[ CHAPTER 15 ]
fluffernutter

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THE wind is bitter against the apples of his cheeks, slathering the cracks of his lips with the frosty chill of yet another frigid morning. His coat, despite its double padded interior, does little in brandishing the wand of pearl streaks that nip at his sides and shrivel at the tips of his silver locks.

dashing, almost tripping in the process, taehyung stumbles into the bustling cafe in which namjoon had claimed he would meet his prince charming that morning, a hasty text of plenty typos that has taehyung squinting and pausing as the cogs in his brain whir in desperate comprehension of what was to fold out.

dumping his frostbitten frame into the nearest free booth which irritatedly happened to be the one at the farthest corner of the cafe, snug beside the fogged window and lit with a single cascading bulb, encased in a dark gold curve of metal.

sent 10.45am you
i'm here! how does he look like tho?

it hadn't accounted to taehyung that to set out on a date with someone he had never seen required a brief overview of his physical appearance, at least identification purposes for he truly wasn't eager to sit in the booth till the crack of dawn of the next day for a black-haired man that shockingly lined the walls of not just the cafe but the streets alike.

and so, a trifle anxious, he whips his phone from the sleeve of his coat, fingers tapping insistently against the sleek surface.

joon🛠 read 10.48am
right, idk. brown hair?

sent 10.48am you
there's about 20 guys with brown hair here, ty.

joon🛠 sent 10.48am
idk how to describe him? he's friggin beautiful, you won't miss him.

"hey!" a voice suddenly pipes up, "taehyung right? kim taehyung?"

glancing up from his device, taehyung desperately refrains from widening his eyes, the air knocked from his chest as he sets eyes on what he swears is one of the most handsome men in history. oh my God, jimin's right i should've put on those jeans, my ass looks incredible in them-

"um-wrong person." the man says meekly, cheeks tinting a light pink as he offers a sheepish smile,"forget it."

dark brown hair tossed meticulously upon his forehead, caramel eyes that winked crescents and thin lips curved into a smile that has taehyung weak at the knees, the man before him was the epitome of beauty.

"no!" he exclaims, flushing stark red once taking note of how delirious he must have sounded - kudos to the odd look the male sends him -, he clears his throat and offers the other a tight smile, "i-i'm taehyung."

"oh okay!" the man grins, slipping into the seat opposite him, "it would've been awkward if you weren't, imagine explaining to someone that i mistook them for my date, that's weird."

giggling, taehyung nods, cheeks warm as he ducks his head to avoid the other's crescent gaze, palms slick against the cotton of his pants.

"how'd you know how i looked like?" taehyung asks meekly, picking at the loose string of his pants.

"joon sent me a picture." he says, cheeks flushing once he spots the other's odd expression, "in a totally non-creepy way."

"that's not fair," taehyung whines, cheeks puffing out as he unconsciously pouts, "i didn't get a picture."

"you're more than welcome to take one now." he winks.

oh fuck- he's flirting with me, oh my gosh. feeling, his face darken terribly, taehyung laughs nervously, opting to tilt the cards as he speaks, "so park hyungsik?"

"that's me," hyungsik beams, fingers reaching forward to thumb at the laminated menu propped up between them, "i heard the lava cakes here are to die for and they're cheap."

"for real?" taehyung says, craning his neck to squint down at the printed writing slanted before him and sure enough the familiar letters spelt out in what the elder spoke off eyes him from the desert section, "seems like something out of dominos."

hyungsik snorts, shrugging, "kinda, but it's six for two, i'm not complaining."

"neither am i."

both find themselves grinning foolishly at this, eyes momentarily upon one another before the awkward cough of the waitress intervenes, rose dusting at the tips of both their ears.

"um-so what would you guys want to order today?" she asks, gaze strictly kept on her notepad as the two men in front of her flush to the roots of their hair.

offering the waitress a tight-lipped smile, taehyung drops his gaze to the menu, blabbering whatever was at the very hilt of the fawn list, "uh a fluffernutter hot chocolate-"

"and two lava cakes." hyungsik adds, poking his tongue at him when taehyung pouts, "an extra straw as well."

