#theres a cafe in the library. if i go i can get myself a little treat!! i just have to get up and go!! why is this so hard!!

[mossflower]

i really need to go to the library to get some work done but it’s tipping it down </3

[scalpelsister]

we are so back (< made four book requests at the library)

[zephyr-94]

barista!jaemin

inspired by the one and only, puff live!

a/n: this is my first ever fic omg pls spare me with my low writing skills cause ive literally never done this fjskdjdhjdks okay i just love na jaemin periodt. (after writing: ITS VERY JUMPY AND LENGTHY I DIDNT PLAN TO MAKE IT LIKE THIS DJSKJSJSS)

so like your aunt owns a cafe which is in the middle of the city

and you live a lil outside just cause you know, school n shit

you visit her so often cause its a small cafe and it calms you down whenyou need a short break from everything

its weird thats its in the middle of the city but its still calming right?

well okay so like you know those small streets down the neighbourhoods?

the ones you dont really go unless you are rlly feeling adventurous n shit, your aunt’s cafe is in one of those streets

okay longass context down

and at school, you are in a photography club,,, or technically you just learn photography from your teacher after school but its not a whole club extravaganza

just cause your school kinda demands an extra curricular after the first year

but it feels really suffocating to be forced to do smth as a group/with people you arent as familiar with,,,,

so you “signed up” for the smallest club: [photography theory]

it was about time you start doing your hobby-ish thing at school and the tutor was cool with you being practically the only student in the club lmao so everything was going well but

youve never rlly done anything big yourself and your school friends havent pushed you to do smth either

so you were kind of looking to at least take part in one out-of-class project initiated by students maybe

and theres this big school newspaper club/writers’ club,,,, and you find out that they are like !! photographers & stories wanted !!

and you ?? at first but apparently its a project where like students get to submit their fav pic & write a mini article about “your place of comfort”

cause the topic of the month is mental health/dealing with stress and the newspaper club wants a students’ view on it, instead of just “meditation” as a topic

then you just have that cafe in your mind like,,, how you would love to shoot the street light shining into the cafe from afar and how calm that place makes you feel,,,

basically you just love your auntie’s cafe lmao

so then you go on about maybe joining it,,, but then you be indecisive cause youve never actually taken a photo professionally you just have a prolonging passion for it,,,

and your teacher is like “y/n idk why you are contemplating no ones gonna judge you just try smth new, go take the chance if you are feeling like it”

we love a supportive johnny, oh yes your english teacher is your photography “club” tutor,,, self proclaimed club

actually there have been many opportunities in the past with taking photos for projects like this one but you just stayed away cause it didnt “motivate” you to take photos for it

so johnny’s words kinda pushed your back n you felt like this was the right thing :))

so then you visit your auntie on the weekends asking maybe if you can take pics & ask her a couple questions about this place

and shes like ofc!! wanna see how you capture this place :))

so then you do this whole process and you submit the article & photos,,,,,

which ends up getting a whole page???

and you are like wh a t

newspaper club: oh you submitted many such pretty pictures & your comment felt very genuine

and you :)) but damn a whole page,,,, you is a lil anxious djskdjdh now the entire schools now going to know you

johnny the hype man teacher: see i told you it was going to turn out nice

and then kaboom, your article lowkey blows up lmao

your auntie is calling you up like “y/n!! so many customers came today!! and a lot of them are wearing the same uniform as you, they must be the students from your school!!”

and shes so happy so you are happy af

but then you remember like,,,, shes never had a part timer,,,,,

and she continues to manage the place by herself after it gets popular among the students,,,,

?? auntie,,, you never take a break ??

shes like maybe ill think about hiring someone?? and you are like, that would be good for you :)) i will be less worried about your health!!

whoop guess who got hired

and after youve had that^ conv, you had constant classes n group projects n shit so you literally had no time,,,

two weeks later, kinda highkey stressed

you decide to go make a quick visit to auntie before going to the library to study

and you peek,,, to see not your auntie,,,,

but a boy?? 

