Mr. Charming

Two Different Squashes

Chapter 1 : Two Different Squashes

As soon as Jimin entered the building, he was greeted by two guys and loud music. It gets darker, and the lights gets stronger as he steps in further. He sits at a table, sipping on some liquor from a cup immediately brought to him. Before his eyes were the bodies of people mingling, and drunk guys cheering on dancers. Some girls came over to Jimin, dancing around him, and greeting him as they passed.

"Boss, people seem to be enjoying the new dancers," Yoongi says, standing by Jimin's side.
"Yoongi what did I tell you? This doesn't change anything, just call me Jimin," Jimin laughs as he finishes his glass.
"Sorry, it's just, I'm glad you can turn your full attention here now. Things were messy these past few weeks."

Jimin nods, eyes still on the crowd and dancers. His father has recently passed, and as the only child in the family, Jimin must take over his father's nightclub. He's only been here a few times, but his father has been preparing him for the job. Jimin had just returned from his studies in London. His employees could easily take advantage of things around here, and misbehave, but Jimin wasn't someone you could easily overthrow. He may be young, but the way he carries himself makes him stronger than anyone else. No matter the size or age. Yoongi was well aware of Jimin's personality. He knows him well, since their fathers basically founded the club together. It was fair and equal at first, but Jimin and his father are like one person. Mr. Min was soon pushed down to be Mr. Park's right-hand man.

"Yoongi, I have some business to take care of. Call me if anything comes up," Jimin says and takes his leave. There was someone Jimin had to see.

...

"I'll make sure to be back tomorrow!"
"Alright auntie, I'll see you then!" Jin shouts as he waves. Just as he grabs the door, someone forces it open, startling Jin.
"May I come in?"
Jin's face softens as he finds a handsome man with such an attractive smile right before him. "Of course." He cleared his throat and quickly leads the man inside. "I'll bring you water," Jin said and hands the man a menu.

"Thank you. I'll just get some red curry noodles," the man says after Jin returns. Jin nods with a smile, then hurries off to the kitchen to get the curry. His mom would've scolded him for serving food past closing hours. She tells him, they need to stick to their schedule with no exceptions.

"Are you, Kim Seokjin?" The man asks, after receiving his curry.
"Oh, yea I am. Why do you ask?"
"My friend recommended this place. He told me the boy who works here is quite handsome."
This comment made Jin turn red. He attempted to hide the blushing with his hands, but the man could clearly see. "He was just exaggerating," Jin laughs while trying to cool himself.

"But there's an angel standing right in front of me."
Jin's face just reddened even more from the man's words, but then that's when he realized. "Who is this friend of yours?"
"Oh, just, um, he came here once."
"Oh," Jin turned away, a bit disappointed. This guy was just another stranger flirting with him. It started not too long after his parents left, playboys coming in everyday. Jin would remind himself not to be too flattered when a guy like this comes along. Somehow, he just never seems to see it at first.

After the man left, Jin finally locked up and cleaned the restaurant. This is his mother's restaurant, she started it when she was just twenty. His parents have been trying to get him to be more independent, so Jin often runs things alone here. They even moved out to a nicer house, and left Jin with the small room upstairs. It wasn't as nice, but since Jin grew up there, he preferred it over the new house.

The next morning, he quickly washed up, and was up preparing the ingredients. Jin would start cooking, and warming the food by nine, and open up by eleven. It was like this everyday, something he got used to. It was actually something his parents regretted, because they didn't want him to be the owner of some small restaurant. They wanted him to achieve better things in life than they did. The typical thing every parent wants for their kid.