midnight highs. | taegi | on hiatus

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 // "how did i get stuck working the night shift?" taehyung mumbles under his breath while walking through the small gas station he works at. this was his first job, so he wasn't expecting to love it but he never thought he would have to be here from ten almost every night until six the next morning.

he was only twenty minutes into his shift and he was already on the verge on falling asleep. taehyung had been taking inventory and restocking shelves in order to keep himself occupied, but it wasn't going as planned. he sighed while pushing the last bag of chips into their place on the shelf and headed over to the cash register. he sat behind the register for five minutes, that felt more like an eternity, before deciding to turn on the small tv that was mounted on one of the walls. although it was supposed to stay on either the news or weather channels taehyung flipped through the other stations, trying to find something interesting to watch. no one was here anyways, so he didn't see a problem with keeping himself entertained. 

throughout the night only a few people had stopped at the gas station and none of them stood out to taehyung. it was the usual truck drivers filling up their gas tanks and the occasional group of people on a road trip stopping in for late night snacks. while waiting on customers was his job it wasn't doing anything to help taehyung stay awake. he assumed he would be tired after his first few overnight shifts, but this was worse than he ever could have guessed. 

around three thirty in the morning taehyung was snapped out of his daze when the bell on the front door rang, meaning someone had entered. he didn't look up quick enough to see the person who had come in but he still shouted a quick "hello, let me know if you need any help!" in the most cheerful voice he could manage. taehyung wasn't really concerned with the person shuffling quietly through the gas station until they had been there for over twenty minutes. most people take about ten minutes, so this was a little strange. 

taehyung attempted to look around and find the person who had walked in without leaving his position behind the cash register. he could see a head of thick black hair standing in the aisle where most of the junk food was. he settled back into his seat when a thought had crossed his mind. "oh god, what if they're stealing!" taehyung was silently freaking out over this, every rational thought leaving his head.

by the time taehyung had managed to calm himself down he heard footsteps approaching the cash register. before he even had a chance to look up and see the person, he noticed the funny smell in the air. he couldn't quiet figure out what the smell was, but he knew he had smelled it before. it was somewhere between skunk and burnt rope, but he couldn't put his finger on it. 

"hi, are you ready to check out?" taehyung said with a smile, finally looking up at the customer. as soon as he say the other man's face he could feel his own face get red. the man standing before him was beautiful in every sense of the word. his black hair fell over his pale face, framing it perfectly.

"umm, yep." the customer said, his voice deep and smooth. his arms were filled with junk food, everything from chips to candy bars to a case of soda. he placed it next to the register and taehyung began to ring up the items. "that sure is a lot of snacks for one person." he thought while going through the man's items. 

"okay sir your total is, wait-" taehyung trailed off in the middle of his sentence, his brain finally connecting what the smell was. it was weed, he was sure of it. although he had never smoked it himself taehyung had been to several parties that smelled just like this guy did. "oh my god you smell like weed!" the words left his mouth before he had a moment to think. 

"well i'm high as fuck right now so i wouldn't be surprised, but thanks for telling me man." the customer said with a laugh. taehyung was beyond embarrassed and couldn't wait for the man to leave, even though he really enjoyed looking at his beautiful face. taehyung mumbled the total price of the man's junk food, still wanting to disappear. 

the man payed for his snacks and taehyung handed him his bag. "here you go sir, enjoy your night." the customer took the bag and turned to leave. as he raised his hand to push open the door the man turned back to taehyung. "its yoongi by the way, not sir." taehyung was blessed with seeing the man's gorgeous smile again. "oh alright. enjoy the rest of your night yoongi." yoongi seemed satisfied with this and left the gas station. 

as taehyung watched him go he couldn't help but hope that he would get to see yoongi again. there was only one thing that could have made this night better, and that would have been getting yoongi's phone number, which was clearly not going to happen. actually there was one more thing that could have made the night better. yoongi could have taken the smell of weed with him when he left. //