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6:58AM. Jungkook checked his phone while rubbing his right eye; he woke up 2 minutes earlier than his alarm was supposed to go off. He rolled his eyes in annoyance and cursed under his breath, he hated when this happened. He did not get up just yet and savored the last two minutes on his bed; stared blankly at the ceiling and waited for the alarm to begin to sound. When it did, he slowly got up and went to the bathroom to wash his hair and his face. He then went on with his morning routine and applied lotion and sunscreen on his face. After that, he went back to his room and changed into his school uniform, which was already prepared and hung on the cabinet, probably by his mom last night. He then stood in front of the mirror, took a brush in his hand and effortlessly styled his hair. He brushed it up like how he usually did it.

 

When he was all done, Jungkook went outside of his room and saw that the apartment was still empty. He checked his mom’s room to see if she was there; she was, but still sleeping. “She must’ve gone home late again last night.” He thought.

 

Jungkook’s mom usually woke up before him to make breakfast but there were times when the hospital needed more staff and she had to go overtime. Due to that, she also had to come home late and oversleep.

 

Jungkook didn’t wake her mom up as he knew she was tired from work. He just carefully closed the bedroom door and walked to the kitchen area to make breakfast. He made two sandwiches; one grilled cheese sandwich for him and one ham and cheese sandwich for his mom. He took the grilled cheese to his mouth and placed the other sandwich on the dining table with a note that said, “I made you a sandwich, mom. I’m off to school now, I’ll see you tomorrow –Kookie”.

 

7:32AM. He quickly finished his sandwich and brushed his teeth before he went to the bus stop to wait for the 7:40 AM bus that would take him to school. The bus arrived after a few minutes; Jungkook and 4 other people, two of whom were also students from his school, got on. At the back of the bus, Jungkook saw a familiar face sleeping soundly. It was his older friend, Taehyung. He sat next him and gave him a nudge. The older guy woke up and slowly opened his eyes as he took off one earphone from his ear. He looked at Jungkook with unfocused eyes, still half asleep. “Oh Jungkook, hey.” Taehyung sat up straight, stretched a little and smiled.

 

“Hey, hyung.” Jungkook smiled back. He gave the other guy a second look and laughed as he directed his pointer finger to the side of his own mouth. “You have a little –uh”

 

“Oh.” Taehyung laughed sheepishly, getting the message that the younger guy was trying to convey. He pulled the collar of his uniform and used it to wipe the corner of his mouth. “Is it all gone?” He asked.

 

Jungkook nodded and laughed again. “You’re embarrassing.” He teased.

 

“I know.” Taehyung agreed and they both laughed.

 

“Oh right. Wait, do you have work tomorrow?” He continued as their laughter slowly began to die down.

 

“Yeah, I do. Why?” Jungkook asked, still chuckling.

 

“Yoongi hyung’s throwing a mini party at his house tomorrow. Everybody’s going to be there and he told me to tell you to come.” Taehyung answered. “Come after your shift ends.”

 

“Okay.” The younger guy just nodded and smiled.

 

“And tell Jimin to come too.” Taehyung added.

 

“Jimin hyung’s shift doesn’t end until 9pm though.” Jungkook pouted. “Hmm, I’ll just wait for him and we’ll go together.”

 

“Okay, great!” Taehyung said, shooting Jungkook a wide smile.

 

It was a 10-minute bus ride. The two boys got off in front of the school gates and separated as soon as they got inside of the school premises. Jungkook’s class was situated on the west side of the campus and Taehyung’s was on the other side.

 

“I’ll see you around!” Taehyung said as he lightly hit Jungkook on the back.

 

Jungkook did not give a respond but instead gave Taehyung a quick wave.

 

He entered the building, loosely holding onto the straps of his backpack with both hands, and went up three flights of stairs where his classroom was located. He greeted some of his friends and schoolmates that he passed by on the stairway or on the hallway and bowed to some of his seniors that he knew. Jungkook knew a lot of people in school by face but he could never remember all of their names. 

 

He went inside his classroom, sounds of students chattering and laughing heard in all directions. He walked towards his seat near the window and placed his backpack just right beside his desk. Then, he rested his head on his arm directly after he sat down. Jungkook was about to drift off to sleep when he heard the teacher loudly hit the table three times and ordered the students to go back to their places. He tiredly sat up, scratched the right side of his face and yawned.

 

“Good morning, class. Are you guys ready for a pop quiz?”

 

-

 

As always, Jungkook spent most of the hours in school just staring outside the window or sleeping in class. He got caught once and got reprimanded by the teacher but it did not stop him from sleeping in the other classes.

 

Nothing really special happened to Jungkook in school that day; except when he spilled some of his juice on his pants during lunch that he looked like he just peed on himself; so he had to go to the restroom and use the hand blower to dry his pants. It was quite a struggle but he still managed. Although, that wasn’t really something he could classify as special.

 

2:59PM. Jungkook looked fixedly at the clock on the wall as he counted down the last 60 seconds in his head, tapping the desk with his fingers. “60...59…58…57…”.  In his peripheral view, he could see the girl seated next to him look at him for a good three seconds but he still didn’t lose his focus and continued with his countdown. “7…6…5…”

 

When the bell rang, everybody stood up from their seats and raced to the door; including Jungkook, himself. He walked to the gates with his friends and chatted with them for a while before he bade goodbye and separated from them.