just standing behind the counter,,, no auntie to be seen but a beautiful boy???

before the opening hours,,,, he?? must be the part timer,,,

and once he notices you by the door,

he just smiles at you,,, so brightly,,,,

wow youve never seen such a pretty face,,,

you actually like forget to open the door you are just staring from outside the cafe,,,,

and he just waves,,, and you snap back to reality like oh shit did i just stare at someone for a solid minute

welp that was embarrassing djkdjdfj

he opens the door for you and goes “hey you must be y/n :))”

“the only person who comes before 9am, thats you isnt it?”

and you just ?¿ confusion??¿

“auntie told me about it :)) hi, nice to meet you, im jaemin!!”

you are still confused but you just shake hands next to the counter,,,

and as you take a seat

jaemin just makes a smol run to the other side and hes like

“you came just in time, i want you to try my latte!!”

jaemin serves a cup of latte with a leaf art

this boy just served a latte first thing after shaking hands i-

you take a sip from the cup

and you are like,,, so auntie hired an experienced boy,,,,

“its really good,,,” it has the same comforting taste you always love

and jaemin just has the biggest smile :)))) you know his smile where the ends just curl in, yes that one

him beaming like that just makes you giggly inside,,,,

you ask him “so uh um im guessing you are the part timer??”

“yes!! i didnt introduce myself properly did i! i started working here two weeks ago :))

ive been coming here for quite a while now so im happy i got the chance!!”

and you ?¿ “ive never seen you here??” you are the most frequent customer youve gotta have seen him before fjsksj

hes like “oh um i always came at 9pm on a friday, after everyone leaves and the whole neighbourhood gets quiet”

you just :o

and come to think of it, you’ve never visited here on a friday night,, cause you know, friday evening is your im not doing anything tonight kinda me time lmao

inside you are kinda happy that someone who knows this place got hired like its a special place to you so

tbh you were kinda anxious even though you trust your aunt,,,,,

and jaemin hurriedly goes “oh and also auntie is taking a break today, shes out to the market so im gonna take over until she returns in the afternoon”

djskdj auntie why didnt she tell you lmao

“im sorry if you needed anything specific from her,,, you should stay for a while until she comes back maybe?”

and you are like,,, “oh that would be great,,, but unfortunately i have to go to the library,,,,”

jaemin: ): he pout

“im so glad you came today tho!! i wanted to see you :) auntie has told so many thing about you”

“wait,, what has she told you,, omg”

apparently shes told jaemin

a) reason why this cafe recently became a popular hideout cafe for students because you wrote a school article bout it

b) that you do photography

c) and that this cafe is your break time so you never study here and auntie loves listening to you talk about school n what not

and then you are like !!

“wait so then you dont go to our school ,,,um are you also a student?”

and you panic a little cause i mean you just met him but you literally know nothing and you mightve assumed things fjsksj

and jaemin tells you “ah yes i go to a hospitality school downtown” “ohh”

and from there he just starts talking about his school and what he studies

he asks you about school but jaemin is extra excited about his hospitality course hes all !! :))!!

and you are so hooked on jaemin talking about his school you forget an hour passes by,,,,

[time to open the cafe]

then the customers start coming in

and you are like “oh sorry ive just bothered you during the preparation time,,,,, it was nice meeting you!! gotta go now :))”

and you rush out cause all you planned to do was give your auntie a little visit

also you dont want to bother jaemin cause its hes gonna handle the place alone for a couple hours

you wave a smol see you soon and

jaemin just does a little chuckle,, and hes like waving so widely fjsksj does he know other people can see him

and thats how your first day with jaemin went

later that day you return home thinking like,,, did you just get so excited to converse with someone who you juSt met,,,

na jaemin’s power

and jaemin on the other hand, is thinking about how beautiful you looked today

just that short while but it made him so happy

hes thinking about you all week uwu

so next week you visit again, expecting to see your auntie

and maybe also that gleaming boy

peeking through before the opening hours

the moment jaemin realises you hes like “y/n!!” what a shining boy

and aunties like “oh y/n right you met him last week when i was out right”

