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"Jackson, get back here!"
Jackson's hyena laugh fills the room as he runs past the counter, a scowling Jaebum hot on his heels, startling all the customers in the shop who are enjoying their drinks.
"Oh come on hyung," Jackson turns around to grin at Jaebum. "You've gotta admit it's funny!"
Jaebum's eyes narrow dangerously.
"Signing me up for a dating site without me knowing is not funny god dammit."
Everyone in the room has to suppress their laughter as they listen to the two baristas banter back and forth. The people who are frequent customers are already used to the scenario, it isn't Dream Bean without some sort of entertainment happening during the day.
"Oh, for fucks sake-"
"Language!"
Jinyoung screams from the back room and Jaebum merely rolls his eyes before he continues.
"What if Youngjae finds out?"
Before Jackson can answer, a mop of fluffy dark hair appears from the kitchen, looking in the direction of the two baristas. Youngjae smiles innocently as he makes his way to the counter, taking his place behind it and pushing some buttons on the cash register, completely missing Jaebum's shocked and slightly terrified face.
"Find out what?"
Ding.
The bell above Dream Bean's entrance interrupts the conversation with a chime, signaling a new costumer entering, and Youngjae turns his head to give the person a smile.
"Hi, welcome! What can I get you?"
The person in front of Youngjae has blonde tousled hair, white skin and designer sunglasses perched on top of his nose. The guy lets out a quiet hum and -as Youngjae assumes- scans the menu above Youngjae's head from behind his dark glasses. After a few seconds the guy removes his sunglasses and shoots Youngjae a smile.
"I'll have a large chai tea latte, iced please," the guy brings up one hand and moves it through his blonde locks, temporarily mesmerizing Youngjae, while he gives Youngjae his card with the other and the barista swipes it to confirm the pay. Maybe he is a model, the brunette thinks to himself as he gives the card back to the guy and turns around to make the order.
"Well, fuck," Jackson breathes out in wonder as he checks out the blonde guy near the counter, garnering laughter from the people around him while Jaebum fixates his gaze on the new guest, not liking the situation one bit.
"Language," Jinyoung once again warns as he walks out of the back room with a tray of mugs, puts it down on the side of the coffee machine and ruffles Youngjae's hair affectionately. Youngjae accepts Jinyoung's gesture with an adorable eye smile and turns around to present the customer his drink.
"Here you go, I hope you enjoy it," Youngjae says, his eyes curved in a kind smile.
The blonde guy lowers his eyes to Youngjae's uniform in search of the barista's name pin, but looks back up when he can't find any.
"Do you have a name?" the blonde questions, "Or can I call you mine?" he asks, as he takes a sip of his drink and gives Youngjae a wink. Youngjae's eyes widen in surprise and his cheeks turn a deep shade of red. Jinyoung brings his hand up to his mouth to stifle his snickers and Jaebum is balling his fists, ready to punch the blonde and his rude ass personality back to where he came from. How dare he ask pure and innocent Youngjae such a thing. The adorable barista looks ready to faint and the tips of his ears are bright red. It isn't the first time someone is flirting with him, but he still gets embarrassed. Especially when Jaebum is there, too.
"U-Uhm, my n-name is Youngjae," the brunette manages to stutter out and keeps his shy gaze on the counter.
The blonde replies with a cheeky smile, "A cute name for a cute guy. Hi, the name's Wonho. Are you single?"
Before Youngjae gets the chance to sink to the floor, Jinyoung is standing next to him and gives Wonho a small smile.
"I'm sure Youngjae appreciates the compliment, but I'll let you know that you need to go through me first before you can even think about going on a date with my son," Jinyoung levels Wonho with a hard stare and the blonde lifts up one eyebrow in amusement. Instead of being intimidated, Wonho leans forward and gives Youngjae a smirk.
"Interesting," Wonho says and he straightens up, grabs his drink and walks away, shooting -a slowly getting furious- Jaebum a small grin and then he disappears through the door.
Some customers look back and forth between the door (where Jackson is trying to calm Jaebum down) and a red faced Youngjae and smirking Jinyoung behind the counter and shake their heads in mild amusement.
"Well, that was a nice way to start the afternoon, don't you think so Jae?"
Jinyoung laughs out loud when Youngjae cups his face and ducks behind the counter to cool off. Jackson turns to Jaebum and whispers something in his ear.
"You have competition hyung, maybe it's not such a bad idea I signed you up for that dating site."
Jackson wheezes mid-laugh because Jaebum sucker punches him in the gut.