cafe universe - chanbaek

Chapter 2

Baekhyun groaned as his alarm went off. Another day of work.. with a bunch of girls.

He snoozes in for a bit and curls up in his warm blankets. "Ah.. I don't want to go to work today.."

He frowns and sits up, looking like a toddler about to throw a tantrum. He takes a quick glance at his open closet, littered with clothes everywhere. "Let's wear that today," he points to a white sweater.

Sliding out of bed, Baekhyun wears a tight fit of jeans on and slips his sweatshirt on. It wasn't all that big, thankfully, and was just the right size for him. He smiles and shakes happily.

He walks over to the bathroom and starts doing his daily things. Brushing teeth, combing hair. And let's not forget complimenting himself in the mirror. Baekhyun walks out and unplugs his phone, fidgeting around with it for a while until he put it into his pocket.

"Alright," he says and puffs out his chest. Walking out of his apartment, a fresh breeze hits his face.

He soon arrives to Cafe Universe, checking in and getting ready to take some orders and make coffee. The atmosphere is quiet, and all you could hear is the music and chairs screeching as they move.

Baekhyun begins to hum to the song, but stops himself as the door bells ring. He turns around and sees Minseok at the door, his curly black hair all over his face.

He comes closer towards Baekhyun, and sweeps up his messy hair. His eyes were brighter than ever, and pink scattered his cheeks.

"I'd like to order two iced coffees, please," he smiles.

Minseok hands Baekhyun the money and pushes it to him. "Keep the change, too."

As he steps back to make the coffee, he starts a conversation. "You're happy today, eh, Minseok?" His hands travel everywhere, from the coffee maker to the ice. He pours the coffee into the cups and looks back at Minseok.

He turns red and laughs nervously. "Well, today's just been a good day."

Baekhyun drops the ice into the cups and the coffee splashes on his sweatshirt. He swears under his breath, and quickly laughs. "Who's made you so happy?" He takes a quick glance over at Minseok.

He turns away, his face and ears turning redder. "You know the guy I was talking about on my last visit?"

Baekhyun picks up the two cups and turns around. "Jongdae?" He hands the cups to Minseok with a smirk on his lips.

He frowns, curly locks covering his angry red face. "Don't say it so loud!" He clamps his mouth shut and leans in, pulling Baekhyun by the ear.

"Yes. W-well, I asked him out last night and he said yes." He smiled. "I was thinking of surprising him with a nice coffee to start off his day. Good idea or a total flop?"

"Should've asked me before you ordered the coffee," Baekhyun grunted in pain. A harder tug at his ears. "Okay, okay!"

He nods frantically, and a wonderful feeling of relax rushed over him. Minseok got up and took the two cups on the table. "Good. Wish me luck it goes well."

As Baekhyun opens his mouth, Minseok turns around and walks out of the cafe. Sighing, the atmosphere goes back to a quiet one. The Rose comes on, and he strains his ears to find out which song it is. His eyes light up as he hears the first line. Like We Used To! His favorite song!

He taps his feet to the music, and hums happily.

- - - -

It's currently 1PM, and everything else has been easy peasy so far. But this is when it starts to get bad.

"Oh my gosh! Baekhyun-ah!" a girl squeals, her face filled with sweat. They really do go a long way to see him. That's plain dumb.

He puts on a smile, and waves to them. "Hi, nice to see you girls again!" Yeah.. no, he isn't.

"Would you guys like anything today?"

"Nah! Only you~!"

Holy mother of god was he so close to wishing for death. He kept composed, though. He didn't want to make these girls sad. Would've made him want to die twice as fast.

Door bells interrupted what he was going to say. Oh please, please order, he begged.

A six-foot tall giant with silver hair entered in through the door. He wore a flannel and ripped jeans, looking intimidating.

Baekhyun stared at him at a while. "Was he.." he muttered softly.

"Excuse me," his husky voice echoed. The group of girls spread out and looked up at him.

"Hi again," he smiled. "Do you have black coffee?"