Coward » Kim Jaehwan

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A/N: Kei looked so beautiful in this picture (in the multimedia) I had to include it. She is so beautiful my heart is aching, TT. — Inês

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"Bona, you're doing it again." Doeun just came back from cleaning a table when she found her best friend standing behind the Coffee Bar, cleaning glasses and staring at the cute guy from yesterday. "Hm?" Bona asked in thoughts, drying the glass for the ninth time already. "You're doing it again," Doeun repeated. "Shouldn't you be evaluating Euiwoong's work? He's been working non-stop since this morning. Time to give him a break." Doeun said and Bona finally snapped out of her daze. "Snap! I totally forgot!" She sighed and looked for Euiwoong who was cleaning a table. 

"Euiwoong!" She called and the student looked up and smiled before taking the tray with the dirty plates and carrying it over to the Coffee Bar. "Yes, Noona?" He asked with bright eyes, that immediately cheered Bona up. "You can take a break now. You've been working non-stop." Bona said and Euiwoong nodded. "When should I be back?" The student asked and Bona looked at the clock. "In an hour." She stated and Euiwoong nodded and left the dressing room, while Bona took his tray and carried it into the kitchen to fill the dishwasher.

"What do you think about Euiwoong's work, Oppa?" Bona asked after passing Daehwan, who was making pancakes. "He's doing great. But he's not so talented at cooking and I do want an assistant or a second cook. The shop is getting more popular and it's hefty working alone." Daehwan said and Bona nodded. "I'll talk with Taeho-samchon about this." She said. "I wanted to have a co-worker in the kitchen for a long time but I wasn't sure if the money would allow it. But I'll take a look at the finances tonight." Bona smiled and Daehwan nodded. "Thanks. But Euiwoong is a fast learner. He did the cash register by himself and there were no errors. I checked it after he finished serving the people." Daehwan said and Bona smiled. "He sure is talented," Bona said and turned the dishwasher one before walking back into the dining room.

Jaehwan and Seongwoo just finished their lunch and were on their way to the Coffee Bar to pay when Bona came back from the kitchen. Jaehwan immediately smiled. "That kid is gone," Seongwoo said once he reached the Coffee Bar and was ready to give Bona credit card. "He's on his break," Bona said while typing in the table number and checking the price the two men had to pay.

"Bona-yah?" Jaehwan asked and Bona looked up, smiling. "Are you free on Sunday?" He asked but when he saw Bona scrunching her lips he sighed. "The shop, right?" Jaehwan asked and Bona nodded. "Ah, that's a bummer. I would have loved to invite you to the cinema." - "It's pretty hard for me to go to the cinema just like that. But if you want to watch a movie with me... I have a ton of DVDs that I still haven't watched because I didn't have any time. If you'd like to join me in a Movie marathon sometimes?" Bona asked carefully and Jaehwan's smile got even brighter.

"I'd love that! Can you text me when you're free? So I can check my schedule." Jaehwan said and Bona nodded before turning to Seongwoo. "17.000₩ please," Bona said and took Seongwoo's credit card. Afterwards, she did the same with Jaehwan's.

"The food was really good!" Seongwoo exclaimed when he was almost half out of the door. "I'll tell my friends about it!" He laughed and waved, leaving the Diner. Jaehwan took his time saying Goodbye to Bona before leaving and meeting Seongwoo outside.

"When did the two of you get so close?" Doeun suddenly asked, making Bona jump. "How long were you standing there?" Bona hissed and threw a towel at her friend who simply caught it. "Long enough." The waitress announced moving her hair out of her face. Doeun was already dressed in her casual attire, showing that she had finished her shift. "I still have a ton of homework to do so..." Doeun hugged Bona and walked towards the door. "Text me when you and Mr. Handsome meet again." Doeun giggled and left. Bona rolled her eyes and smiled at a Mum with her child who was approaching them to pay.

Bona was cleaning glasses once again when Euiwoong came back from his break. He had a bottle of Coke in his hand and bowed to Bona before heading to the dressing room to put on the uniform. Bona smiled watching him walk through the shop with confidence.

She had already decided hours ago to let him permanently work here and called her Uncle who was upstairs with her Father, asking him to prepare a part-time contract for Euiwoong. Now she just had to tell Euiwoong the good news. 

The shop was currently empty. Most people were shopping and walking around Myeongdong, tasting the Streetfood. That was normal for this time of the day. Usually people would come back into the Restaurant around eight or even nine o'clock to have dinner or just some sweets.

This was also the time Daehwan took his break to walk around outside, getting some fresh air so it was just Bona and Euiwoong in the shop now. "It's so quiet." Euiwoong said once he came back from the dressing room. "That's normal for this hour. People are eating at the food stalls right now. But Euiwoong, can I have a word with you?" Bona asked and Euiwoong blushed but followed his Noona/Boss to one of the booths. 

Bona had a little Binder in her hand and that made Euiwoong quite nervous. Did she secretly took notes about his work? Did he made a mistake somewhere? He gulped once he sat down opposite of the cute girl. "Me and my team were very impressed of your work today." She started and Euiwoong took a deep breath. She wasn't angry with him!

"We want you to have the job." Bona continued and watched Euiwoong nervously. "Would you like to work with us? We can surely make a schedule for you that's not too stressful and collide with your schoolwork, okay?" Bona smiled and opened the binder to hand Euiwoong his contract.

"These are the hours a part-timer would be needed the most. If the hours on the weekdays are too much we can reduce them but I'd like to have you work four to five hours on the weekend. You'd get a one hours break of course." Bona explained and Euiwoong nodded, telling Bona his school schdule so she could fix some hours on the contract.

"If you're happy with it you can sign here and here." Bona said and watched Euiwoong put his name under the contract. "Great!" Bona smiled. "Imma take you to my Uncle now. He's going to measure you so we can order your Uniform." Bona smiled and nodded Euiwoong to follow her to the staircase.

With a bright smile, the Highschool student followed her.