I ducked my head against his chest, curling myself against him, turning so that my ear was pressed to his skin. I could hear his heartbeat, and before long, I could feel my eyes fluttering closed, more relaxed than I remembered being in a very long time.

•°•♡•°•

I don't know for sure why I decided to ask her if she wanted to come over. It kind of just happened. I really didn't even think about it.

I'd vaguely heard my phone go off, being half asleep, but I eventually rolled over and grabbed it.

I looked, finally seeing a reply from Soo Ah.

Do I know you?

8:10pm

She didn't know it was me. I'd given no clue on purpose, curious as to whether she'd saved my number in her phone. I replied with an equally unclear text, just for the hell of it.

It's me genius.

8:37pm

It didn't take her long to figure out it was me, and to ask me why I wasn't asleep. I told her I'd just slept and was fine.

Then I did something stupid, and I asked her if she wanted to come over. I wanted to see her, but I didn't.

After her questioning if I really wanted her to come over, and me pointing out that I just asked her if she wanted to come over, she asked for my address.

Ten minutes later there was knocking at my door, and I threw on a pair of sweats, thinking that it couldn't be her. It was at least a 25 minute walk.

I'd opened the door to see her standing there, wondering how the heck...

"I took a taxi."

She'd come in the door, and I'd asked her if she was in a hurry to get here, to which she'd replied no, that she just didn't feel like walking.

"Right," I'd smiled.

"Shut up."

I wanted her. I needed her. There was no reason I couldn't have her.

☆~☆~☆

That had been an hour ago.

Now, she was curled up against my chest as I held her close to me.

I'd asked her if she wanted to stay. I didn't think she would. I'd been wrong.

She'd been lying on her side of the bed, stiff as a board, and I knew she was trying not to disturb me, so I told her she could move around and get comfortable. She said she had trouble getting comfortable.

"Well then come here."

"What?"

I reached for her hand, finding her arm, and she started to inch closer. At one point, I slid my arm under her, and pulled her against me, hearing her gasp as her body came into contact with mine.

"Relax Soo Ah. We're just going to sleep. This isn't the part you should be nervous about."

She'd pressed her forehead to my chest, wiggling closer, then turned her head so that her cheek was resting against me. It didn't take her long, and she was sound asleep.

The girl who said she had trouble getting comfortable, asleep in my arms.

She smelled good. I bent my head, my nose pressing into her hair. It smelled like coconuts.

I listened to her even breathing, glad that she had fallen asleep so easily. I wasn't sure I'd be able to do the same. My mind was alive with so many things. Thoughts of earlier, of how much I'd wanted her. I hadn't thought it was such a strong need, until she got here. I wasn't sure that was a good thing.

I reminded myself that this was the girl that stood in the rain. She liked it. How did I end up with her here, in my arms after an evening of amazing sex. It made absolutely no sense. It probably never would.

I was still tired, and I could feel my eyelids getting heavy.  I was glad I'd made sure my alarm was  set earlier when I laid down, just in case I slept straight through till morning, because I didn't feel like checking it now. I was actually comfortable, holding Soo Ah in my arms.

☆~☆~☆

I woke up an hour before my alarm had a chance to wake me. Soo Ah was still asleep, and I tried to move without waking her. I slid my arm from underneath her, and she grumbled a little, pulling her arms tighter in front of her, then stilled again.

I got out of bed without disturbing her any further, and grabbed my phone and some clothes, heading for the bathroom to get a shower.

Twenty minutes later, I was heading down the stairs to let Yoshi out.

I'd peeked in first, seeing her still asleep, and pulled the door closed so Yoshi didn't go snooping and end up waking her up. I had no idea what he did with himself during the day while I was gone.

I let him out, and fed him, giving him some snuggles that were well deserved, and telling him what a good boy he was. 

I found a piece of paper, and jotted down a note for Soo Ah, letting her know what time I'd left, and to remember to lock the door behind her when she left, and make sure Yoshi doesn't slip out when she leaves, possibly trying to follow her.

I checked the weather on my phone. There was a 100% chance of rain. Great.

Soo Ah would be happy.

I grabbed my umbrella, and looked at the time. It was 3:55am. I may as well leave now.

I opened the front door, seeing that it had already rained, but thankfully, it had stopped for now. There were puddles reflecting the light from the one street lamp just down from my house. I'd be happy if I could make it to work before it started raining again.

I started walking, thinking about how I'd wished, for a quick second, that I didn't have to leave my bed.

My bed? Or Soo Ah?

I shook the thoughts away, walking a little quicker, hearing thunder rumbling in the distance.

A few minutes later I reached the shop, letting myself in and re-locking it.

I sighed, heading for the kitchen to turn the oven on, and checking the orders I had to make for today. I didn't have too much to do. A chocolate raspberry cake and 4 dozen cookies.

I had a peppermint mocha cake to make for the shop today, which is what I needed to start with.

