"Good Morning Felix!" Jisung's cheerful voice graces my ears as he practically bounces over in my direction the smell of cherries hitting my nose as he wraps me in a hug which I happily return.

"Good morning Sung, How's it been so far?" I ask as I look around the cafe, it seems fairly slow at the moment but lunch rush would have ended around an hour ago so I'm not surprised by the lack of chattering college students and sleep deprived business workers that normally make up our rush times.

"Not too crazy, Lunch rush wasn't packed today so Yeosang had Seungmin help him with some restocking in the back while I worked the register. Anyways, Yeosang said you and I will be working front of house." Jisung follows me behind the counter as I put on my apron and clock in for the day, nodding in understanding as he finishes catching me up on today's plans.

Only seconds after we get settled a customer comes up to the counter and I smile politely, my voice light as I take their order. The next 8 hours of my shift go by smoothly and without too many Karen's thankfully, Leaving Jisung and I with time to start closing down early and chat a bit while we clean.

"You should come with me this weekend Lix, I'm going up to see my boyfriend at his work! Supposedly one of his friends is playing a set on Saturday night so he invited me to hang out at the bar while he works." Jisung speaks happily, his cherry scent becoming even stronger when he mentions his boyfriend of 6 months.

"What kind of place does he work at anyways?" I ask as I wipe down tables, I don't know much about his boyfriend outside of his name and how "Overwhelmingly Sexy" he is according to Jisung, but I do know he makes my best friend happy so I'm not opposed to meeting him.

"It's a BDSM club owned and run by one of his friends. Supposedly it's a really popular space and hard to get into unless you're well known or you come really early before it fills up." My own scent sours when Jisung mentions the type of club his boyfriend works at and I can see the look of sympathy that flashes in his eyes as he finishes speaking.

"Sung, I don't know if I should go to that kind of club." I sigh attempting to reel in my emotions and calm my scent.

"I promise you'll be safe Lixxie, I talked to Minho about it without mentioning your past or anything and he said the owner is really strict about the rules in his club. They always have bodyguards and there's a wristband system in place so people know where you stand and if they can interact with you." Jisung explains and while it does ease my nerves slightly I'm still hesitant to agree after my experience with my ex boyfriend.

"Can I think about it and let you know tomorrow?"

"Of course Lixxie, I'll let Minho know to put your name on the list just in case. No pressure I promise, I understand if you don't think you can go." Jisung replies with a smile and I hug my best friend tightly before letting go to finish cleaning.

An hour goes by before I'm finally back at my small apartment, a deep sigh leaving my lips as I set my keys down on my side table and lock my front door. I slip my shoes off and b-line for my couch sinking into the worn leather as I pull out my phone to scroll through any notifications I missed while I was working.

There's messages from a few of my friends; Yunho letting me know a few of my students won't make it to one of my dance classes tomorrow, Wooyoung and San both asking about a choreography we're making together, and Jeongin having sent me a meme he made out of a picture of Jisung eating.

As I reply to messages my mind drifts back to the conversation with Jisung and memories of my ex start to overwhelm my mind. My scent sours drastically as I bite back a sob and try to steady my breathing. I don't want to cry over him anymore, I did enough of that the 2 years I thought I was madly in love, but not anymore. As soon the haze in my mind clears I reach for my phone and pull up my chat with Jisung.

'I'll Go' I send before I can regret it knowing if I truly waited until tomorrow I would find an excuse to back out. And with that I turn off my phone and head to my bedroom to get changed and attempt to get some sleep for the night. Unaware of the notification for my upcoming heat that pops up mere seconds before my phone is shut off.  

A/N~ Hello lovelies, It's been a while 😅! I hope you're all doing well and enjoyed reading the prologue of Whiskey Neat, I'm going to do my best to update as regularly as I can with my busy schedule! If you guys aren't already aware I also run a collab account with my fiancé @MangaCreatureCollabs and we finally started updating our revamp of our ChanLix story there as well so you should check it out! 🩷😊