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jeno was dying.
he didnt know why, or how, donghyuck and chenle convinced him to pull an all nighter, along with jisung and yangyang, for two whole days.
it was to see who would stay up the longest, and by the afternoon of the second day, they all passed out. of course as they just barely finished exam week, which was full of stressful , sleepless nights. but what were college students supposed to do. live a normal, healthy life? jeno laughed at the thought.
after a full twenty-four hours of sleep later, they all woke up with nothing but fatigue with a mixture of satisfaction. it was still pretty early onto the day, so what better thing to do than to get coffee. at 1 pm.
of course no one wanted to go pick up coffee from the cafes, especially after sleeping a whole day way, so they had no other choice than to do some rock-paper-scissor.
as you can tell, jeno had lost.
jeno wasn’t so clueless on where the cafe was as he’s gone many times, just never stayed there for more than 5 minutes. the cafe had an app where you could preorder your things there, making the only thing you needing to do is picking it up and leaving. jeno has done that many times as he went straight to the library, or unfortunately class. yet this order was pretty big, so waiting there a bit longer was the only choice.
he opened the door and was hit with the smell of coffee. that alone could wake anyone up, and it may be working on him. all he had to do was walk up to where orders are dropped off and pick up his coffee. except only one of the orders were there, as expected. he stood next to the drink and went on his phone.
”are you lee jeno?” a voice said.
jeno looked up to see and holy eff was he beautiful. he had jet black hair, brown widen eyes, soft pink lips stretching a beautiful smile. he was wearing a light gray sweater that just fit him very, perfectly. he was very much jeno’s type.
”uh...yes. i am jeno.” he said.
”ah, good. well, due to your order being a big one, it’ll take a while to make. i’m sorry about that.” the very pretty barista said.
”oh no, take your time. my friends can wait.” jeno said.
”thank you.” the barista said, grinning.
he soon left back into making the drinks and jeno was praying his face wasn’t red. he quickly texted one of them saying that the drinks were gonna take a while and went straight to his camera app.
no sign of any red on his face. thank gosh.
the rest of the drinks were finished and all were put into a bag. the same barista gave him the bag and said goodbye. jeno gave his iconic eye smile and left with the bag in his hand.
ass wipe (donghyuck)
u won’t believe it
i think i met an angel
cool when r u coming back
days has passed after that interaction and jeno hadn’t gone back to the cafe. the saying ‘exam week’ couldn’t be the excuse as it had just happened, and jeno did not wanna come to terms that he was too scared to confront the man. even though there’s literally nothing to confront when the only single piece of conversation they had was just about his order. he sighed at the thought, now forgetting about video he was watching on his phone. why was he thinking about this barista? he had his fair share of crushes, but he’d never thought of someone like that .
and for gods sake he doesn’t even know his name . why is living in his mind rent free?
sighing once more, he shook off the thoughts and went back to watching the video. and as if god had other plans for him, a message from jisung popped up.
i’m bored. u wanna go 2 a cafe ? i’m in a bread and ice cream mood rn
”so do you already know what you wanna order?” jisung asked, desperation seeping through each word.
”yeah, i’m just getting a coffee.” jeno said.
”you’re no fun. you sound old.” jisung shrugged.
”say that again and i’ll eat your bread.” jeno said.
jisung squeaked and let out a small apology, even though they both know that jeno loves jisung and the thought of hurting him never crossed his mind. (“simp.” chenle said. “excuse me?” jeno said. “nah he’s right.” mark agrees.)
”okay can we order now? i’m realllly hungry.” jisung said.
jeno laughed and walked up to the cash register, taking out his wallet. the cafe was pretty calm, rush hour had just finished an hour ago, but they still had a few orders keeping them busy. jeno, of course, understands. he waits there for a while rehearsing his order when the cute barista boy comes up again.
wait what.
“hello! welcome to the coffee cup cafe, how may i be of service?” cute barista said, with a very pretty smile.
jeno felt his breath being ripped out of his lungs. pretty boy no longer had the gray sweater (i mean...of course), instead it was replaced with a black shirt that just looks ... a little too good on him.
