archetype | kth.

thirteen.

"Why am I hearing from Mina that you asked Jin to work with him at his coffee shop?" Taehyung asked with a scowl as Nichole walked into the breakroom.

Nichole ignored him and smiled, "Hello Selena and Raina." Selena and Raina returned the greeting before they went back to talking about photos.

Taehyung raised an eyebrow. "No hello to me?"

"I don't know." Nichole shrugged as she went in the mini-fridge and pulled out her acacia bowl. "You didn't say hello to me, did you?" Nichole sat at the table that nobody was sitting at and kept her playful expression.

"Fine," Taehyung groaned and pulled out a chair in front of Nichole to sit in,  "hi Nichole. I see your hours changed back."

"Only because I have two jobs!" Nichole exclaimed with a smile as she held up her two fingers. "You should chill out, I'm not leaving this establishment yet."

"Yet?"

Nichole nodded and then made her way to the sink in the room. She was surprised when Taehyung was right behind her. "Why are you following me? I don't remember you being this up my ass."

Taehyung rolled his eyes and handed her a paper towel which she took with squinted eyes. "I'm just confused on when you took an interest in brewing coffee."

"Since Douglass laid me off and made me captain of pouring everyone coffee." Nichole patted his shoulder as she dried her hands. She tossed her paper towel in the trash then made her way to the table with Taehyung trailing behind her.

"We're shooting today, right?" Taehyung asked as he eyed her salad.

Nichole waited until she finished chewing to confirm, "Yes, we have to do it as soon as I'm off though because I have to work at the coffee shop later."

"I can't believe you're serious about this." Taehyung muttered with his head rested in his hand. "Jin is going to drive you insane."

"You seem a bit worried about Jin and I working together." Nichole chuckled before she put her fork down. "Something on your mind?" Nichole watched as Taehyung's eyebrows furrowed together. "No?"

"No." Taehyung responded back slowly before he looked at her salad again. "Are you going to eat that?"

Nichole laughed simply and slid the salad over to him slowly, "I better get my container back." She warned him with her finger in the air.

"You will!"

"Taehyung!"

Nichole and Taehyung both looked to see Selena standing up with her car keys in her hand. "What's up?" Taehyung asked with his mouth stuffed with lettuce. Nichole kicked him under the table and he quickly swallowed the lettuce.

"I need help with the boxes in my car." Selena told him as she spun the keys in her hand. "Can you help me?"

Taehyung looked at Nichole which made Nichole confused. Was he asking permission to do something? "Yeah, give me a second!" Taehyung said to her and she left the room. "You don't mind, right?"

Nichole looked him up and down like he was crazy, "She's your friend. Why are you asking for my consent to help her?"

"I don't know, I-"

Nichole leaned over the table a little bit. "Taehyung, I never said you two can't be friends. Don't make me look like I'm that person. Now go help her."
Taehyung nodded his head before he left our the room and Nichole rolled her eyes as he was walking out.

In all honesty, things haven't been the same after the incident. Nichole and Selena didn't talk outside of work and when they do talk it's a 'Hi, how are you?'