imagine barista taehyung.
taehyung runs the most aesthetic, atmospheric, coffee shop of all time.
doesn’t matter if he doesn’t own the place, he’s 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.
like he’s gotten in trouble for experimenting with people’s orders, so now he gives away his frankendrinks for free.
and outgoing as he is he’s on first name basis with everyone who’s visited more than twice.
he won’t remember your order, but he’ll remember your name, and/or give you a nickname, and/or draw you a correlating doodle on your to-go cup.
you’re probably a tired student in need of a quiet place to read and/or write your assignments.
you’re gonna need caffeine too, so you might as well camp out in a coffee shop.
taehyung is chatty and wants to know what you’re studying for, what assignment you’re 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.
dw they’re only undrinkable 2% of the time. you’ll be fine.
taehyung thinks ur cute, but u r kinda clueless.
cue montage of taehyung trying to hint that he’s into you and you completely missing out because you’re either buried in your work or just think he’s being nice:
hearts in all your drinks, in the foam, in the sprinkles, in the whipped cream, even in the chocolate sauce. but that doesn’t have to mean anything right?? that’s just what baristas do, he’s just practicing his craft, right??
brings you pastries and cookies for free, making excuses that there’s something wrong with it so he was gonna throw it out anyway.
“this cookie has too many chocolate chips, you can have it”
“is this pastry too sweet? you decide.”
“we can’t sell this, it’s on fire. here you go.”
“a time traveller licked this one.”
but he’s just trying to cheer you up because he sees how hard you’re studying, right???
dedicates chat baker songs to you, but he’s just being silly haha right ???
gazes longingly at you while he’s steaming the milk until it’s ruined, lmao he’s so easily distracted. totally not in love with you hahaha ha ha h a right???
and you totally are in love with him too, but you don’t wanna seem like you’re assuming things or make him uncomfortable at his place of work because he’s a service worker yanno, he’s paid to be nice.
but one evening you’ve got an assignment due that night, and you were up all of last night writing, and you’re so exhausted no amount of coffee can keep awake and oopsy daisy you’ve fallen asleep at your table in the coffee shop.
and you won’t know this, but taehyung switches playlists to something quieter and tries to steam milk as quietly as possible which isn’t very that shit is noisy, but it’s the thought that counts yanno.
anyway it’s 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 it’ll 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 you’re 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 you’re still sleepy and so grateful you blurt some nonsense along the lines of “omg thank you let me buy you coffee some time!!”
and he laughs and you blush because obviously he has more than enough coffee.
but, to your surprise he accepts. “as long as it’s not here”, 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 he’s really close now
so close you can count his eyelashes and you can’t breathe he’s so pretty!!?!?!? and he smells like freshly ground coffee beans and cookies still warm from the oven, honestly he’s mouthwatering.
and he’s like “hey, actually, neither of us has eaten, you wanna get dinner right now instead of coffee later?” and hells yes you do, suddenly reminded that you are absolutely starving.
so you agree but he’s still so close, like all up in your personal space and you don’t mind exactly, but it makes your heart beat out of control and you’re pretty sure you’re blushing so hard you’re radiating heat.
and then he asks “so, do i have to wait until after the date to kiss you or..?”
and you choke on nothing because, “wait, we’re going on a date?”
“yes, i just decided.” and he steps impossibly closer. “i wanna date you, do you wanna date me?”
“i mean, yes, yeah, of course, i-”
“okay, then i’m just gonna kiss you now.”
and he does, and it’s just a sweet and gentle press of lips against yours, but he’s so close and warm and smells so nice it’s 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!!
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