free hugs | verkwan √

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the walls looked nice, adorned with pictures of desserts made by the café. the shelves were white, and most of them had stuffed toys on them. the tables were round and spotless, with high, wooden chairs. the heavily air conditioned space was aesthetically pleasing and the food was just as yummy as well as pretty.

mingyu's café was very popular, so seungkwan was glad it was where he was having his booth. the café actually belonged to mingyu's dad but because mingyu was so clumsy, and partly because his dad had another café to maintain, he had handed it over to his only son, thinking that it would be good for mingyu to having something to look after.

his dad was right, and no one could manage it better than mingyu. he kept the place slick and span, kept the staff in line and did anything to everything to keep the café popular. he was the main reason for it's success.

seungkwan thought of all this while hanging the final sign on the wall. he decided to keep his booth in the corner in front of the counter, and a wall's distance from the swinging doors. he made sure his little booth was very warm and inviting; a place where you felt safe and happy.

he loved doing stuff like that, making people laugh and smile. it made him feel all warm and giggly inside. it was a nice feeling and it made it him feel good about himself.

"hey!" mingyu waved. he jogged up to seungkwan and said, "the café opens in five. you good?" seungkwan felt a tingle of exitement and he nodded happily.

mingyu gave him a thumbs up and stood back to admire seungkwan's work. the sign at top was definitely the centerpiece. it said "BOO'S HUGS!" in bold and it was very warm. mingyu liked it. he smiled at seungkwan, saying how pretty it was and left as a staff member was calling him.

seungkwan couldn't wait. he heard the staff start to play soft calming music and knew the café had opened. he could hear the bell above the door ring every now and then, people coming and going.

he waited, and waited. people sat down at the tables, ordered & ate something, had a chat with their friends, and left.

no one came towards his booth, or even acknowledged it. seungkwan felt sad, but tried to remain optimistic.

minutes passed, hours passed, and the small boy soon fell asleep, his head leaning on the cabinet next to him.

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"hey!" seungkwan tried to open his eyes. he could feel someone shaking his shoulder gently. it took a few seconds for him to remember where he was, what he was [supposed to be] doing there etc etc.

as soon as he did so he rubbed his eyes and stood awkwardly in his chair, trying to place this person who had woken him up.

the song playing at that moment was 'falling for u' by jihan and looking back, seungkwan would have agreed it was a perfect fit for the scene.

the person was a male, he was tall, and looked fairly western. he was handsome, but what seungkwan really noticed where his eyes. oh those eyes! if he were given the chance seungkwan would have spent a day staring into them.

"hey!" the boy waved his hands in seungkwan's face, and he snapped back to reality.

he felt nervous, since this maybe his first customer, the handsome boy with pretty eyes. he shifted from foot to foot and finally asked, "may i hug you?"

at the exact same time, one of the boy's friends yelled his name, and the boy nodded in response. seungkwan, however, had no idea of this, and he smiled happily.

the boy turned around as to face his friends. seungkwan could feel his heart pacing as he stepped closer to the boy, and awkwardly hugged him from the back while standing on tiptoes

the boy's body stiffened as soon as their bodies touched, but because seungkwan's presence was calming he relaxed.

seungkwan felt blood rush to his cheeks. the boy was unbelievably cute and he felt a tingling in the pit of his stomach.

the hug lasted a few seconds, and seungkwan let go. he was almost giddy with delight. the cute boy smiled at him and scratched the back of his head. "er-- thanks --?" he said and seungkwan almost melted. his voice was as nice as he was!

"you're welcome! oh and since you're my first customer, the hug's for free!" seungkwan said. the boy smiled at him, and seungkwan noticed he had a gummy smile. oh lord he didn't think the boy could get cuter but boom -- he just did.

"i guess i'll see you around then"

"bye!"

as the boy turned around and walked away, it suddenly hit seungkwan that he didn't know his name.

"oh well! i guess i'll ask him later."

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jkshsjsj this was so long ack im at 800 now--

hope u enjoyed this <3 also seungkwan not a diva as u might have guessed lmao he's the cutest softie in the universe in this uwUWUWU