찰칵!
order 025, @thelilyshope : small classic milk tea with lychee jelly for J.seph
warnings: none
length: short like maybe 500?!
summary: the photos that your soulmate takes on their phone end up on yours and vice versa, but only if it's a photo of anything but their face. will you be able to find each other?
sitting at a table in the café you frequent, you pull out your phone to scroll through the gallery, pouting sadly when you notice your soulmate hasn't taken any new photos. it's been a few days now, even though he'd usually take a photo everyday. it was often of his room: his messy bed, his desk setup, his wardrobe. a couple of times he took photos of latte art. it seemed he was a barista!
a few times in the past, you'd taken photos of locations, hoping he would recognize them and would run to meet you there. he never came though, no matter how long you waited. you'd also written your phone number down on a piece of paper and taken a photo of that to send, but apparently that didn't work either--it appeared blurry to your soulmate.
you sip your drink sadly, stirring it with the straw. having nothing else to do, you take a photo of the café entrance--a wooden, blue door with a square glass pane in the top middle. the door frame is white, and so are the walls of the café.
for once, J.seph instantly knows where you are. the photo of the doorway that he finds in his phone is incredibly familiar... because he works at the café where the doorway is located!
he pushes back in his chair and leaves the break room, stepping out onto the floor of the café. the doorway looks exactly as it did in your photo, and he analyzes the photo to try to figure out which person sitting where could have taken it.
meanwhile, you're still sadly sipping away, telling yourself that maybe you'll die without ever meeting your other half.
"excuse me? i'm sorry this is random, but... did you take this photo?" a stranger asks you, holding up his phone.
the photo is of the café entrance--the one that you took just moments ago. but why is it in his phone?
you look from the phone to the boy's face. his eyes are round and wide as he eagerly waits for your answer. his plump lips are curled into a slight smile, and his fluffy hair just barely prickles his eyelashes.
"uhh... i did take that photo," you say.
the boy seems to lose the strength in his knees and holds onto your table for support.
"are you okay?" you ask.
"please have a seat!" you tell him when he doesn't respond.
he sits, the blood drained from his tanned face.
"i think... you... if this..." he stutters.
then, he takes a deep breath and attempts to start all over again.
"if you took this photo... it's in my camera roll... that means... we're soulmates?"
you slowly nod, also shocked. just moments ago you were cursing at the universe for keeping your soulmate hidden, but now here he is.
"i'm J.seph," your soulmate says with a smile, holding out his hand to you.
you shake it and introduce yourself to him, too.
"i have to get back to work now 'cause my break is over, but after, we could grab some food and talk things over?" J.seph shyly suggests.
you nod, agreeing.
"that sounds good," you say.
he waves before he steps behind the counter, and you feel excited... so excited that you leave while having forgotten to pay. it doesn't matter anyway, though, because J.seph already grabbed the bill for you.