“uhm, hi! um, yeah may i get an hot chocolate with eggs on toast? along with an iced coffee with extra cream.” jeno said, trying 2 stare at everything but the shirt.
he tapped down their order on the screen and looked back up at him. jeno swore that every second that went by felt like hours. to top it off, he gave off one of the most prettiest smiles he could ever give, making jeno’s heart beat even faster than before.
”will that be all sir?” he asked.
jeno was sure his heart literally stopped.
”y-yeah.” jeno smiled.
”alright, that will be 25$.” he said.
jeno swiped his card and went back to the table. he went to his camera to see if his face was red, hoping he didn’t make a fool of himself.
”whoa, what has you hot and bothered?” jisung asked.
right, jisung was there. damn it.
”noth...nothing. im not hot nor bothered. well i am hot but that’s besides the point.” jeno said.
”hm...whatever. anyways haechan, chenle, and i made a bet and i’m pretty sure i’m loosing.” jisung sighed.
“what’s with you guys and all these bets?” jeno asked.
”college is boring, okay? we gotta figure out what to do in our free time.” jisung shrugged.
”we’re supposed to be studying.” jeno said.
”you’re no fun. and you wonder why we call you no jam.” jisung muttered under his breath.
before jeno could open up his mouth, the cute barista came back with their food, smile still on his face.
”here you go! hope i didn’t keep you guys waiting. enjoy your food!” he said, leaving the two alone.
”awh shit, you got a cookie? maybe you’re not old after all.” jisung said.
”hey, watch your language. and i never did get a cookie...? maybe they just mistakenly put it there...” jeno said.
”well who cares, i say you eat it. free cookie, you know.” jisung said, biting into his toast.
jeno wondered if they truly did accidentally put it with their order, or someone just decided to give out a free cookie. or possibly, he ordered it out of panic and simply didn’t remember. jeno just shrugged off the thoughts and agreed with jisung, it’s a free cookie after all.
”hey...can i have the other half?”
he hadn’t seen doyoung in a pretty long time. his brother had been busy for the past few months at his job and just other things in life, making jeno feel a bit lonely without him. so he didn’t hesitate to agree with plans on going on a picnic with him.
dodoyoung (doyoung)
hm
what food should we bring?
i don’t really mind anything
ofc you dont
you don’t mind everything
you have left me no choice
lets go to coffee cup cafe
i miss it there
idk about that one guy though ...
u really need 2 stop beefing with him
he still owes me 10$ :/
i’ll message him right now
in the mean time
you go order !!!
thx ily <3
sounds fake but
ily 2
he didn’t even tell me what he wanted... jeno thought, while opening the app. too bad, he’s just gonna get him his usual order. if he felt like getting something else then sucks for him.
they both decided to meet up at the cafe, with doyoung driving them off to the park right after they pick up their order. jeno had gotten there first as he’s about 5 minutes away from said cafe. he stood in his usual spot and went on his phone as always. then he heard the usual jingle that signifies someone coming in. he looks up and it’s no other than his brother doyoung.
”jenoooo. stop growing.” doyoung said, patting his head.
”you know i can’t really .... do that. but hey nice to see you again.” jeno said.
doyoung looked around, “glad you’re doing great.” he sighed in relief, “he’s not here, thank gosh.”
”i’m not even gonna bother asking.” jeno laughed.
they talked for a few before jeno’s bladder had other plans. he quickly excused himself to the restroom and went to do this business. after he was finished, he came out. and whoop-de-do, was cute barista there. again.
he held in his breath and walked up to the two of them.
”...min, thank you so much. hey, tell your cousin that he sucks. tell the other one that i miss him. have a good day!” doyoung said.
min? was that his name? jeno was too far away to heard the first part of the conversation. he tapped doyoung, then waved at the other boy. doyoung gave him the drinks while he held onto the huge bag. they waved once more and went on their day.
once settled into the car, jeno asked him a question.
