Night Shift // nomin

2:16am

I pulled out my buzzing phone from my pocket, Chenle's name appearing on the screen.

"Hello?" I answered, pressing it up to my ear.

"Can I borrow your car?" he asked over the line.

"Why? What happened to yours?" I leaned back against the counter, my back facing the rest of the store.

"Flat tire. I wanna borrow yours because I heard that Mcdonald's is selling ice cream cones for fifty nine cents."

I chuckled at his reply. "Seriously Chenle? It's two am."

"Yeah, so?"

A small sigh escaped my lips.

"Fine. You know where I put my spare keys in the dorm. It's in the university parking lot, in the usual space."

"Thanks."

"Drive safely, there's a lot of snow on the ground. You better not crash my car."

"Yeah."

I sighed and hung up, turning around to face the aisles again. I spotted Jaemin grabbing ice cream from the freezer.

He came up to the counter and sorted through his pockets for money.

"You know, there are places where ice cream is cheaper." I told him, popping the coins into the register.

He hummed in reply.

"I don't want you spending all your money here." I dropped the change into his palm.

"But this place is close." he murmured, looking down at his hands. "I don't have my driver's license and the buses don't come around at this time, so I can't really go anywhere else."

"Oh." was the only response that left my lips before he turned around and exited the place.