drivethru [nct dream]

s1e15

"jaemin,"

"hm?"
chenle opened the door for the two of them. they glided outside to the lot, quickly adjusting to rough pavement below them.

"what if we invited jisung tonight?" chenle asked him. "y'know, to the rink?"

jaemin didn't answer right away. his eyebrows were knit together and he had a pout on his lips as he glided past chenle. he turned to face the younger, his brows still furrowed.
"i mean i'm fine with that... but what got you thinking of this?"

chenle could feel the heat in his cheeks, his eyes darting straight to old, grey pavement.
"i don't know... he seemed nice..."
he mumbled.

jaemin just smirked at the younger's demeanor. "okay... just ask the others how they feel about it."

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"have a nice day, sir!" mark said to the customer in front of him, handing him his bag.
instead of the customer saying anything in return, he just rolled his eyes and snatched the bag from mark's hands as he walked away.

donghyuck, who was standing next to mark the whole time, couldn't help but scrunch his nose up in disgust at the customer.

"you didn't have to be so nice to him, y'know." he mumbled to the older, earning a sigh in return.

"yeah, but good customer service gets you a good tip!" mark reminded, playfully poking the younger's arm.
donghyuck just stuck his tongue out. he lifted his cap from his head, pushing his hair back before putting it back on.

by then, another customer had approached the counter... a woman and her son.
so mark had stepped up to take their order.

"hi, what can i get you?" every time mark talked to a customer, donghyuck couldn't help but find it so funny... it was as if a switch was turned on in mark that made his voice sound so forced and fake.

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"i'm gonna pee, but i'll be back asap!" jeno announced to renjun, stepping away from his stations. renjun just sighed, momentarily taking over both of their stations in the kitchen.

"promise you, i won't be long–"
renjun just waved him off, watching him scurry over to the bathroom. as soon as the younger's back turn to him, he sadly huffed and slumped over slightly.

although jisung was stationed at drive thru, he was able to see what went down in the kitchen. well, for the most part...
so he was able to see renjun's upset expression as soon as jeno left.
he couldn't help but think back to earlier today, when he found renjun in a ...distressed state. 

he debated on whether or not to say something. even though he hadn't know renjun for a long time —or really had a conversation with him...
but even if this was true, he didn't want to ignore something important like renjun's feelings.
and at the same time, he didn't want to ask and then be labeled nosy. he didn't want renjun to hate him or anything.

after all, he felt renjun didn't like him already..even if the others said not to take his expressions personally.

from his station, renjun could feel jisung's glances on him. in a way, it made him a bit uneasy...
but he could assume why the boy was looking at him.

he turned to face jisung, his lips pursed together.

as he did so, jisung felt his heart skip a beat. his ears and nose were heated from embarrassment, as he guessed that renjun knew he kept looking at him.

"sorry, i uh..." he kept stammering and eventually looked away from renjun. he heard the boy tsk at him, along with the sizzling continuing in the kitchen.

"told you i wouldn't be long!" jeno greeted, passing jisung. renjun made notice in his presence by giving him a small smile.

a smile that reached to jeno, the corners of his lips lifting up too. the smile stayed with him as he went back to his station, though he didn't know why.

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yes hi i'm back from the dead.