[ManabuXJin] Sujin Cafe

Visit 01: The Crème Brûlée Path

Notes: Woaaahh!! So here's chapter 1 ~ it took me a while to post this but, I'm so glad that I could update this fairly quickly owo

It's a lil short but, I hope you guys like it <3 chapter 2 is on it's way too! As soon as I update Beyond the Pale first though lol

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                          The feeling of a gentle summer breeze took a whirl to his direction, the wind knocking against his body. There was a rather nostalgic scent in it that had the raven closed his eyes for a moment. All around him, he was surrounded by nature, the greenery doing its job to wash away his dark thoughts and at the same time, to dissipate the loneliness he felt. Yet, not even Mother Nature herself could help him when he heard all the chitter chatter of those who also enjoyed his favourite park.

Manabu opened his eyes again and was faced with the reality that he wasn't alone on his favourite place. You turn your gaze to one corner and you'd see a family having their picnic on the soft dewy green grass, avert your attention to the other side and you'd see a couple of kids laughing and tumbling on their feet with their best friends or siblings. And the worse of them all, no matter how much Manabu had tried to block and channel out the scenes in front of him, he would see a happy couple here and there. The raven would see beaming faces that stared at one another with such affection, hands holding whilst they swayed in a cheesy way like those in the movies and those horrible giggles of delight that came from each other.

Eww. Gross. Disgusting.

There was a word to call people like Manabu and it started with a big letter B. Bitter. And he probably wouldn't even try to hide nor deny it. Manabu for first and foremost was actually getting sick of all the coddling and red petal roses path whenever he would so much as turn to either side of the pathway he was walking through.

It made him cringe, the very idea of couples itself. He walked in a faster pace, feeling his own stomach churn in havoc at the people all around him. How dare they be happy or more like: how dare they be happy in his presence? But alas, Manabu is just one lone teenage high schooler who more or less dislikes a lot of things. The raven feels a little bit of ire running through his system, making him feel even grumpier, and his stomach doing impossible flips.

Or is he just hungry?

The thought made him pause, he halted , ceasing all actions and stared at nothing for a few moments. 'Did I even eat breakfast today?' the query came about in his head and the raven retrieved all memories of this day from when he first woke up. And the answer to that question was he indeed has not eaten anything yet at all.

He grumbled in annoyance, Manabu remembers waking up with a horrible headache, a sour taste in his mouth and feeling extra bitter with a side of salty on his mood. The raven checked his wrist watch; it showed him that the time was exactly 1:30 p.m. and that he was already late for lunch.

"I should get something to eat," he mumbles out to himself, one hand moving to touch his growling stomach. He stupidly rubbed it a few times, as though the action could help lessen the hunger he felt as he started walking again "Where should I eat?" he asked himself, voice low enough so it wouldn't attract any bystanders or people that walked passed him to think that the raven was crazy.

He really didn't feel like leaving the park just yet, he'd only arrived a little over 3 hours ago. And to anyone that would complain as to why the hell he was walking around some dumb park for 3 hours Manabu would just raise up his middle finger at them and tell them to fuck off ; because who doesn't like parks and their sweet serene areas filled with nature.

'Where to eat, where to eat,' he questioned over and over again in his head. Outside the park, there were a few restaurants that he had all tried out, a ramen shop just a few blocks away from here, an Italian restaurant a couple of blocks closer, a fast food chain (specifically McDonalds ) and lastly, a cake shop which was the farthest from all three food caterers and the park itself.