love is an open door.
wonwoo doesn’t spend a lot of his time at the cafe smiling. after all, the place uncontrollably reeks of coffee, the customers are generally rude assholes and every second he spends here, he’s not spending at home, wrapped up warm with a cup of tea and all the relaxation in the world. and sure, it sounds a hell of a lot like he wants to quit, but wonwoo knows he won’t get anything else. he was lucky to get this. he had to put up with it, but that didn’t mean he had to be polite about it — especially after three fucking years of this shit.
but sometimes, admittedly, there are customers that can manage to bring a quirk to his lips. those smiles are never quite big enough for his instincts to kick in and his hand to rise to cover it, but they’re enough to be noticeable to the recipient and those around them.
apparently, that included the nosey, little pipsqueak at the table next to him, if the wide eyed look on her face is anything to go by. he dips his head politely to the elderly lady before turning to face the younger. “can I help you?”
she wasn’t a regular. most of the time nahyun made her own coffee back at her apartment, spending most of her time in front of multiple computer screens and losing track of time. those were probably the reasons why her sleep schedule was so messed up. and so that day she woke up in the middle of the afternoon, still half drained of energy. she didn’t actually know it was the afternoon until she checked her hello kitty watch as she put it on, partly surprised, though partly not. all the girl really knew was that she needed some coffee to wake herself up.
so she put on something pretty, comfortable, and pink. that was normally her dress code, though ‘comfortable’ was sometimes not applied. thankfully it was simply a run to a coffee store, no fancy required. the light jeans weren’t enough barrier to protect her from the cold seat, but the hot drink made up for it. and, if anything, the atmosphere seemed to be pretty warm as well.
only a table away and a waiter was smiling away at a cute, older woman. it automatically made an ‘aw~’ escape from her lips, her hands squeezing her cup a little bit tighter. she didn’t get to see those things very often ( normally only from movies she had illegally downloaded from the internet ), and whenever she did it was truly magical. “you two look so cute!” and the waiter had moved to talk to her, nahyun being grateful he did so. “the way you smiled at her was so gentle!”
