Rain drops were leaving the sky and happily letting themselves go as they fell towards earth. People didn’t want to be caught up in the free-spirited rain, especially when the wind carried them and made the rain painfully crash into the people. The people scurried to get under some type of protection from the rain.

A pair of round, almond eyes wondered about, looking out into the madness of the city. Taking in the dampening surroundings: tires splashing water onto the sidewalks, horns honking for people to move out of the way, the wind whistling and sweeping the rain here to there, and the thudding of the awning above being pelted by rain drops.

A delicate hand reached out from the protection of the awning to survey how hard the rain was falling. Feeling cold rain hit the palm of the outreached hand sent shivers down the owner’s back. Enjoying how it felt to let the cold droplets rest in the palm, the owner of the hand took a deep breath and looked left and right before fleeing the shelter of the awning and using their hands to cover their head from getting wet.

After being in the rain for half a very brief moment, that’s when the person realized that the rain was falling harder than it was a few seconds ago. Having made the observation, the person escaped the clutches of the cold rain and scampered back under the store’s awning.

Once a few moments of observing the rain passed, the person deemed that the rain wasn’t falling as hard as it was moments ago.

Oh how wrong was that assumption.

As soon as the person went out into the rain again, an intense wink of radiance set the sky in a light blush of yellow that was immediately followed by a booming roar.

A helpless whimper seeped through the person’s plump heart shaped lips. The person hurriedly went back under the safety of the awning and then continued to gaze helplessly out into the endless haze that was the rain.

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Multiple sets of eyes stared at the figure that was standing under their store’s awning.

Some rested their heads on their hands or arms and others just stood silently, watching the figure wait for the rain to stop falling.

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Seeing as the rain wouldn’t let up any time soon, the person tilted their head back to look at the awning that was deflecting the rain away from the person. The person’s eyes traveled up the awning, then to where it connected to the top of a store. Turning around slightly the person stared at the store, trying to get a glimpse of what was inside. All the person could see was their reflection and the outside world behind them. Eyes flickering around the outside of the store, the person’s round eyes fell upon a sign that said…

My El Dorado.

Noting how there were barely people on the streets anymore and that the sky was darkening, the person walked over towards the entrance of the store and slowly opened the door.

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Grasping the situation before the others did, the oldest of the group of peering eyes hastily cleaned the store to greet the person that was about to enter.

“Yah guys! Get your asses back to your stations! He’s about to enter!” angrily whispered the oldest.

The employees quickly realized that their hyung was right and the boy was reaching for the door to the store. Before the ding of the bell sounded, all the employees got back to their earlier positions that they were in before the rain started.

When the bell did ding, signaling that the person came in, all heads snapped up to gaze at the person that just entered.

Poking his head timidly through the entrance of the store, the boy jumped into the store at the sound of the thunder, startled.

Head hanging low and avoiding the stares of the employees, the boy quickly scanned the store to found out that it’s actually a cozy restaurant. Still feeling the stares of the employees, the boy picked a spot in a corner of the restaurant to sit down and dry off.

Not noticing a figure approach the table, the boy was alarmed when he heard a soft voice start to speak.

“Um…excuse me. I noticed that you are slightly wet and was wondering if you would like a towel…” an employee explained sounding somewhat nervous.

The boy looked the employee over and his eyes landed on the employee’s nametag.

Luhan.

“Yes, thank you Luhan. I would appreciate it dearly if you would get me a towel,” said the customer.

After hearing conformation, Luhan rushed passed his fellow employees and passed the kitchen to head in the storage unit. There Luhan found a clean towel to give to the wet customer. Running to get back to the other, Luhan slowed down to get his breathing back to normal. When his breathing was not out of control Luhan walked back to the customer.

“Here you go sir,” Luhan said politely while handing the towel over to the customer. What Luhan got in return was a light giggle and a dashing smile from the cute customer.

“No need to call me sir, Luhan,” replied the customer with a beautiful heart shaped smile spreading across his face. “You can call me Kyungsoo.”

“Kyungsoo?” questioned Luhan, seeing how the name rolled off his tongue effortlessly.

“Yeah Kyungsoo,” said Kyungsoo.

As Kyungsoo and Luhan were exchanging names, multiple pairs of eyes watched the encounter.

