Cafe - Hwitae

[3]

     Taeyang pulled the door and was hit by the smell of coffee. The warmth covered him like a blanket as he stepped in. The door shut behind him. Today, there was no angry lady. Just the usual hum of conversations. He looked up to see Dawon and Hwiyoung talking. Dawon looked over at him and smiled.

     "Sunshine! I'll get you the usual." Taeyang walked up to the counter and leaned against it.

     "Thanks, Wonnie." He looked over at Hwiyoung who was staring at him with a brow raised. "Hmm?"

     "What might this usual be?" Hwiyoung asked. He leaned forward and rested his head on his hand. Dawon came over holding a cup.

     "One large hot chocolate, substitute half of the milk for coconut milk, and add a shot of caramel. Here you go. $2.50." Taeyang pulled his wallet out and handed Dawon the money.

     "That's quite an elaborate hot chocolate. Why not just a regular one?" Taeyang grinned.

     "Why Hwiyoung? I know that's not your real name." He asked instead of answering his question. Hwiyoung simply shrugged.

     "You said you come in a lot. Do you have a job? I mean you must to fund your hot chocolate habits." Taeyang let out a light laugh and nodded.

     "Yeah, I work. Only part time at the book store though." He took a long drink from his cup. "I'm assuming you'll be joining us at school this year."

     "Probably. Unless I move again in the next few weeks." Taeyang looked over at Dawon who was scrolling on his phone. He was most likely just stalking Zuho's Instagram. He turned to look back at Hwiyoung.

     "Now you kept calling Dawon and Youngbin hyung. How much younger are you?" Hwiyoung smiled.

     "I'm a 99 liner."

     "I'm two years older than you?!" Taeyang's eyes widened. He took another drink before setting the cup down.

     "So do I call you hyung now too?" Taeyang coughed. Dawon walked over and interjected.

     "Don't call him hyung. It's his kink." Hwiyoung busted out laughing and Taeyang couldn't stop coughing. Dawon simply walked back to where he was leaning against the counter. When Taeyang finally calmed himself down and Hwiyoung was just giggling, he tried to fix the situation.

     "It's not my kink. I'm not going to expose my kinks to you two." Hwiyoung's giggling stopped completely. He looked right at Taeyang.

     "Anyway, you never answered my question. Why the elaborate hot chocolate?"

     "Maybe I'd tell you if I got your phone number." Dawon rushed over, squealing.

     "When did my sunshine get such confidence?!" Taeyang rolled his eyes at his friend's words.

     "Wonnie, I was trying to do something cool here." Hwiyoung just shook his head, wrote his kakaotalk id on a napkin, and passed it to Taeyang.

     "This is the best you are going to get, hyung."

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SunshineYang
Hwiyoung?

NotHwitaek
Taeyang?

SunshineYang
Indeed

NotHwitaek
So answer my question

NotHwitaek
What's with the hot chocolate

SunshineYang
Clearly you have never tried it

NotHwitaek
I mean why would I have