#caferomance

Also I kind of have a tiny little crush on DK. Maybe it’s all in my head since I am spending a lot of time with these guys but I blush a lot when he is around. I try to look pretty everyday. If some girl tries to flirt with him I kind of get jealous. But thankfully he doesn’t flirt back. 

CHAPTER 3

It’s a daily routine for me now to wake up in the morning and rush to the cafe and spend almost 4-5 hours there. DK, Mingyu and Minghao are now super close friends of mine. Minghao and I share lots of similarities and interests especially our love for books so we spend hours sitting and discussing about different books. Mingyu is an amazing cook but a better flirt so he is currently teaching me both cooking and flirting. I see lots and lots of female customers lining up to meet him and flirt. He also is having too much fun. And coming to DK he is the closest to me now, we talk a lot. And I am now super vulnerable when he is around. He is a good  listener, changes a bad day to a great one, a free therapist and above all his voice it is truly angelic.

I went to the cafe as usual and was greeted by the ever cheerful DK. Instead of going to my seat I went to the counter to say hi to the boys.

“ Hi DK”, I said, “ Where’s gyu and hao?” I asked not seeing either of them.

“ Hi, they are not here”, he said. “ They both have some works so they are not at work”.

“Then how will you manage the cafe doing everything alone”, I tensed up a bit. Why am I so worried?

“ Ah that’s why I kept the cafe closed”, he replied.

I looked at him curiously without understanding what he meant. He  said understanding how confused I was, “ I closed the cafe but I didn’t wanted you to go back so I didn’t put up a closed sign so every time a customer walked in I denied them politely and they understood”, he said. 

He is alone here and kept this entire cafe open just for me and denied everyone. Woah now this seems like a problem. “ And why so?”, I asked in a tiny voice fidgeting the strap of my bag.

“ I like spending time with you and I don’t want to go by a day without meeting you”, he said. “And I still don’t have your  number so I couldn’t tell you that, what other options did I have?”, he now  questioned  me back.

Correct I never exchanged numbers with any of them. “So now what? We just sit in this entirely empty cafe and do what?” I asked

He thought for a moment and then smiled to himself before replying me. He leaned forward in the counter so that we are literally inches apart. He looked straight into my eyes and said, “ Whatever people do in a date”. As soon as these words left his mouth I felt choked on air.

“ DATE”, I asked him in shock. 

He leaned back and then replied, “ Yes date, you see y/n, I kinda got attracted to you the moment you stepped in”, he took a pause and then continued, “ I know this sounds fake but it is real.  I kept taking glances of you but you see I am not a brave  man like Mingyu so I couldn’t confess you. So I was only watching you from afar, listening to you whenever you spoke, did all those things that was possible from my side to make you happy. So today I thought it’s a good chance to try and maybe risk it”.

I am speechless and it seems like I wasn’t the only one with all these feelings. I was so scared to confess that. I just smiled, “ Umm DK…”, my voice trailed off, “You know how messed up I am,  going too fast might mess things up a bit. So can we go a bit slow?”. I decided to warn him before he finds it out himself and things get ugly.

He seemed super shocked at what I said, “ It means I am not getting rejected”, he literally screamed, “ It means you are accepting  to date me”. He looked at me with puppy eyes.Damn what will I do with this man. Who gave me so much love and care already and more importantly makes me feel so much better. Instead of saying anything stupid and ruining the moment, I only nodded in agreement. My cheeks were super hot now.

He ran immediately from the counter and hugged me. His hug was warm. These kind of hugs are really important in everyone’s life. He pulled a little back to look at me, “ So should we start?”

“ Start what?”, I asked. He didn’t say anything rather took me to the kitchen and gave me an apron. I looked at him confused and he just signed me to wear it. I did but my hands weren’t reaching the back so I looked at  him for help. He came and tied the apron from the back.

“ At least now tell what are we going to do?”, I asked.

“ Of course we would make pizza”, he said back hugging me now. It seems now like we did moved super fast. But I didn’t complain this, his hugs are amazingly perfect. “ Pizza?”, I again asked.

