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When Jungkook walks into the cafe again, there's the same amount of people crowding the room. He notices Taehyung's familiar face and is greeted by him again, this time with an even bigger smile.

"You came again!" he cheers excitedly. "And you brought a cute friend too?"

From beside him, Hoseok's face visibly turns from neutral to completely shocked, eyes wide, eyebrows raised, and lips parted.

"I-I'm sorry, me?" He points at himself, confused, and both Taehyung and Jungkook giggle at how baffled he is as he's flirted with.

"Ah, Taehyungie." An unfamiliar face creeps up behind the server. "That's not a way to welcome newcomers, baby." He's taller than Taehyung and his eyes are smooth, dragon-like, and he's giving Taehyung a warning look, but Taehyung just pouts.

"Well, how do I welcome people then? Since you must know a secret way?"

The taller gives Hoseok a dimpled smile before he bows slightly and holds out his hand. Hoseok is still shocked, but he looks intrigued as he places his hand in the man's ever-so-gently.

"I'm Kim Namjoon," he says, then lifts Hoseok's hand to peck his knuckles. Jungkook holds back a laugh as Hoseok blushes. "Welcome to Seoul Host Cafe. I'll be your server."

"You're too proper," Taehyung still pouts as he complains.

"You're too eager," Namjoon bites back playfully as he leads Hoseok away with Jungkook waving goodbye cutely at him.

"He's such a loser." Yet Taehyung has a big grin on his face from the interaction. He steps closer to Jungkook. "So, are you here to see Seokjin hyung?"

Jungkook lowers his head to hide his blush. "Wh-What? I- I wouldn't mind being served by you."

"But you want Seokjin."

He comes to a realization. "How would you reckon so? Were you watching me yesterday or something?"

Taehyung lets out a nervous laugh. "Well- I mean, you two were kind of the talk of the cafe once you left," he admits. "The girls go wild seeing boys flirt, like look over there."

He points off to where two servers— one of them Jungkook recognizes as Jimin, Hoseok's friend— flirting around a group of girls who giggle and urge them to do it more.

"They... like that sort of thing?"

"Of course," Taehyung says, wrapping an arm around him. "Yoongi hyung and Jimin are known for it. Seokjinie hyung... not so much. He's popular with the girls."

Jungkook hums, biting at his lip as he glances around for Seokjin. Once he finally sees the familiar face he's waited for, he sees Seokjin whispering into a girl's ear, making her smile.

A slight pit of jealousy settles in him once he realizes that this is Seokjin's job, to flirt with people, and he's flirting with that girl a lot more intimately than he was with him.

"I just want you to serve me today," Jungkook confidently tells Taehyung, who smiles wide.

"Really? Me?"

He nods. "You're really nice. You could tell me all about the cafe while I eat honey bread."

"Honey bread!" Taehyung exclaims brightly. "That's my favorite snack here!"

"And coffee, too please."

At that, Taehyung grimaces. "Ew, okay, coffee. We can have honey bread together~ I'll go get your order. Sit wherever you like, cutie."

Jungkook doesn't blush as much as he had yesterday with Seokjin's flirting. Taehyung is friendly and Jungkook genuinely feels like he might make a friend today.

So, he smiles happily as he takes his seat.

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