imagine barista taehyung.
ok first things first.
taehyung runs the most aesthetic, atmospheric, coffee shop of all time.
doesnāt matter if he doesnāt own the place, heās gonna decorate.
paintings of the walls by local artist and van gogh alike.
boardgames and puzzles on the shelves for rainy days.
will play uno with you on slow days.
and you know the playlist is gonna be on point.
also the most experimental with his drinks.Ā
like heās gotten in trouble for experimenting with peopleās orders, so now he gives away his frankendrinks for free.
and outgoing as he is heās on first name basis with everyone whoās visited more than twice.Ā
he wonāt remember your order, but heāll remember your name, and/or give you a nickname, and/or draw you a correlating doodle on your to-go cup.
youāre probably a tired student in need of a quiet place to read and/or write your assignments.Ā
youāre gonna need caffeine too, so you might as well camp out in a coffee shop.
taehyung is chatty and wants to know what youāre studying for, what assignment youāre working on, and will you try his iced pumpkin-spice dirty chai latte with cinnamon?
and this being a perfect opportunity to procrastinate, so you strike up a friendship with the barista.
thus you end up being designated test-subject for his new and exciting concoctions.Ā
dw theyāre only undrinkable 2% of the time. youāll be fine.
taehyung thinks ur cute, but u r kinda clueless.
cue montage of taehyung trying to hint that heās into you and you completely missing out because youāre either buried in your work or just think heās being nice:
hearts in all your drinks, in the foam, in the sprinkles, in the whipped cream, even in the chocolate sauce. but that doesnāt have to mean anything right?? thatās just what baristas do, heās just practicing his craft, right??
brings you pastries and cookies for free, making excuses that thereās something wrong with it so he was gonna throw it out anyway.Ā
āthis cookie has too many chocolate chips, you can have itā
āis this pastry too sweet? you decide.ā
āwe canāt sell this, itās on fire. here you go.ā
āa time traveller licked this one.ā
but heās just trying to cheer you up because he sees how hard youāre studying, right???
dedicates chat baker songs to you, but heās just being silly haha right ???
gazes longingly at you while heās steaming the milk until itās ruined, lmao heās so easily distracted. totally not in love with you hahaha ha ha h a right???
except he totally is.
and you totally are in love with him too, but you donāt wanna seem like youāre assuming things or make him uncomfortable at his place of work because heās a service worker yanno, heās paid to be nice.
but one evening youāve got an assignment due that night, and you were up all of last night writing, and youāre so exhausted no amount of coffee can keep awake and oopsy daisy youāve fallen asleep at your table in the coffee shop.
and you wonāt know this, but taehyung switches playlists to something quieter and tries to steam milk as quietly as possible which isnāt very that shit is noisy, but itās the thought that counts yanno.
anyway itās late, and eventually he has to close the shop and so he wakes you, with coffee of course.
and you panic because you only have an hour until you have to turn in your paper and itāll take you half that time to get home.
taehyung is quick to comfort you though, it takes him about an hour to close up shop, and youāre more than welcome to stay until then.
this is lowkey a lie, it takes taehyung only half an hour to close up, but he wants to help you out and also just wants to be around you.
and youāre still sleepy and so grateful you blurt some nonsense along the lines ofĀ āomg thank you let me buy you coffee some time!!ā
and he laughs and you blush because obviously he has more than enough coffee.
but, to your surprise he accepts.Ā āas long as itās not hereā, he says. and he may be blushing a little too.
so he takes his time, cleans extra thoroughly, goes through some of the routines that are only necessary once a week, humming along to some soft jazz.
and the sleep has done you good, so you manage to tie up all your loose ends and complete your paper, with enough time spare to read through it once and correct some spelling. truly a miracle.
and imagine, as you leave together and he locks up your jacket gets caught in the door and he has to help you get it loose and oops heās really close now
so close you can count his eyelashes and you canāt breathe heās so pretty!!?!?!? and he smells like freshly ground coffee beans and cookies still warm from the oven, honestly heās mouthwatering.
and heās likeĀ āhey, actually, neither of us has eaten, you wanna get dinner right now instead of coffee later?ā and hells yes you do, suddenly reminded that you are absolutely starving.
so you agree but heās still so close, like all up in your personal space and you donāt mind exactly, but it makes your heart beat out of control and youāre pretty sure youāre blushing so hard youāre radiating heat.
and then he asksĀ āso, do i have to wait until after the date to kiss you or..?ā
and you choke on nothing because,Ā āwait, weāre going on a date?ā
āyes, i just decided.ā and he steps impossibly closer.Ā āi wanna date you, do you wanna date me?ā
āi mean, yes, yeah, of course, i-ā
āokay, then iām just gonna kiss you now.ā
and he does, and itās just a sweet and gentle press of lips against yours, but heās so close and warm and smells so nice itās pretty much heavenly.
and after dinner he walk you home and kisses you some more before ushering you inside to get some much needed rest.
needless to say, studying at the coffee shop is a little more distracting after that.
taehyung will straight up push your books out of your lap and sit on you to pepper you with kisses, at least once a day.
and you finally notice the hearts in all your drinks, that are meant especially for you.
but also a lot more enjoyable!!
anyway, nsfw under the cut.













