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Chapter ten (2/2) :
"Welcome to Junghan and Jisoo's Cafe- I HOPE YOU'RE READY TO FANGIRL OVER 13 TEENAGE BOYS!"

‘Soonyoung hyung, wait up!’

At the mention of his name, the blonde stops and turns, facing a breathless Seokmin; with raised eyebrows, Soonyoung smiles brightly to greet the other.

‘Seokmin? Why aren’t you inside?’

‘Shouldn’t I be asking you that?’ Seokmin replies, heaving through short breathes as he walks beside Soonyoung. ‘It’s like, 8, we should really be cleaning right now.’

‘You clean~’ Soonyoung says playfully, sticking his tongue out at the other as he giggles lightly.

‘Eyyy, how can a hyung make their dongsaeng do that?’ Pouting, Seokmin links their arms together before ruffling the other’s hair (he sure didn’t miss that faint blush on Soonyoung’s cheeks.) ‘C’mon, if you’re going to make me clean alone, then might as well let the guys clean for us~’

Laughing, Soonyoung nods repeatedly, eyes on the floor as he is more focused on the feeling of Seokmin’s skin against his, the way their arms fit perfectly together and how their feet moves at the same pace. Soonyoung tries to calm himself down, he tries to calm his heart down because nope, no way is this happening. Seokmin is just a friend, just a little brother.

‘Hyung?’ Soonyoung turns to look to his side, lips curling into a small smile when he sees Seokmin staring back, eyes big with curiousity. ‘What are you thinking about? I thought you were ignoring me for a second there. Should I stop talking? Am I annoying yo-‘

‘Gosh, Seokmin.’ Soonyoung interrupts, laughing at the other’s panicking face. ‘Hm, maybe you should stop talking~’ Soonyoung jokes, his laughter becoming even louder when he sees Seokmin’s frown.

Though when he feels Seokmin pulling his arm away from Soonyoung and the way the latter hangs his head low, Soonyoung realizes that crap, Seokmin’s wayyyy more sensitive than I’ve thought.

‘Yah.’ Seokmin remains silent and Soonyoung lets out a small sigh. ‘Yahhhhhh.’

The blonde starts poking his friend’s head, smiling when he sees Seokmin trying to control his laugh.

‘Seokminnnnnnnnn~ Come on, I was kiddinggggg!’ Soonyoung whines, putting on his best baby voice. ‘Minnnniiiieeee-‘

‘Okay, no. You can stop now.’ Soonyoung laughs loudly in victory, grinning when he sees Seokmin cringing at his aegyo.

‘C’mon, stop lying. I know you love me~’

‘Urgh, hyung, who are you kidding.’ Seokmin sticks his tongue out at the other. ‘I’d rather be in love with a pole-‘

‘Yah!’ Soonyoung frowns, hitting the other’s arm (‘Ey that hurts!’ ‘You deserved it.’) ‘I’m offended!’

‘Ehehehehehe~’ Seokmin laughs and Soonyoung had to try his best not to smile because man, Seokmin’s so damn adorable.

Crossing his arm like a little kid, Soonyoung stomps forward, ignoring the other’s screams of ‘Wait up!’ and ‘Hyung, I was kidding too!’

‘Go away!' Soonyoung yells back, keeping his pace as he marches towards the cafe. 'Go and be in love with the pole since it’s so much better than me-‘

Thinking that the other is wayyyy further back, Soonyoung is caugh off guard when he feels hands on his shoulders, turning him back.

’S-Seokmin…’ Soonyoung’s voice trails off when he realizes the fact that he’s inches away from the other now, Seokmin’s hands holding onto his shoulders.

‘Hyung, I was kidding.’ Seokmin starts, voice stern and for a moment, Soonyoung wonders if this is really the Seokmin he knows. ‘And hey, nothing’s better than you.’

Gulping, Soonyoung opens his mouth to reply but no words came out.

‘Let’s go back inside now, shall we?’ Smiling, Seokmin cheekily entertwines their hands together as he pulls the other forward, walking in front to hide his red face.

Does this mean we’re dating now-

‘Where the hell have you two been?!’

Well crap, what to tell Junghan hyung now?!

‘Jihoon, how much money did we make yesterday?’

‘Jihoon, how much money did we used on groceries?’

‘Jihoon, how much money did we-‘

‘Oh my god, hyung!’ Jihoon exclaims in annoyance, throwing his arms into the air dramatically. ‘You know that you’re a cashier too, right?!’

‘But but-‘

‘No buts!’ Jihoon glares at a crumbling Seungcheol, hands gripping onto his own head as if he was having a midlife crisis, as if. ‘C’mon, here’s the calculator.’

Seungcheol lets out a long sigh as he receives the calculator from the other, groaning quietly as he tries getting his head around all the numbers. Jihoon takes a glance at the other to see how he’s doing and the pink haired male stops, placing his own calculator down as he crouches down to Seungcheol. The older has his back leaning against the wooden counter, legs crossed on the floor with furrowed eyebrows.

‘Hyung…’ Jihoon asks, slightly worried about the other. ‘Are you okay? You were fine when we first started working toget-‘

‘I don’t know!’ The sudden rise in Seungcheol’s voice surprised the younger, ‘I just… I don’t know what’s wrong with me anymore.’

Staring at the other, Jihoon tries to figure out what’s wrong. Seungcheol was never hesitant when it comes to his job; this is something Jihoon picked up the second they started working together, there was a point where Jihoon was scared he’d get fired or moved to another job since Seungcheol’s so good at being a cashier already. Nowadays though, Seungcheol had always been miscounting their money (Junghan had went crazy thinking they lost some money once) and forgetting how to calculate their profit and Jihoon’s just so, so worried about the other.

