[Smuts] Twice's Holiday Encounters

The Bartender: Mina's Treasure Hunt I

Author's note: This story is set during Mina's first visit to Hawaii in 2018. The first chapter is just a prelude. If you're not interested in the plot, feel free to skip to the next chapter. That's where the fun begins.

It is Monday morning. I arrive at the bar and parked my bike at the staff's lot. The bar opens late for employees to rest after a hectic weekend of 24-hour partying, but a skeleton crew is still needed on the morning shift to clean up the mess left behind. I am an hour early, as always, to beat the rush hour traffic.

Surprisingly, the bar is completely clean. Did someone arrive before me? That is unlike any of the others. None of them are enthusiastic about Monday morning shifts, let alone being so quick at the job. I look around, just in case, but nope, I am definitely the first to arrive. I ponder about the situation a bit more, then remember something. I chuckle. It must be the new guy. Poor dude must have taken us too seriously when we joked about not leaving any mess behind before leaving last night. Oh well.

After running through the cleaning checklist twice and doing some minor cleaning, I run out of things to do half an hour later. Leaning against the bar counter, I gaze out into the horizon. It is still early in the day, so there is nobody at the beach yet. With only the chirping of birds and the hypnotic sound of the Pacific waves lapping upon the shore in the background, I can feel the boredom setting in.

Taking out my phone, I lazily browse through my social media feeds, waiting for the other staff who will arrive any minute now. Noticing an unusual buzz of activity on Twitter, I start paying more attention to the tweets.

Mina is on vacation in Hawaii? Right now? Wow. I wonder where exactly she is. Maybe she will visit this bar, if I am lucky. Just then, the phone buzzes as a new notification pops up: a new Instagram update from Twice. I quickly open the app.

ONCE!!! Do you miss me? I am having fun in Hawaii right now! Are there any ONCE here too? Let's have a treasure hunt. Whoever finds me first will get a special gift. Hurry! I won't be here all day! - Mitang~ 🌴🐧🍹

It is Mina! Damn, her English is so fluent and cute. Most celebrities do not reveal their locations until after returning to Korea. Perhaps she is bored this morning too, just like me?

I examine the picture carefully. It looks awfully familiar. Where have I seen this place before? I am pretty sure it is this island. Switching to the maps app, I look around, identifying each beach and trying to recollect how they look like. Suspecting that I have an answer, I take a second look at the picture. This time, there can be no doubt. That beach is just a 15 minutes ride away from the bar!

I grab my keys without hesitation. Fuck if the boss finds me missing on the job later, I am going to find Mina first. I walk briskly out of the bar, just as Katrina is heading up the walkway towards me.

"Where are you going?"

Without answering her question, I push the shop keys into her hand and walks on without a pause.

"Tend the bar while I'm gone, will you?"

I speed down the freeway, my mind racing with anticipation. Will I find her first? Will there be many fans at the beach with me? What is this reward?

I cannot wait to see what happens in what will probably be a very intimate and personal one-to-one fanmeet.