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he loved working in the café.

people started to notice him more now, and he felt happy; so did everyone who visited the booth. seungkwan assured they left with a smile on their faces, which he knew would be mirrored on his own.

for some reason, seungkwan always found himself looking for the "cute boy", as he called him in his head, and found out he was a regular there.

seungkwan was naturally shy, and so he had never mastered the courage to ask him for his name. he never made eye contact with cute boy, but he was always secretly staring at him.

cute boy usually came in the afternoon with his friends. he was always in a group, and that was one reason why seungkwan never said hi. he seemed popular with everyone, and even with the café staff.

seungkwan had heard girls swoon over him, and he hoped cute boy wasn't straight. oh wait, he thought. did i really just think that. oh my god.

he sat down and tried to figure out what was happening to him. it took him eight minutes to place it and it suddenly hit him; he was in love.

he had fallen madly, he was head over heals in love; he was absolutely smitten for this cute boy.

but, seungkwan wasn't gay. or at least not til this boy came out of no where. holy fuck, he thought.

he loved everything about cute boy. his cute gummy smile, the way his eyes twinkled, his voice, and so so much more. seungkwan loved every one of his features and he had no idea what to do next.

the truth was that seungkwan had never fallen in love before. but he knew some experts, and he was sure they'd know what to do.

• • •

the three sat seated around the small wooden table in mingyu's house. soju for minghao and mingyu, and coke for seungkwan who had no desire to get drunk.

mingyu had his arm around hao. he poured a shot for minghao and gave it to him before pouring himself one.

the thing was that seungkwan had found them making out passionately against the wall after minghao ran after mingyu that day. it turned out they actually liked each other and they had started going out last week.

it was still weird, watching seungkwan's best friends being boyfriends when they used to go after each other like cats and dogs. but then again it was sort if nice. at least he got some peace, since minghao literally lived in mingyu's house now.

"so why'd did you wanna meet up?" minghao asked, putting his shot glass down.

"i uh i need your help.." seungkwan said.

"with what?" mingyu replied.

"uh there's this boy..." seungkwan said nervously, not sure what to expect. the other two seemed surprised, then they smirked.

"... and he's really really cute but--" seungkwan started to explain the whole story.

when he finished explaining, mingyu drank another shot and said, "there's just one thing you need to do now."

"and what's that?"

"MAKE A MOVE FIRST YOU DUMBASS!" the others cried together in unision.

seungkwan was surprised, but at the same time not. he knew those two would say something like that. he gulped down the last of his coke.

"okay okay" he said, raising his arms up in defeat. "i'll try i guess"

• • •

the next day, seungkwan was determined to say something to cute boy that day. even just a hi. his goal was to get his name. at least that would be something.

seungkwan waited impatiently. afternoon came and went with no sign of cute boy.

night and he didn't come.

the next day, the next, and the next. cute boy suddenly stopped coming. seungkwan was having a panic attack.

a week passed and still no sign of cute boy. seungkwan began to get worried. hao and mingyu continued to assure him cute boy would be fine but that didn't put his heart to ease at all.

seungkwan needed to see him. and he needed to see him now.

• • •

gyuhao yes