“Why can’t we go and talk to the pretty customer hyung?” whined a dark brunette employee.

“Because Baekhyun,” said the manager. “Luhan got to him first. And until the ‘pretty’ customer as you say wants us to come over there, we won’t go over there.”

The employee named Baekhyun just pouted and stomped his way over to talk to a tall employee with elfish ears.

Meanwhile, Luhan was just observing Kyungsoo. How he first used the towel to wipe off the droplets in his hair, then afterwards brushed the droplets off his arms and legs. When Kyungsoo was brushing off droplets that were too close to a certain area, Luhan quietly held his breath but soon released that breath as Kyungsoo started talking again.

“Sorry what did you say Kyungsoo?” asked Luhan apologetically.

Kyungsoo gave Luhan a small smile before saying, “I asked if I could please get a cup of hot chocolate with extra whip cream.”

Luhan let out a soft chuckle at this boy’s cuteness, “Yeah, sure Kyungsoo.” 

As Luhan walked away, Kyungsoo continued to wipe away the little droplets that were still clinging onto him. After Kyungsoo deemed that he was dry enough, he let his curious eyes wonder about the restaurant. He noticed that it wasn’t a regular restaurant. This particular restaurant had a cozy, yet fancy sophistication to it. All the tables were of dark granite, the chairs were either the color of the tables or a shade of teal. The entire restaurant had an afterglow to it, with the warm orange and yellow lights bouncing off the furniture, illuminating everything.

Kyungsoo shifted in his seat, only to realize that he sunk a little deeper into the chair. Looking down to what he was sitting on, a bright smile soon stretched across his lips. Kyungsoo soon started to bounce in his seat while he waited for his hot chocolate to arrive, forgetting that he was actually in public and that a certain group of individuals were watching his every move.

They just stared at the boy that was bouncing on the comfy chair. Not one of the employees took their eyes off of their only customer that evening. Well except for eldest and most irritated employee who had to make the hot chocolate the cute customer wanted. But he was just mad that he couldn’t watch him like his fellow employees. Yet, when the barista got the order that the cutie customer wanted extra whip cream, he couldn’t help but laugh softly at the cuteness of it all. When the barista finished, he walk up to Luhan and held out the hot drink for Luhan to take. However, he thought better of it and took a small silver tray from behind the counter and placed the hot drink on the tray, balancing it on his hand before walking towards their cute customer.

“Yah hyung~” Luhan whined quietly, so that the customer couldn’t hear. “I’m supposed to take it to him.”

“Well as I’m the one who made the drink, I want to see his expression as I give it to him” reasoned the eldest. With that the eldest employee walked towards the customer, smirking mentally as he heard Luhan whine.

Still enjoying the plushness of the seat he was sitting in, Kyungsoo didn’t notice that a new face appeared before him with his drink. Twitching because of the sudden cough, Kyungsoo looked up to find an employee that wasn’t Luhan standing in front of him. Instead of asking where Luhan was, Kyungsoo satisfied his curiosity with the option of asking what this good looking man was doing in front of him. With a smile Kyungsoo asked, “Umm excuse me. Do you have any business with me?”

The employee just stared, frozen in his spot because he didn’t realize that the cute customer was this cute. Not answering the beautiful man immediately, the frozen employee shook his head and focused his attention back to the man before him. “Uh, yeah, I was told that this was your order. This is your order of hot chocolate with extra whip cream?” the employee indicated the hot drink that was on a tray he was carrying.

At the mention and indication of his hot chocolate with extra whip cream, Kyungsoo’s face broke out in the widest grin. The action actually caught the eldest employee off guard. The eldest employee had no idea how to react to the stunning smile being sent to him, so all he did was mindlessly slip the hot drink off the silver tray and place it in front of the eager customer.

Before Kyungsoo began to inhale the chocolate goodness, he looks up at the employee standing before him and quickly glances at his nametag before looking the employee in the eyes.

“Thank you Minseok for the drink,” Kyungsoo said. The said employee just continues to stare at Kyungsoo. When Kyungsoo put the mug up to his lips to taste the sweetness of the drink, he felt the hot liquid slide down his throat, setting his insides ablaze. “This is wonderful Minseok!” Kyungsoo says, beaming. “This is probably the best hot chocolate I ever had!”

