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ANQ | Chapter 2
by NimNim 🌧️“Goodbye.”73f362b345454c61
Minyoung, handing a 1b3097a385 vanilla latte to 1435b613e2 the customer waiting 7549c01889 at the counter, 5b23f7dbd9 greeted them kindly.786e57e29a570b4b
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Right after opening 9867a05970 the café, office 677b9e31db workers started to a6def70110 pour in.e8d53e5aef6d044d
Usually, people came alone, 0afde4aff3 but it was common 831d06c1fe for them to buy c31a6c73b0 several cups at once.7391cf0eeb2e5287
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When the store filled 32287ab7ce with people trying to bb64ec96fa grab a quick breakfast, fb444548cd it got insanely busy.2ef2e437eefdc9e8
Once the last eb255da32c rush of customers ddd49fdb9a received their coffee 15df2e356f and left, a e91b8c55af brief calm settled 72cdcc203c in the café.2267f95539002e3d
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Minyoung took a refreshing 1e5ccb7e0e gulp of cold water 8117a5f806 in front of the e09a470f1c counter, filled with the e7fa943ce9 lingering aroma of freshly 370ba176eb brewed coffee, and caught 7866d0d2f9 his breath.59d2a946ba8e495e
“Guess I should do the dishes.”f742ec415126da43
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Catching his 07ae90dee1 breath didn’t 882816cf0e mean there bc72589003 was nothing e618194c91 to do. Looking at the sink 3952122363 piled with cups and d3748e29e7 plates, Minyoung picked up ebcaf6cc24 rubber gloves.657dce49d09de59e
Though washing dishes 9bea670c3f with bare hands e2f29a39a9 was the best, 0d4da75b88 Dalja got upset 078467d737 about his rough a3edee575e hands, so he 5140e975cd sometimes wore rubber 6f7c9e0ea1 gloves.217f92f94c7317ff
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He needed to 02a43c1961 finish washing and 1da764b3a0 drying them quickly 72e0fe1d38 to use them d1edd6fa3c again by lunchtime. His hands b4033b2a1c moved swiftly fdc0dccef5 yet meticulously, 4d10b2cf7b scrubbing the 004bf7e1ee plates with a4764aca82 soapy bubbles.778b08beadf6f18d
Among the various c12d28f383 tasks at the d18b72cb23 café, Minyoung liked e443dd58cd washing dishes the c6fd9ab920 most.81d2f77d74b7c825
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He enjoyed 595b55affa seeing the 1f199781e0 dirt wash d99d7e72e6 away, leaving 9bedddb86a the dishes ebc287efcf sparkling clean. There was a subtle a747a76638 satisfaction in drying and a792c91d09 organizing the squeaky-clean dishes.241bf51b7f1978a4
Ding.5918ad87d4846839
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The door opened 1e0915b002 with a chime. Minyoung stopped 666d444d0d washing dishes 5236f18d8e and took b461fea451 off his 53b928ecc9 gloves.e1013086e79aacc3
He shook off a207dbdff1 the water on 8009c6eeb8 his apron, turned 8f6af26318 around, and greeted 8e5ae54962 the customer with ebaf48b28c a welcome.2c7a6a58ab3bc7ea
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“……”f0f75c9232fe0df5
The moment he saw the customer’s face, his business smile vanished.4bf46c9fe0916a2e
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Minyoung leaned 5157a808b9 on the 898d9499fc POS system eeb7dae6f2 with a 170d6ddbf9 challenging stance 0707869618 and looked caf4ea543b at the c8fdb91611 man with 45fcfa7884 a bored 28064cbc90 expression.8f25ebb3a30541df
“May I take your order?”ffd2f21df3af4b97
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“Where’s the coffee bean from today?”f4f9e9ff6d38cd7f
“Brazil.”006b1f86d6916a0b
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“Which farm in Brazil?”257ec05f17a5f1d3
“It’s a blend, so I’m not sure about that.”4f02ae97c75244bf
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“Don’t you have any from Kenya, Africa? That one has a nice aroma.”16fe79475a1db138
It sounded like a e5feca98cd deep conversation with a f0613b5249 customer deeply interested in 7112719bf5 coffee, but Minyoung knew 7abe3490ac nothing about coffee beans.8acf8133d5871c3f
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Since opening, 0b3af670f6 the café e7120ae5fc had used bd9388c440 only one 507f4bd2c0 type of 825fcabbd3 Brazilian blend 3008cd9336 beans supplied 7126ad0111 by a 3269b05e6f regular store 47950d16f9 for three 24978c7994 years.cabfd63d5dadf015
