Love at First Crunch | SooKai

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"This is bullshit, why didn't we make them clean it!" Soobin angrily gripped the handle of the mop so tight that his fingers were beginning to turn white. Taehyun rolled his eyes at his best friend as he bent down to pick up a bag of chips. The two best friends work at a convenience store together, and not too long ago some junior high kids came and made a mess in the store, knocking over items and even dropping a glass jar. the students were banned and got in trouble, but Soobin and Taehyun were still left to pick up the mess.

"It's called working on the job" Taehyun teased his best friend. Soobin groans dramatically and threw the mop angrily onto the ground.

"No!, it's called child labor"

"You sure do act the part" Taehyun flicked his best friend upside the head. Soobin whined and rubbed his head. "Go around the aisle and pick up the other chips" Taehyun ordered his best friend and shooed him away.

Soobin threw Taehyun the middle finger before bending over to pick up the chips. He gathered the bags in his hand and turned the corner, continuing his tasks. Soobin continued cleaning while hunched over. He approached another bag, and suddenly a pair of black and white hightop converse came into view. He looked up and saw a boy looking down at him. The boy had a slight wavey bowl cut and wore a yellow puffy jacket over a yellow hoodie.

Soobin stood up straight, and the next thing he noticed was how short this boy was. He looked young too. Soobin raised a brow at the boy who just stared at him with a blank face. Suddenly, the yellow-clothed boy lifted a chip up to his mouth and chomped into it, making a crunching sound. Soobin looked at the boy's hands and saw he held an open bag of chips, the same brand Soobin was currently picking up.

"Hey, did you pay for-" The worker was cut off by a chip being shoved into his mouth. The familiar taste of potatoes attacked Soobins taste buds. The yellow clothed boy let out a closed mouth smile and giggle. This caused the worker to drop all the bags of chips he was holding before. The different types of flavored bags piled around his red Vans.

BAD-UMP

Soobinn felt his heart skip. He didn't know why, but he suddenly thought that this boy was the cutest person he's ever seen, and he really wanted to hear him giggle again.

"HueningKai? Heuningkai!" a boy suddenly ran into the aisle. He wore a white T-shirt with a white apron over it that had pink stitching and printed flowers over the apron pocket. Yeonjun recognized the flowers as the logo from the flower shop across the street.

"Hi, Beomgyu" HueningKai greeted when Beomgyu stopped in front of him. Beomgyu ran a frustrated hand through his hair as HueningKai ate his chips nonchalantly. "Is something wrong?" Kai asked Beomgyu. Soobin was standing in the same spot, listening and watching the conversation in front of him. The dark-haired store worker couldn't get over how sweet and soft Kai's voice sounded.

"Don't act innocent! Yeonjun was worried sick and made me search for you everywhere! he didn't even let me grab my coat." Beomgyu rubbed his bare arms with his hands, trying to warm up with the friction it was causing.

"You can have mine" HueningKai went to take off his puffy coat but Beomgyu quickly stopped him.

"No, that's fine, let's just get back before Yeonjun wrecks havoc" HueningKai put another chip in his mouth.

"But I haven't paid," HueningKai said in between chews. Beomgyu sighed heavily and reached into his back pocket, pulling out a bill much higher than any chip bag should cost, and handed it over to Soobin who silently took the money. Beomgyu then led Kai out of the store by the shoulders. Without realizing it, Soobin followed the direction the two went. Both Kai and Beomgyu were already crossing the street to go back to the flower shop, but Soobin watched silently from the window.

"What the fuck are you doing?! why are the chips still on the ground!" Taehyun pinched the bridge of his nose. He couldn't believe his best friend was this lazy.

"I think I'm in love" Soobin admitted while staring dreamily in the direction HueningKai went.

"Great, he can fall in love but he can't pick up some damn chips!" Taehyun threw his hands up in the air and let them fall heavily to his sides. He made his way down the aisle to do Soobins job because somebody had to do it.