"Let's go to the Chocolate Caramel Café…" Chan Woo said. "It's just two blocks away from here…"
"No!! Not Again!!!" Mu Yeol said in frustration.
"Why? What happened? We haven't gone there for the last 2 weeks…" Chan Woo said.
"And we all know the reason for that!" Dae Won said folding his hands.
"….What? Her? Oh No! I'm not going there for her…."
On that, all the three guys just gave him a look and he admitted immediately, "Okay…Okay….I'm going there for her…Happy?"
Three of them exchanged glances.
"See…I haven't seen her for two weeks…Okay? We were so busy with our practices and everything else that I didn't even get to go there alone…" Chan Woo whined.
"You were going there alone?" Mu Yeol raised his eyebrow.
"Of course I was! I was barely looking at her when you guys were there, so I used to go alone once in a while…"
"Barely looking? Is this guy kidding us?" Mu Yeol asked.
"Yeah…" Dae Won agreed to it. "…You were staring at her constantly dude! We were freaked out because we thought we'd go on the creepy stalkers' list along with you!"
"And that's why we stopped going there." Jun said.
"Oh Please!!! Please, please, please…..Let's go there….I promise, I won't stare at her….I promise!!" Chan Woo was begging with his all might. "Please this once only."
Looking at his face like that, other three sighed out loudly at the same time.
"Okay~" They all agreed.
"Yes!!" Chan Woo made a fist in the air.
"But—" Mu Yeol spoke with a spooky tone. "If you stare at her..." and without saying anything further, he just brought out his fist to him.
Chan Woo looked at the fist and then at his friend's glary eyes, magnified through his glasses; gulping to himself, he brought down his fist from the air.
"That's like our boy!" Jun said as he grabbed his shoulder and squeezed it.
And with that four of them started walking on the footpath, towards the café.
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"Nuna~" Yejun said as he came out from the door.
"Yes?" Mia asked gently.
"Can I ask you something?"
"Sure! Go ahead!"
"Umm…." He hesitated. "….That friend of yours…Can I meet him?"
"Huh?"
"I wanted to take some tips from him. I think he's my role model now!"
"R-Role Model? Really?" Mia asked.
"Yeah…Really. So…..Can I meet him?" He asked again.
"….Ohh….Umm…." Mia couldn't find the right words to say.
"Why? What happened? He doesn't talk to you now? Are you not friends anymore?" The questions in his eyes were making Mia anxious now.
"…..Yejun…." She said. "….It's…It's not like that…."
"Then? Can I meet him?"
"See…Yejunaa….He…He has gone to a faraway country from here…."
"Faraway country?"
"Yeah….Do you know America?" Mia asked.
"America?"
"Yeah…He lives there now….So…."
"So then I'll meet him when he comes back here…" Yejun said enthusiastically.
"Ohh….Umm…." Seeing his excitement, Mia decided not to say anything negative, "Okay then…You can meet him whenever he comes here, okay?"
'Although I don't know if he is ever going to come back ever….' The thought of her own made her heart sink.
"Okay!" Yejun agreed happily. "Just tell me when he comes."
Mia gave a slight nod.
"Okay then. Bbye….See You soon…" He said as he waved her goodbye.
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"Who is that cute girl?"Dae Won said as all the four guys were watching Mia while coming towards the café.
"From her uniform it looks like; she works in the café." Mu Yeol said sliding up his glasses a little.
"Yeah…." Chan Woo said.
Mia waved Yejun goodbye and headed inside.
"Let's go people….Hurry up!" Dae Won said as he brushed his fingers through his blonde hair and took quick steps towards the café.
"Now look who's getting on top of their toes?" Chan Woo said smirking as all of them walked towards the door, except for Jun who was standing still, in the place.
"Hey Jun!" Mu Yeol called as they noticed he was left behind. "Let's go!"
Coming back from his thoughts, Jun went towards his friends with heavy steps.
.
All four of them sat on a table as Chan Woo and Dae won were looking for the girls, stretching their necks and sitting on the edge of the seats.
