2:59am : yungi

𝟯 : th

Mingi left soon after the promise was made. Yunho got out of his shift at 4:39 am, too. The next worker came late and Yunho had to wait nine! minutes! after his shift ended. Before you ask or complain, have you ever had night shifts? You become so sleepy that every minute feels like an eternity. Nine minutes were more than enough.

Yunho went back home and flopped on his bed, his plans were to sleep until he'd wake up naturally without an alarm. Luckily he only had night shifts once a week. On the flipside, his next week's shift would be on a Thursday.

Yunho's night schedule!
1st week : Fri
2nd week : Sat
3rd week : Sun
4th w : Mon
5th w : Tue
6th w : Wed
7th w : Thu
DON'T FORGET
THE OTHER
SHIFTS, IDIOT !!

(for clearance.)

Yunho thought of telling of his shift times to Mingi, but he soon realized he hadn't taken any of Mingi's contact informations. Not even an account name for anything?

Yunho just groaned and went to sleep.

The next week went on quickly. The two didn't have classes together at the time, so Yunho didn't really even try to get contact to Mingi. He'd be there on Monday. Yunho was convinced of that.

Well, he did speak to Mingi throughout the week. A little. They just happened to get pulled off by their other friends and so the conversations didn't last for that long, therefore Yunho never got to the point of asking.

It was Sunday that Yunho got a message from an unsaved number.

////: you on shift tomorrow?

YUNHO: mingi?

////: yeah
////: i didn't give you my number?

YUNHO: no, where'd you get mine?

////: we worked on a group project before
////: apparently you didn't save mine ):

YUNHO: oh. sorry
YUNHO: yeah, i am on shift tomorrow. normal time, 20-4:30

////: okay i'll probs be there, get your money ready B)

YUNHO: ʕʘ‿ʘ'ʔ
YUNHO: ok

YUNHO changed //// to MINGI.

Monday went like skipping through time. Yunho had finished his homework for the next day just on time before going to work. This time, it wasn't all that cloudy in his mind.

The first few hours weren't so bad. There were people and Yunho could actually do his work. The later the time was, the less customers there were. Yunho slowly slipped into a mental coma, he was just a shell watching people what they were considering buying.

Oh, there's also Mingi. Wait, there's also Mingi—

"Hey", Mingi said as he placed a coca cola bottle, a chip bag and some chocolate on the counter,
"This is on your treat."

Yunho looked at Mingi's purchases, looked back to Mingi and repeated that a few times.

"You assume I have the money to buy you all this every week?"

"I don't know, but I don't make the rules so... it's on your treat."

Yunho made sure he looked as disappointed as possible. "I have no words." He then paid for the snacks, hiding a faint smile.

"You know, you have a good timing. It's 2:59 AM" Yunho pointed out.

"I'm a man of my words."

"..."

"..."

"Nice. Keep it up."

The conversation ended.

Okay. After a long silence, both of them decided that they were over the ' we don't know each other and don't want to ' part. They actually started chatting lightly and even though it had only been half an hour (actually for longer), they were having a good time. The strong tension was mostly gone — they threw chips at each other and laughed at nonsense jokes, and just enjoyed their time there.

"I really don't mind you being around here. It's nice. Well, better than being alone." Yunho confessed in the middle of a conversation.

"Yeah, I don't mind being here, either. Wait, "well, better than being alone"? That's rude! Come on!" Mingi shouted and his voice travelled through the store. They both laughed and they bet they were heard outside the store, too.

Mingi checked his phone.

"You know it's 4:20 right now?"

"What about that?" Yunho shifted his sitting position to face Mingi.

"Your shift ends in 10 minutes."

"Oh, I thought you were going to say it's the weed number" , Yunho sneered at the other.

"I was going to!" Mingi pouted and hit Yunho's nape lightly.

Yunho took it a little too seriously, due to his sleep deprivation and/or his personality.
So he hit Mingi's bicep with a closed fist.

Mingi hit a little harder than before.

In 15 seconds, they were having a real (childish) fight. They were hitting each other in the stomach, arms and back, both telling the other to stop.

"Stop! I'm going to have bruises because of you- ah-"

"You stop first!- shut it-"

"What's happening here?" a new voice asked.

Mingi and Yunho froze. Yunho looked at the girl, then at the clock, back to the girl who was looking like she was about to explode laughing, then at Mingi.

"Uh... I'm going to go first. Excuse me." Mingi stood up and mouthed a good bye, Yunho. Then he quickly left and Yunho was left alone with the girl.

The two were quiet for a while. Yunho was confused of the situation, really not knowing why she was there, then the girl just said:
"It's my turn. 4:30."

Yunho's mind cleared.

"Oh.. so you're the new worker?"

"Yep, you can go now. Good night."

"Wait, what's your name?" Yunho asked for politeness.

"Seo Soojin! Yours?"

Yunho smiled. "Jeong Yunho."

Whew. Now to sleep for 2 whole hours.

Yunho took his stuff and left the store. As he was walking home, he received a text message.

MINGI: come to the park near the store? our fight was interrupted.

. . .

Sorry for not updating.  ):