Requested by minghao- :D

Xu Minghao/The8

Fluff

Your characters name: Lee Hakyun

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'Coffee shops are the real deal, huh?'

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I am currently in my favourite coffee shop, sitting in the booth in the corner where I sit every time I come here, minding my own business and reading my book.

Why is it my favourite shop? It isn't very busy most of the time and it is very quiet, making it easier to concentrate when I'm reading or studying. The shop wasn't much. It wasn't big, nor small, but normal (?).

I am best friends with the owner of the shop, who is a 20 year old woman called Lee Chaeyeon. She is a very kind and caring woman, always wearing a smile on her face.

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I hear the bell on the door ring and my eyes shoot up to look at the visitor.

Or visitors, as I correct myself.

In walks 13 boys that I've never seen before. They all take a seat in the big booth on the other side of the shop.

Chaeyeon then walks up to me, "Hakyun, have you seen those boys before?"

I shake my head, "Nope. Never have."

She sits on the opposite side of me in the booth, "They're quite attractive, don't you think?"

"Mhm." I hum in agreement, looking at each of the boys' face, "They are."

One of the boys walks up to the counter and stands there, looking for someone. Chaeyeon notices and shoots up, running towards the back of the bar.

"Good afternoon! How can I help you?" Chaeyeon greets him, glancing over at me, wide eyed. I stifle a laugh as I cover my mouth with my hand.

The boy at the counter was tall, had black hair and pink lips.

'He is very attractive.'

"Hey, Coups! Get me a hot chocolate!" The small boy with the pink hair demands, pointing at him while giving him a dark glare.

"Calm down, Hyung!" The tall boy with blue-greyish hair said to him, making me chuckle under my breath.

"Don't tell me what to do!" Pinkie exclaims. What? I don't have a name for him, except that.

"Seungcheol, just get us all a hot chocolate." The long haired one says.

'Wow, his hair is prettier than me.' I think, jealous of how silky and rich it looked.

"Okay." The boy at the counter - Seungcheol - says, nodding at the long haired boy. They all start talking again and I notice that Seungcheol hasn't gone back to the booth with the other boys.

I look up to the counter where Chaeyeon is and see that she's talking with Seungcheol, laughing and smiling.

She looks over at me and smiles.

"You go, girl!" I mouth to her, holding a thumbs up and smiling. She smiles back anxiously and goes back to talking with Seungcheol.

After a few minutes, he finally goes off to the booth, glancing at me when he departs from the counter. As soon as he sits down, he taps a strangely familiar, curly-haired boy on his shoulder, gaining his attention.

They then begin talking to each other and looking over at me from time to time. Seungcheol then nods and shoves his shoulder, staring at him dead in the eye.

Minghao's POV

I felt someone shove my shoulder. I turn away from talking to Jun and Dino, seeing Seungcheol leaning over the table trying to get my attention.

"Yes, 형?" I say, looking into his eyes, which have a sinister tint in them.

"You see that girl in the corner?" He says, glancing over to the corner of the shop where a short girl with black hair was sat, reading a book.

I nod and look back at him, "Yeah, what about her?"

He smirks, "Go and talk to her. Try get her number."

My eyes go wide, "형! You know how awkward I get with new people!"

He shoves my shoulder, "Just act confident. That's what I do. I just got a girl back there anyway!"

I scoff at him and stand up, shuffling out of the booth. I start walking up to where she is sat, reading a book.

"Um, hello. May I sit down please?" I say while smiling, trying not to stutter.

Hakyun's POV

"Um, hello. May I sit down please?" A voice above me says. I look up and see the curly-haired boy from before standing in front of me.

I smile kindly and nod, "Sure!"

He smiles wider and places himself down in front of me, where Chaeyeon was sat before.

"I'm Xu Minghao, you can just call me Minghao though." He says, bowing his head.

"I'm Lee Hakyun. Nice to meet you, Minghao." I greet him, still smiling.

"You too, Hakyun."

We then stare into each other's eyes for a while. I snap out of my daze and shake my head, squeezing my eyes shut.

"I-I'm sorry. I-I-" I stutter, blushing furiously.

"Hey, hey. Don't worry. Anyway, you don't look like you're from here. Where are you from, if you don't mind me asking?" He asks, the awkwardness suddenly fading away.

"I'm from China. Anshan, to be specific." I say, "So, how about you?"

"The exact same here!" He says in Chinese, making me laugh. His smile widens.

We then continue to speak in Chinese to each other, "I recognise you from somewhere, I don't know where though."

"From China?"

"Yeah, I've seen you somewhere, walking around town in Anshan."

"Oh! I was born there, that's why. I walked around town a lot until I moved to Korea to start training."

"Training for what?"

"I'm in a Kpop group, with those guys." He points over to the table of boys, who were messing around with their hot chocolates.

"Minghao 형, I drunk yours. Sorry!" A boy with black hair calls to him.

"Dino, it's fine. I wasn't thirsty anyway." He calls back, smiling at him.

"Oh, so that's why you're such a big group?"

He chuckles, "Yeah, it surprises people a lot."

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We then talk for ages until they all have to go.

"형, come on. We're going." Dino shouts at him.

He looks at me dead in the eye, "You seem like a really cool girl. Want to exchange numbers?"

"Yes, please." I say, smiling up at him as he stands up, sliding his phone out of his back pocket. He hands me his phone and I get mine out, unlocking it and giving it to him. I place my contact into his phone, naming myself 'Chinese buddy ;)'. I place his phone in his hand and take mine back, looking at the name he put him as.

'B-boying specialist :D'

"You B-boy?" I ask him, smiling. He nods and chuckles.

'Aw, he's so adorable!' I think to myself. I shake my head slightly and look back up at him. I then see that he is already looking at me, making me blush.

"It was nice meeting you." He says, swooping down and kissing my cheek.

"Y-Y-You t-too." I stutter, making me scold myself mentally.

He chuckles at my shyness and turns his body around sideways, still facing me.

"Goodbye, Hakyun." He says to me, waving and smiling widely.

"G-Goodbye, Minghao." I call back to him as he walks out of the shop, still looking at me. I swear, as he turned his head, he pouted.

I begin to pick up my book but the bell to the shops door goes again.

"Sorry, I just had to do this, I couldn't help it." He says quickly, before wrapping his arms around my small figure, pulling me closer to him.

I was shocked at first and butterflies erupted in my stomach. I then hug him back, not wanting to be mean and not accept his hug.

We stay like this for a while, until he pulls away and looks at me.

"Goodbye, for the last time today." He says, standing up straight and sending me a small wave again, making me giggle.

"Bye bye!" I say, not stuttering as much as before.

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After an hour or so, I'm back at home. I look at my phone to see a message sent by Minghao.

B-boying specialist ;): Hey, I like you. I'm considering on taking you on a date sometime this week. Would you like to?

Chinese buddy ;): Yes, I would love to. And I like you too!

B-boying specialist ;): That's great, Saturday at 2? Walk around the park maybe and just get to know each other a bit more?

Chinese buddy ;): Perfect, I'll see you then! :)

B-boying specialist ;): Bye~!! :D

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I hope you liked it, Shalin!

have a good day carats

bhuh

-코다