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It was Yurim’s idea to come to the cafe. She had told Heedo that she wanted to try the new place and who was Heedo to deny her beautiful girlfriend a trip to the coffee shop.
The cafe was just a few blocks away from Yurim’s house, so they decided to go the morning after Heedo had spent the night at the Ko residence.
Hand in hand, the two girls made their way to the shop, arriving in almost forty five minutes. (Although, time flies when you’re having fun, so it just felt like a short leisurely walk).
They entered the shop and stopped at a small table for two.
“Sit, Heedo-ya. I’ll order.” Yurim told Heedo. The latter sat down, happy that her girlfriend was willing to order for her, since her people skills were below par.
“Do you want a coffee?” Yurim asked.
Heedo shook her head “Can I get a cake pop?”
“They have those here?”
“I think so” Heedo nodded “I saw it in the display window”
“Alright then,” Yurim smoothed Heedo’s hair affectionately, “I’ll be back soon”
Yurim strolled up to the counter and began her order “Can I please get one Iced Americano and a cake pop” she asked politely.
“Of course!” The cashier replied, typing in the order “That’ll be $7.43. And can I please get a name for you order?
Passing over the money, she hesitated before answering “Na Yurim.”
A smiled formed on Yurim’s lips ‘It sounds nice.’ she thought to herself.
“Great! Your drink will be ready soon” The cashier handed Yurim the bagged, pre made cake pop and went off to make her drink.
“Heedo-ya,” Yurim said, grabbing Heedo’s attention as she walked back to the table and sat down “Here you go.”
“Thank you.” Heedo smiled her stupidly cute grin, making Yurim’s heart skip a beat.
“Are you gonna eat it?” Yurim asked curiosly, noticing Heedo hadn’t opened the bag that held the cake pop.
Heedo shook her head “Not yet, I’m waiting for you” she said simply
“Aw, that’s nice, Heedo-ya, but you don-“
“Order for Na Yurim! Na Yurim your drink is ready!” the cashier said loudly, cutting Yurim’s sentence off.
Heedo’s eyes widened “Na Yurim?” her face began turning red.
“I wanted to see how it would sound” Yurim explained, blushing slightly.
“It sounds nice” Heedo mirrored Yurim’s exact thoughts from before.
“I think so too” She agreed before heading to grab her drink. She thanked the cashier, grabbed her coffee, and walked back to the table, once again.
“Okay, go ahead and eat” Yurim urged Heedo.
As Yurim was drinking her coffee, she watched Heedo contently. Everything was normal until Heedo started biting only the chocolate layer of cake pop off, leaving the actual cake exposed.
“Uh… Heedo-ya,” Heedo looked up at the mention of her name “Not to, you know, sound rude, but why the fuck are you eating it like that?”
Heedo’s face contorted into a confused expression and she looked down at her treat “Like what?”
“Na Heedo, you are biting just the chocolate off” Yurim explained “Who else does that?” she asked softly but still baffled.
“Ohhhhhh” Heedo realized what Yurim meant “Well, I always eat it like this. When I eat the cake and chocolate separately, I can taste both of the different flavors.”
Yurim cover her mouth with her hand “Heedo… Why?”
“So I can tell which one I like more and eat that last.” she explained.
“Could you just… try them together?” Yurim asked.
“I don’t think it’s gonna be good that way Yurim-ah, but for you, I’ll do it” Heedo winked at Yurim, making the latter cringe but a warm feeling still crept into her heart.
Heedo took a small bite of both the chocolate and cake and lightly slapped her hand on the table “Oh my god!” she exclaimed “That’s so good!”
Yurim burst into laughter “That’s why you eat them together, you bozo.”
To anyone else, the name might of felt like and insult, but to Heedo and Yurim, it was a term of endearment that displayed their affection for one another.
“Wow, Yurim-ah!” Heedo took another bite “You’re so smart.” There was no sarcasm in Heedo’s voice, just pure adoration.
Yurim reached over and patted Heedo’s head “Yea, yea. Enjoy your treat Heedo-ya.” she smiled, retracting her hand and leaning back in her seat.
Soon, their coffee date came to an end. They had finished they food and had decided to leave the cafe.
On their walk home, they decided to stop by Heedo’s house to let her mom know that she wanted to spend the night at Yurim’s place again (It was a little out of the way and they doubted she would even be home, but it was worth a shot nonetheless).
Heedo pulled Yurim to the door and unlocked it.
“Mom!” Heedo yelled “Are you home!”
No response.
“Uh… I’ll just write a note.” Heedo sighed, walking inside, finding a pen, and writing something down on a piece of paper.
‘Dear Mom, I’m going to Yurim’s house again. Don’t miss me too much.’ she wrote, and ran to her moms room to set it down on her pillow.
“‘Kay, Na Yurim” she teased, returning to her girlfriend “Let’s go home” she smiled and held out her hand for Yurim to grab.
Yurim took Heedo’s hand in her own before smiling. Maybe her girlfriend was a little strange and she ate cake pops in a weird way, but Yurim loved her more than anything.
She was more than happy that Heedo thought of her house (and herself) as a home.