"cool and the two lava cakes will be off today's special offer." she informs, tucking her pen into the pocket of her skirt, "they won't be too long."

nodding, the two return their gaze to one another as the dark-skirted waitress saunters to another table, cherry lips curved in a polite smile.

"so," hyungsik drawls, eyes tipped into gentle crescents, "introductions?"

"y-yeah." he stammers, rubbing the slick of his palm at his pants, grabbling for any topic to lob, "um-favourite colour?"

the words, shockingly nostalgic, his chest tightening at the flash of doe eyes and bunny smile imprinted against his eyelids.

"blue, you?"

black, white and red.

"purple and green." he stammers, fingers nipping at his thigh to shake of the intrusion of rabbit cantered thoughts.

"pastel?"

grinning, taehyung nods, "yeah."

"cute." hyungsik laughs, reaching forward to squeeze lightly at the male's full cheeks.

crimson dipping across the slopes of his cheeks, taehyung whines, flicking at the teasing finger's pinching their way.

"oh my gosh you're adorable." he giggles, concluding his assault, "baby cheeks."

"baby cheeks?" taehyung echos, laughing lightly.

hyungsik merely nods, prodding a teasing finger at his left cheek once again, "yeah, you're cheeks are so soft and chubby, like a lil' baby."

flushing a dark magenta, taehyung huffs, lips pursed as he struggles to smother the shy smile at his lips.

"anyways," hyungsik laughs, eyes glancing down at the silver-buckled watch at his wrist, "what made you wanna go fish?"

"sorry what?"

"go look for someone." he explains, snorting.

lips parting in a soft 'o', taehyung shrugs, fiddling with the ring encircled upon his point finger, "peer pressure really."

"huh?" hyungsik asks, brows furrowed as he tilts his head, "wait, so this isn't willing?"

eyes widening, he shakes his head furiously, insisting rashly, "no, no, no! i wanted to come here and meet you! my friends just really pushed me, some more than others and i'm kinda thankful that i gave it a shot."

"kinda?" hyungsik smirks, wiggling his eyebrows teasingly.

before taehyung is given the chance to answer his question, cheeks now light with the burning coal of the crackling fire at the very end of the cafe, ears tinted a light coral, he's saved by the clack of heels and a slab of plastic with a paper cup, steam whistling from its lips, and two plates donned with equally mouth-watering deserts, propped upon it severs between them.

"woah, they look good." hyungsik marvels, eyes trained solely on the slab of chocolate before him, tongue unconsciously tracing the skin of his lips.

"right." taehyung agrees, diverting his gaze, heart thumping in his ears as he offers a gentle smile to the waitress, "thank you."

"no problem."

once the waitress had disappeared from their sight, now politely smiling down at an ageing couple, their fingers intertwined before them, hyungsik slips his straw from its papered case, propping it between the plastic lips of their shared drink.

"hell," he says breathily, the back of his palm swiping against the froth upon his lips, "this is best hot chocolate i've had."

"yeah?" taehyung grins shyly, heart thumping at the bright smile adorning the other's lips, "you're the first one i've told about it."

"really?" hyungsik beams, "then fluffernutter hot chocos can be our lil thing huh?"

"sure."

nudging the beverage towards him, hyungsik pouts, watching as taehyung sips tentatively at the drink, a laugh at his tongue as he speaks, "fluffernutter buddies?"

"fluffernutters."

and pressing their knuckles against one another in a mutual agreement, they seal the deal.

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[a/n]

i was so distraught over whether i should pick minho or hyungsik, hardest decision i've made before. and if you don't know what a fluffernutter hot chocolate is, here you go. personally i've never heard nor tried it, have you?

and thank you all for your support, we've hit 3K views already. ily all sm. <33