wc: 267

au/genre: barista, pining

a (very) short addition to Pining

It’s half past three, lunch hour long gone. The café is now left with a few customers sipping on almost empty cups.

A table of four occupied by a group of student, seem busy typing stuffs into their laptops. The bar section half filled with business people, some reading newspapers while some checking phones. Right by the window, a pair of lovebirds sat staring at each other, greasily ice latte and grinning at each other.

Some of his colleague already excused themselves for some cigarettes outside, leaving him alone tending the front. No new customer came in during the first fifteen minutes, but the first one after that had his heart running wild.

Spring break just ended, he guesses he went home. That explains why he hasn’t seen him for a couple of weeks.

“Two strawberry scones and a cup of hot mocha latte please.” Woohyun memorises that line by heart, takes the cash and asks him to wait by the pick-up counter. He writes his name without asking, because he already knows.

He tries to be subtle but it is hard not to steal glances when his crush is standing so close and there’s no long line that he has to rush after. That’s certainly the longest time he used to get