cigarette | wonho

one

her

seojin worked part time as a barista at a small cafe that was relatively near her place. always the same time and same days of the week. every night at exactly 8:30 pm, she'd go right around corner of the cafe for her smoke break. seojin wasn't addicted. she just smoked for fun.

one friday night, as she was about to go for her smoke break, she couldn't find her lighter in its usual place. hoping to catch another smoker outside, she heads out with just her pack but not a lighter.

surprisingly, she was all alone. sighing, she held the cigarette between her index and middle finger. she leaned on the wall as she looked up to the dark sky. she closed her eyes to pass some time.

"do you perhaps need a light?" a guy asked, making seojin open her eyes and face a good looking guy. he was holding up a lighter.

the lighter wasn't exactly wonho's. he had gotten it along with candles for the cake that was from the cafe seojin was working at. wonho noticed her shirt and realised she worked at the cafe but why hasn't he seen her before?

"oh, uh yeah," she replied as she brought the cigarette between her lips. she inhaled, lighting up the cigarette.

"thank you," she said as she exhaled the smoke away from the stranger. seojin saw the guy was holding a cake box from the cafe.

"um enjoy the cake," she said, looking at the box.

"yeah thanks, this was last minute, totally forgot about a friend's birthday," he said, scratching the back of his neck.

"anyway, i gotta go," he continued as he waved and walked off.

seojin groaned as she took another puff from her cigarette. she was pretty sure he had bought the cake that was meant for her. knowing that they would close soon and there wasn't much customers, seojin baked her famous rainbow cake.

since, all the pastries were to be cleared at night, the workers were allowed to bring them back home. the four remaining staff agreed to share the cake at the end of the day. but now, there was no cake left.

taking in the last puff, seojin threw the cigarette butt on the floor and stepped on it. she entered the cafe and the rest who were cleaning up, looked up to her and groaned.

"well, i guess today's just not our lucky day," seojin said as she started cleaning her station.