CHAPTER 2

Yesterday was so peaceful at the cafe and i felt really happy being there. So I decided I would visit that place again today. I am in a massive writer’s block so I ain’t going to force myself to write rather I would just try to collect some ideas. I packed up my favourite tote bag with a book that was sitting on my shelf since 4 years. I got my journal, a notebook if I would want to take some notes, a pencil, highlighter , my wallet and my phone.

I walked to the cafe and when I opened up the door I am again welcomed by DK’s cheerful voice and his adorable smile. I went to the seat I was seating yesterday. But the cafe is a bit more packed than yesterday I guess the charms of these three men worked. Because most of the customers were females.  I saw mingyu with some customers being friendly. I am sure the girl he is talking to is here for him and not for the coffee. I smiled to myself with my thought. 

“ Hey”, Minghao came to me. “ so I guess you liked our coffee”, he said.

“ Well I too think that’s the case”, I replied back.

“ Thank god cause most of these customers are more interested in Mingyu and DK than the coffee”, he said.

“ Oh I see”, I replied unsure why I felt weird.

“ Anyways what would you like to try today”, he said.

I remebered what DK suggested yesterday so I thought it is better to try something else out rather than my boring black coffee. I ordered a cappuchino with cream and a pizza of their choice. Minghao looked satisfied with my order and then rushed to the kitchen dragging mingyu along with him.

After a solid 20 minues DK called up to get my order. I went to the counter where he was standing, “ Hi”, I said first.

“ Hey”, he replied cheerfully, “ I see you finally got the pizza”.

 “ Yes apparently someone said they make good pizzas here so”, I teased.

“ Ohhh I see and I think that someone is absolutely right”, he said.

I smiled and returned back to my table with the food. I was so involved in my book that I didn’t even notice when DK came and sat in the chair near me.  

“ I think the story is really amazing”, his voice startled me and I found him sitting beside me.

“ Yes it is indeed”, I replied.

“ I don’t read much books but I guess books have some magnetic powers”, he said. I looked at him with confusion. He continued, “ I saw you were totally involved with the book that you didn’t even noticed I came here and I have seen Minghao doing the same too”.

“ Does he read too?”, I asked curiously.

“ Yeah a lot”, he replied. “ By the way do you write too?”, he asked.

“ Well yes why ?”, I asked him back.

“ Yesterday you were here with your laptop and were so tense as if you want to write something but then couldn’t”, he said his voice full of concern. “ Is everything okay with you?”, he asked again.

His perfect observation skills made me overwhelmed. I was thinking whether to tell him the truth or hide it. But something about him made me trust him. Maybe his eyes were those magical things.

“ Well you see I was working in a corporate office a basic 9-5 job and had a good salary. But then I felt depressed and empty most of the time so I decided to leave it and follow what my heart said. But everyone around me treated me such as it is a terrible decision so that made me question a lot of things and I am unable to write now.” I told him everything. But to my surprise I felt better after letting this thing out.

“ Well it was a tough call I would say”, he said, “ But you took the correct decision”.  

His sudden support to me made me feel much much better. “ You know I too have undergone the same situation a few months back. And this is a shitty thing to deal with”,he said again.

“ What do you mean by that?”,I asked him curiously.

He continued, “ I was a medical student, I completed my studies and was an intern , but then I felt empty all the time inside myself. I was like this is not what I want to do. I love going to cafes so I decided why not open one. But I wasn’t a skilled barista or a chef so I asked Mingyu and Minghao if they would join me”, he looked at them for a brief moment, “ And then they just sprang up here”, he smiled.

He then brought his chair closer to me and put a hand on my shoulder, his little gesture made my cheeks flushed but I tried not to be awkward. “ So Y/N it’s a good decision that you let go of the thing that made you unhappy and chose the one that makes you happy. And don’t worry about people, they will soon accept your choices”, he said with his angelic smile. I am really crazy about his smile I guess.

I am glad I came to this place and met this man. I don’t know if it’s real or not but something about him is magical that makes me drawn towards him. I am scared where I will lead myself with these new-found emmotions.

“ Thank you DK for such nice words”, I replied with a smile. I realized I have been smiling a lot since I started coming here. Is this my destiny or something? I know it sounds cliche but is it ?