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ωнєи τнєιя οя∂єяѕ αяяινє∂, Jihoon held the cup in his hands, feeling the warmness of the drink in his hands while he watched Soonyoung get giddy when a plate of strawberry shortcake was placed down in front of him. A cup of hot chocolate was accompanied and Soonyoung immediately thanked the worker, who looked at him in surprise.

She smiled, bowing her head and turned to Jihoon. "You should keep him."

"Shut up, Raina-noona..." Jihoon looked down, pink tinting his pale cheeks while Soonyoung dug in, moaning as he took a spoonful of the dessert.

"I always love their strawberry shortcakes in here."

"Do you have a sweet tooth for it?"

"Yes!" Jihoon giggled at the quick reply and watched Soonyoung take another spoonful of the cake and smiled as he noticed a pink frosting lining the outer lining of his upper lip.

"Hey, Kwon Soonyoung! Are you a messy eater?" Soonyoung hummed as he looked up, looking oblivious of the mess on his face. Jihoon laughed lightly and took his handkerchief out, taking Soonyoung's chin in his hand and carefully wiped away the frosting, a tongue peeking out in concentration.

He finally took notice of Soonyoung's quietness and looked up into his eyes, seeing Soonyoung smiling at him. He furrowed his eyebrows. "What?"

"Nothing." Soonyoung answered, but he still kept on his smile which creeped Jihoon out and sat down properly, trying to avoid his gaze. His cheeks were still tinted pink.

It was quiet for a while when he felt something cold touching his lips.

He turned to perceive Soonyoung was placing his spoon with the same strawberry shortcake on his lips, smiling at him. "Open up."

Jihoon did as ordered and opened his mouth, taking the offered dessert and started eating it, humming at the sweet taste of strawberry invading his taste buds.

"It's delicious."

"I know, right? I really love anything with strawberries."

"You have a weakness for it."

"It's what I'd die for." Jihoon nodded, looking away from the taller. "Sooooo, you'd choose strawberry over me?"

Soonyoung's head perked up and smirked at his soulmate. He sighed as he leaned on his fist, gazing adoringly to the other. "You're really the cutest when you're jealous."

"Shut up." Jihoon turned away and raised his cup of coffee to his lips, drinking his beverage and watched the passing people. How a boy pointed to something that a shop was displaying and his mother nodding at her son, picking him up and raising him into her arms, entering the shop.

He saw a girl hailing a cab, entering and pulling with her another girl as they giggled, kissing each other lightly on the lips. He looked down on the wooden table, then to his fingers, up to Soonyoung who was just finishing eating his dessert, looking up at him.

Soonyoung smiled at him and Jihoon returned the smile, content with the feeling of butterflies in his stomach, taking another sip of his drink.

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ℓαυgнτєя ƒιℓℓє∂ τнє ϲαƒє as Soonyoung clamped his hand on his grinning mouth, Jihoon humming while he tapped along the rhythm of the song that just newly played in the cafe.

"You really chased Mingyu off when you first met with a guitar?" Jihoon nodded, looking up the ceiling with a soft smile that remembers all those happy memories years ago.