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'how to help that lovesick child,' seungkwan sighs to himself as he cleans the coffee maker. it has only been four days since jihoon and seungcheol got together and seungkwan has never seen jihoon so elated before. what surprises seungkwan is that they've never even been on an actual date, all they do is sit in this goddamn café and write lyrics for hours. only bidding goodbyes after the closing time arrives.

he peeks over the coffee maker once again to glance at the older, only to find him staring at his coffee mug with his hands cupping his cheeks, a silly grin plastered on his face. seungkwan sighs once again, more dramatically this time as he slaps the table cloth onto the counter. the sound that came from the cloth earned a few weird glances from the other employees but of course, he's boo seungkwan, he doesn't care.

ding~ the sound comes from the door, signalling that someone has walked into the café. jihoon turns his head, expecting it to be someone else, but instead it was a caucasian looking teenage boy. the guy was sporting a simple white tee with a red checkered flannel tucked in a pair of black jeans. he has a cold look when he makes his entrance but as soon as he turns to the direction of the counter he immediately breaks into a smile.

curious, jihoon turns his head to the direction too. he sees no one else there but seungkwan cleaning the counter... with frustration. jihoon stares at the boy with one eyebrow raised as he makes his way towards seungkwan, when he has his back facing jihoon, he notices a small bouquet of baby's breath behind him. how does he even know that's seungkwan's favourite flower? who is he?

'boo!' the boy exclaims which startles seungkwan. to seungkwan's surprise, he lifts his head up to meet with his favourite flowers, and he is a hundred percent sure that the percent behind the flowers is his favourite person. second in line compared to his mother though. 'these are for you since i saw them on the way here,' the boy mutters and hands the bouquet to seungkwan.

'how did you even know i like these vernon?' seungkwan's frustrations immediately vanishes after receiving the little gift from hansol. hansol lets out a chuckle in disbelief.

'you're asking me that? your lovechat profile literally says we can't be friends if you don't know my favourite flowers are baby's breath, oh and also i remember the description before that, i can be sweet but i can also give you a h-' before hansol could finish his sentence, seungkwan closes his mouth his palms.

'okay i don't mean to interrupt but is everything alright here?' jihoon suddenly appears out of nowhere tugs seungkwan's hand away from the boy, he stares at the boy, his eyesbrow still raised, 'who is this?'

'hey what's up, i'm hansol chwe not choi but you can call me vernon.'

'great introduction,' jihoon throws a sarcastic remark at hansol but he seemed to have take it seriously since his smile grew wider, 'i'm jihoon, but most people know me as woozi i guess.'

'oh so you're seungkwan's most annoying best friend?' jihoon's eyes grow wide at the statement in puzzlement. what has seungkwan been telling hansol behind his back?

'a-annoying? me?' jihoon stammers out, 'oh god no seungkwan is the one who's the most annoying. i swear to god he always-' due to jihoon's bad luck, his phone rings before he could spill the tea to hansol. he sighs and mutter an apology before walking out of the café to answer the call. the call was from an unknown number but he picks it up anyways.

'jihoon?' the voice sounds incredibly familiar to jihoon but he could not tell who it is. he is pretty sure that most of the people who he is familiar with are already saved in his contacts so it can't be his friends either.

'who is this?'

'jeonghan,' oh, that's why it was so familiar. jihoon isn't sure how jeonghan got his number but he does not want to ask anyways. 'i'll get straight to the point since you know that i'm not that fond of you, can we meet at jinaegil-193 at 11? i have something to talk about.

'sure...' jihoon blindly agrees to the older since he thinks that jeonghan is all bark and no bite. it won't hurt to talk to him anways. he ends the call and sends a message to seungcheol, notifying him that he won't be at the café later. 'where the hell is jinaegil...' he mummurs to himself before walking off, not forgetting to let seungkwan know too.

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'i don't know if i should be happy or sad for coming back...' he mumbles to himself as he stares at all the foreigners walking past and also the people crowding infront waiting for their families, partners and even best friends. he was glad that he came back of course, but he doesn't know if he could face the problems that he ran away from.

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[A/N] ohoho who is this mysterious 'he' ;) you guys probably figured out but no spoiling for the ppl who don't know okay? XD

first day of trial exams was yesterday and i honestly could not be happier that the hardest subject for me is done, one day down, three more days to go :)

have a great day/night! stay safe, love you <3

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