Night Shift // nomin

2:09am

I sipped the last of my coffee, my eyelids drooping down.

University has been hell lately, since finals were approaching. But I still couldn't get off night shift, which was a bummer.

Since there was no one in the mart, I got out my school stuff (which I brought, in case I had down time) and shuffled through a few papers.

Eying the page full of chemical compounds, I grunted. I ran my hand through my black hair, leaning back on the wall behind the counter.

"You're studying?"

My head snapped up, seeing Jaemin and another pint of chocolate ice cream on the counter.

"Oh sorry."

I dropped my school stuff onto the floor below me and came closer.

"You're still in school?" he asked, passing me the cash.

"Yeah." I sighed, popping the drawer of the register open. "I go to the university right around the corner."

"Oh, you do?"

"I'm a freshman."

He paused for a few moments, looking down at the counter.

"I go to the university too. I'm also a freshman." he muttered, wrapping his hands around the pint.

"Oh, that's cool." I chimed. "Hope that ice cream helps you through finals, Jaemin."

"Yeah..." his voice drifted off as he turned around, making his way towards the door.