pizza | minsung

03

felix walked into their dorm room at around 4 am, dead tired. he never had a proper rest in the whole week, only getting about 4 hours of sleep and a  about a 50-minute  out  nap in his biology class since he never really pays attention to his biology professor blabbering about the detailed explanation of the chemosynthetic theory (his biology class is a 60-minute period by the way.).

as felix shut the door, he removed his dirty sneakers and was quite surprised to see jisung still awake, working something on his laptop, with his spectacles on, eyebrows furrowed, and tongue slightly poke out from his mouth. probably having a hard time and confused on whatever he is doing

"hey sung! why are you still awake?", felix asked as he hanged his bag on the rack he has beside his bed.

"oh haha hi. actually slept already and woke up a bit too early", jisung replied, sparing a small glance at his roommate before getting back to his work. felix never bothered asking more questions so that the other could  finish whatever he's working on and so that he could finally take a shower and get some of those 3 hours-worth of sleep.

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felix finished showering and is currently sitting in his bed while drying his hair with a towel, when he heard jisung call his name.

"lee?", jisung began, removing his eyes from his laptop, putting down his glasses beside him and does some light hand stretches. felix hummed, still drying his hair. 

"is that job still available?", jisung asked while looking at the ceiling, his index finger drawing little circles on his right thigh.

"huh?"

"i said, is that job still available?", jisung said, emphasizing the word job. now, directly staring at felix's face, no emotion in his eyes

felix doesn't know if jisung was joking or not. the older was so determined in turning down felix few days ago and even a while ago during their last class, so why the sudden change of mind. but judging from the older's facial expression, the same old stony face and the serious tone of voice - which how jisung always look and sound like - he was probably serious and the fact that jisung wasn't really the type of person to even joke around.

"uhm yeah! omg are u gong to take it? im sure my boss is going to accept you and my co-workers will lo-", and before felix could finish what he wants to say, jisung hummed in approval and went back to his work. typical jisung: never lets felix finish speaking.

"but why the sudden change of mind hmm?", felix asked as he stood up and hanged the towel to dry. he then, fixed his bedsheets and lied on it, arms resting on his head. jisung shrugged in response, clearly uninterested to even speak one word. and felix seems to have understood this, so he decided not to

"i'll text you my boss' number so that you could talk to him yourself", felix added before getting his phone.

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jisung was outside the pizza chain felix works and now, also he works at. the manager seems to be desperate about getting a new employee since it only took jisung about two to three texts or so to get the job and well, he isn't complaining.

he was supposed to come with felix, since both of them have the same shift. but since this is his first day and someone had to teach him his way around the store, he needs to be there earlier than the supposed time he will start working daily. 

jisung made his way to the brightly red store- too red that jisung felt his eyes sting when he stared at it for a couple of seconds-  and was welcomed by a brown curly-haired boy wearing square shaped glasses.

"hello and good afternoon! welcome to ***** pizza! may i take you order?", the boy chirped in the most high-pitched voice jsung has ever heard and with a matching bright smile that shows off the boy's braces.

jisung coughed a bit before speaking since the boy.... is too cheerful for jisung's liking.

 "hey.. yeah.. im han jisung? the new pizza delivery guy?"

the boy at the counter seems to be confused since instead of assisting jisung to whatever he's going to do, he just stared at him, eyebrows scrunched up, head tilted and lips forming into a tiny pout. 

"hey innie- oh hello! you must be han jisung?", a tall boy barges in, coming out from the curtain-covered doorway just behind the counter. 

jisung just nodded in response to the tall boy's question. the taller smiled widely and approached jisung before offering his hand for a handshake. jisung stared at the hand as if it was his calculus homework he had a hard time answering. and before jisung could even reach his hand out, the taller took his hand without warning and shook jisung's hands fervently.

"nice to meet you! im hwang hyunjin! that's yang jeongin in the back. the manager isn't here, so im basically here to guide you in today's work in his behalf."