Though there is also something else that Jihoon had noticed. Jihoon had noticed the quick glances, the subtle touches and the red cheeks Seungcheol has every time they faced each other to talk. There’s something so, so weird about Seungcheol these days and JIhoon just can’t put a finger on it-

Could it be?

‘Hyung…’ JIhoon’s voice trails off, waiting for the other to look up at him.

‘Wh-‘

‘Is it because of me?’

Jihoon’s bluntness caught Seungcheol’s off guard as the older freezes, calculator laying still in his lifeless hand.

‘W-What-‘

‘Hyung.’ The stern voice made Seungcheol gulps, realizing that maybe, just maybe the other had caught on to what had been going on. ‘Just be honest with me. Is it because I’ve been too active lately? Is it because you feel like I’m taking over your job?’

Wait what?!

‘C’mon, just tell me. I can stop being so talkative and let you do your job to-‘

Jihoon stops when he hears Seungcheol’s chuckle. Tilting his head, Jihoon asks in confusion. ‘What? Is there something on my fac-‘

‘Dummy.’ (‘Hey!’) Seungcheol flicks the younger’s forehead, seconds from earning a hit from Jihoon when he places his hand gently beside the other’s cheek. ‘Jihoon, no, it’s not because I feel like you’re stealing my job. (‘Phew-‘) But it is because of you though.’

‘Wait what-‘

‘It’s because you’re making me feel things.’ Jihoon stares at the other in confusion, cheeks reddening when he feels Seungcheol carressing his cheek. ‘You’re so damn adorable and I feel like I’m going to explode any second now.’

Jihoon stays quiet, the two holding up their eye contact and man, this is the longest they’ve ever looked at each other and wow, Seungcheol looks so good-

‘So yeah, stop looking so adorable.’

‘How am I gonna do that-‘

Seungcheol laughs, ruffling the other’s pink hair before leaning forward, cheeks flushing slightly when he feels Jihoon’s breathe on his face.

‘I don’t know.’ Seungcheol flashes a playful smile. ‘I’ll just have to cope with it. Now c’mon, let’s get back to work, son.’

Jihoon’s jaws drop and Seungcheol scrambles to his feet, running off before Jihoon could hit him.

‘Did you just family-zoned me?!’

It’d been months since the 13 boys had started working together; time sure flies by fast and they’re now all comfortable with their jobs and co-workers. 

Seungkwan and Vernon are no longer arguing, only small bickerings now and then but it always end with Vernon pulling Seungkwan into the storage room, threatening the other to shut up unless he wants to lose his first kiss. (‘Man, I really shouldn’t have told you about my weakness.’ ‘Too bad, you’ve already told me~’)

Junghan and Jisoo are now glued together; where there is Junghan, there will be Jisoo and the boys aren’t even suprised. Ever since their little night walk, the two are always staring at each other from across the cafe, sending loving smiles and earning loud ‘Ew!’ from the others (‘Shut up unless you want to work extra hours.’) The two had been staying up all night, spending all their time on flirty messages and random conversations. But hey, at least they’re brave enough to reveal their relationship to the others, not like Jihoon and Seungcheol.

Opposite to Seungkwan and Vernon, these two had been bickering all day long. Whether it be about small things like which colour is better to things like their feelings for each other, the two can always make it an argument topic (Chan is definitely not using these for his persuasive writing piece.) But through the loud bickerings, everyone can see the loving glances they send each other throughout the day, including the two’s encouraging smiles for each other and the boys can’t wait ‘till these two man up and admit that they’re in love with each other.

Minghao and Jun are still the same old peaceful duo, the two chinese males always there to help each other out. Everyone’s jealous with Minghao for having someone like Jun, the older is literally always around to help Minghao communicate with others since the other’s korean is still not the best. Minghao himself is so, so thankful for Jun and he can never thank the other enough.

All 11 boys had agreed that Soonyoung and Seokmin are the loudest couple alive because even a cup of coffee grinds can be made into a joke, resulting with their laughters that Jisoo swears can be heard from 10 blocks away. The two are always teasing each other, always lively with big smiles and subtle skinship; the two sure like skinship, there’s no denying that, they’re just really shy about it in public (Chan once walked in on Soonyoung with his arm slung around Seokmin’s shoulder, sharing earphones with his head leaning against the other and the moment Soonyoung saw Chan, the earphones were violently pulled out and Seokmin was put into a headlock, Soonyoung claiming that they were definitely not hugging or anything like that.)

And then there’s Mingyu and Wonwoo.

Chan swears, they’re the worst couple to be around when you’re single.

Mingyu can literally never keep his hands off Wonwoo; whenever they’re together (and that’s all the time), Mingyu would either have his hand holding securely onto Wonwoo’s waist or their hands would be entertwined with each other. Wonwoo’s always shooing the other off, cheeks red with embarassment when he hears the other making gagging noises - Chan had earned himself a 30 minutes long lecture from Mingyu about not making Wonwoo uncomfortable and the other had kept himself quiet for the longest time before Wonwoo made Mingyu apologize for making it a big deal (‘I was teaching him some manners-‘ ‘Shut up before I teach you some manners, Mingyu.’)

And that leaves Chan, the youngest out of the 13 and honestly, the reason for all these couples forming. Chan is always looking at his hyungs with both disgust and pride, proud that he could make them all this happy.

Deep, deep down in his heart, Chan thanks his dad for offering them this chance; the chance for all these couples and the chance for Chan to finally feel like he’s where he belongs, a place with people that shows him the care he needs - he knows his dad cares, he really does, he just needs to see it.

And so that makes Junghan and Jisoo’s Cafe; the thirteen loud, teenage boys, the friendly smiles, the flavourful coffee and cakes, this is what brings Junghan and Jisoo’s Cafe the reputation of being the best cafe in town.