that morning you just talk to auntie about what shes been missing on after you went on a busy week

mind that jaemin is literally just listening to you & auntie talk

and he enjoys it cause you talk so comfortably in front of her :))

you decide to stay the whole day to give yourself a break

which meant you moved to your usual spot by the window

and auntie serving you (free) vanilla latte

you take out your camera and just start adjusting the lenses, trying to find the right frame

customers come and go so you dont get to talk to jaemin a lot that day

but its not like you came here for him,,,, right?¿??¿??

while you were thinking all that

jaemin was asking about you all day like

“so y/n’s favourite is vanilla?”

“does y/n prefer a latte over cappuccino?”

“i want to serve y/n something,,,, what would be the best??”

auntie: how many times did he mention y/n today omg

and as auntie answers

jaemin is thinking like

i wanna see y/n smile

and the entire day your auntie is like !!he :)))))

lmao same auntie same

so when the peak hours finish she goes

“i can take care of everything now, go talk to y/n”

and jaemin just smiles brighter than ever

so when he comes around, you startle

but it puts a smile on your face

because hes brought your favourite cake and just a smiling jaemin in front of you uwu

you both get to know more about each other like

how theres this two boys named chenle & jisung in the preparatory course whom he adores to death

or like

theres this jeno boy whose jokes suck jeno i love you

with a bonus of

you talking about how johnny’s english class is nothing but a comedian’s lesson

so that day went great

and now that you are comfortable

you visit the cafe to talk with jaemin more

even when you have a chill no stress week

it just makes you feel lighter by coming to the cafe now

and your auntie is hella happy that you two are getting along so well

it continues for weeks

just you and jaemin talking from time to time when the peak hours are over or before the cafe opens

you became best pals basically

he encouraged you to join more school projects cause hes sure your photography is worth the chance

you giving him daily support when he feels like he isnt doing the best for his course

sometimes when your aunt had to leave for a couple hours near closing time

you two just stayed there talking for a couple hours giving comfort to each other

late night lattes and cakes

also one time you got so excited from the bestest grades you got you might have hugged him without thinking oops

and one day, jaemin’s friend renjun is there when you come after school

and hes like “hi uh dont mind me im just here a bit because jaemin has to go somewhere after this and i dont want him to be late”

so you just,,, chill as jaemin kinda rushes

and when he goes to the storage room, you just see renjun getting along with the auntie lmao

auntie: “so i got offered this contract with the new type of beans? and idk if i should take it because that would mean i have to go out of the city,,,,”

renjun: “for how long?”

auntie: “two weeks maybe”

renjun: “oh thats fine, dont worry about it. jaemin can take over that. next two weeks right? his mandatory work experience ends this week”

so thats how renjun signed jaemin up to work alone for auntie without his consent

and aunties like “y/n!! it would be so much for just jaemin, you should help him :) your break starts next week right?”

so you also got signed up to this thing

fast forward to first day of break

aka the first time you “work” there

you are nervous and jaemin can feel it

“dont worry y/n, ill do all the talking and coffee, you just have to serve & clean!!”

so you try to calm down a bit

not to mention that you are also nervous cause its only jaemin and you in the room

but then he sees you fumbling with tying the apron and

jaemin says “here, give it, ill do it for you” while smiling a little

and from the back he wraps the apron around your waist,,,

and hes so close to you,,, your heart is fluttering

okay heart stop beating so fast pls thank you

and little do you know,,, jaemin is flushing a bit behind your back,,,

you are both the cutest mess

and you break the silence with a smol

“thanks :))”

trying to contain yourself from screaming

adapting to the serving side & keeping youself busy

you dont realise jaemin is literally admiring you the entire time as you get used to the job,,,,

here and then you forget how close you might be standing next to jaemin,,,

you kinda also realise how rEALLY attractive he looks serving everyone with a huge smile 24/7

and the way some customers are obviously attracted to him,,,,

but what you dont know is he is literally taking this chance to highkey flirt with you lmao

waves (sometimes winks) across the room

causally hovers over you when you cant find/reach smth

beaming the biggest smile every minute he gets to himself

and at first you panicked like ?!????

