“Hello, Mr. XX! You’re here again today.”
“Yes, haha. Ah, one glass.”
It's been a long time since you remembered my face, and you even gave me your full name. It's been at least three days since I visited this cafe, but I only just now gave you my full name.
“Iced Americano, please.”
“Subin, do you have time today?”
“Well, I don’t have any plans after work.”
"Subin, do you want to meet up after work? I'll buy you dinner."
“Huh? Uh….”
Oh, did I get ahead of myself? I can see the flustered look on your face as you struggle to figure out how to refuse. But the cost of the Americano you spill every day would be enough to cover the cost of your meal. And the progress is too slow. I blindly believed the words that if you make a prior arrangement, you'll get over it.
“I’ll be going now for today. Can I get your contact information?”
"No! Let's meet today. And give me your contact information."
This is it. He grabs me in a hurry as I'm about to leave, waves his hand, and then calls out my phone number. Even though he already knows everything.
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“Subin, I… this is the first time I’ve seen you give me your phone number.”
“Huh? Did you… see it all?”
“Yeah. Your face is like a tomato.”
“…. I don’t like it!”
"Yeah, yeah. You must be stupid. But if you leave out your part-time job because you're dating, you'll get in trouble."
“Who said that they were dating? Why is that older sister like that, really?”
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“Subin, over here!”
I decided to wait at the restaurant when my part-time job ended. The only good thing about the job I received this time was that I could eat the food I wanted with the company card.
““The alcohol here is really good. Shall we each have a drink?”
“Then…just one drink.”
I came to the bar knowing in advance that you are weak to alcohol. I feel a little bad about it because it seems like I am doing something bad.
“Subin, are you okay?”
“Huh? I asked if you were okay?”
“Yes. It doesn’t seem very good. Where is your house?”
“Home… Did you just ask where home was?”
"Oh shit." Even though the alcohol content is high, what's the point of getting drunk so quickly? And what's with the echo? You got so excited after one drink that you just kept drinking. If I knew this was going to happen, would I have given you the drinks?