Café Pit-a-Pat - Season 1 (COMPLETE)

Chapter 25

Intensely focused on the array of cakes displayed in front of him, Copter chewed on his lips. Unfortunately for him, even after a few good minutes of deliberation, he still couldn't make up his damn mind. Although he had been recalling all the times that he had meals with Kimmon, none of those memories were helping him with his current dilemma.

"Can I help you with anything?"

Discreetly approaching Copter, the employee of the cake shop gave him a very friendly smile. With a sheepish expression on his face, Copter scratched his head. No matter how much he thought about it, he really couldn't figure out what Kimmon's favorite type of cake was.

"What's your best-selling cake?" Copter eventually asked after a moment of hesitation.

"What's the occasion?"

"A birthday celebration."

The employee nodded her head in understanding. "Many of our customers choose our signature fresh cream fruit cake. It's a well-loved classic, and it's not overly sweet or heavy."

"Okay, I'll have one of those then," Copter finally decided.

With an amiable smile, the employee carefully took out one of the cakes from the window display. "It's for someone special, right?" she asked out of the blue.

"Huh?"

"If someone spends that much time debating which cake to buy, it's usually for their special someone."

The employee playfully winked at Copter before heading off to the back counter to wrap the cake up inside a box. Special someone? Feeling slightly embarrassed by her words, Copter unconsciously rubbed the back of his neck. Thinking about it now, he did indeed spend a ridiculous amount of time trying to choose the right cake.

To his defense, though, he just really wanted to pick a cake that Kimmon would like. So that it would at least partly make up for the fact that he didn't know today was the senior's birthday.

Copter had felt so terrible earlier this morning when he heard Tae, Tee and Bas give their birthday wishes to Kimmon. Happy birthday, P'Kim, he had ended up saying to Kimmon in an apologetic murmur. Kimmon had just smiled brightly while gently ruffling Copter's hair, appearing unconcerned by Copter's late birthday greeting.

But Copter's guilty feelings didn't dissipate. So, as soon as it was the café's break time, Copter made up some excuse about running a quick errand and rushed over to a nearby cake shop. He didn't have any time to buy a gift for Kimmon, but he thought that, at the very least, he could still get him a birthday cake.

While walking back to the café with the cake in his hand, Copter let out an exasperated sigh. He was starting to feel a little silly, especially given the nervousness that was gripping his heart. Because it was really nothing grand. It was just a simple cake. But it was the best that he could do at the moment, and he hoped with all his might that Kimmon would be happy with his choice.