Coffee Shop Love || K.S. Fanfic

Chapter 5

     I observed Jin's angry face. I was still wondering why he was mad. It didn't make sense, I mean, his friends were all here. What was the cause of this sudden anger?

     Jin asked everyone what they wanted to eat. Since it was in fact lunchtime. Everyone thought, I still wasn't hungry, but decided to eat anyway.
     "Hm... how about... lobster?" Jin suggested. They all nodded and Hoseok laughed.
     "Hey, do you want lobster just because that's your favorite food?" Jin blushed then nodded slightly. Everyone laughed and Jin stomped to the kitchen. He sure was getting embarrassed a lot this evening.

     To pass the time, the boys talked as Jin slaved in the kitchen. I felt bad that he was cooking for all eight of us by himself. I stood up and walked into the kitchen. I wasn't talking with the boys anyway, so I didn't mind leaving.

     "Hey, Jin," I said. He seemed startled by my sudden appearance. "Do you... want some help with the food? I'm not the best cook, but, I'm sure I can find some way to help."

     Jin gave me a slight smile, but continued to cook. He didn't show any signs of wanting help. That didn't stop me from trying to help.

     "Oh come on, Jin. Please? I feel bad, and I feel like I'm not doing any work around here. Just, please let me help with something, anything." He looked down and turned to me. He paused his cooking.

     "You can help me by staying by my side." 

     He seemed serious with his comment. His eyes pierced through my soul. I could feel him reading me. My face turned red and I didn't know how to react. Luckily, I didn't have to, cause Jin soon turned back to his cooking session. He continued to do what he was doing before I interrupted him.

     I still stood there, thoughts swirling through my mind. I decided to shrug it off as some weird joke. I didn't know how to help him, since he didn't really give me an answer on how to do so. I looked over at the table, thinking there would be some sort of mess for me to clean up. Unfortunately, the table was completely clean. 

     'Jin must be a very tidy person...' I was surprised that I hadn't noticed this beforehand. Now that I had actually thought about it, Jin's house was fairly clean. Everything was quite tidy and neat. No clutter to be found.

     I furrowed my brow as I frowned in disappointment. I was determined to find something to do to help Jin out. A sudden light bulb sparked in my head. I took some napkins and began carefully, neatly placing them on the table. One for each person, including myself. I then got out some forks, etc. I brought out some random condiments. I added them to the tabletop. 

     Just as Jin was finishing up our lunch, I finished setting the table. I cleaned my hands by rubbing them together roughly. I was pleased with my work. 

     Jin turned around to get a plate from the cabinet. He saw the table and stared in awe. He looked up at me after gazing at the table.

     "Zoelle, did you do all this?" He asked in positive disbelief. I nodded with a huge grinned on my face. He continued to stare at the table as he walked to the cabinet. He pulled out a plate and looked at me.

     "Thank you, Zoelle." He thanked me. I nodded, "Sure thing, it's not that special. I'm only helping out. Everything is so tidy around here, so it was all I could do really. It's nothing to be so amazed and thankful over. "

     He laughed slightly, I was confused. "What's so funny about that?" I said,adding a little giggle at the end of my question.

     "Well, that wasn't all I was thanking you for." I raised an eyebrow. He set the plate down behind him and held my hands with his. "Thank you, Zoelle, for coming into my life."