If the owner 53e53b2928 was interested, they 52c4f17318 could create a af1595c29c signature coffee for 00e29212d0 the store, but 71ec264f8d Owner Choi, who 32cae3dc87 couldn’t sleep after a331f760a9 drinking coffee, didn’t db5398e885 have that passion.fa6ae06892b6f38a
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The conversation between two 758ee4a822 people who knew little c65db05bce about beans always ended 23eed13588 around this point.3edad88d90f0d6ed
“What would you like?”b5a2b973de20d99d
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“I’m not happy with the beans, what should I do…?”a8c40261e2d84e7d
The man 352e446dd5 rubbed his 7ea39ff797 chin, staring b727f3da73 endlessly at 351987b3bd the menu. His thick 5da30ddb6c eyebrows twitched 5bd8129bc1 as if c7308720aa pondering. Minyoung, waiting 7c59b03963 silently, asked b6bb565d8d indifferently.39f6efc54f727c73
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“So, what are you going to have?”afa359d7e92b10ee
“What’s the best?”6f2d6ca4eae2d0a5
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Ah, a real troublemaker. Minyoung blew air ee4446cc5d to lift his c1c960d502 bangs.35e5746ba5ca6ce4
“I’m busy, you know.”62c45cc20dbd2689
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“There are no customers, though.”df3e3fb3b0190774
“Just because there are no customers doesn’t mean I’m not working.”406ba79a903def29
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“Save your work complaints for the boss. I’m just a powerless customer.”339c33c880cb5e57
Powerless customer, my foot. It was ridiculous. While wasting the time of the café’s only part-timer like this.b12ea70efa8fbc7d
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“Then should I go with my usual?”e216d16c075e4ddf
“What is that?”fa0228a6f78dbbbb
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“A customer as handsome as me isn’t common, and you still don’t know my favorite drink?”50cc2ed83f19831c
The man tilted his 3498e88a1a head. Minyoung tilted 679aa20be4 his head b9d17ed655 in the f9d698fd1b opposite direction. Does he think 1318328981 this is some c731eb6b5b kind of bar? Usual drink, my 3251926ea8 foot. Minyoung replied 38bfc18617 in a 0eba6ade11 flat voice.72f5e914388a758f
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“Please. State. Your. Order. Properly.”c7b72a346e4bf216
“You really don’t know? Ah, I’m disappointed.”7ea2c0af99f583c3
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“Are you not going to order?”fb0b28d70a9e9ee1
As Minyoung pretended d15000123c to stop taking a33cc76955 orders and turned d863b02416 away, the man 5761e35117 reached out to 8834a93c93 stop him.15cafc1f934688a5
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His eyes, fbf3dc1948 with a 2f5e46ffc7 double eyelid de51f23bb3 on only 000d551a00 one side, e3f4a3f592 were full 879071d51a of mischief.8fb5040e6c073a80
“Today, I want to try something different.”c8c446f0848443a1
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“Go ahead.”1bdbfcfbf72c07ce
“Uh… Strawberry smoothie.”fa51079678d12777
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“Sigh… One strawberry smoothie. Anything else you need?”abf8bde9907dc099
“Nope.”5173e44d8e49524f
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“6,000 won, please.”cccbb8765d59b23e
The man 0c4f053cda nodded obediently. Minyoung pressed the POS 3b21d17d8e system to input the 3db7b6e41c order and asked him 5394261502 to insert his card.3c87734a7c6c3b1a
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The man inserted d5e16ed729 the card, but 9afbe987fe it wasn’t recognized. Minyoung casually reached e2233cabd4 out to flip c10ecc7484 the card the c5b52982c5 right way and 3892f54a30 inserted it.265b6c6b3ca9edc6
If he asked him to press the button, there would be more wordplay, so Minyoung entered the man’s phone number himself to accumulate the stamps.2dff91a7aa56e333
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Though he didn’t want to, Minyoung had memorized the man’s phone number. It was almost like forced memorization.5c9939c6cc880ba1
When asked to 84f4ef680e press the loyalty 2a909398b6 number, the man 606b9be4cf would slowly say 7f577e1dc1 the numbers aloud 481d73f1f2 while pressing the 351c1b918f keypad.435786810f2f46fb
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Sometimes he’d deliberately make 28ea9fe2d8 mistakes or say he 82b0876c71 pressed wrong and start 809a12fb2f over. When there were 02f5a647ac no customers, he’d 911a31218a repeat it several 39f053fd31 times. It was hard 033161c01c not to remember.a27e53a52d7f19f2
