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g e n r e ; I still don’t know what the hell I’m writing.

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The song gives atmosphere, and I like advertising my very very underrated favourite anime, Daa Daa Daa.

“Just talk to him, seriously,” Henry sighed.

Donghae and Henry were currently at the café they visited every day for the past year, and well, Donghae only sipped a bit more of his strawberry smoothie in reply, and his eyes averted to the platinum blonde male behind the counter, currently serving an average height girl with mid-way chocolate brown hair.

She had a rather light perk in her step, Donghae noticed as he continued to drink through the straw, and she was a cheery girl. Around fourteen or fifteen, she was, and the man behind the counter served her with a small smile.

Cute.

 Donghae’s lips turned into a small smile as the girl bounced happily away to her blonde friend behind a small booth in the corner.

“Fine, but if you’re not going in three seconds, I’ll march right up there and tell him that you sleep with your Nemo plush every night and can’t live without it.” Henry teased. Donghae only stiffened slightly as Henry began counting. “One, two, three-”

Donghae stood up, perhaps a little too dramatically though, and pushed his chair lightly to the side with his right foot.

“Fine,” Donghae muttered in an impatient whisper as he tucked his chair in violently with a huff. “But only because I really don’t want him knowing about Nemo.”

Henry smiled triumphantly, and pointed to something behind Donghae.

Donghae turned around slowly, only to have the blonde behind the counter smile widely at him, and he felt the heat rise to his cheeks as he stepped forward to the counter.

“I’ll have another smoothie, please,” Donghae muttered, avoiding eye contact with the man in front of him.

Donghae took out another note from his wallet and placed it on the counter, only to have his breath caught in his throat as smooth voice called out his name.

“Donghae, am I correct?” The blonde male said, chuckling, and staring straight at Donghae as he just nodded turning to face the man behind the counter. “You still have your smoothie, and it’s barely half done, why do you need another one?”

“I, uhm,” Donghae paused awkwardly, rubbing the back of his neck.

“I’m sorry, that’s rude of me,” The blonde sighed again, and bowed his head slightly. Donghae looked over at the tag on his deep green apron, noting that he’d never actually seen the name tag before.

Hyukjae.

“No, it’s okay,” Donghae muttered after at least two minutes of silence. “I didn’t need one anyway.”

 “If you don’t mind me asking then, why are you here?” Hyukjae asked, pointing behind Donghae. “There are lots more customers.”

Donghae turned around, scared that he actually had been holding up customers, but only laughed when he saw his friend Henry giving him a thumbs up from the table he was sitting at before.

“So,” Donghae cleared his throat and looked up at Hyukjae as to say ‘continue’. “Why are you here?”

“I wanted to—“

“He wanted to ask you out.” Donghae was cut off by the smaller boy who was suddenly next to him.

Donghae’s eyes widened in the most animated expression Hyukjae had ever seen before, and it was one of the funniest faces as well. “No! I-I didn’t!”

Hyukjae chuckled a bit, “That’s okay, I’d love to!” he exclaimed, and Donghae almost started choking. “I get off in half an hour, but to be honest, it doesn’t seem like anyone is really going to come in…”

“That’s great, so let’s go!” Donghae’s eyes twinkled and he immediately fled the store.

Hyukjae smiled a small smile as Donghae exited the store, and he took off his apron and hung it up, and walked out the store, flipping the ‘open’ sign to the other side, forgetting about the few people still inside the store.

Henry sighed to himself.

“I guess I’ll have to tend to these customers myself!” He pumped his fist in the air.

-

Hyukjae came out in a black leather jacket zipped half way to reveal a red T-shirt and ripped jeans, and Donghae wondered if he has changed in the store, because he surely didn’t remember those clothes, but nonetheless, he approved.

Donghae sent a small smile his way and the blonde, who was just a few centimetres taller than Donghae, thank goodness, began to walk forward.

“We’re going to a chocolate store,” he announced, voice dripping in excitement, “it’s one I’ve wanted to go to since it opened.

Donghae walked fast to catch up with Hyukjae, and instinctively, he reached out and grabbed Hyukjae’s shirt sleeve and clung to it. The taller boy didn’t seem to notice.

“Why haven’t you been to it before?” Donghae asked, making conversation. Hyukjae only sighed and his eyes look far into the distance. Donghae wondered if he was pretending to have a flashback.

