More Water, Sir?

The diner looked innocent from the outside.

The sign was yellow, chipped but cute. A blinking neon “OPEN” that blinked every couple of seconds to show its effort. The type of establishment that sold cheap coffee, fried food and a false sense of security.

Y/n opened the door and searched around, trying to find suitable seats for him and his friends, who were on their way to this restaurant, but only Y/n was present for now.

The restaurant was half empty. A couple on a date in the corner. A table of students having too much fun. A man alone on his phone at the counter. He could hear some distant clanging in the kitchen and someone shouting, something that sounded like "DASH!", for some reason.

Then he heard footsteps.

For some reason, the footsteps sounded… menacing.

“Welcome to Lily's Diner. Solo or group?”

It was Haewon. The waitress in this restaurant. She had a messy ponytail and was dressed in the diner’s uniform. That’s what Y/n assumed since he saw her nametag placed on her right chest.

“Hi. Group. Can you arrange tables for 6 or 7 people here, please?” He asked, but Haewon interrupted him with a high-pitched voice.

“6-7????!!!”

“Huh?”

“6-7!!6-7!!6-7!!6-7!!6-7!!” She was jumping around excitedly while saying that phrase like a mantra.

Y/n was stunned and confused. He didn’t know if there was any hidden meaning behind that phrase, or maybe she liked those numbers.

“What??”

“Oh, nothing. Please follow me, sir. Your seats are in the back.” She went back to professional mode and brought him to his supposed seats. Y/n couldn’t stop staring at her as she looked mesmerising in his eyes. She had a bright look, too bright for this time of night.

Suddenly, Haewon snapped her fingers in front of his face.

“Sir, we’re here.”

Y/n flinched a little and was back to reality, looking at his dining seats. He took his seat and grabbed the menu, browsing the variety of foods or beverages to order for tonight.

“So, what are we eating today?” Haewon asked while writing on her notes, waiting for Y/n to speak.

He blinked. “What?”

“Menu.” She pointed. “You. Food. Talk. Order. Come on.”

“Ermm… any best sellers?” He asked for suggestions because he was new to this place and didn’t want to spend a lot of money on something wasteful.

Haewon thought about his question for a few minutes before grinning.

He stared at her for a beat too long. “What are you thinking?”

“The best seller is………….ME!”

“You can eat me out and I guarantee you will ask for more.” She said with a plain face, acting like her sentence was a valid answer to his question.

He was stunned by her bold answer and needed to ask that again for confirmation if he was hearing right.

“What did you say?”

“I’m kidding. Unless you actually want it, then we can have a further discussion in the backyard alone. You & Me. How about that? hmm?” Haewon said it so casually that Y/n forgot what to order.

“I…..what?”

“You’re such a boomer. Here, we have burgers, sandwiches, pancakes. You name it.”

He sighed and squinted at the menu. The letters were still mostly stable. Good enough.

“I will have…” He dropped his voice automatically. “Wait…“

“Let me ask my friends first.” He grabbed his phone and opened his group chat.

Haewon rolled her eyes and sighed, waiting for Y/n to confirm his orders.

“UGH! You’re so skibidi. Stop fanum taxing me. You’re not sigma. Well, luckily you have a nice face. 5000+ credits for your aura.”

Y/n ignored her words and went back to his phone, waiting for his friends’ answers. Unfortunately, all of them couldn’t attend the dinner, leaving him all alone in this restaurant. He looked at Haewon with a small grin.

“Hehe… Only me.”

Haewon widened her eyes. “Really? What the sigma!”

“Huh?” Y/n was confused and went back to his orders.

“I will have a cheeseburger. Fries. And an iced tea.”

Haewon tilted her head. “Huh?”

He cleared his throat. “Cheeseburger. Fries. And an iced tea.”

She leaned in closer, cupping her ear dramatically. “One more time. I am not deaf.”

His eye twitched. “Cheeseburger. Fries. Iced tea.”

She straightened up. “Okay, I heard ‘something burger’, ‘potato something’, and then you just exhaled. Again.”

He clenched his jaw. “Cheeseburger. Fries. Iced tea.”

She raised a brow. “Louder!”

His fingers curled on the table. “Cheeseburger. Fries. Ice tea,” he repeated, this time just slightly louder but still clearly annoyed.

Haewon’s eyes lit up. “Cute. There we go.”