Hongjoong stared at her, a sense of nostalgia washes over him as she gave him a friendly smile. His eyes widened in surprise as she took notice of him making him turn away in embarrassment. He didn't know her name or even who she was, they've never officially met. In fact, this was the first time that he's seen her while he was awake.
Those rare nights when he was able to sleep, however, Hongjoong would see her. She acted as if she was some old friend that had been with him since they were kids. She would tell jokes that no one else but the two of them knew, she would give him that bright smile that made the butterflies in his stomach go wild, and she would hug him with such intensity that made all his worries go away.
"Are you okay?" His friend, Mingi, next to him pulls Hongjoong back to reality as the cameras continued to take pictures of them.
"Yeah, I'm good," Hongjoong says quickly as his eyes scanned the crowd for her. But, she was no longer at that spot where she was standing, she was nowhere to be seen. He rubbed his eyes wondering if he was merely hallucinating, probably due to lack of sleep.
As they left to get ready for rehearsals, Hongjoong pleads their manager for coffee or any kind of caffeine for the entire team. It had been endless weeks of non stop promotions, including those overseas. He was exhausted to the bone, and he knew that he wasn't the only one as the waiting room was filled with silence, even though San, Mingi, and Wooyoung were all present. Their manager nods in agreement also finding the silence quite worrisome and left them as he made his way to the cafe across the street.
Hongjoong saw her again, he was in some sort of room with an open kitchen, the scent of coffee beans permeated the entire room. She stood behind the counter and waved him over as soon as she noticed Hongjoong staring at her. Curious, Hongjoong walked over to the counter as she poured a shot of espresso into a cup, then foamed milk and finishing up with a sprinkle of cocoa powder. She passed the cup to Hongjoong and smiled at him. Hongjoong mumbled a quick thanks smiling at her in return. As he looked down on his hands, the coffee mug was nowhere to be seen. Instead, he was holding a clear cup of iced Americano. His eyes fly up to see a very shocked Seonghwa, his hand towards him as if he was handing Hongjoong something.
"I thought you were asleep," Seonghwa says, his eyes still wide. "I didn't know that you move in your sleep, you never did that when we roomed together."
"Sorry for scaring you like that." Hongjoong sips his drink still thinking about his dream.
"Dream? What was it about?" Seonghwa mentions as he takes a seat next to him. Surprised at Seonghwa's comment, Hongjoong laughs wondering if his friend can actually read what he was thinking.
"Someone gave me a latte," He responds as he looks down at his drink playing with the straw. It was Seonghwa's turn to laugh at his friend's comment.
"Maybe we should head over to the cafe and get ourselves some lattes after everything," Seonghwa suggests, standing up as the stylists called for him.
~~~X~~~
The show ended without any difficulties. As they were changing out of their stage outfits, Seonghwa mentions the idea of getting lattes to their manager. Though they were hesitant about the idea, the managers agreed as a nice treat for them after working so hard for the whole day.
They all made their way to the cafe under the cover of the night flooding into the cafe. After playing a quick game of rock, paper, scissors, Hongjoong was chosen to be the one to order and pay for the whole team.
"But, its always me," Hongjoong complains, "Do you guys plot against me, or something?"
"Why would we do that? You're just really unlucky," Seonghwa lies as he went up with him to help carry the drinks. Seonghwa rings the bell at the counter while Hongjoong tries to find which pocket he put his wallet.
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Kpop Boy Group Imagines
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