Minseok was at a loss for words because this beautiful creature was highly praising his personal recipe; even more so because while drinking the hot liquid, the beautiful man’s eyes sparkled with delight, clearly telling Minseok that he was fully enjoying himself.

Minseok had never seen anything more beautiful.

However, when Kyungsoo stopped drinking for a minute, he realized that Minseok was still standing before him and he wondered why.

“Is there something wrong Minseok?” Kyungsoo asked, with his head tilted slightly to the side.

Minseok’s breath caught in his throat as he gazed at Kyungsoo. With whip cream grazing his upper lip and a touch on his nose, Minseok thought the beautiful customer looked beyond adorable. When Minseok heard the customer speak he snapped out of his thoughts.

“U-um n-no nothing,” Minseok mentally face palmed because he stuttered. He cleared his throat. “Uh nothing is wrong except you have whip cream on your face,” Minseok pointed towards his own upper lip and nose to indicate where the other male had the whip cream on his face.

Upon realizing that he truly did have whip cream on his face, Kyungsoo quickly swiped his tongue along his upper lip to rid of the evidence. Once again Minseok found his breath getting caught in his throat for the second time. The way the customer’s little pink tongue away the whip cream played in slow motion in Minseok’s mind. That was until he was, once again, snapped out of his thoughts by the customer.

“Is it all gone?” Kyungsoo asked.

Swallowing a little, Minseok shook his head lightly. Kyungsoo puffed his cheeks slightly, annoyed that he didn’t get all the whip cream off of him. Kyungsoo was trying to reach his nose with his tongue to away the whip cream that was still there. The key word was try. After a few moments of trying to away the remaining whip cream, Kyungsoo gave up with a pout and fell back into his comfy chair.

Minseok stood and watched all of this happen and couldn’t help the small chuckle that escaped him. Kyungsoo gave him a glare, but Minseok didn’t find it threatening. He found it cute.

“Here let me help you,” Minseok said while taking something out from his apron. Kyungsoo didn’t know what to expect, but what he didn’t expect was Minseok to pull a handkerchief out of his apron and get down on one knee in front of him. Minseok held the handkerchief out towards the customer’s nose to wipe away the excess whip cream, a soft smile on his lips.

A light pink blush blossomed across Kyungsoo’s cheeks as he felt Minseok’s gentle touch get the whip cream off his nose. Kyungsoo couldn’t look Minseok in the eyes anymore for he felt embarrassed. Minseok caught on to the other male’s shyness and was about to comment on it before he was rudely pulled away by one of his dongsaengs.

Kyungsoo was confused as to why a brunette employee was dragging Minseok away by the arm. However, Kyungsoo didn’t dwell on the fact for long because he quickly remembered that he still had his hot chocolate to finish. So instead of paying attention to the group of guys that he didn’t know was staring at him, he happily continued to drink his drink while looking out the window and into the dampened streets of Seoul.

Even though Minseok was the eldest and the strongest employee, the younger employee had surprise on his side when he dragged the eldest away from the beautiful customer.

“Yah! Why did you do that Baekhyun?!” Minseok whispered in a harsh tone.

The employee named Baekhyun just rolled his eyes at his hyung’s question. “Because hyung,” he started. “We can’t have you having all the fun with Kyungie.”

“K-kyungie?” Minseok stuttered.

“Yeah, Kyungie. Luhan told us his name was Kyungsoo, so I made him a nickname: Kyungie,” Baekhyun paused. “Wait hyung, did you seriously not ask him for his name?”

Minseok’s face lit up red and Baekhyun gave a snort of a laugh. “Really hyung you were about to kiss him and you didn’t even know his name. Wow.”

“I was not about to kiss him,” Minseok firmly stated, face darkening a bit.

“Yeah right hyung,” said an employee with strong facial features. “You were leaning in way too close for comfort. How could you not sneak in a kiss?”

“Because I’m not like you Chen,” Minseok deadpanned. Said man held up a hand to his chest in fake hurt.

“That really hurts hyung. That hurts right here,” Chen said faking a sob, while patting the area over his heart.

“Whatever,” Minseok concluded and walked away from the younger to get back behind the counter by the coffee machines.

