldn't be having lunch with you right now. This is nice, we should do this more often."
{F/N} nervously nodded but smiled as their food was brough to their table, eyes sparkling when seeing how much he had ordered. "Y-Yes, w-we should...!"
Her stomach rumbled when she heard the sizzle of Moonbin placing his chicken on the grid, to which he chuckled and offered her a piece of it as soon as it finished.
"There's a readon I ordered so much, you know," He brought his chopsticks up to her lips and told her to open up, beforr he continued. "Because one, all of it is free, and two, I know I eat a lot and if I want to have lunch with you there has to be enough for both of us. So eat!"
The two continued to talk and lunch as the boys outside sighed, knowing they should've expected something like this but knowing they had failed.
"I tried saving you guys from disappointment," Eunwoo stated, "But you wouldn't listen."
