✔️ playing cupid | kangdaniel

050

ayeon
typing...

ayeon
is there anything you wanna eat

daniel
uh
i don't know
what is there

ayeon
i can get those muffins from lesley's café
if you want
and that coffee you like
what is it again?

daniel
oh yes good
ask lesley about the coffee
she should know

ayeon
okay
i'll get to your place soon

"here's daniel's drink, a blueberry scone and double chocolate chip muffin," lesley placed everything in a paper bag nicely for ayeon, "you're going to meet him?"

"mhmm," ayeon hummed, "he got a high fever. do you want to come with me?"

"my shifts over, but uh," she hesitated, "i don't want to interrupt you two."

ayeon laughed, "it's fine. let's just go."

lesley nodded and took off her apron, replacing it with a coat she brought out of the house.

the wet season came early this year, the winds with unusually chilly yet cooling. she was dressed extremely simple that day as usual— a button-up blouse and jeans with her coat. her normal, boring self couldn't be bothered to be dressed up for a saturday.

ayeon, on the other hand, didn't seem to be bothered by the cold winds, her outfit... was showing quite a bit of skin.

the past few weeks still got her worried.

it was both her and daniel's exam weeks so they met up more often to study. whenever they met up to study, he'll pretend to be his cheery self but there's just something so different and unlike him.

after that night, daniel seemed as if he lost a part of him.

it wasn't him.

and she didn't like it one bit.

"you're bringing him a muffin and scone when he's sick?" lesley raised her eyebrows, extremely confused by ayeon's choices.

"yeah," ayeon replied giddily, "we're here!"

she rang the doorbell excitedly and it didn't take long till it swung open.

"hey, you're here," daniel greeted with droopy eyes.

ayeon raised her hand, in front of his forehead, "damn, your temperature must be really high."

lesley who was watching a few meters away from his front garden stared weirdly.

ayeon wasn't the type of girl who would use her hand to check someone's temperature. she never really did such things. she wasn't the type to do so, even.

"les! you're here," daniel greeted merrily, "come in."

lesley gave a quick smile before stepping into his house. it was definitely much larger than hers but he was never the type boast about his financial status or what he owns (excluding his cats. he would not be able to stop talking about them once he starts).

she looked at him, his eyes as plain as usual, he looked absolutely drained and his pale face and slouched back was not making him look any better.

"now, you two lovebirds go elsewhere while i get the food ready," she teased ayeon and daniel as she took the paper bags she and ayeon brought into the kitchen.

ayeon held daniel's hand as she dragged him up to his room, "let's go."

lesley sent the two grin as she turned around, a frown immediately forming on her face, "why was that so hard to say? god damn it..."