drivethru [nct dream]

s1e5

mark glided back inside, ready to bring out the next orders.
it was almost empty inside, only two
people seated at one table.

he skated on over to the counter where
donghyuck was.
"how's it going in here?" he asked, leaning his elbows on the counter.
donghyuck groaned, and did the same.

"it's so boring!" he complained, a bit overdramatized for humor.

"it's just me here. i'm all alone..." he pouted.

"well, if jaemin wasn't training the new guy and chenle decided he was gonna show up somewhat early,,,"

as if on cue, the door to the backroom swung open, and chenle already had his skates on.
the boy slid over to the two.

"what's up lovebirds?" he greeted. the word in itself earned chenle eye rolls from the two.

"does this mean i can work at the counter again?" mark asked, hoping the answer would be yes.

"doyoung didn't say anything about it, so probably not."

mark let himself slouch onto the counter, groaning.
"keep your head up! these counters are greasy!" donghyuck said, patting his back soothingly.

"it's not that bad." said chenle. but mark just turned his head to him, eyes glaring.

"these are jaemin's skates, not mine. my feet are being crushed as we speak."

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meanwhile, back at jisung's station,
jisung was getting the hang of things. however, jaemin insisted on staying at drive thru to help him out.
after all, it was still jisung's first day.

"order up! somebody hand this to mark?"
jeno called from his station.

jisung stepped up to take the bags from jeno.
"i'll do it."

"thanks, newbie."

"i'll be right back," jisung announced to jaemin, his tone a bit timid.
from the corner of his eye, he saw jaemin nod.
as he walked out by the counter, he noticed and unfamiliar figure. he knew who donghyuck was at this point, and he knew of mark (seeing jaemin hand him bags to bring outside) . but this other person he didn't really recognize.
he figured they were employees since both were in uniform.

and then he realized that this must've been the person running to the backroom earlier.

jisung's new coworkers had
made themselves aware of his presence.
donghyuck turned around to face the younger.

"this is for outside..." jisung mumbled shyly. he was going to give the bag to mark, but he noticed that the other person also had on skates. so, he had no clue who he was supposed to give this bag to.

"i, uh... who's taking this?" he finally asked.

"just give it to chenle," said mark, who then clamped his hand on said boy's shoulders.
"i'm gonna ask doyoung to work the counter again, so..."

to this, donghyuck's face lit up with excitement.
"yes! i'm not gonna be bored out of my mind!"

jisung went over to the boy named chenle, handing him the bag.
"here you go.."

chenle looked up at jisung, taking the bag in his hands.
"are you new or something? i've never seen you around."

"that's jisung," said donghyuck. he brush some crumbs off the counter and on the floors.
"he's the new guy doyoung hired."

"ah, okay," he looked back up at said boy. his lips curled up to a cordial smile.

"welcome, newbie. the name's chenle."

jisung was at a loss for words. all he could manage was stammering.
eventually, he was able to muster up the courage to introduce himself as well.

but before he could even do so, chenle was already skating out to the parking lot to the bring the order to one of the cars.

"shit.."
jisung slouched, his lips in a small pout.
he watched chenle glide on the concrete so effortlessly, completely forgetting he had a station to be at. 

"jisung!"

he snapped out of his daze after being called back by jaemin.
"coming!"
jisung picked up his pace, rushing back to his station at drive thru.

donghyuck, who had just been watching this scene before him, just snickered to himself before taking another person's order.