His assumptions were proved to be correct when Hyukjae shook his head and bit and turned it back towards Donghae. “It’s a long story.”

“We have time,” Donghae smiled. Hyukjae has a very pretty smile, Donghae decided by himself. It showed his gums, sure, but Donghae couldn’t help but feel it was still more genuine than some other people.

“I’ve just been busy, actually.” Hyukjae murmured.

Donghae hums a bit, “boring.”

“Hey,” He playfully teased, poking Donghae’s side lightly. “You asked.”

“I guess I did, huh.”

They walk a bit, and Donghae hand found Hyukjae’s and they walked together, hand in hand, all the way to the chocolate store happily, and Donghae couldn’t help but laugh every time Hyukjae started to explain how good chocolate was.

“Did you know,” Hyukjae started. “More than twice as many women than men eat and crave chocolate?”

Donghae chuckles whole heartedly as he squeezed on Hyukjae’s hand ever so slightly. “Stop with the chocolate facts, please.”

“It’s always great to expand your chocolate knowledge!”

There was a small silence for a few minutes, and Donghae sighed in relief, but Hyukjae started to speak up again.

“Chocolate contains flavonoids,” Hyukjae explained quickly, as if to not get scolded by Donghae. “And consuming foods rich in flavonoids has also been associated with a reduced risk of heart disease.”

Donghae laughed again, and they stopped walking as they arrived in front of a small, white shop with around three simple tables, and Hyukjae led them inside and took a seat.

“Two chocolate brownies and a chocolate mousse please,” Hyukjae announced as they entered the store, and the waiter dressed in plain white nodded formally.

Donghae turned to Hyukjae almost accusingly. “I thought you said you’ve never been here!”

Hyukjae laughed rather awkwardly as he continued. “Actually, I haven’t, but one of my friends who come here often tells me that’s what you do.”

“So, who’s having the chocolate mousse?”

Hyukjae seemed to be stalling for a while and he laughed and smiled.

“Well, I’ve always wanted to eat it, but I figured we could share.”

The waiter arrived as soon as Hyukjae had said that, and Donghae only laughed and took one plate of the chocolate brownie off and onto the table.

After the waiter left, he leaned forward a bit and whispered.

“The servings are so small, what?”

Hyukjae was already munching happily on his brownie and was staring at the chocolate mousse with his chocolate brown eyes. He looked up slowly, and his eyes wrinkles cutely as his smiled.

“Well, I know, and they’re expensive, but it’s yummy, right?”

Hyukjae had finished his brownie before Donghae had even taken his first bite, but when he had, his eyes fluttered up to meet the blonde’s.

“It is!”

Donghae finished his brownie almost immediately, fudge melting on his tongue happily as Hyukjae continued to watch him.

“What’s your phone number?”

Hyukjae took out his phone, and Donghae had laughed rather loudly at the fact that I was an LG Chocolate before telling him and talking a bit more about chocolate before deciding on sharing the chocolate mousse.

In the middle of eating the chocolate mousse though, Hyukjae had quite loudly whispered, “hey Donghae, did you know that we could build twenty hospitals every year with the amount of money we spend on Easter eggs?”

-

Donghae did indeed go back to the small café the day after, and to his surprise, Hyukjae was already there, but as a customer.

“I took the day off,” He explained. “And we hired your friend Henry who was much too willing to work.”

“He’s always been a bit weird.”

Donghae laughed a bit, and only proceeded to laugh more as Hyukjae took out a red box full of Lindor chocolate. Accepting the present, Donghae sat down on the seat in front of Hyukjae, and opened the box, only to realize he had been wrong to think it was full.

“I couldn’t help myself.” Hyukjae explained lightly, not-so-secretly taking another one and shoving it in his mouth.

“Hyukjae,” Donghae cleared his throat, and the blonde male looked up. “I heard there was a chocolate convention in town-”

“Let’s go.”

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There are a few points I'd like to make.

1) OH MY GOODNESS I'M SO SORRY FOR THIS IT'S SO LAME AND YOU HAD TO WAIT LIKE WHAT A MONTH IDK BUT SERIOUSLY THE NEXT ONE WILL BE SOMEWHAT BETTER I PROMISE.

2) http://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/371035/outer-shards-donghae Yeah I'm advertising again. Haha.

3) Out of the 5 oneshots so far, which one's your favourite? c:

I really only think i'll get like 2 answers but please comment anyway? :'D