coffee ¦ k.taehyung

lungo

; otherwise known as the “long shot”, this is a 1 ½-ounce shot of espresso.
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it was weekend. the café was having a big day as customer came and went in every minute. haeun was taking a full day shift where she went home at 10, or when the café was closed.

she didn't have her coffee today as taehyung observed. he went away at six, where customer had started to bomb the café.

as it was getting closer to 10, customers were getting fewer until it was none. her co-workers had also gone home one by one. haeun was the last third to leave as jiwoo and jihun, the siblings that owned the café told her to leave. forcefully to be said.

she bid them goodbye and exited the café. it was located at the end of the street, where the surroundings were quiet and it was extremely quiet at night.

haeun quivered at the night's wind. it was autumn, haeun thought and hit her head as she forgot her coat at home. she walked down the dark, cold street. it was quite terrifying that she walked faster. 

"han haeun!" someone called. 

she turned back and saw a tall guy in coffee-coloured coat approaching her. she didn't avoid as she knew that it was he. 

"how could you know my name, mr. stalker?" haeun mockingly asked. 

"you are always with your name tag while working and since when did i become your  stalker?" taehyung asked back. 

"since you kept on watching what i was doing at the café,"

"but i do have something that stalker doesn't have,"

"what is it?"

"i don't know your address,"

haeun frowned. and the other minutes, she understood. 

"good thing you don't know,"

"yes it is,"

and they walked side by side. haeun relized it minutes later, after the long silence between them. she looked down, watching their matching pace to his hand. it was covered with white cloth thingy. it was bandage. 

"what happened to your hand?" haeun asked. 

taehyung stopped and stared at her, "are you worrying about me now?"

haeun looked at him blankly. what's with this guy, she thought, clutching her bag.

"stop the nonsense," she spoke up and strode away.

taehyung chased her and matched their pace again. 

"the sous chef unintentionally showered my hand," he lifted up his bandaged hand up, "with hot boiled water."

"oh my gosh," haeun stopped, gasping and then frowned, "i can't imagine how hurt it is!" she cried.

"i know right. but it was okay, you were worrying about me anyway. i am happy," taehyung smiled like a 5 years old kid with hands in his coat pocket. 

"you are surely insane," haeun said and continued the walk. taehyung took a long step and chased her right away.

"and it was annoyingly knew the fact that you have legs long enough to chase me," haeun scoffed.

"woah, i get to know a different you at night. how could you be so different in the afternoon and night?" taehyung naively asked.

"for the sake of pizza, mr. stalker, i was tired okay? i was just having a full shift of work today and i could only completely relax now" haeun said angrily. 

"you're pretty aggressive," taehyung chuckled. haeun just rolled her eyes.

they arrived at the bus stop, finally, after the annoying walk — for haeun. they sat side by side, actually taehyung was the one who sat by her. 

"taehyung, kim taehyung," taehyung introduced himself. 

"who? you?" haeun asked. taehyung nodded and offered a hansshake.

"you've known my name," haeun refused the handshake.

she got on her bus, followed by taehyung. and again, they sat side by side. 

"where did you live?" asked taehyung.

"yeonnam-dong. now you have that all the stalker have," haeun replied, looking out the window.

"i live in seogyo-dong. now you know what all the stalker usually know," taehyung playfully attacked.

haeun looked at him and chuckled.

"you sure do know how to annoy me,"

"is it? do you feel anything then?"

haeun shook her head.

"ah, okay," taehyung looked down. he plestered a sad face. it made haeun wondered why. did she do something wrong?

suddenly he lifted up his head and looked out the window, both side and suddenly pressed the stop button.

"let's get down" he said and grabbed her wrist, pulling her gently with him.