ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 20

                                    

                                          
I place the cup of coffee Ashley ordered next to her computer. She gives me a smile and I sit down opposite her. "How's the project going on?"
She aggressively nods back making her bun even looser than it is. She tears her eyes off the blinding screen and stares at the wall behind me, looking deader than ever. 
"I can't do this, just kill me instead," Ashley deadpans.
"Nonono, we have to finish this project. I thought bringing you to this cafe could inspire you."
Ashley slams her MacBook shut and places a single ice cube on top. It melted a bit too fast.
"Where did you get that?"
"It's clean, don't worry," the girl in front of me unfolded a piece of tissue and let the water get soaked up.
"Seoyeon ah! Switch!" I heard from a distance. I immediately turn around to see Channie and Chaeyoung walking up to me. It's time to change shifts. I take a deep breath, patting Ashley's shoulder and headed towards the counter.
Ding
I halt my steps to the notification sound. I knew exactly who it was and I couldn't care less. I check the clock, 5:45 pm. "Not again," I mutter to myself as I enter the kitchen seeing Innie preparing someone's cup of coffee. I gave him a back hug and he immediately stopped whatever he was doing to hold my hands.
"Noona," he calls out.
"Hmm?" I hum as I lay my head on his shoulder.
"You're coming home after your shift right?" Innie asks. Chan and the others wanted to hang out in the evening since we don't have school tomorrow. Mr Kim kindly allowed us to leave and gave my night shift to the other workers here. I shook my head to my boyfriend's question and let go of our embrace so Innie could continue to make the latte he was making.
"No, I wanna buy some snacks since I ran out of them plus I want to have some when I get there." I check the electric board to see if there were any more orders.
"Do you want me to come with you?" The boy offered but I shook my head again. "It's okay, the grocery store is just 10 minutes away." I answer him.
"Tsk, lovebirds." I heard Hyunjin's voice by the till. Oh right, he's here as well.
I beamed at his direction and gave him a death stare. "Oh yeah like you are any better when you're with Chaeyoung." I roll my eyes at him.
"Meanie," he mumbles thinking I wouldn't hear. I smack his head and told him to keep quiet. He never spoke a word since.
I secretly opened the message from the unknown user.
Unregistered number
So, making coffee?
What are your plans next?
Seoyeon
Why ask
Leave me alone
Unregistered number 
You can't
I know too much
I sigh to the usual stalking behaviour. I made sure to capture screenshots before turning 'do not disturb' on. I might need them for later.
It was soon 6:10pm. I neatly folded up my apron and placed it on the stack of worker aprons before grabbing my tote bag. I walked along the streets with Innie and the others till I arrived the grocery store that had all my favourites. I bid them goodbye and walked in alone.
Not to admit, I get carried away when buying snacks. I always end up buying too many and having to give some away which is why I rarely buy snacks anymore. Since I am out with the whole gang, I might as well get as much as I like. I don't suppose we couldn't finish it especially when Changbin is there. I put all sorts in my basket, chocolates, cookies, crisps, candies, etc. Strangely, even gimbap showed up in my receipt.