nct imagines

mark - bakery

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"y/n, could you take this customer's order? i need to move all of the bags of flour," your co-worker, taeyong, spoke as he walked into the kitchen from behind the counter.

"got it," you spoke and cleaned your hands. you went to the front of the store and saw a guy looking at pastries in one of the display cases. "hi, what would you like?" you greeted.

the guy stood up straight, "could i get two cheesecakes and a chocolate cake?" he pointed to the mini cakes in the display case.

"of course," you spoke. you opened the case and took out the requested items. you put the cakes on the counter where the register was. "anything else?" you asked him.

"i'll take a cup of coffee," he answered. you turned around and grabbed an empty cup. you poured coffee into the cup.

"cream and sugar?" you asked.

"sure," he replied.

you put cream and sugar into the coffee and mixed the contents. you put a lid on top of the coffee and turned around.

"y/n! can you put these cakes out?" taeyong yelled from the back.

"i will in a second," you responded. "will that be all?" you asked the customer.

"yea," he nodded his head.

you rang up his order and he handed you a credit card to pay with. you swiped the card and returned the card with a receipt to him.

"thanks."

"you're welcome. have a nice day," you said. you turned around and headed into the kitchen, where you saw a few trays of desserts that needed to be put out. you picked up one tray and went back to the front of the store.

as you placed more cakes in the display case, you saw the guy who ordered the three cakes sitting at one of the tables. he had a notebook out on the table and was tapping a pencil against the notebook while drinking his coffee. he scribbled something done but then sighed. in defeat, he started eating one of the mini cheesecakes.

you finished putting the desserts out and went back into the kitchen. you put the empty, metal tray on a baking rack. taeyong passed by while carrying another sack of flour. "do you need help?" you asked him.

"no, that was the last one," he mentioned and placed the sack where the other ones were. he brushed his hands off with his apron to get rid of any flour that had gotten on him. "are the pound cakes done yet?" he asked.

you walked over to one of the ovens and looked through the window. "they haven't risen all the way up yet, and the timer says eighteen more minutes."

"ight."

you walked out the front and walked around the counter with a towel and a small bucket of water. you cleaned the display cases and tided up the counter space.

you peeked behind your shoulder and saw the guy still eating the first cheesecake. he looked very frustrated as he scribbled something into his notebook again, but he marked out whatever he had just written. you noticed him drink the rest of his coffee, so you decided to make him another cup.

you walked behind the counter and put the bucket and towel in the kitchen before making another cup of coffee. you mixed cream and sugar into the coffee and walked out again. you walked up to the guy and placed the cup next to one of his cakes.

"huh?" the guy looked up.

"you look like you could use another cup," you said to him.

he smiled, "thanks."

"whatcha struggling with?" you asked out of curiosity.

he looked down at his notebook, which was covered in writing that had been crossed out. "i'm trying to write...to write lyrics," he answered, "but i can't come up with anything decent."

"i'm sure you can think of something. good luck," you smiled at him.

he smiled back, "thanks."

you walked behind the counter and into the kitchen. taeyong made pastries while you looked at another oven.

"are you making more cakes?" you asked.

"i'm just trying out the new recipe the company sent us," taeyong mentioned.

you heard the bell at the door ding and looked through the doorway to see more customers. "there's more customers," you mentioned.

"i'll come help you, then," taeyong said and quickly cleaned his hands. both of you went to the front and served the customers.

after all of the customers received their orders, you organized the display cases again.

"hey y/n, you can go ahead and take off. jaemin said he'll be here soon," taeyong said to you as he cleaned one of the drink machines.

"don't i need to make donuts?" you asked him.

"nah, jaemin will do it. he said he wanted to try making donuts with jam in the middle," taeyong replied. "go ahead and leave. you worked for a long time today."

"okay, thanks taeyong. i'll see you tomorrow," you said to him. he nodded his head and continued cleaning.

you walked into the kitchen while untying your apron. you put the apron in your backpack and put your backpack on. you walked back out of the kitchen and opened one of the display cases.

"i'm taking a cheesecake," you mentioned.

"it's coming out of your pay," taeyong said to you as you closed the case.

"i know, i know," you grabbed a plastic fork and held the cake and fork with one hand. "bye taeyong."

"see ya later."

you walked out and headed out of the bakery.

"hey."

you saw the customer from earlier leaning against what you assumed was his car.

"hi," you smiled.

"heading out?" he asked.

"yea, i'm done with my shift," you mentioned and walked up to him.

"how would you feel if we went to the park and we jam out to the lyrics i wrote while eating cake?" he asked.

you smiled at him, "i think i'll take you up on that offer."

"i'm mark," he introduced himself.

"i'm y/n."