”you know him?”
doyoung nodded, “i’m friends with his cousin. why’d you ask?”
jeno felt his face warm up, “no...reason.”
doyoung shrugged it off and turned on the car. doyoung really was the best brother in the world.
donghyuck was not the best friend in the world.
okay, if he were honest, donghyuck is actually a very good friend. if he were to save his phone or a drowning donghyuck, he’d definitely save donghyuck, even though both of them know that hyuck knows how to swim. but right now, hyuck’s name is number one on the very worst friend list.
the two decided to go to the cafe just for funzies and hyuck was a bit late due to class taking a bit longer than usual. jeno didn’t mind as he knows that’s how college works. he decided to order for the both of them as he’s a very good friend himself, leaving him some extra time to himself. then a bit of a minor inconvenience happened, which left donghyuck breathless .
”so...” he wheezed, “so what happened again? sorry, i can’t stop laughing.”
jeno rolled his eyes.
“a lot of people tend to not know what espresso is. do you happened to know?” a voice said.
jeno looked up. he had decided to sit on the little stools that the cafe had there. he kinda had no idea why, but a lot of people tend to sit there, and the seats were pretty comfortable. yet, low and behold, sitting there was a good choice because cute barista is talking to him.
”espresso?” jeno asked.
”yeah...the little brown thing from coffee beans.” the barista tapped his fingers on the counter, avoiding eye contact with him.
”actually, i don’t know much about espresso.” jeno said.
”oh? well, do you mind if i explain it to you?” the barista asked.
jeno shook his head and turned off his phone, letting him know that he has his full attention. the barista understood what he was doing and went straight to explaining.
“i asked him what espresso was...” jeno said.
donghyuck laughed some more, “i literally cannot with you.”
“i literally knew what espresso was but, he was so pretty... so i just told him i didn’t know just so he could talk to me.” jeno said.
“that’s the most gayest story i’ve ever heard. quite literally.” donghyuck wiped a tear.
”yeah yeah. now you know about my crush. can we stop making fun of me now?” jeno asked.
”hmm. nope! it’s fun.” donghyuck grinned.
this was not gonna be an easy rest of the day.
10 cans of bounce that ass
milf hunter (chenle)
okay so
who wanna hang out with my two friends ?!
jisang ??!?! (jisung)
im down
waif do we even know who they r
milf hunter (chenle)
uuuuummmm
im 100% mark knows who one of them is
hyuck has def seen them like . once
the other friend um idk
unless u guys have been hanging with yuta lately
bark (mark)
SUNGCHAN AND SHOTARO?2&:?
milf hunter (chenle)
YEAH
ass wipe (donghyuck)
OH IVE SEEN CHAN LIKE
TWO TIMES
he’a cool
yeah i’m coming
bark (mark)
oh dude me 2
i’m free this whole week
me (jeno)
wtf is happening ?!
milf hunter (chenle)
plans r happening
young sir
lil shart (yangyang)
i heard plans and i wanna join
me (jeno)
ive never heard of these people ?
r they cool
bark (mark)
idk if i’m biased here or smth
but they r pretty cool
#rad
lil shart (yangyang)
#awesome
#fcuk
#mydogmfpissedonmybedagain
#brb
#godihatepiss
#piss
side eyes (renjun)
i believe i’ve heard of them before
yeah i’ll come
got nothing 2 do
when will this be happening ?
milf hunter (chenle)
this saturday
kisses u
side eyes (renjun)
pls don’t do that again
ass wipe (donghyuck)
yeah only i can do that
back off
know ur lane ?!
