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Here you were, standing at in front of the place Dahyun was staying at. You had thoroughly checked your surroundings for any hidden photographers. Trees, bushes, corners, nearby buildings, and anything else you could think of. By the time you finished, a good chunk of the morning had already gone by.

You head back to your car and lift the trunk.

You weren’t expecting to be gone so long and left your cooler at home. Which turned out to be a mistake as Dahyun’s birthday cake was starting to look a little less cheerful. You quickly pick it up, close your car, and rush to Dahyun’s front door.

You weren’t expecting to see Dahyun right away, but given the day you were hoping to at least see her face to face.

Instead, you meet her manager, who takes the cake, hands you some cash and says thank you before closing the door.

Unsure what to do, you find yourself sitting on a nearby bench thinking about what to do for the rest of the day. You feel a slight vibration from your phone.

🦅you missed one
I did? Where?

🦅Look at the stall across the street

see that dude going through the selection?

he’s been doing that for a while now

What the heck

how’d you even spot that guy?

🦅I’ve been waiting for you

The cafe behind the guy is pretty nice

wanna try something from there?

maybe later

We’ve got a whole cake to eat still

🦅I know, I saw <3

Thanks, I’ll be sure to enjoy it

hope you can save some for me too

🦅Don’t worry, I’ll wait till we meet up to start cutting into it

Anyways

if you’re not going to get a drink, can you get me one?

they’re good

You sigh, stand up, and then head towards the café.

As you pass by the stall, you watch as the guy Dahyun spotted shift around acting as normal as possible. It would work for anyone just passing by, but after sitting around for a while it became a little more apparent he was waiting for someone.

A thought of doing something about it comes about, but gets rejected as you don’t want any craziness today.

So you enter the store and look at their drink selection. There’s matcha drinks, hojicha, coffee, milk teas, and more. You order something with chocolate and then go sit down at a booth.

You take a moment to look around. It’s quiet enough to where you can hear drinks being made and people typing away on their laptops. Sunlight filtered in and illuminated the room nicely. Soft cushions that didn’t look worn.

As you’re looking behind you, you feel a presence slide into the seats across from you.

You turn around and begin to say something before realizing who it is.

“Hey babe, nice place right?” She pulls down her sunglasses just a enough to wink at you.

“Da-” is all you can manage to say before she leans in to silence you with a finger to your lips.

“-HYUN” you both hear the barista calling for your drink.

Dahyun looks at you questioningly.

“I didn’t realize you were going to be here. I was just making a quick order” you respond defensively.

Somehow the guy at the stall hears the name and comes to take a peek inside the cafe. He notices you, then the woman your with. Dahyun notices, and starts pulling you towards the side exit when she sees him pulling out his phone and other equipment from his bag.

“Nice one.” She laughs as people start realizing who she is.