"Hey, but I've been wondering...why do you have your guitar with you?" Seokmin asks.

"Did you just say 'hey' to me?" Jisoo responds incredulously. "Aren't you going to speak formally to me?"

"But we never speak to each other formally." Seokmin frowns.

"They must be pretty good friends if they don't speak to each other formally."

"That's right."

"But we're married now! Besides, I'm older than you," Jisoo points out.

"Do you see every married couple talking to each other in a formal tone? I'm sure that some do, but I can assure you that most couples don't speak to each other formally," Seokmin replied. He smirks playfully. "Korean is hard, isn't it, Jisoo-hyung?"

"Are they fighting right now? They truly are men..."

"Whatever." Jisoo mumbles. "Disrespectful brat."

"Love you, Jisoo-hyung!" Seokmin grins and makes a heart with his whole body. Jisoo stays quiet.

"Is he...mad?"

"Aw, you're not mad, are you, Jisoo-hyung?" Seokmin pouts and steps in front of Jisoo. Jisoo walks around him silently and ignores him.

"Come on, don't be mad! Here, I'll hold your guitar. Give it to me," Seokmin says. He takes the instrument case from Jisoo's hands and slings it over his free shoulder.

"Let's go, honey," Seokmin continues as he wraps an arm around Jisoo's shoulders and beams brightly.

"'Honey'?" Jisoo scoffs, but the besotted smile on his face suggests that he's anything but annoyed with his new nickname.

"Cute!"

—

"Of course I wasn't actually mad at him." Jisoo grins playfully.

"Honestly, my arms were getting a little tired. That's why I decided to pick a fight with him. The sole purpose of it was to get upset at the end so that Seokmin would feel bad and carry my stuff for me," Jisoo explains.

"I was certain that he'd react like he did. I know him well." Jisoo turns to the camera and smiles innocently, holding up a finger heart. "Love you, Seokmin-ah!"

—

"We're here. That's my friend's café," Jisoo says. He points at a building across the street.

"The light's green! Quick, let's cross the road. I can't hold this guitar anymore," Seokmin whines.

"It's not even that heavy though," Jisoo replies, rolling his eyes. "Besides, it's on your back."

"Yeah, but it keeps digging into my back," Seokmin retorts bitterly. He breathes a sigh of relief as they approach the café entrance. "Finally! Let's go in!"

"This kid," Jisoo sighs. He pulls the door handle and opens the door for Seokmin, allowing the younger boy to walk in before going in himself.

"Aw, that's so cute! He opened the door for DK!"

"Welcome!" a deep voice chimes as they enter the café. Jisoo grins at the source of the voice.

"What's up, Lee Kangbin!" Jisoo greets his friend, clapping him on the back warmly.

"Oh, I think I know the barista! He was on some SBS show. He's really good at cream art!"

"Wow, really?"

"Hong Jisoo! I was wondering why you were taking so long. I was afraid that I'd have to call the police if you didn't show up soon," Kangbin jokes.

"Nah, this guy just took too much time to find me," Jisoo says, jabbing a thumb at Seokmin. "Anyways, Seokmin, this is Lee Kangbin, a good friend of mine, and an amazing artist. Kangbin-hyung, this is Lee Seokmin, my husband."

"Nice to meet you, Seokmin." Kangbin flashes a friendly smile at Seokmin.

"Likewise!" Seokmin beams. "It's nice to finally meet a friend of Jisoo-hyung's that I don't know."

"Ah, right, you two are already friends, aren't you? Jisoo's actually told me a lot about you, Mr. Docutie," Kangbin tells Seokmin, grinning mischievously.

"Did he say 'Docutie'? What's that? A nickname?"

"What's this, Jisoo's talked to his friends about DK?!"

"Anyways, where should the two of us set up?" Jisoo interrupts quickly, holding up his guitar.

"Set up?" Seokmin repeats.

"The two of us are going to have a guerrilla concert!" Jisoo explains excitedly.

"Huh?!"

—

"I don't know why I was so shocked to hear that we were going to perform. I mean, it explained the guitar perfectly, but...I just couldn't believe that I was going to perform with Jisoo-hyung in front of a bunch of people!" Seokmin says.

"I was...really happy when I found out that we were going to perform together." Seokmin smiles cutely. "I used to be in a rock band when I was younger, so I've always loved singing with guitars in the background. Jisoo-hyung is a really good guitar player too. I like listening to him play the guitar. It's relaxing."

—

"What song are we going to sing to?" Seokmin asks as he and Jisoo set up their microphones.

"You like the song 'Just Thinking About You' by Vanilla Acoustic, right?" Jisoo checks, and Seokmin nods. "I thought so. Since you like the song, I decided to learn the guitar for it so we could perform it together. If you sing the female parts, I can sing the male parts."

"So he learned the song on guitar because he wanted to perform it together with Seokmin? That's so sweet."

"Alright, I think I know all of the lyrics. Sounds like fun!" Seokmin says. "Are we going to sing any other songs too?"