side eyes (renjun)
shut up
u don’t even have the privilege of kissing me
ass wipe (donghyuck)
okay but we were literally making out in the back of ur car yesterday
bark (mark)
dude without me ? :////
ass wipe (donghyuck)
sorry dude won’t happen again </3
side eyes (renjun)
</3
me (jeno)
... anyways
i’m free that day so i’ll be there
milf hunter (chenle)
bet
we’ll meet each other at the arcade @ 7 pm
sungchan leaves work @ 6
side eyes (renjun)
fine by me
bark (mark)
ight
me (jeno)
kk
lil shart (yangyang)
aye yall made out without me ?! :(
the weather outside wasn’t so bad, so jeno decided to wear the sweater doyoung had given him. he ran down the stairs and told his mother a quick goodbye, slipping on his shoes and walking out the door with his keys in his pocket. the arcade was ten minutes away, so jeno decided that he should just drive there to be quicker.
when he got there, mark, sungchan, chenle, and shotaro were already there, too caught up in their conversation. he walked up to them, pulling up a chair next to mark.
”hey jeno.” mark said.
jeno waved to the group of boys, before going back to some conversation that they were having.
”awh dude i could never work 24/7.” mark exclaimed.
”eh, you get used to it.” sungchan shrugged.
a couple minutes later, the rest of the group comes, to which they all decided to go bowling.
donghyuck took notice of jeno’s nice sweater, “you wearing that in case cute boy is here?”
jeno slightly shoved him, making donghyuck chuckle. “shut up.”
”god i hate bowling. once i went with jaehyun. i think that’s enough to say.” mark shuttered.
”what’s with him?” yangyang asked.
”jaehyun is like a bowling god . if he asks you to go bowl with him one day, immediately say no. best choice someone could ever make.” donghyuck replied.
”dude, i went with him, jaemin, and shotaro and he literally beat us all.” sungchan said.
”old man brutally beats little kids at bowling.” chenle joked.
after a few rounds of bowling, they decided to take a break and order some food, taking the time to learn more about the two new friends.
”japan, huh?” renjun asked, shotaro nodding.
“don’t worry if you mess up some korean. yangyang here still sucks.” chenle said.
“ continue talking and i’ll shove the bowling ball down your throat .” yangyang threatened.
” renjun he’s threatening me .” chenle responded.
” keep me out of this. anyways, you guys have things outside of school?” renjun said.
“i’m part of a dancing group. that’s how i met yuta and taeyong.” shotaro shrugged.
”i work at my family’s cafe,” sungchan said, “oh and shotaro’s dancing is amazing.”
”for real? what’s the cafe called?” jisung asked.
”the coffee cup cafe. if you have ever gone there, i probably don’t remember. there’s so many costumers and the only thing running through my mind is my studies” sungchan sighed.
something in jeno exploded. he slightly turned to donghyuck, to which he was staring at him back, with a very mischievous smirk.
”wait...you’re jaemin’s cousin?” jisung asked, “WAIT. YOURE JAEHYUN’S BROTHER?!”
the group went silent.
”of course he is! what else is he? their dog?!” chenle said.
”he looks more like a deer though...” yangyang said.
sungchan laughed, “no worries, you’d be surprised how many people have had the same reaction to my family.”
jeno spoke up, “wait so i’m confused now. you’re jaehyun’s brother? how come doyoung never told me about you...”
sungchan stared at him in shock, “you’re related to doyoung? that explains a lot too.”
”i’m also a bit confused too, is it a family company?” renjun asked.
sungchan nodded, “my mom and jaemin’s mom are sisters, and our grandparents opened up the cafe. so when our mom’s were old enough to take over the cafe, the three of us were put to work.”
”how come we never really see you though?” yangyang asked.
”well, i’m pretty busy with soccer, jaehyun’s...being jaehyun-.” donghyuck interrupted with a “true that!”- “which leaves jaemin. he has a couple of volunteering jobs here and there, but the people he volunteers with told him to take a break for a while, so he’s at the cafe when he’s not in school.”
donghyuck chucked a little as he turned to jeno. jeno, however, did not take the hint. instead he just looked at him with the world’s most confusing face, making donghyuck’s eyes widen.
”jeno...do you not realize?” donghyuck asked.
jeno felt all eyes on him, yet still not figuring out what donghyuck asked him. “no...i don’t.”