cause was this jaemin boy holding back for a whole month

is this his nature yes

but it makes you so happy to see him smiling all the time beside you

so jaemin yes its working

you gotta admit tho his flirty-ish behaviour grew on you this entire week djskjssj

a week of giggly smiles uwu

but the week after was unexpectedly the busiest of the busiest

you two forgot national holidays collided with the weekends and for some, it was a week off,,,,,,

so the week rushes by so quickly compared to the last one

it kind saved you tho cause your heart cant take more of that flirty behaviour

and finally,

the peak days are over,,,

and you realise its been a while since the cafe was just you,,,, and well jaemin but just no customers

the silence with faint sounds of cups cluttering,,,, you missed it

so then you go sit on the high chair

just admiring jaemin organise the shelves

he starts to prepare a new cup of coffee then realises you smiling at him “were you in awe at how effortless i look right now??”

you chuckle at his remark,,,

(needless to say that your are chuckling to hide how your heart is melting at his smirky smile)

so you twirl a bit shyly,, and avert the gaze to the familiar wood of the counter

asking him “do you remember the day we first saw each other, me sitting here and you serving the latte?”

“ofc, its the day i met an angel”

oh so confidently na jaemin really just said that

you quickly look up at him like !!!?!???!

and thats how he earned a first kiss (or rather a peck) from you

leaning over the counter and pecking you, a whole blushy mess

then comes a clink by the door

you juMp,,,,,,,

oof the customer may or may not have seen you two

you both rush around flushed like a tomato lmao

spending the rest of the day like nothing happened oops

and after the day ends, you two close the cafe

as you starting walking you are caught off guard when

jaemin just takes your hand,,,

“look y/n!! the stars are so pretty!!”

and starts swinging your arm like a tall child,,,

your heart is skippingnsjsjsjs

then at the corner, jaemin turns around and goes

“this is actually the place i first saw you”

and you ??¿?¿¿

“i saw you taking the photo of this night light shining into the cafe”

still hand in hand, jaemin steps a little closer

and takes his free hand to cup your face, kissing you,,,,

you smile into him as he kisses so softly, thinking

maybe the day i took that photo was a friday night

and melting into the kiss, you really think you are dreaming,,,,,

under the lights you once wished capturing a sparkling moment with the cafe in the back

its now you and jaemin in the frame,,,,

the boy who had you forgetting to breathe a month ago

whos now serving your favourite latte with a bonus of pecks on the cheek,,,,, (maybe on the lips if theres no one watching)

anyways

jaemin brings light to your life and you have never been this happy until you met him uwu

and it goes both ways, jaemin cant live without you now,,,, you are the best thing thats ever happened to him

(thank the heavens & your auntie)

oh and also johnny for pushing you to submit that article lmao plus huang renjun for that involuntary sign up

[shitpostsfromtheinvisiblelibrary]

Quarantine prompt 16? I don't care who. Probably involves Silver

“I am so bored. I would do anything right now.” Irene complained, she'd draped herself across one of the chairs in Silver's small private library, with a book that she'd just finished reading open on her lap.

“Anything?” Silver's head perked up at the same time Kai began to glower at the Fae.

“Anything but you.” Irene saidwith a sigh as she swung her legs round and stood up. "I suppose that you do have a lot of books, but I cannot believe that I'm saying this, but I do not like being cooped up in doors."

"Its one of those things where, as soon as you're told that you can't do something, you want nothing more than to do it." Kai said.

