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cafe | jungkook

  since young, my family members would frequently talk about stories that happened while they were working, such as meeting obnoxious customers or working with stubborn coworkers. heres my story:

it has been a year since i had started working at this cafe. i never really got along with my coworkers except jungkook. he was always there to help me out in the cafe whenever i needed an extra hand.

i started working here for some extra cash and had planned to just work alone without any help from others since i don't really enjoy conversing with others unless i really have to. its not necessarily fun to work, but its one way that can help me pass time everyday after my lectures.

the first week in which i had joined the cafe, i kept to myself and asked all the questions i had to my aunt, who is the owner of the cafe. however, there was this one other boy who also worked there. every single day in which i had to work, without fail, the boy would always come up to me asking if i needed any assistance. of course, since i prefer working alone, i always declined his offer.

after the first week, i had given up on declining and just let him help me. up until this point, i didn't know his name and i hadn't even glanced at his name tag. i didnt plan on doing so either.

suddenly, one day, he just decided to introduce himself. i guess he was just tired of waiting for me to ask what his name was.

"hey uh, its been 2 weeks since you started working here and you havent even said my name once. maybe you are more focused on work but its fine. since i know youre not going to ask anytime soon, im jeon jungkook!" the boy said with a bright smile.

"im y/n."

jungkook didn't say anything but let out a light chuckle. it was cute.

anyways, a few months had passed since our informal introduction and throughout the few months, i had started to talk to him more and more. it was strange because i really didnt enjoy talking, what was happening?

soon enough, i realised that i was falling for him, hard.

man, i didn't really plan on having a cafe love story or even any love story at all. life wasn't really going the way i wanted it to, but it's too late to go back. every single day i go back to work and see jungkook, i realise that was falling deeper and deeper.

i decided to shrug off those feelings, which was the worst decision of my life.

i didnt want to have a relationship as i know that it would be a distraction for me in school. it sucked having to deny my feelings for someone but i had to do it to make my parents proud of me.

towards the end of the year, i had realised that jungkook had been losing a lot of weight and that he was always drifting off during work. i didn't really think much of it because it wasnt my problem, its not like he was my boyfriend, i shouldnt be nosy.

during the few weeks of him constantly not being able to concentrate, he had also been missing work very often, only showing up to work twice a week. once again, i didnt think much of it, maybe he had his own plans?

suddenly, he just stops showing up. of course, i was worried. i even asked my other coworkers if they knew what had happened to him. unfortunately, none of them cared about him.

i was growing desperate and just went to ask my aunt of his whereabouts since she was the boss. she briefly explained his condition.

he was on his final stage of cancer.

he had already found out even before i started to work at the cafe, why didnt he try to get help? did he not have the money for treatment? did he not care anymore?