Minseok noticed that the other employees except the manager were still staring at the cute customer, Kyungsoo. The eldest just sighed and went about cleaning his station. After he was done cleaning he glanced at his watch and realized that it was time. He was about to remind Baekhyun and Chen that it was time, but he found the two were nowhere in sight so he guessed that they already knew what time it was.

Kyungsoo gradually finished his hot chocolate. When he was done, he put the empty mug on the granite table and continued to watch the rain fall and splash against the windows. That was until he heard a lovely melody begin to sound behind him. Kyungsoo turned his body around to find an exquisite, polished russet shaded brown piano being played by charming young man with strong facial features.

Kyungsoo just melted into the beautiful harmony created by the young man. He was already ready to match the notes with his voice; however another young man beat him to it. Kyungsoo noticed that the other young man was the same man that dragged Minseok away. When Kyungsoo got a better look at the man, Kyungsoo thought he was striking. With his eyes outlined in black, his dark brunette hair styled perfectly, and his soothing voice harmonizing with the piano man’s notes. The man didn’t even have a microphone and Kyungsoo could still hear him clearly, not that the man needed it anyway. It was only him in the restaurant.

Moments later the brunette came to rest, followed by the piano man. Kyungsoo couldn’t believe that he heard something like that because it was his first time being absorbed by a performance. When he noticed that the piano man and the brunette were about to walk away into the back of the restaurant, he started to clap.

The sudden clapping startled both Baekhyun and Chen. They turned around to find the beautiful Kyungsoo standing from his seat, clapping with a bright smile on his face. Baekhyun and Chen shared a knowing look and at the same time bowed to their one audience member.

Before they could turn back around to head into the back of the restaurant, a small voice called out to them.

“Is it alright that I request a song?”

This had all the employees’ heads turning towards their one customer. They all saw a beautiful man, looking anywhere but at them while twiddling his thumbs. It was beyond an adorable sight.

Baekhyun decided that he would be the one to respond to Kyungsoo. “Yes sir, you can make requests. What is the request that you want us to play?” Baekhyun said politely.

Kyungsoo made a cute disgusted face. “Um please don’t call me sir. You can just call me Kyungsoo,” he said while staring into Baekhyun’s outlined eyes.

“Ok Kyungsoo, what is the song that you request?”

Kyungsoo smiled at the man he was talking to. “Can you sing Open Arms?”

“Yes we can Kyungsoo,” with that Baekhyun went to go get Luhan and Lay for the performance, but not before adding, “By the way, my name is Baekhyun.”

Kyungsoo nodded his head in acknowledgment and began moving his stuff to a table closer to where the piano was. He noticed that Baekhyun approached Luhan and another guy that looked like he was in a daze. It looked like Luhan was excited and the other guy showed a dimple smile, which Kyungsoo found adorable, when Baekhyun told them about the song choice.

The four guys walked to the piano. Kyungsoo saw that the dimpled man took his place at the piano, while the remaining three stood around the piano. Once the first key of the song played Kyungsoo opened his mouth before any of the other males could.

(Kyungsoo: maroon, Baekhyun: purple, Chen: blue, Luhan: green, All: black)

Mhhh whoa~ yeah-eah hmm~

Lying beside you

Here in the dark

Feeling your heart beat

With mine

Softly you whisper

You’re so sincere

How could our love be so blind?

All the employees were stunned silent, but the man at the piano continued to play. However, Luhan couldn’t ruin Kyungie’s requested song so he continued.

We sailed on together

We drifted apart

And here are by

My side

By the time Luhan was done with his part, Baekhyun and Chen seemed to be not in shock anymore and felt comfortable to continue singing with their beautiful customer.

So now I come to you

With open arms

Nothing to hide

Believe what I say

So here I am with open arms

Hoping you’ll see

What your love means to me

Open arms

Living without you

Living alone

This empty house seems so cold

Wanting to hold you

Wanting you near

How much I wanted you home

But now that you’ve come back

Turned night into day

I need you to stay

So now I come to you

With open arms

Nothing to hide

Believe what I say

So here I am

With open arms

Hoping you’ll see

What your love means to me

Open arms oh-who~

Hoping you’ll see

What your love means to me

Open arms