It should have been an excellent idea. It really should have been! They should have been able to get so much work done! A pandemic that had caused a lockdown was sweeping the nation and Silver had, for once in his life, come up with a logical argument. If Irene, Sterrington and Kai wanted to keep up their meetings, then they'd need to stay somewhere with plenty of space and, well, his embassy certainly had more space than theirs. Irene and Kai had pestered Vale to come to and they'd finally won on a single point, when else would he had this level of access to Silver's home unempeded as he had permission to be there. He'd gone silent after that, before asking what he should pack.

However he and Sterrington seemed to have the same idea, avoid everyone else, him to be nosey, her because she and Kai fought like cats and dogs and Silver didn't help as he refused to side with Sterrington for the most part, unless he was going to get more out of winding Kai up.

Irene had already gone through half of her stash of aspirin.

"I need fresh air." Irene said. "I miss libraries and bookstores and cafes."

"I have a library."

"Fine, allow me to correct myself, I miss libraries where half of the literature isn't erotica. Now whilst I'm sure there's bound to be a Librarian with similar interests in such novels, I am not that Librarian." She slid the book she'd finished back into place. "I think I'm going to stretch my legs."

"I'll join you." Kai slid a marker in between the pages of his book and got up.

"Oh, so very subtle." Silver muttered before throwing himself onto a chaise lounge of fuscia velvet. "If I checked, I would wager that only one of your beds have been slept in." He'd be wrong, they were taking it in turns to sneak into the others room. Kai just rolled his eyes and offered Irene his arm, which she took as they left.

"An actual walk or..."

"Yes, Kai, I genuinely want to stretch my legs... Maybe we should find Vale, see what he's doing."

"I think he's still in bed." Kai said. "He is not coping with nothing to do very well."

"At least he's got company. He'd be a wreck if home alone." Irene said, shaking her head. That had been the other motivation for Vale, to make sure that he didn't have any relapses, or pick up any new bad habits, the smoking was more than enough. "Let's check his room first then." All of their rooms were relatively near to each others. Kai and Vale's were on the same corridor, whilst Irene's was nearer to Silver and neither of them were entirely sure where Sterrington was sleeping. Kai seemed to be getting a kick out of sneaking past Silver's room to join Irene at night. She was enjoying it a little less, but it was still... Fun, in some kind of way that she wasn't entirely sure about.

Kai knocked on Vale's door and they were met with silence. He tried the door handle but it was locked. Irene shrugged. And ordered it open in the Language before she opened the door a few inches. "Vale?" She could hear breathing. "Oh good. You're awake." She fully opened the door and flicked the light on. He poked his head out from underneath the sheets to give her quite a look.

"Or at least, he is now." Kai said, slowly following her into the room. "Are you planning on getting out of bed today?" Irene pulled back the curtains, bringing more light into the room, tying them back to keep them in place. "It's nearly noon, Vale."

"And? Theres nothing to do." He complained.

"Yes, we're all bored. You would have been born at home." Irene said. "Get out of bed. And have a shower."

"Id rather go back to sleep but you two have invited yourselves into my rooms."

"Well, we are bored too." Irene said. "And Silver propositioned me again. I have nothing to read and am going to have to stop a murder at this rate."

"Who's doing the murder." Vale asked dryly, looking to Kai. "You or Strongrock?"

"Yes." Kai said after a moment. "Get up, Vale. You know how stubborn that she can be." Irene cleared her throat and he looked up and smiled. "Oh, I happen to like it. I don't think he finds it as enjoyable." Vale rubbed at his eyes.

"Fine. I'm getting up. Go away, I'll find you when I'm up and dressed. Satisfied?"

"Very." Irene smiled before grabbing Kai's hand. "Don't be too long."

"And now are we going to annoy Sterrington as well?" Kai asked tiredly.

"No we're going out to the garden."

"Its raining."

"And?"