”oh my gosh. do i have to explain it with apples and crayons! who’s the cute barrista you’re always talking about.” donghyuck asked.
”um. could be jaehyun?” jeno shrugged.
donghyuck laughed, soon facing everyone else, “jeno has a crush on one of the workers there.”
everyone shared some sort of shocked expression, some even laughing. jeno didn’t mind that donghyuck just literally blared out his information, he just wanted to know what was happening. did everyone know who he liked just by those simple words? why isnt anyone telling him who it is? did he accidentally like sungchan’s dad?!
”oh my gosh...jeno i think you like jaemin.” sungchan said.
click.
jeno’s eyes widen, “is that his name?”
almost everyone in the group nodded their head. jeno felt embarrassed. there were MANY signs just screaming his name yet he was oblivious to it.
”...min, thank you so much. hey, tell your cousin that he sucks. tell the other one that i miss him. have a good day!” doyoung said.
”you know him?”
doyoung nodded, “i’m friends with his cousin. why’d you ask?”
”wait...you’re jaemin’s cousin?” jisung asked, “WAIT. YOURE JAEHYUN’S BROTHER?!”
sungchan nodded, “my mom and jaemin’s mom are sisters, and our grandparents opened up the cafe. so when our mom’s were old enough to take over the cafe, the three of us were put to work.”
wow. jeno really is stupid.
”oh my gosh i do like jaemin.” jeno admitted out loud.
he felt like this weight he didn’t know he was holding fell off his shoulders. he likes jaemin. jaemin. j-a-e-m-i-n. jaeminnnn. lee jaemin. wait what.
”that...explains a lot.” shotaro spoke up.
jeno looked up at him, confusion all over his face.
”well for starters, jaemin tend to talk about mysterious boy that he would never mention a name. yet you fit the description. he said that you were a ‘man of the dreams, my one and only, prince charming, hunk of a thing’, and other things i can’t remember.” shotaro said.
oh my gosh he likes him back. OH MY GOSH HE LIKES HIM BACK.
”you have got to be kidding me,” renjun said, “lee jeno are you THAT stupid!”
jeno couldn’t even argue. “dude i might be!”
mark pulled out his phone and pulled up something. he held out his phone to jeno. he had instagram open, showing a picture of him and....the cute barista!
”that’s him! you know him?” jeno said.
”jeno....everyone in this group knows him.” chenle said.
jeno fell silent. yep. this just in: lee jeno is the most blinded person to ever live.
”well, now that we have that down. why don’t we send you his number and then continue playing? i need to beat all your asses in bowling or we won’t go home.” donghyuck said, getting up.
maybe being dumb does get you somewhere.
xxx-xxx-xxxx
hey is this jaemin?
yeah it is !!!
may i ask who this is ???
hi! it’s jeno. uhm, a regular costumer, haha
oh hello jeno !
nice to see that you finally got the message :D
yeah, felt pretty stupid when i finally realized lol
well
now that’s over
im here talking to you <3
true
and i’m here wondering if you would like to
yk
go out with me this weekend?
god i’ve been waiting for this day
yes of course <3
“mh. don’t wake me up. i’m tired.” jeno muffled into the pillow.
”now now, lee jeno. it’s shotaro’s and jisung’s dance recital today. we need to get up right now! buy them gifts! get ready! maybe have a quick make out sesh in the back of my car while we wait for it to open! so get your lazy ass up. i’ll make you coffee if you want?” jaemin said, smacking his butt in the process.
jeno laughed, making jaemin grin. “alright i’ll get up. but i’m coming with you when your making coffee. also could we possibly change the making out thing to right now? i think we can afford to do it.”
jaemin shook his head, “no sir i’m afraid we cannot. now get up.”
jeno groaned and finally got up. jaemin ruffled his hair and gave him a quick peck on the lips before pulling on his hand. jeno laughed and got up, both walking towards the door and into the kitchen.
coffee didn’t sound so bad right now. especially when it’s made by cute barrista na jaemin. aka his boyfriend.