Trust Me

5. The Coffee ~

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday all the days went by so swiftly in a blink. And today is Sunday. The day Jeonghan promised Joshua to go for a coffee with him. He was standing in front of the mirror in his bedroom and checking himself out moving side by side. All of the clothes in his wardrobe were spread out on his bed. At last, he thought to keep his outfit simple and casual, an oversized checkered jacket shirt over a white tee with jeans and sneakers.

"Do I look okay, Carl?" He asks his butler standing behind him.

"Yes, Sir. Perfect for a date."

"For God's sake, it's not a date, Carl. I'm telling you last time." Jeonghan yells out.

His butler was teasing him after knowing that the boy who slept here invited him for a coffee. Since Jeonghan's parents always stay for their business trips leaving him alone at the house, Carl takes good care of him. With time Jeonghan has grown closer to him like a friend. Because he doesn't have anyone to talk to in his house, he shares everything with Carl, all about his day at the uni, or the things happening in his life.

Jeonghan checks his phone, the last messages were from Joshua about their meeting place and time.

You: Shua can we change the time to 6 in the evening? Something came up

Yujin's boyfriend: no problem :)

You: where are we meeting anyway

Yujin's boyfriend: how about 17teen cafe? it's near

You: okay cool

Yujin's boyfriend: ok I'll be waiting for you there

You: Hm..

Jeonghan fixed their meeting time for the evening. The obvious reason was he didn't want any of his friends to spot them having coffee together in broad daylight. Because if one of them gets to know about this, it'll mean the whole college knows about it. And maybe it'll impact Joshua too, so it's safe for him.

Jeonghan reaches the 17teen cafe in time. Joshua told him in his message that he'll be waiting for him but wasn't anywhere to be seen yet. Instead, Jeonghan decides to wait for him outside the cafe. Somehow he was excited and equally nervous for their meeting although he got to see Joshua every day during lunch, all thanks to his friends. They all are very talented in turning his problems into headaches. After waiting for some 10 minutes Joshua finally shows up, also wearing a casual outfit like him.

"Sorry, I made you wait long," says Joshua

"No, it's fine. I just came too."

"Here, your clothes. I washed them." Joshua says handing him a paper bag.

"Oh, thanks. You didn't need to though. You were looking good in them." Jeonghan mumbles quietly.

"What?"

"Uh.. nothing. Shall we go inside?"

"Yeah."

Jeonghan finds a table away from the window. They sit in front of each other and order their drinks. The air was quite awkward with just being only two of them. Sure Joshua hangs out with his friends now but Jeonghan never really talks to him that much except some hi hellos. He still doesn't care about the conversation, he already had decided that he'll finish the coffee and will go back without spending any more time with him. Sometimes he does feel bad about it because it's him who did wrong, but Joshua is the one facing his indifferent behavior. Jeonghan also wants to be friends with him but he always finds himself helpless. He doesn't know what are these emotions he feels towards him and why he feels so attracted to him. It may be one of the reasons he doesn't want to get closer to Joshua. He's afraid he'll hurt him again unknowingly.