[8] Eat Jin
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*Annie's POV*
We remained silent almost throughout the entire ride except for few small talks which mostly consisted of him apologizing for his past behaviour...
I couldn't help myself but steal glances at him.
He had sharp features. Beautiful eyes, tall nose, umm..plump lips, sharp jaw line and a well-defined laryngeal prominence.. ahm.. i mean that Adam's apple...
Dear Lord, he just gulped..
"You wanna say something?" he said, breaking me from my trance
'Damn Annie could you be anymore obvious?' I thought.
"No"
I said looking towards the window, trying hard not to look at him for the rest of the ride..
"Here we are", he said while stopping the car.
It was a beautiful place. The shop looked pretty old from outside.
"How do you even know this place? The other day your friend said that you came here only to meet Mr. Lee. I've lived here my entire life & I never even knew this place existed!", I exclaimed.
"That's because this place belongs to Chang's grandfather. We went to the same school. But unfortunately Chang's parents died in an accident & he had to move in here with his grandfather. Namjoon & I come here almost every year since then, to meet him", he said.
"Oh", I replied
"Chang is like a brother to us. Thank you so much for saving him. I cannot express how much grateful I am"
All I could do was smile in return.
"Lets go. This place isn't much crowded & famous like the regular cafès you must be used to visiting, but I can assure you, the food & coffee is the best here", he said while getting out of the car.
Before I could come out on my own, he rushed to my side & opened the door for me.
'How chivalrous!... ahm.. okay Annie, calm down'
"Here", he said with a smile while extending his hand for me to hold.
I was hesistant a bit initially, but when I looked into his eyes, something told me he wasn't pretending or playing tricks. I felt warmth.
I held his hand & got out of the car. We walked inside the cafè to be greeted by a young woman in her early 20s.
"Hi Jinnie! How are you & who is this beautiful lady?", the girl asked with a smile.
"Hey, Martha. She is the one who saved Chang..& Dr. Williams, she is Chang's younger sister", he said explaining.
"Thank you so much doctor. I can never thank you enough. I couldn't go see oppa but thanks to Jinnie he took care of everything.", she said bowing to me.
"It's fine. It's my duty to treat people after all. I am glad he's doing well so far"
"Okay ladies. I am hungry. It's time for EAT JIN! You can sort your formalities later on", said Jin interrupting us.
"Ye! Oppaaa! I'll get you some delicious fried pork cutlets. I made them just a while ago" she chimed grinning ear to ear, " and what shall I get you ma'am?"
"Uh.... coffee?"
"Anything else?"
"Just coffee is fine"
"Sure ma'am"
With that we chose a table facing the streets & settled down.
Annie: So.... Jinnie huh? That's cute.
Jin: haha. Right? She's absolutely stunning!
Annie: You guys seem pretty close.
Jin: Yeah. She is like a little sister I never had.
I don't know why, but I was a bit relieved on hearing that.
Annie: Oh... by the way... what's EAT JIN?
Jin: That's a secret!
Martha: That's no secret! Oppa loves doing that weird asmr thing while eating.. he & his love for food is inseparable!
He says it's his "thing" besides music.. haha...
Annie: Music?
Martha: You didn't know? Oppa is...
Jin: *interrupting Martha* Yeah, I like to sing & play guitar. I am currently learning how to play piano..
Martha: Yeah & he is...
Jin: Martha, can you get me a bottle of water.
Martha: uh.. sure.
Annie: umm.. is everything okay? Seems like she wanted to say something..
Jin: Oh no! Don't mind her. She keeps talking all the time. I better go & tell her to make my pork cutlets extra crispy...haha..
I'll be back in a minute...
Jin left after Martha.
'Uh...weird. Why would he not let her talk?'
*ting, phone beeps*
Peter: Where are you?
Annie: I am out for coffee with Jin..
Peter: *after a moment of silence* Ok. When will you return?
Annie: I don't know. Maybe before dinner.. why?
Peter: Then lets have dinner together & how about a movie night?
Annie: Aww.. is it my birthday-week-special-treatment already?
Peter: You sure know me well, pretty lady.
Annie: Thanks, Pete. I'd love that. I'll call you when I get back home.
Peter: K.
*conversation ends*
Jin: Hey. Sorry kept you waiting..
Annie: Nah, it's fine. Oh btw, you can call me Annie y/n.
Jin: You sure?
Annie: yeah..
Jin: hmm.. You seem in a pretty good mood?
Annie: Yes, I am. Pete & I are going to have a movie night together.
Jin: Pete?
Annie: Yeah. He's the guy who was there with me in the parking lot when you came to talk to me..
Jin: Oh.
Martha: Here you guys go.. coffee for both of you & Jinnie your cutlet~ extra crispy!
Jin: *smiles* thanks Martha.
Annie: Thanks.
Martha: You're welcome.
Annie: She seems like a nice person..
Jin: Yeah.. um... about Pete.. are you guys...dating?
Annie: *coughing* wha...haha.. no..no! Pete & I are best friends since we were like 5!
Jin: *smiling* Oh! Sorry for suddenly asking...
Annie: No, it's fine. A lot of people think we are together. I'm kind of used to it now.
Jin: hm.. would you like to go somewhere after this?
Annie: .. um where?
Jin: I was thinking about meeting Chang's grandfather now that I'm here. Would you like to come with me? If you..
Annie: I'd love to.
Jin: *smiling* ok then. It'll just take 5mins from here. We could walk..
Annie: Sure..
Once Jin was done with his pork cutlets, we left for Mr.Lee's grandfather's house.
Jin: See ya, Martha. We're going to meet grandpa..
Martha: Ok. See you soon, Jinnie.
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Annie: So.. what do you do for a living, Jin?
Jin: I play music & sing.
Annie: Oh..
Jin: what? Disappointed?
Annie: No, not at all. It's just that I felt like you gave me a vague answer...
Jin: ....
Annie: You even interrupted Martha from speaking while she was talking about something related to music..
Jin: Yeah, nothing important..... *changing subject* there it is!
Annie: hmm?
Jin: Grandpa's house.
I felt like Jin was avoiding answering about music. Maybe I shouldn't pry any further. We just met recently after all..
We were greeted by an elderly man when we entered the house.
"Ho..ho.. look who's here"
Jin had a very bright smile plastered on his face.
"How are you grandpa? I missed you"
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To be continued...
- Writer