 

3:19PM. He arrived at the café and saw a busy Jimin bringing orders to customers’ tables, so he did not greet him anymore and went straight to the locker room to change into his work uniform. His shift didn’t start until 3:30pm but he decided to start early and help his hyung. He cleaned a table that was occupied by two students who just left and went behind the counter to take orders.

 

Jimin was in the middle of making an Iced Caffè Americano when Jungkook remembered to tell him about the party tomorrow.

 

“Hyung, Yoongi hyung’s having a mini party at his house tomorrow. He told us to come.” Jungkook said, turning back to face Jimin.

 

“Count me in.” Jimin answered as he filled the cup with water and stirred the mixture. “Who’s going to be there?” He asked.

 

“Everybody, I guess.” Jungkook shrugged.

 

“Great, haven’t seen the boys in a while.” Jimin smiled. “Now, here.” He handed the Iced Caffè Americano that he prepared to Jungkook. “Take this to table 2.”

 

4:02PM. Jungkook was still behind the counter, silently singing along to the song on the speakers when the doors opened and another customer came in.  He perked a smile when he saw who it was. It was the same girl from yesterday, still holding onto some books, but not as many.

 

“Hi. Welcome back. What can I get for you today?” Jungkook asked, with a bright smile on his face.

 

“Hi.” The girl smiled back. “I’ll have a Vanilla Frappuccino, grande and one glazed donut please.”

 

“Hmm, same order, huh?” Jungkook said as he started punching in the order on the register. “Would you like to add something to that?” He continued, giving the girl a lopsided smile.

 

The girl didn’t say anything and just shook her head. 

 

“Okay, that’ll $8.79”

 

This time, the girl smoothly reached inside her pocket, took out a ten dollar bill and gave it to Jungkook.

 

“I received 10 dollars. And uhm I’m sorry, miss but can I get your name again?” Jungkook asked, getting ready to write her name on the cup.

 

“It’s Seri.” She answered.

 

“Seri…” Jungkook mumbled, writing it on the cup and adding a smiley face just right beside her name.

He gave the cup to Jimin who immediately started making the frappe and Jungkook then prepared the receipt and the change and gave it to Seri. “Here’s your receipt and your change of $1.21. You can find a seat and I’ll just bring your orders to your table.” He smiled again.

 

Seri smiled as she turned her back from him and went to find an empty table. She found one at the corner of the café and decided to sit there. She placed her books on top of the table and her backpack beside her. Rolling up her sleeves, she took one of her books, opened it and started reading. She only stopped when she pulled out a pen and a notebook from her bag and used them to write down some notes as she continued reading where she left off.  She was totally engrossed in what she was doing when Jungkook came to her table and brought her orders.

 

“Here’s your Vanilla Frappe, Miss Seri. And your glazed donut.” Jungkook carefully placed the drink and the food on the empty space of the table.

 

“Thank you.” She smiled and looked up at him for a split second before she started writing down some notes again.

 

“So…are you studying medicine?” Jungkook asked.

 

“What?” she stopped writing and looked at him. She thought he was already gone.

 

“That’s a lot of medical books you got there.” He said, pointing at the books that were scattered on the table.

 

“Oh, these? No.” she chuckled. “I just do it as a hobby. I mean I really like reading books and today just felt like a medical book kind of day.”

 

“Ohh...” Jungkook couldn’t seem to find the right response.

 

 “Is it weird?” She asked, probably feeling a bit embarrassed.

 

“No, no. Not at all. It’s –it’s interesting.” He stuttered a bit.

 

She smiled at him and looked back down to her book. She turned it to the next page and started writing again.

 

“Well uhm, I’ll be over there if you need anything else.” Jungkook said.

 

Seri gave him a quick glance and uttered, “Thank you.”

 

Jungkook went back to his station and placed the tray he used on the side of the counter. “Did I just insult her?” He muttered to himself. “I think I kind of did.”  He ruffled the side of his hair and huffed.

 

“What’s up with you?” Jimin suddenly came out of nowhere.

 

Jungkook jumped a little, “Nothing.” He instantly answered.

 

“You’re weird.” Jimin laughed as he hit Jungkook with the towel that he was holding.

 

“You’re weird –that was basically what I said to her.” Jungkook glared at Jimin and sighed.

 

-

 

6:34PM. Two and a half hours had passed and Seri was still at the corner of the café, reading and writing notes. Her frappe was already all gone but she did not order anything more and her glazed donut was still half eaten. Jungkook would look at her from time to time. He felt bad. He wanted to approach her and apologize but he was scared that when he started saying something, he might come out rude again. So he just stayed put where he was and continued taking orders.

 

6:50PM. Sixteen minutes later, Seri gobbled up her ¼ glazed donut and started putting her notebooks and other things inside her bag. With a mouth still full, she stood up from her seat and slipped the straps of her backpack over her shoulders. She then gathered all her books and carried them out of the café.

 

Jungkook just watched Seri walk out of the shop and he couldn’t help but feel a bit disappointed at himself.

 

“She’s probably never going to come back here again.” He thought, staring at the glass doors. “I think I just screwed our chance of getting a regular customer.” He vigorously shook his head and heavily sighed.

 

“Hey weirdo, bring these to table 4.” Jimin instructed, shaking Jungkook out of his thoughts.

 

“Don’t call me weirdo. That’s rude.” Jungkook scowled at Jimin and forcefully took the tray with the drinks from his hands.

 

Jimin scratched his head and looked at the younger guy, confused.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A/N: I'm sorry this took so long and the ending was bad too. forgive me :(