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petitemingi · 3 years

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─ ੈ༊ your customer is: yeosang

peach iced tea + cake pops

a short break was all you needed, actually.

outside, you could've fried an egg on the pavement for how hot it had gotten to be

walking into the cafe, however, provided a nice cool breeze from the air conditioning, mixing with the scent of iced drinks and bonfires from outside.

you'd been working for just over two hours, so having a tiny break was beneficial for watching an episode of your favourite series.

"I swear to Jesus that if that air conditioning goes off, I'm quitting"

"you can't quit, who'll talk to me? don't leave me!"

you'd jokingly punch Seonghwa's arm as he laughed an exhausted laugh, and began walking back to his shift on the tills.

its then that another customer walks in, and with heat being... well... hot duh he'd walk in with a mini fan sending a light breeze over his face.

He'd see you sitting on your phone, a cold drink between your arms while you sip at it from a straw.

it's there as he stands in the door frame that he ponders on whether or not he should say hi.

it wouldn't take long for him to find himself wandering over to your table, sitting in the empty chair opposite you, looking at you with puppy eyes.

confusion would be natural

"uhm... can i help you?"

you'd sit upright, the customer opposite doing the same, only he looked as if he'd snapped out of some trance

"i- uh... sorry it's just... well I..."

he stumbled over his words, now fumbling with the mini fan in his lap as he tries to save himself

"s-sorry, you're just really pretty... can i ask you which drink that is?"

he'd shyly point at your drink, causing you to look down at it between your arms

"a peach ice tea?"

"ah, thank you... I'll be right back"

and sure enough, this customer walked up to the till, ordering his own glass of peach ice tea

it's as he's fumbling around looking for his money that Seonghwa looks over the till, exchanging a look if concern for you, mouthing

'do you want me to call you over?'

to which you'd nod, now too shooting back a look of concern

the customer, however, had finally gathered his money and collected his peach ice tea, making his way back to the table

and thank god Seonghwa was there to help you out if this situation

"ya, ____! break time's over, this cafe doesn't run itself!"

sounds harsh, yeah, but what a relief

sounds harsh again, but that customer seemed a little creepy at first glance - getting out of there seemed reasonable

"take the rest of your break here, you can continue in ten minutes"

"thanks hwa"

but by the time you'd finished your break, the random customer had gone

that didn't stop him from coming back the next day though, only this time a little later and with a sketch pad

Seonghwa took your shift on the till for this order, and served the customer an iced coffee - just until he went to sit down again

this happened various times throughout the week, and it began getting even weirder

a few days later, though, he didn't show up

20:00

21:00

00:00

even hongjoong came and went, and still, no show of the strange customer

the day after the no-show, he turned up again at 21:05, holding that sketchbook again.

it's on that day that you decided to confront him, despite Seonghwa's disagreement to it.

the conversation would have been as follows:

"excuse me?"

"oh, hi there! ___, was it?"

"y-yeah"

you'd look back to the till, where Seonghwa observed the situation with cold eyes, ready to march over at any point

"listen, I don't wanna offend you or anything but... what you're doing is kinda creepy"

"sitting and drawing?"

"i-i meant the first day you came here, you came and sat at my table unannounced while I was on my break?"

at this, the customer's ears turned red, slightly folding the corner to the picture he was currently drawing

he too looked over at the till to where Seonghwa stood, a gasp escaping his lips as he saw him watching you

"your boss is scary..."

but then you began snickering

"w-what?"

"Seonghwa? he's not scary, he likes to think he is, but he's a cute li'l baby"

"o-oh so you're dating?"

"woah there bud, I never said anything about dating, watch what you say"

"s-sorry"

that's when you saw the drawing on the page the customer had his sketchbook open to

"hey... is that-"

he slammed the sketchbook closed in panic, his ears turning a brighter red

"n-no... I mean no. it's uh..."

"it's me"

you took a seat opposite him, swiping up the sketchbook and opening it to find quite a few drawings of you, all drawn in wonderful monotone detail

he'd gotten your eyes, your nose, your lips the perfect size, he'd managed to draw your ears the right shape, not forgetting your hair or your eyebrows

there was another one! this time, you were smiling at a customer, serving them a beverage in a take away cup

he hadn't missed the detailing of the till, not even the label on the coffee cup

all of it was beautiful

"how did you? this is so realistic..."

turning the page revealed another drawing

it was an image of you, sitting with your glass of peach tea while on your phone

"this is from that first day..."

"y-yeah"

"and you drew all of this by yourself?"

he nodded again, his head sinking into his shoulders, as if to hide the embarrassment

seeing this, however, Seonghwa decided to investigate the scene happening in front of him

"hwa! look at these! aren't they beautiful?"

and soon enough, Seonghwa too began gasping in awe at the drawings

"well, young Mr Kang, I suppose we both owe you an apology"

"an apology? for what?"

Mr Kang must've been part if his name, you thought, but giving him a name seemed to make everything a lot less... suspicious?

"weeeell... i-i thought you were kinda creepy and tried to avoid you every time you came into the cafe"

"and I was involved in that too"

"so we'd both like to apologise to you..?"

"Yeosang, Kang Yeosang"

"Yeosang"

Yeosang looked up at you with a shy smile on his face

maybe all of this could've been avoided if he'd just asked to sit with you that first day

it was something that made him laugh, now that he looked back in it

"well, I'd best get back to the till then, coffee doesn't make itself"

Seonghwa stood up and and walked back to continue his shift, a line of impatient customers now waiting for their evening beverages

and you and Yeosang sat watching him, laughing at how he was being scolded by the customer first in line

it's only after a few minutes that Yeosang stands up, and walks towards the till, ordering something from Seonghwa

it'd take a few minutes, but sure enough, he'd be back with two glasses of peach tea along with two cake pops, engaging in a conversation, which was quite unusual for Yeosang

but he'd make an exception for the pretty person sat with the peach tea between their arms >-<

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