"wonwoo! over here!"
the bell above the the door rang, announcing the arrival of the two boys. wonwoo instantly followed the familiar sound of jeonghan's voice, who had called him out before he had the chance to fully step inside. his lips curled up in a small yet genuine smile as he walked over to the table where his friends were seated, glad to see them again after being away for the past week.
the cafe had been entirely decorated by now, the cozy atmosphere decorated with wood giving wonwoo the same home-like feeling he got when he entered seokmin's house for the first time. the place had little light cables on the walls, plants that stood and hung everywhere, a corner of comfort where couches were placed and tables that were spread through the whole room. an overall brown and warm sphere, especially now the sun started setting and the outside world slowly turned dark as midnight fell.
"hey guys." wonwoo calmly spoke as seungcheol pointed out the seats that were reserved for him and mingyu. the fact they were placed together made a small trace of a blush appear on wonwoo's cheeks on how thoughtful his friends were. and that he was just about to sit next to mingyu with everyone watching, of course.
"wonwoo! how was vacation?" soonyoung asked in his obnoxious loud voice, his happy energy radiating like usual. "well, pretty good i guess. i'm glad to be back early though." wonwoo spoke in the exact opposite way of soonyoung, sitting himself down on the wooden chair as he noticed mingyu doing the same.
"ah come on, don't be so boring!" jeonghan teased him, making wonwoo notice how seungcheol had his arm loosely around his shoulder. cute. he thought to himself. "we want to know what you've done there! perhaps mingyu wants to tell us more!"
wonwoo looked beside him, only to find out mingyu had been abnormally relaxed with a cheeky grin displaying on his face. "i don't have anything additional to wonwoo's words to say, actually. we just had a really good time." mingyu commented on jeonghan's request, easily mixing in with the conversation.
jeonghan, with his habitual curiosity, leaned a bit forwards and propped his elbows up on the wooden table, focussing his attention on mingyu with a mischievous smirk. "so mingyu. you and wonwoo, huh?" jisoo had to cover his mouth to let his snort go by unnoticed. but of course, it was enough to get jeonghan out of his role, making the blonde haired boy hit jisoo's shoulder, who had been sitting next to him. "shut up, i was talking to mingyu."
"well, what's there to say about us?" mingyu mysteriously answered, eyeing wonwoo to check if the cat-like male was comfortable with him speaking about them. or about what he could call them yet.
"how about, what exactly have you done together, yet." jeonghan was quickly pulled back by his boyfriend, who tightened the grip on his shoulder. "han come on. give them a little privacy, will you?" he gently scolded him, making jeonghan narrow his eyes.
"but i've told them everything about us too." he whined, making wonwoo chuckle instantly. "as if we asked for that? you literally told us about how you asked him to rai-" "-THAT'S ENOUGH!" jeonghan was quick to interrupt wonwoo, who leaned back in the chair with a satisfied smile, trying his hardest to avoid the surprised look on mingyu's face who clearly hadn't heard him talking to his friends before.
"how about i'll make coffee for wonwoo and mingyu first? any preferences?" seungcheol got up from his seat and politely eyed the two boys. "surprise me." wonwoo answered simply, mingyu requesting the same thing. "i definitely will! how about you walk with me, jeonghan?"
"oh i surely will." no one around the table had seen jeonghan get up from his seat faster than right now, the boy eagerly trailing seungcheol to the counter as they both disappeared behind it.
"am i the only one who noticed seungcheol calling jeonghan by his full name?" soonyoung asked, a bit weirded out by it as he had no clue why he did that. it had been the regular 'babe', 'han' and 'cheol' ever since the start and it confused him as to why it was different right now.
"they're probably about to have sex in the stockroom or something." jisoo said, rolling his eyes as he was unbothered to go into more details. to him, it was something usual, as he got to hear the most details on a regular base.
"EW!" soonyoung screeched, visibly grossed out while the other occupants around the table remained weirdly calm in his opinion. "that's gross! who said i asked for this information?"
"i mean, i don't really care what they're doing right now. but i swear that if i find any traces in my coffee i'm never coming here again." wonwoo giggled when he saw how both jisoo and soonyoung started laughing as well, leaving mingyu still a bit surprised about the way he talked so open and comfortable with his friends.
"i think your boyfriend there is hearing a lot of new things about you wonwoo." jisoo exclaimed, purposely emphasizing the word boyfriend to bring back sense into wonwoo. a blush crept up to wonwoo's cheeks when he realized how freely he had been talking about specific subjects in mingyu's company, something he hadn't exactly spoken about with mingyu before.
"oh shut up." he coldly spat to jisoo, who turned to a loudly laughing soonyoung. "i-i've never seen mingyu this surprised before, trust me that says a lot!" he choked out in-between laughter, pointing at both wonwoo and mingyu's embarrassed faces.
mingyu bit his bottom lip to conceal a smile as his eyes automatically wandered off to the curly head. "well, i guess hearing him speak so openly just surprised me. in a good way, of course." wonwoo locked eyes with him for just a brief second, looking down at the floor as he let out a shy chuckle.
as if on cue, both jeonghan and seungcheol turned around the corner as the barista held onto two white mugs of steaming hot coffee, making wonwoo let out a relieved sigh so he wouldn't feel embarrassed any further. "i made the two of you a latte with caramel syrup, since i've heard wonwoo talk about it once and i'm just hoping mingyu likes it as well."
"coincidentally, that's my regular order! thanks man." mingyu happily exclaimed as his cup of coffee was placed in front of him.
and wonwoo, couldn't do anything else but to adore him, secretly examining his mesmerizing smile whenever mingyu didn't pay attention. the way he perfectly went along with his friends warmed his heart, and wonwoo was certain, he wouldn't get over this feeling any time soon.
never, if it depend on him.