I gathered everything and started mixing the cake up, greasing my pans as it was mixing. I grabbed a bag of peppermints, and went to work unwrapping them so I could smash them up to spread over the top of the cake once it was frosted with the chocolate frosting.

By 5:20, I had the cake ready to be frosted, and two trays of cookies in the oven.

I walked out front to see if it was still raining, looking out the door, glad to see that it hadn't started up again yet.

I turned to head back to the kitchen and was halfway there, my eyes catching sight of a sign hanging on the wall behind the register.

STARTING NEXT WEEK, PERK PLACE WILL BE CLOSED ON TUESDAYS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING, AND WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO KEEP SERVING YOU WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.  THANK YOU ♡ MANAGEMENT

What the hell.

Since when did Jimin make a decision without me? 

And why the fuck was he closing on Tuesdays?

I heard the key in the door, turning to see Jimin  walking in, a smile plastered on his face.

"Morning Tae."

"Why the fuck is there a sign that says we will be closed on Tuesdays?"

"Oh, I had a great night, thanks for asking."

"The hell, Jimin...since when do you decide things without checking with me?"

"It's not that big of a deal, Taehyung."

"Says you."

"Well maybe if you hadn't left out of here yesterday without saying anything to either Jungkook or I, I would have been able to ask you what you thought of the idea."

"Well since I did, maybe you should have waited until you could ask me before you put a sign up announcing it"

He sighed, shaking his head.

"Tae, we could all use a day off. We have been working every single day since we opened 4 years ago. It's not going to hurt us to close for one day a week."

They might need a day off. I didn't.

"I've gotta get cookies out of the oven."

I headed for the kitchen, and he followed right behind me.

"Tae, none of us can do anything that keeps us up past midnight, or we're zombies the next day. We don't even have one night that we can go out and have fun without having to worry about being up in the morning to come to work."

I pulled the trays out of the oven, placing them on the cooling racks and grabbing the other two to stick in the oven.

He wasn't wrong. I immediately thought of Soo Ah, and how nice it would have been to be able to stay in bed and keep holding her. It wouldn't be bad to have at least one morning that I didn't have to get out of bed for anything other than to let Yoshi outside.  

And just because there were no feelings involved with what was happening with Soo Ah, didn't mean I couldn't enjoy holding her.

"Fine, close on Tuesdays."

"Ya know, if you would just-wait...what?"

I looked at him, quirking one eyebrow up at the complete shock on his face.

"Whatever. If you wanna close on Tuesdays, then close on Tuesdays. I don't fucking care."

I sat on my stool, watching his face go from shocked to confused.

"You really don't care?"

"Nope. Why the fuck should I?"

"Because you always say you'd rather be at work than at home."

Jesus Christ.

"Do you want to fucking close on Tuesdays or don't you?"

"I do. We are."

"Okay then. Shut the fuck up and get out of my kitchen."

He hesitated for half a second, then turned and quickly walked towards the door, grabbing his apron on the way.

Fucking psycho.

☆~☆~☆

The day passed by pretty quickly, and I was pretty sure Soo Ah hadn't come in at all, because no one had said anything to me. Hopefully she had slept a bit longer, and woke up with plenty of time to get home and get to work.

I finished boxing up the orders, tying the boxes and putting the stickers on them. I picked up the two boxes, and took them out front to put under the counter. Then I returned to the back to finish cleaning up.

I was done 15 minutes later, and took my apron off, wondering who's turn it was to wash them.  I grabbed my umbrella and pushed through the door, looking for Jimin, finding him standing next to Jungkook near one of the tables.

They had their heads together, and I wouldn't doubt that they were talking about me.

"Are you two fucktards done gossiping like school girls yet?"

They both looked up, scowling at me.

"We aren't gossiping, asshole. I was getting Jungkook's opinion on a new cup design I've been thinking about getting."

"Whose turn is it to wash the aprons?"

"Mine." Jimin hissed. "Leave them under the counter. Are you done for the day?"

"Sure am. Need me to do anything else?"

"No. Now get the hell outta here. You're getting on my nerves."

I glared at him with a hint of amusement in my eyes, moving to stick my apron under the counter  then slowly walking to the front door and opening my umbrella as I stepped out. It was raining. Not hard, but enough to be inconvenient. I sidestepped puddles, and moved aside for people, being reminded again just how much I hate the rain when a car drove by and hit a large puddle just as it was passing me. I got splashed from my thighs down to my feet.

I stopped abruptly, closing my eyes as I tried to remain calm, wondering if it was even worth it to use my umbrella now.

I grumbled out a few choice words, irritation building in my chest as I continued on, looking forward to getting home and getting out of my now drenched pants and wet sneakers.

Ten minutes later I was stepping through the front door to a bouncing Yoshi, which made the shitty walk I'd just taken to get home a little less shitty. Thank goodness I'd gotten him back. If I had to keep coming home to an empty house every day, I may have gone crazy.

I squatted down and pet him, taking the ball from his mouth and tossing it for him to chase. Then I stood up and took my sneakers off, quickly going upstairs to change out of these clothes before I did anything else.