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"what the hell is your boyfriend doing here?"seokjin asked raena with a scowl on his face. his eyes sent daggers to clueless yoongi from the go go restaurant's kitchen doors.

before yoongi agreed to even coming, raena had to promise the food was going to be good. after taehyung's failed attempts to make dinner when he was at his house, the restaurant sounded tempting. he was craving ramen, but the professional kind.

"he's a customer," raena replied with a shrug. "and he's not my boyfriend."

"yeah, right. kick him out," seokjin crossed his arms.

"but he's a customer! we have to serve him. what if he gives us a bad review online because of what you did. business would go down!" raena tried to reason with him.

"one comment won't change anything," seokjin scoffed.

raena crossed her arms and rolled  her skates closer to seokjin, making him look down at her.

"i don't know why you're always so mean to me," you handsome jerk, "but at least let my friend eat here. he's not going to mess up anything and i'm not going to get distracted." raena asked, staring at his handsome face.

seokjin looked down at her pleading face and scoffed. he walked away.

"i think that's a yes," she muttered to herself then rolled off into work mode.

she did a much better job than before. she wasn't slipping and tripping and was doing a good job limiting unnecessary small talk with customers. she loved the small talk and she loved the tripping because it made people laugh. but seokjin couldn't see that.

yoongi did though. he saw her slip when no one was watching and saw her laughing to herself like an idiot. he noticed her face when she tried to speak to people but realized her boss was watching her from a distance.

why is he even watching her like that? he thought. she isn't doing anything wrong. but he knew better than to go up to him and tell him that. it wasn't his place.

when she brought him her food she placed it in front of him and before he could ask her why in the hell she puts up with him, she rolled off without a word.

did i do something wrong? did i say something wrong? why isn't she talking to me? is it because of her stupid boss? probably. when is her shift over?

the food in front of him satisfied his stomach but the butterflies in them would not stop fluttering. he felt uneased in the middle of the whole restaurant, seating alone, feeling the stares of her boss. the swirling of the workers were making him dizzy. for a second he didn't understand why he was here. but then he remembered his new friend who just wanted to hang out with him.

ugh, i sacrifice so much sleep for her and it hasn't even been a week.

yoongi pushed his finished bowl away from him and signaled to a waiter for a check. he rolled on by and explained his food had been covered.

"our girl raena got you covered. but you better leave quick before the boss finds out she used her family meal discounts for someone else other than her family," he whispered to yoongi whilst taking his dirty dishes. "you can head on out. i'll tell her you left."

"wait but--"

"buh-bye," the waiter rolled away and raenae was no where to be seen.

yoongi was supposed to hang out with her later, but it seemed like that wasn't going to happen. he had to leave the restaurant or they'll keep him out considering he had already eaten and they have to close up soon.

but what about raena? she wouldn't leave her shift to hang out so its probably best for him to leave, he thought.

with a confused look, he got up from his table and pushed his chair in. he accidentally locked eyes with seokjin who had just peeked through the kitchen doors.

creep.

yoongi looked away and slowly walked out, nodding to the usher who opened the door for him to exit.

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"ayo raena," the waiter who took yoongi's plates called out to her as she gave in the last order of the day to one of the chefs.

she twirled around and greeted him with a smile. "hey, what's up?"

"your friend finished eating already so i told him to head out before boss finds out about the discounts. don't worry though, we all took good care of him," he shrugged like it was no big deal. 

raena pouted, feeling a pang of betrayal, "he left? how did he finish already? i tried to give him and endless amount of dried seaweed so he would take longer and he could finish when i finished my shift and he wouldn't have to wait for me. ugh, raena you should have planned this a little better."

the waiter's mouth shaped an 'O". 'ohh so you wanted him to stay. well, that sounds like a you kinda problem, so imma go put these dishes away." he rolled away again, a common thing in this restaurant.

defeated, raena realized he probably didn't wait for her since he was tired. maybe he texted her something.

she forgot about her job and rolled into the locker room to find her phone but someone stood in her way.

seokjin.

ugh, this is not the time to get flustered. she thought, preparing in her mind what she was going to say.

"where are you going?" he asked. "work is in the opposite direction."

"i'm just trying to go to the bathroom," raena shrugged, avoiding his gaze.

"this is not the bathroom."

oh crap. she thought.

"well, honestly i was going to find you to tell you that...." rae na glanced at the fork and spoon of the gogo resturant logo on his uniform, "someone has been stealing utensils from storage."

seokjin was taken aback. "excuse me?"

"yeah, i noticed some knives were missing and i'm little concerned because we may a murderer among us," she lied, with a feign scared expression.

"a murderer?" seokjin asked, crossing his arms and stepping closer. "do you think i'm dumb?"

raena chuckled nervously, "no no i think you're...oh my gosh the murder's over there!" she yelled and pointed behind her boss, surprised he actually turned around and she swiftly escaped from the kitchen.

her twists and turns throughout the restaurant disturbed the customers and their food eating. she took a twirl to aovid getting smashed by a waiter holding plates of food and gestured to the usher to open the door. he gladly did so and she slid through the door and outside in front of the restaurant.

panting she called herself out, "wow, raena, you couldn't have come up with a better excuse? you didn't have to literally escape. ugh. you idiot."

still huffing and puffing, she sat down on the bench out front and put her head in her hands. all she wanted was to find yoongi and find out what happened. 

"um."

raena jerked her head up and turned to her right where the voice came from.

"yoongi!" she exclaimed with her eyes lit up. she beamed at him and lunged her arms towards him, bringing him to a hug.

at first he was confused, not sure if he should hug her back but seeing as its been a while since he ever had one, he wrapped his arms around her, taking in the smell of food on her clothes.

her heart was beating like a drum, feeling so unexplainably giddy with their hug. she was sure he had left and seeing him right here waiting for her made her so happy.

yoongi's ears were burning now with this hug and was eager to pull away but she had the strength of a bear and she gave him one last squeeze before she pulled away first.

"i really thought you left, i kept trying to send you more food so you wouldn't finish eating so early and you wouldn't have to wait until my shift was over. i know that's stupid and makes no sense but it made sense to me. i'm sorry," raena apologized, looking away from him and at her hands. "by the way why did you even stay? you didn't have to. i thought you were tired."

yoongi nodded, "yeah i am, was. but you know i figured i should stay because...that's what friends are for right?" he asked with an unsure smile.

raena looked up and slapped his shoulder.

"ow! what the heck was that for?" he asked with a hurt expression, rubbing his shoulder.

"that sounded kinda wack, but i'm just really touched. we're learning!" she exclaimed.

yoongi furrowed his brows, "learning what?"

"how to be friends."

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