"Where is she?" Both of them said at the same time and looked at each other, smiling sheepishly.
"Stop being a stalker you idiots!" Mu Yeol scolded. "Sit down properly." He ordered.
And with a sigh of disappointment, both of them sat back.
A waitress came, not the ones they were expecting, took their orders and went inside.
"Man…" Dae Won was a little irritated. "She came inside, but then where did she go? I don't see her anywhere…"
"Yeah…" Chan Woo agreed. "My Nuna is also nowhere to be seen…"
"Can I ask you something?" Mu Yeol looked at Chan Woo.
"Umm….Yeah…?"
"She is older than us. At least, 2-3 years older. So—"
"So what?" Chan Woo interrupted. "It doesn't matter. If she was 10 older than me, I still have liked her. Don't you remember the time; she accidentally spilled the juice on me and took the boss's scolding, though we all knew that I was at the fault!"
"Yeah, we know…" Jun said. "You say this every single time we come here!"
"I know!" Chan Woo giggled. "Isn't she so sweet?"
"Maybe…" Mu Yeol said. "…Or maybe it was just—"
"Shshshhhh…" Chan Woo shushed him. "I don't wanna hear any negative thoughts of yours. I just know, that she did it for me. And now I like her!"
As they were talking, the waitress came with their order and placed it on the table.
"Ha! I'm really hungry!" Jun said digging in.
"But where did that cute girl go?" Dae Won said. "I really wanna see her again—"
He was just talking about Mia, when he saw her along with Yuna, coming down the stairs; their hands full of the dirty dishes.
"Hey Look! They are here!" Dae Won jumped excitedly in his seats.
And the bite of the food Jun just had swallowed got stuck in his throat, "cough….cough….cough…." He started coughing really hard.
All the three boys hurriedly offered him a glass of water.
Taking one of them, he gulped down every single drop of it and breathed out heavily.
"You okay there man?" Chan Woo asked.
Jun looked in the direction where Mia and Yuna were supposed to be standing, but there was no one.
So he looked back at his friends and said, "Yeah, I'm fine."
'Thank god, she didn't notice me…' Jun thought to himself and filled his glass with more water.
As he put the glass to his mouth,
"SMACK!!!" Something hit hard on his head from the back; which made the water from the glass, enter his nose.
"Ugh…huh…Pfsss…Ugh…cough…cough….cough….cough…."
Mu Yeol, who was sitting next to him, quickly started rubbing his back to make him feel better.
After calming down, Jun looked back in anger to see the person who dared to hit him.
To his surprise, none other than, Mia was standing there, glaring at him. A rolled napkin was there in her hand, with which she had smacked him in the head.
Tapping her foot on the ground, she folded her hands, looking down at him.
"What the hell? Why did you hit me?" Jun shouted. "Is this the way you treat your customers?"
Mia narrowed her eyes and brought her face close to his giving him a mean look.
"I have been in the city for a week now. You haven't called me once. I called you; you didn't pick up. I texted you; you didn't answer. Is this the way you treat your best friend?"
Jun looked down. "I was busy…" He talked in such a low voice that no one heard what he said.
"Jun?" Dae Won said as all the three guys were looking at these two in surprise. "Do you…Do you know her?"
"Huh?" Jun realized that his friends were sitting right with him.
"Don't you wanna answer that, Jun?" Mia asked sarcastically.
Jun looked up at her once and then at his friends' confused faces. "…Yeah…She is….a girl…I know…" Saying that, he just got up from his seat and swiftly avoiding Mia, he headed towards the door to get out from there.
"HEY!!!" Mia yelled at him. "JUN! JU—"
But she then realized the manager staring at her from the counter. She quickly bowed to him, apologizing and headed towards the kitchen.
'You….Jun!!!....Ughhh….You are getting on my nerves now!'
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.....People.....What do you do when you feel alone?
Cause that's what I'm feeling right now....
Life is so tiring some times....and you are all alone in this whole wide world to face the problems on your own.....
Huhhh......I donno why I'm telling you this....
Maybe I just need to talk with someone....