Note before reading: If the scenes feel rushed, that means that the book still needs to be revised after completion. As I said, feedbacks are highly appreciated if there are mistakes or anything that you want to let the author know. Lovelots! 💕

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It was Monday again.

I already knew who was going to greet me as soon as I went to the restaurant again. Their schedules were already fixed so I was sure that Yohan would be the one in charge this time. When I finally got there, I saw Yohan wiping the glass window, and seems like he was finished already. He was still occupied by it, not noticing me coming right behind him.

"So, what's on the menu for today?" He couldn't help but jump at the sudden pat on his shoulder and hear my voice afterward. I could tell that he wasn't expecting me to come in the morning instead of the afternoon. He slightly coughed before telling me to go inside. As he went inside the bistro, he quickly point his hands to a table.

"I'll be right with you. I just have to put these away," he told me before looking at the cleaning materials. I gave him a nod, going right inside and looking at the new decorations.

This time, there was a small little dolphin plushie right on the counter and there was a picture of him at the seaside hung on the wall alongside the other first decorations he had.

Sitting on one of the chairs, I saw Yohan finally going inside and putting the cleaning materials over to the storage before washing his hands right in the kitchen. After that, he went right over to the counter and took out a menu.

"I want to remind you that this time, you have to pay," he said before he chuckled. "This one's not on the house anymore."

"I could tell that, considering that you've given me a menu instead of guessing what food I'd have." He laughed at my comment before nodding, waiting for me to choose the cuisine I would like.

Looking over the options, I decided to go with the meals that looks like I could have without hesitation.

"Gogi Guksu, Peanut Ice cream, and that Tuna Kimbap you gave me the first time I went here," I told him as he listed it down on the notepad before he smiled right at me.

"Alright, playing safe a bit, huh? I'll be with you shortly. I'll prepare the meals you ordered."

As soon as he was about to go back to the kitchen, a question popped into my mind. "Oh right, Yohan, I was curious. Why aren't there any customers at the time?"

"Because you don't usually come on opening hours." Raising an eyebrow, I noticed the closed sign right at the door.

Ah, so that's what he probably meant.

I smiled awkwardly as I suddenly heard Yohan chuckling in the kitchen. Well, there goes my curiosity at that.

It took him minutes before he came back with the meals. Looking at the Kimbap and Gogi Guksu, I was confused as to why the ice cream wasn't there with it. Yohan noticed the furrowed eyebrows and waved his hands at me.

"Ah, if you're wondering why your ice cream isn't included, I thought that you might want the dessert after the meals," he answered - probably reading my thoughts.

Smiling, I told him that it was alright. Since I did think of having breakfast here, I went over to taste the Gogi Guksu first. I had already tried the Kimbap so I'm hoping this one wouldn't be too spicy or won't suit my taste.

Taking my chopsticks to hold in my right hand, the spoon in the other, I tried tasting the soup first - which startled Yohan a bit.

"Wait, you're ambidextrous?" This made me stop and look over at how I was holding the spoon. Laughing nervously, I set it back down and nodded. "Ah, I was just curious since most tourists go with the right only. Or maybe there are some who do it like that?"

He then told me to carry on but I could still feel his gaze - probably confused since most utensils used in the left hand were a fork or it's either left empty-handed.

Taking a sip of the broth, my eyes widened as soon as I tasted it. "Oh gosh, Yohan, this tastes amazing! Oh right, the noodles."

I happily tried to finish the meal - almost forgetting the dessert that I ordered. At this time, Yohan had finally decided to go back to the counter as I took the last bite of my Kimbap. He had also flipped the sign at the door, making more customers arrive.

When I finally finished eating, Yohan gave me the peanut ice cream that I ordered earlier. Thanking him, I looked over to where the pantry was. There was still curiosity lingering in my head, telling me to know more but Yohan knew exactly what I was thinking.

"It's not yet the time for you to know everything, you know?" he told me before he said that I wasn't allowed to open that door, especially when there were a lot of customers going in and out of the bistro.

It took a while before there weren't many customers around. At this time, Yohan decided to pull me back into the kitchen.

"No one must know about that place, alright? That's one of the rules." I nodded in understanding.

"Second, don't touch stuff you aren't supposed to move in the restaurant," he reminded me before mentioning the blinds that I was curious about earlier. I only grinned as I told him I won't do it again.

"I was just trying to adjust it a bit, seeing that it was too bright at that spot earlier." He then sighed before nodding in understanding. Though, his crossed arms and frown made it look like he wanted me to avoid it the second time.

"I know but just be a bit more careful. What happens here, also happens at the others," he said before smiling.

Wait, what did he mean by that?

He must've gotten the hint since he went back to the counter to get a piece of paper and drew on it. Focused on what he was writing, I saw that it was a map of places - most of which had names that weren't familiar to me.

"Remember when our hyung explained the concept of Eudaimonia?" he asked me before encircling every place. "Turns out, what happens in one place, has effects on the others as well."

"If I got a lot of customers here, I'm sure that the others got them too," he added before staring back at me.

"So, it's best for you to be careful. I don't want to make the others mad if something happens."