ink • soonhoon (completed)

• twenty •

today was the first day being open again at the cafe and jihoon was terrified. he knew how to do the drinks, it didn't take him long to pick them up with soonyoung's help, and he had been working on what soonyoung called the customer voice yet he was still scared. jihoon hadn't ever worked a normal job like this he had been either in school or a tattoo shop his whole life.

jihoon slipped on his shirt and buttoned it. he frowned as you could faintly see the darkness from the values of his tattoos shine through. he hoped more than anything that no one would notice or ask about his tattoos, he especially hoped that no one would get angry or scared by him. soonyoung cam up beside him and snaked his arm around his waist. soonyoung noticed him staring at his arms and his tattoos faintly peeking through is white button-up.

"are you still worried?" soonyoung asked and jihoon nodded.

"don't be, they're gorgeous and no one is going to fuss over them." soonyoung said as he grasped jihoon's arm and raised it to his lips before pressing a kiss to his wrist then one a bit lower on his arm. jihoon's cheeks blushed a light pink and he grinned.

"how'd i get so lucky," jihoon mumbled as he kept his eyes locked with soonyoung's.

"i'm pretty amazing, huh?" soonyoung teased and jihoon rolled his eyes but his smile didn't fade.

"very," jihoon said before soonyoung pressed his lips to jihoon's soft ones.

jihoon pressed into the kiss and placed his hand on soonyoung's cheek. just as soonyoung began to get excited and gripped jihoon's waist more jihoon broke the kiss. he smiled and kissed his cheek.

"we've got work to do baby," jihoon said as he got out of soonyoung's grasp and began for the door.

"b-but jihoon!" soonyoung whined and jihoon just chuckled as he slipped on his shoes.

"c'mon!" jihoon said and soonyoung pouted and followed behind him.

the two arrived at the cafe and jihoon walked behind the counter and grabbed his apron. he tied it around his waist before handing soonyoung his apron. jihoon mentally smiled as he saw soonyoung still pouting, it was too cute.

"i'm going to go start grinding the beans and put some pastries in," jihoon said and soonyoung glanced over and pouted even more.

"you're so childish.. it's cute," jihoon said as he stepped towards soonyoung. soonyoung looked to him with hopeful puppy dog eyes and jihoon just chuckled.

jihoon pressed a little peck to soonyoung's lips before ruffling his hair and walking away. soonyoung, still pouting, was shocked by the sudden confidence surge that jihoon was having. usually all it took was a few kisses, an arm around the waist with a steady grip, and a pet name to make jihoon flustered. and while soonyoung hadn't done all of those things at once he sort of missed seeing jihoon all flustered, he wanted to kiss him more and hold him.

soonyoung hoped he wasn't trying to mask some other feelings, he already knew that today was hard for jihoon. jihoon was already insecure about his tattoos but he was especially scared when it came to being around others. soonyoung just sighed and began taking the chairs down and putting them at the tables while he heard jihoon faintly humming from the kitchen. a small grin spread across his face.

soonyoung wiped down all of the tables then went to the back to check on jihoon. jihoon was placing some croissants in the oven and humming. there was some already done pastries and sandwiches that jihoon had made on the counters ready to go out, he worked rather quickly and was quite consistent with it too. soonyoung smiled.

"hey bub," soonyoung said as he leaned on the door frame. jihoon looked over and grinned.

"not pouting anymore?" jihoon teased and soonyoung nodded.

"nope.. but i'll get you back for teasing me like that!" soonyoung warned, he planned to give jihoon a zillion kisses, and jihoon just chuckled as he knew it really wouldn't be a punishment.

"can you take that out and put it in the cabinet? i need to ice these and put the strawberries on but those are done," jihoon asked and soonyoung nodded before grabbing the trays and going to but them in the cabinet.

jihoon was so focused on decorating the pasties that he didn't notice soonyoung was back. soonyoung watched from the doorway as jihoon bit down on his lower lip while placing the strawberries on the last pastry. jihoon really did put all of his effort into making things right. jihoon smiled and wiped his hands off on his apron and picked up the tray. he turned towards soonyoung and nearly dropped it as he wasn't expecting to see soonyoung standing there.

"you're so cute when you work," soonyoung said and jihoon just chuckled.

"scoot so i can go put these out there," jihoon said and soonyoung nodded before stepping out of the way.

"do you want a green tea latte? we have some time before we actually open," soonyoung asked and jihoon looked back to him with happy eyes.

"yes! will you please make me one? they always taste better when you do.." jihoon pleaded and soonyoung smiled, jihoon always got excited when it came to green tea lattes.

"hm.. gimme a kiss!" soonyoung demanded and jihoon stood on his tippy toes and pressed a gentle kiss to his lips.

"one green tea latte coming up," soonyoung said softly and jihoon smiled.

jihoon closed the cabinet and walked to the door and unlocked it. he clicked on the open sign and let out a sigh of relief. he hoped nothing would go wrong today. jihoon just wanted to live a normal life now.

he walked back behind the counter and soonyoung held out the cup. jihoon smiled and took a sip, it was delicious. no matter how many times jihoon made a green tea latte it was never as good as when soonyoung made it. soonyoung smiled as he watched jihoon happily sip on his drink. jihoon always put up a tough front but he was really just the softest boy ever.

after a bit the door chimed and jihoon placed down his drink and grinned. he greeted the customer and took their order. while his heart was racing it was all going well, soonyoung was even watching while he admired jihoon. he was so proud to see jihoon working and happy. jihoon made the drink and walked to the customer's table and gave it to them. he walked back behind the counter and placed his head into soonyoung's chest.

"that was.. so scary," jihoon said and soonyoung just chuckled.

"you did well,"

• author's notes •

i had to rewrite like half of this chapter bc wattpad hates me and didn't save it .. but thank you for reading i hope you enjoyed !

-lilly