This is potentially the first part in thing I may write of them all being stuck inside Silver's house

[datingadviceonreddit]

TLDR: guy tried to be there for me when my ex cheated. I rejected him in a mean way. 2 months later i texted him and apologized for the ugly way i treated the situation. We went on a friend-date and now i can't stop thinking about him.I(20F) had a class (in junior college) with a guy(21M) a couple years ago. We were never close other than sitting together in the cafe at school during breaks and the kind of friends who checked up on each other every few weeks. He's a nice guy. Lets call him "Lucas" for the sake of privacy i guess.Around March of this year, i started dating a different guy, "Jimmy," who turned out to be a mutual friend between "Lucas" and I. In June, Jimmy ended up cheating on me, so we broke up.Lucas started messaging me more frequently, calling, offering to pick me up from the airport, and escalating our friendship and I started to feel like he liked me as more than a friend, and when Lucas finally asked me if i wanted to hang out alone outside of school, I kinda of freaked and didnt handlethe situation that well. I had demanded his intentions, asking if it was a date or what... He had admitted he did like me, but I always had a boyfriend so he had never pursued me. He said he just wanted to be friends and he wasn't expecting me to like him back or anything, he really just wanted to be friends. (I can believe him, he's really not the sleazy type to stick around just to get in my pants, just want to say that. His personality is a little strong at times and he has a hard time socially and just wants friends so thats why i say this.)He proceeded to ask me why i didn't want to hang out and i made up lies about not liking being around him (echoing what my ex said about him, when really my ex talked shit about everybody and his opinions rubbed off on me), and i said i didn't feel comfortable with it because I didn't know what was going to happen and he was being kinda pushy so that made it worse at the time. I told him the main truth at the end which was that i didn't feel close to him since we only talked at school and I'd feel uncomfortable so I'd want baby steps if we were gonna be friends. (I've never had guy friends before so i'm like fucked socially.) He graciously agreed and we didn't speak since then.I just kinda idk i had really fucked it up. I think I was still hurt from my ex and had trust issues and wanted to be alone and was feeling anti-social and didn't want to deal with the awkward encounter of hanging out alone for the first time. I handled it badly. I made another post about him on reddit actually and i made it seem like he was creepy and the bad guy cause I wanted to justify the way i acted. It wasn't fair cause i know he's a really great guy.I messaged him last week (about 2 months or so after the big conversation) because he passed through my mind a couple of times and i told him that i felt that he didn't deserve the way i treated him, which is the truth. He said not to worry about it, he knew i was going through a lot and was glad i'm feeling better. We then organized a little getogether and we went to the movies and went to our public library and did homework together.Our "friend date" was so fun! I forgot how much fun he was to be around, we haven't really hung out for longer than an hour in over a year so i was really laid back as soon as the initial awkwardness went away. At the end of our little date when we were hanging in the parking lot, we talked for half an hour about serious stuff like our mental health and we talked more about the big conversation when i fucked it all up and he said "i don't hold any grudges for that. I'm surprised you texted me! I'm glad you did, i always get scared when i try to text you, i dont want to bother you." I dont remember what i said after that but i think it was something along the lines of "Please dont hesitate, i was just having a bad time at the time and didn't know what to do." And we chatted more about other stuff.The very end when i needed to leave (to be there for a friend), we hugged and its this that i can't stop thinking about. The hug was so long. I was expecting it to end and he just held on to me for a while, maybe a minute. And it might be because i crave that affection still. But he's so sweet. At the library i was flipping through my book a lot and i said "oh if i annoy you, just let me know!" And he said "You could never annoy me." I flipped another page and he said jokingly, "okay now you're annoying me!" It was just so sweet ugh hes silly-funny.I don't know guys. I need help. Like i'm not looking for a relationship, i'm just going through some healing and i know this age is hard with school and everything.... but this boy is pretty perfect and sweet and i cant help myself from liking him. And maybe we're just going to be friends and I'll get over the crush and thats totally cool. I mainly just wanted a space to rant about this.But i want to know what do you guys think? Like do you think theres a chance he might like me still, or did i do irreparable damage? Is him being friends with my ex a weird thing (not sure they even talk any more cause Jimmy was a dick). Am i lame and should i leave him alone? I just need someone to be real about this :) thanks in advance. via /r/dating_advice