Thanks but.. I'm going to the new cafe today" I replied, refusing Jenny's offer to study together at her place this evening.
I'm a huge fan of coffee and with a new, 24 hour cafe up and running less than a block away from my apartment, i already knew that i am going to be a regular at that place.
The cafe was situated comfortably on the 1st floor of a quite a small, 3 floor building. From the outside, I can already tell that it has a vintage vibe going on inside.
As i pushed the handle, the smell of freshly roasted coffee immediately came into picture. At this point, i was already craving for a cup of Iced Americano.
As i approached the counter, i took a quick peek at the barista. And boy, was i shocked. His visuals were just damn on point.
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To be frankly honest, the guy is more fit to perform onstage with Sewon's favourite idol group rather than chilling out in the coffee shop, possibly killing every female customer that walked into this place.
"May i take your order, Miss?"
God, even his voice is nice.
"A cup of iced americano, please" i replied.
In any other coffee shop, at this point, i'll usually just take a seat near a power outlet and start working while waiting for my order to arrive. But this time, it ain't so. It did, but, it took me minutes to find a power outlet near the counter. I need to get a close look on whoever-this-hot-barista-is.
"Here's your order" he said as he put down my iced americano. I thanked him by bowing my head slightly.
"Wait a minute, you're one of the 1% kids everyone's talking about, aren't you? Lee Jihye, am i right?" he asked.
I almost spit out my drink. So this hot guy knows my name aND the name of my squad, and i know nothing about him? I nodded and said "Yeah"
"Cool, we're in the same year." he replied.
Same year? Boi hOLD UP.
"I'm sorry but... What's your name?" Great Jihye, a very stupid question indeed.
"Wew.. You guys really were as anti-social as they said. Hwang Minhyun. Familiar with the name?" he asked back
"Actually, no.. Sorry. My friends and i are pretty much anti-social to everyone but ourselves. Besides, there are 16 classes and well over 400 students in our year." i replied.
"Well then. Hwang Minhyun, 16, Class 2-3, guitarist + vocalist in the school band and still kind of smart in the top 10%" he said, introducing himself.
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"Shit! Where did that thing went!?" i cursed softly as i scrambled through my backpack, looking for the stack for flashcards that contained my 3 year worth of math formulas.
Without it, i'm pretty much stuck here. I left my textbook in my locker. my phone have zero internet data and the wifi here is protected with a password, which means i have to ask Minhyun for it.
"Need any help?" Minhyun said as he cleaned up the table beside mine.
"Ah.. No than-"
"You forgot the cosine rule didn't you?" Minhyun said as he glanced over my math worksheet. He was right though.
"Yeah.. Kind of" I replied, with an awkward smile.
Minhyun put down his cleaning gears on the table he's been cleaning and sat to the seat next to me, before taking one of my pens and said "I got the highest average on Maths last year so do listen up"
Is this guy giving me a crash course? Anyways, all the things he said bounced right off of my head because i was too distracted by his looks to focus on anything else. Thank goodness he noted down the actual cosine rule, so i was able to solve the question, without having to fully pay attention to what he says.
And that's.. basically, how i developed my first, ever, crush.
