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yunho

the loud ringing of his alarm clock drags yunho out of his slumber. groaning and rubbing his eyes, he turns to grab his phone and stop the loud noise. standing to stretch his legs, yunho groans and realizes he has to be at work in 45 minutes.

"okay, maybe hyung won't yell at me if i'm a little late." yunho knows he's lying to himself.

after forcing himself to take a cold shower to further wake himself up and eating a small breakfast, he gets dressed and rushes outside to catch the bus.

he doesn't hate his job, he loves it, in fact, but the small coffee shop he works at does not need to open at 6 am sharp.

unlocking the front door with his employee key and turning the sign from 'closed' to 'open', yunho sighs in relief as he realizes he's five minutes early.

"hah, beat that hyung."

"yunho! you're here before hongjoong?" mrs.kim teases him from the kitchen, where yunho can hear the mixer combining ingredients for her famous bagels. hongjoong's grandmother opened this shop right when her grandson was born, and everyone in this part of seoul has grown to love her, including yunho.

"aish, mrs.kim, you doubt me! i can be on time if i want too." his playful tone makes the old omega laugh. as soon as yunho ties the back to his apron, hongjoong walks in carrying a box of what yunho assumes is fresh milk. "ah, you're actually on time yunho-ah?"

"i can be on time if i want too!" he pouts as hongjoong slaps the alpha on his shoulder, walking past to drop the box off in the kitchen and give his grandmother a kiss on the cheek.

"hongjoong! what is wrong with your neck?" as soon as his grandmother goes to rub the concealer on his neck, hongjoong panics and jumps away,

"n-nothing halmeoni! it's just my new shampoo,"

"well you shouldn't use it anymore! it looks like an animal attacked you or something!"

"yeah, and that animal is song mingi." yunho chuckles and resumes starting the coffee brewers for the day.

hongjoong grumbles and walks up to the front to help yunho, avoiding eye contact with the taller alpha. "i'm guessing you had a nice time with mingi yesterday?" he says to the beta, shoving him slightly with his elbow.

"oh shut it puppy boy, at least i get action." hongjoong replies, beet red.

"oh, but you guys aren't dating? when are you gonna suck it up and admit you guys are more then fuck buddies?" yunho whispers, not wanting to taint mrs.kim's ears with his words.

"when you finally get a partner, yunho. now leave me be."

yunho can't help but chuckle at his cute hyung's reaction, putting on a smile as the first customer of the day walks in.

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yeosang

scissors.

so small, yet they can do so much.

they cut hair, paper, skin if you so desire.

but when yeosang holds them in his hands, he feels powerful. he can completely change someone's look, and that's the best part of his job, making people smile. giving them a new found confidence they never knew they had. he remembers every persons face, no matter what service they received. a simple trim, a shampoo and condition, perms, he even remembers every color he's dyed someone's hair.

especially his most frequent customer.

"again, jongho? you JUST dyed your hair brown and now you want blonde? i swear you're gonna go bald.." yeosang mumbles as he runs his hands through his boyfriend's hair, the alpha almost purring at the treatment of his head.

"you know you'll do it for me, hyung. and i dyed it brown last month, plenty of time for a new color." the college student snorts and leans in to steal a kiss from yeosang, but all he gets is his lips meeting yeosang's hand.

"you'll get a kiss once i destroy your scalp, now sit in the chair."

jongho whines but listens to his omega, sitting in the chair and taking off his hoodie, laughing when he catches yeosang staring at his arms.

"i'll pay you back later tonight, hyung." jongho shoots the elder a wink, but yeosang just turns back around to mix the dye and grumble.

"hey, shouldn't wooyoung be here by now?" the younger asks, looking at the time and seeing his shift started 30 minutes ago.

"oh, he had a session today, he'll be in by lunch time." yeosang explains, walking over to lean the chair back to wash jongho's hair.

"at least he's comfortable around me now, i remember when we first met, he didn't even want to come into the room." jongho sighs, relaxing as he felt the warm water wet his hair.

"i told you to give him time, he's been through a lot..i knew he'd trust you eventually." yeosang gently explains, massaging the shampoo into the alpha's scalp. "i'm just glad seonghwa's there for him, there's only so much i could do."

"you did your best, babe. i'm proud of you."

yeosang can't help but blush, washing the conditioner out of his boyfriends hair and pulling his chair back up.

"yeah, i try. he's my best friend, and i just..feel guilty."

jongho loops his arm around yeosang's waist, pulling the omega closer. "there's nothing either of us could have done, it was no one's fault but those assholes. the best we can do now is continue to support him."

"i hate that you're right sometimes."  yeosang sighs, and begins to brush the bleach through jongho's hair.