"Well, a friend helped me rearrange 'Adore U' into an acoustic version, so if you want to try performing that too..." Jisoo offers. Seokmin nods eagerly.

"I like it! Was it Jihoon-hyung who helped you rearrange it?" Seokmin asks.

"Yeah," Jisoo replies.

"Then yes, definitely! Let's do it!" Seokmin beams.

"Great." Jisoo smiles. "I recorded a video of me playing the rearranged version of it on guitar, so do you want to listen to that and figure out how you want to sing it?"

"Yes, please!"

—

"The friend that I mentioned, Jihoon, is a good friend of both of ours. I met him through a mutual friend a few years ago, and we've become pretty close since then," Jisoo explains. "Our friendship isn't even close to being as strong as Jihoon and Seokmin's friendship though."

—

"Jihoon-hyung and I are childhood friends. He's like an older brother to me," Seokmin says. "He's a producer and composer. He's so good that he can come up with new songs on the spot!"

"That's why I was so excited to find out that Jihoon-hyung had helped Jisoo-hyung rearrange the song. I knew that since those two had worked together on it, I was sure to love it," Seokmin finishes.

—

"Are you ready?" Seokmin asks. Jisoo nods. "Alright, let's begin then."

"Hello, everyone! How are you all doing?" Seokmin speaks into the microphone. The other customers in the café clap loudly in response.

"I hope that most of you know me, but in case you don't, I'll introduce myself." Seokmin bows in his seat and grins brightly as he sits back up. "Hello! My name is Dokyeom, and I'm an idol. I'm a solo artist. Nice to meet you all!" He grins and throws finger hearts to the people in the audience who seem to recognize him.

"Hello, my name is Hong Jisoo. I'm not an idol or a musical artist, but I'll be playing the guitar and singing tonight. I hope that you'll enjoy our performance," Jisoo says, smiling softly at the other people.

"Let's begin the performance then!" Seokmin exclaims. "Our first song will be a rearranged version of one of my songs. The song is titled 'Adore U'. I hope that all of you will enjoy it!"

✦ ♡ ✦ ♡ ✦

"Thank you, everyone!" Jisoo and Seokmin chorus.

Jisoo and Seokmin stand up and grab each other's hands before bowing respectfully. The other customers in the shop are all cheering for them enthusiastically, and Kangbin gives the pair a thumbs up of approval from behind the counter. Seokmin stares lovingly at Jisoo, who is still beaming at their audience gratefully. The two of them bow to their audience once again before turning off their microphones and packing up their things.

"Did you see the way DK looked at Jisoo? It was so caring! They're such a sweet couple!"

"You can just leave the microphones and mic stands there. We'll take care of the rest of the sound equipment," Kangbin tells them as he comes up behind them. He smiles warmly at them. "I made you two some coffee. Come on."

"Ooh, did you make cream art on it too?" Jisoo asks eagerly. Kangbin nods and gestures to an empty table with two cups of coffee. Jisoo grins happily. He sits in one of the seats and looks at the cup in front of him curiously.

"Is this a picture of Seokmin and I holding hands from the back?" Jisoo questions.

"Yup. It is," Kangbin answers. "What do you think?"

"Wow, it's so pretty!"

"It's really realistic too! This guy really is good at cream art!"

"It's really cool!" Jisoo praises. "Hey, are those wedding rings at the bottom?"

"Mhm."

"Ooh, what's mine?" Seokmin wonders. He sits down in the other seat and glances at his cup.

"It's them kissing!"

"Look at the heart around them!"

"Wow, it looks so good! Kangbin-ssi is awesome!"

"What is it?" Jisoo asks, leaning over inquisitively. His eyes widen. "Oh, wow."

"It...it looks amazing. Thanks, Kangbin-hyung," Seokmin says, blushing softly. Kangbin grins at him knowingly.

"You're welcome. Enjoy, you two," Kangbin tells them before walking away from their table. Seokmin looks up at Jisoo, jumping when their eyes meet. The two of them quickly avert their eyes away from each other as their cheeks redden at an extremely fast pace.

A/N: wow ok this took me a long time to write sorry it wasn't out last week but since i wasn't gonna update this week anyways here's an update. i'll try my best to update next week too! please let me know what you thought of this chapter! also thank y'all so much for supporting this story! all of the support that i'm receiving makes me rly happy so thank you thank you thank you!

anyways linked song is "너만 생각나 (just thinking about you)" by vanilla acoustic as performed by jisoo and seokmin on the vocal team's orgel live broadcast a while back. i wanted to link a video of them actually performing it, but i couldn't find one so i just linked this lyric video. alright well that's it for this update! see you next week (hopefully)! i hope that you guys enjoyed this! thank y'all sm again! have an amazing rest of your day! you guys are the best! bye! <3

also p.s. the barista is lowkey meant to be the real lee kangbin bc i love him so much he's so talented here's a video of him from about 3 years ago on some sbs show making his coffee with cream art!

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also follow him on instagram! his username is @leekangbin91 for any of you interested in seeing more of his work. bye!