— IT WAS YET ANOTHER slow day at the center. with the holidays in full swing, many were either away or at home and didn’t need to use the daycare as often as they would otherwise. for taeho it meant some free time to socialize with eunki, but also missing out on seeing some of his favorite kids. it’s just around closing time, and the male is bored out of his mind awaiting the time he can leave. that is, until a familiar male entering the building catches his eye. he nearly falls over the toys as he scrambles to his feet, eyes lighting up as he approaches with a smile. “ i - hey ! ” he spits out, all the way doubting himself. “ do my reindeer antlers make me look stupid ? ” he asks himself, checking himself out in the reflection of the window. hastily, taeho adjusts his hair.
okay - so this was pathetic, and he knew it. taeho knew that for daehyun, he was nothing more than a friend, that guy who worked at the daycare he picked his friend’s kid up from. but to taeho ? his heart had, without warning, taken a liking to the older after his frequent visits, sometimes with cheonsa and sometimes alone. and god, was it embarrasing ! not that daehyun’s a guy, he’s accepted his sexuality for a while and it wasn’t quite a big deal anymore. but it was the fact that he knows daehyun never felt the same. he knows this, and yet, his mind reminds him of the same stupid fact everytime the other enters the room - he has a crush. it wasn’t all too uncommon for him - taeho fell for people after passing by them in a store - but his growing affections from seeing daehyun so much didn’t help at all. “ i mean - happy holidays ! haha, yeah. here to pick up ara ? you’ve gotta fill this out, but uh, i’m sure you’re used to it ! ” sliding the pick up sheet across the counter, he nearly zones out before a realization comes to him. “ oh ! i almost forgot. i uh ... ” rummaging through the desk he seems to find nothing, until triumphantly he pulls out a small box of cookies. “ i got this for you, but i didn’t know you’d be coming today ... so it’s not wrapped ! but i did make them myself. uh .... do you like cookies ? ” complete failure.