Hey Stranger [ Min Yoongi ]

03

Tuesday, 7:30 a.m.

"You know Anpanman?" Jaehwa jumped when she heard a voice, a familiar voice, behind her. She looked up and saw the stranger, who isn't so much a stranger anymore.

"Of course I do." She laughed at him. "My brother loves him." She replied with a shrug.

"You're good..." he mumbled, Jaehwa looked down at her little drawing of the Japanese bread superhero.

"Ah, it's just a cartoon, anyone can draw him!" she waved it off but her cheeks were turning red at the compliment.

"Okay." He shrugged and walked to the line. Jaehwa pouted again as she followed after him.

"How do you know Anpanman?" She asked, raising her eyebrow at him and a smirk on her face.

"I like cute things." He answered simply with a shrug.

"You don't seem to like me."

"You're not cute." He replied sharply and she huffed. She glared at him but caught the playful glint in his eyes. Even with most of his face covered, she would look to his eyes for his real emotion; they often betrayed his voice.

"Okay sure, stranger." She laughed at him. She watched him face forward and she smiled at the back of his head. It's been almost two weeks since the first time she saw him walk into the cafe. Some mornings he would get seven coffees, once or twice he got eight, but mostly he just gets himself a coffee. They see each other for at most maybe thirty minutes each morning, depends on how busy the cafe is, but usually at least it's ten minutes. She's been keeping track of their encounters. Jaehwa still doesn't know his name, but she still thinks of him as a friend. She doesn't need to know his name, she thinks what they have going on is fine between them.

"Large iced coffee...with whipped cream." he orders and Jaehwa's eyes widen in shock.

"Wha! You're getting something extra on your plain coffee?!" She exclaimed teasingly.

"Oh hush." He mumbled at her as he paid.

"Large caramel macchiato please!" Jaehwa ordered with a smile then handed the barista her card.

"Haven't seen you get that before." Stranger told her and she shrugged her shoulders.

"Well you decided to try something different, so as did I."

"I hardly count adding some whipped cream something different." He argued and Jaehwa shrugged her shoulders again.

"It's different from what you usually order for yourself." She retorted and she heard him sigh.

"You're annoying."

"Thank you. I try." She laughed and he sighed again. They grabbed their coffees when they were both done and Jaehwa sat down at her table again with Stranger lingering at the door.

"Ah... uh... I'll see you tomorrow." He nodded at her and she smiled at him.

"Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow stranger." She replied as she watched him walk out. She couldn't get rid of her grin. This was the first time he said he'll see her tomorrow, she always says it and she always says bye first. For the first time in a while, Jaehwa felt butterflies build up in pit of her stomach and she felt happy.