Anyone with half a brain knew that Doyun had a thing for coffee. In his younger years, he had started drinking it as a means to lose weight, but he quickly became obsessed and began drinking the beverage just because he found it to be convenient and tasty. Lost an hour of sleep? Coffee. In a bad mood? Coffee. Early morning schedule? Coffee. It didnât take long before coffee became damn near as important to him as singing.
For that reason, it wasnât unheard of to spot him like this - tucked away in the corner of a cozy little cafe, warm cup held in both of his hands and his eyes staring out the window. People-watching, he called it. At times like this, he liked to just see things happen. He always saw many interesting things. But, of course, the most interesting was an oh-so familiar idol approaching the cafe. Jade.
Anyone with half a brain also knew that Doyun had a thing for Kim Jadelyn. It wasnât like he tried to hide it, anyway - most male idols had to pick someone as their ideal type, regardless. Sure, usually it was a simple answer, thrown out just to get people to shut up. But for Doyun, it wasnât like that. No, not at all. He said Jade was his ideal type, and he meant it. So when he saw her at the cafe every now and then, he couldnât help but feel a little conflicted to be so close to her, yet so far.
âYou donât happen to have a charger with you, do you?â A phrase so simple, but the Axis memberâs heart nearly stopped - that voice was too sweet, too recognizable. âMe?â He asked, snapping his head to the side to look at the woman standing beside his table. âOh, uh. I do, yeah,â He murmured, finally setting his coffee down. His hand shook nervously as he reached into his jacket pocket, retrieving a phone charger in a neat little case.
âYou can use it for however long. I donât mind,â He offered, a sweet smile gracing his features as he held the case out to her, willing the trembling in his fingers to stop. It didnât.
She didn't say anything, just opened a smile and nodded, making herself comfortable on the table while plugging his charger on."- I am Jadelyn, by the way." the raven-haired girl stated, turning her head to face him.And sheâd bite the edge of a smile when she got a funny idea in her head, a vain attempt to keep her creeping grin at bay. The intention behind her perking lips wasnât something that could easily be ensured. It was rather better to be insured and hope for the best."But you probably knew that, right? Don't worry, I won't mention the fact that you named me as your ideal type back in that interview in 2016. Your secret is safe."The smirk grew over her face like a lazy teacher's check mark, the faded "red ink" stretching up into her dimple. It faded after a few seconds, the mischevious grin being replaced by a sweet giggle. It softened the room, as if her gentle sound could make the lamplight more golden and the fires burn warmer.
"- Companies are all the same in that way. If you say that your ideal type was a member of the newly debuted it group, fans won't be offended. Chill out, they made me say the same thing - told them that my ideal type was Shawn Mendes but I only know two of his songs. Yet I am forced to see fans edits of me and him together everytime I click on my explore tab on instagram."
He wasn't the only one nor the first to name her, actually when Ivory debuted, at least six out of then idols named them as their ideal type mostly because of marketing or because they would be in big trouble if they named anyone else. And let's not mention the ones that were paid to say it just to make them pass as 'desirable'.
Regardless, Doyun was cute enough to be her ideal type but let's face it: Anything too easy was boring for Jade. She liked a bit of a challenge sometimes.
Still, that didn't meant she couldn't have fun - oh she loves having fun, she is a party girl after all.
"- Plus Ivory and Axis are always compared and dubbed as 'long lost sibling groups', but we never really talked, did we? We kinda..." she lowered her elbows on the table, almost as if it seemed she was gazing at him. She wasn't." missed each other during music and awards shows, I guess. So it is nice to properly introduce myself."