2. Mr. 8 to the rescue

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By 9.30 PM I'm completely exhausted from swimming back and forth trying to improve my time with no success. On top of that my mind was never in the game because of the unwanted guests at the café earlier. I've never been this anxious about it before and it's been bothering me the entire time. 

I finally give up and drag myself out of the pool and head to the showers to quickly rinse off. I'm the only one here right now so it's eerily quiet. In the locker room I catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror and have to take a step back to have a better look. When did I become so muscular? I gently flex my upper body and shock myself with what I see. I quickly scroll through the pictures on my phone and find one from a competition two months ago. I looked like a stick compared to what I see in the mirror. How did this happen? No wonder Seokjin stared at my arm. 

Speaking of which, Seokjin's shift ends at 10 PM when the café closes. I should be there by then. I hope those alphas have left already, otherwise I'll personally kick them out the second the clock turns 10.

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It takes only a few minutes to walk to the café from the university and that combined with the time it took for me to shower and get dressed it's just before closing time when I get there. To my utter dismay the motorcycles are still parked outside. Don't they have a fucking life?! Why do they spend hours every day trying to get into Seokjin's pants?! He's obviously too good for them. He's too good for me too, but at least I'm not a horny alpha. 

The bell on the door rings loudly as I angrily open the door, but despite that no one seems to notice my presence. The alphas' table is beautifully set up with coffee and half-eaten sweets, but the alphas are not at the table. All four of them are leaning onto the counter trying to get Seokjin's attention while he's busy checking things in the back. 

"Hey, what do you say about going for a ride with me on my bike? I'll take you to places you've never been before. Come on, it'll be great!"

"No, come with me instead! I got cable TV at my place!"

"Screw cable TV, I have Netflix!"

"Screw all of that, you losers. Let me show you a good time, Jinnie. You need to put that sweet ass to good use already."

The last comment makes my blood boil. How dare they treat him like that?! They may be alphas, but I'll gladly take my chances even though it'll be 4 on 1. I'll beat them to a pulp for talking like that to Seokjin! 

I clench my fists and start making my way over to them, but before I even get to take three steps Seokjin faces them with a cold expression and I stop to see what he does. The assholes seem surprised by his face since he usually smiles all they time because of work policy. Seokjin catches himself and plasters on a fake smile for the sake of it.

"My apologies, but it's time to close for tonight. I'm a bit tired so I'll be heading home. Feel free to come back tomorrow, I'll serve you gentlemen some more coffee then."

He finishes it all off with a light bow and a gesture at the door, but the leader of the gang seems to have had enough. He grabs Seokjin's hair and uses it to pull him up on the counter. Things get knocked down to the floor as Seokjin thrashes around in pain. The alpha slaps him across the face to make him stay still. 

"I'm done with your bullshit, Jin," he says through gritted teeth. "You can't honestly think I come here every day to drink your disgusting coffee. Give me what I want or I'll take it on my own."

The others, who on a closer look might not be alphas after all, look shocked and a bit scared from what the just witnessed. 

"Boss, are you sure?" one of them asks. "What if he reports you?"

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