ink • soonhoon (completed)

• three •

"ITS YOU!" the guy at the register shouted and jihoon looked at him confused.

"me?" jihoon said back, quite calmly, and the guy profusely nodded.

jihoon thought for a quick second, how would this guy know him? he thought back to last night and even though it was fuzzy he remembered someone pestering him on his way home. jihoon looked to the guy with a questioning look and sighed, that was definitely the kid who bothered him last night.

"you're the guy who looked like a zombie!" the guy said with a smile and jihoon let out another sigh, he really couldn't catch a break.

"you're the guy who pestered me while i was trying to get home." jihoon snapped back and the guy's smile faded, he looked sad.

"oh.. yeah.. sorry!" the guy said and jihoon just hummed. he wanted to get his drink and get the hell out of there.

"i just want an americano, here's my card," jihoon said as he held out his credit card but the kid shook his head. jihoon couldn't help but think what now? as the kid shook his head.

"it's on the house! owner's treat." the kid said and jihoon just slid his credit card back into his wallet. couldn't workers get in trouble for giving away free coffee?

"is the owner okay with that?" jihoon asked and the kid began to laugh as he walked to make the coffee, jihoon became visibly irritated.

"i'm kwon soonyoung and i'm the owner of this cafe and i must say.. the owner is okay with this." the kid, now known as soonyoung, said with a charismatic smile while jihoon just nodded. charisma didn't really affect him much.

"here's your americano, please come again!" soonyoung said as he held out a cup. jihoon took it careful to avoid soonyoung's hands.

"no." jihoon deadpanned and he left with his americano in hand. soonyoung sighed and dropped his head, that was going to affect his mood all day.

even after jihoon absolutely despising meeting soonyoung and ever stepping foot in his cafe he found himself walking back to it a couple of days later. his excuse was that he liked the americano but it was a lie. the americano was absolutely disgusting but jihoon felt compelled to come back.

jihoon walked in with the small ding! of a bell and he looked around to see a smaller crowd than last time. jihoon walked to the counter and didn't see soonyoung anywhere, he didn't know why but it sort of disappointed him. another guy took his order and jihoon went to sit down. he didn't have any work to do or any excuse to stay at the cafe but there he was at a two person table alone.

once he got his drink he took a few sips and let out a breathe of relief. it was definitely better than the americano. jihoon was on his phone when he heard footsteps approaching, he turned his head expecting to see soonyoung but was shocked when he saw mr.choi instead. jihoon waved him to sit down to which mr.choi complied.

"why are you here?" jihoon asked as he got straight to the point. mr.choi let out a sigh.

"i need you to do more work." mr.choi said and jihoon didn't show any reaction. he finally felt somewhat rested for once and he was about to fall into exhaustion again.

"who? newbies? seniors?" jihoon asked.

"seniors. the group will include me, wonwoo, mingyu, and hansol." mr.choi answered and jihoon nodded silently.

"i hate working on hansol. he gets handsy." jihoon said and mr.choi sighed, he was aware of that but what could he do?

"how did you know i was here?" jihoon asked as he came to the realization that he hadn't told anyone where he was going to be.

mr.choi just grinned and he rose from his chair and walked to jihoon's side and bent over to be at his ear. jihoon shivered from being this close to mr.choi.

"i know everything about you.."

mr.choi sat up and smiled as he placed a hand on jihoon's shoulder and gave it a light squeeze. horror read across jihoon's face whether he wanted it to or not. jihoon looked to make eye contact with mr.choi and the man just kept his smile on his face.

"see you next week." mr.choi said and he released jihoon's shoulder and walked for the exit.

jihoon felt violated. he felt exposed. he was actually scared. mr.choi never really meddled within jihoon's personal business nor did he care much, if he wanted jihoon to work he would call him. he never visited face to face or checked to see where you were and this alarmed jihoon.

jihoon didn't even notice that soonyoung had overheard the whole conversation or was walking over to his table. jihoon was stunned and didn't want to become mr.choi's next obsession.

"who was that dude? he looked scary?"

"s-shut up."

• author's notes •

i hope you all enjoyed this chapter !! thank you for reading <3

-lilly