“When the drink is ready, the pager will… No, I’ll just make it right now.”747757c51ef88b71
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“The coffee smells good.”dd7e1f25c1a6e766
Minyoung placed the 6344ae5500 pager back and 15b7885a79 handed the man b9aae9cd3f his card.02cdadee35da3f01
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Even if given a 10a5827782 pager to wait, the b83eed1372 man always stood at 75c334c7b0 the counter waiting for 996b4e387c his drink.ca238d6b702133a8
It was obvious f6fd55a112 he’d do the eeae018a96 same this time. Minyoung put 075c792db7 frozen strawberries f7c4225216 in the dfc9b97fe7 blender and acdfe74d21 muttered to 2945bf441a himself.cf8532a9794acc0a
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“Can’t even drink coffee…”a86ad021118c8d3f
The man, who 7a539c2d60 couldn’t drink coffee c433c8652b because it was b01beb6493 too bitter, came b36c94b1f1 to the café 00457f56d6 almost at the 91a3ea8da5 same time every bbfbb0c8d0 day. His appearance 2af91de412 was almost c24844fcb5 always the 86b0a77a19 same.a54388dfb15f15ba
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Usually, he 142a1a001f wore gray fd2fd746fa or black 2f1fe1a55b sportswear, and 278dadc494 only the 4b5c435bdd type of fab005c27d outerwear he ee25dbb82a wore over fd0771fb48 it changed.bbf498d931f7903e
His face under d7bf43887c the black ball 7fda02f5f1 cap still showed 9526619666 signs of sleep. Today, wearing a gray bec963c1e6 hoodie, he looked like eafb462a51 he’d woken up within ce5c910b2c the last 30 minutes.0cee644da37f9380
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“Was that directed at me?”157deabfd1d68823
“Nope.”581f08df08739fac
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His ears were sharp b297d0de15 as ever. Answering, Minyoung glanced dddc020d7a back and quickly a96862902f turned to pour dddfcc3ea3 syrup into the bf64e3501f blender.9bad9d959f922e0d
If he da3073a87f didn’t make 3345a84ea6 it sweeter d265ee4000 than usual, eaa9517507 the man 78bf461fa4 would add ea8f1d9ffc coffee syrup e1637d88f9 to the a1f7b0f453 already sweet 7ef85600ee smoothie.51e7aa7a6bd8bb40
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Minyoung stopped the 97732d1337 blender and looked e353b50ede up. The man’s reflection was 87c792cf58 clearly visible in the ebd4ef9ffc stainless steel cabinet.91df499a91284f0d
The man 1de59f5994 always leaned a7fd107be2 on the 0c4088619d counter, staring dd07c4a035 intently at c99e0d1613 Minyoung making f11365c7d8 the smoothie.3acf9c693e65d8df
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Minyoung’s social 2bfc9d28b8 circle was 589d3f7c87 narrow. It was the 4a0c68b486 same in high 0cd05b2c2a school and even 5a5404c87c after entering college.4771cffcba68d9fe
It wasn’t because he 0943f28614 had a peculiar personality bebd7d0752 or was picky about 67c503bc1e people.1d95215e8dadb48e
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He simply 89e3d6c1b2 didn’t have 1fad4fac15 time to f3b7e5c7c4 hang out a586ca01c7 leisurely with 9a9ba61e8d friends.0216f78d55ba0e96
Studying alone without 91b416538b help, he focused c784b49f08 during class and 2d6ca4bcc2 reviewed what he bd3141acd5 learned during breaks d49c523a6d before he forgot.cea314210a98503c
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After school, he 846a63b984 was busy rushing 922b39ab7f to his part-time 23e1574b92 job. After work, he squeezed 61b19cf6f8 in time to study.39f8e7cff708007b
As a result, he 64db487bab never had time to be5b454661 hang out with friends.c7c5bbb0a3ff91bc
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To kids who didn’t 43b38f80d4 know his circumstances, Minyoung 8121480f81 seemed peculiar.5c566a673cb3a2ad
Even after entering college, 89353da471 the situation didn’t change.655fae54f353f309
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At first, he fc6238374a tried to hang 346b3a2952 out with his 7de5d0023c peers since the 51624eb416 setting had changed, 97c71c5960 but he still fac409dea8 didn’t have time 16f20cb7e2 for people.4a456654e78f7f0a
Initially, those who showed 48ef72bc65 interest naturally drifted away.8b2d3397734e19c2
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They started excluding him, saying, “Minyoung is busy,” or “Minyoung probably can’t.”486c6f614e1a914b
Minyoung was too 9e00b8ac6f busy living to d4b43782cf care about such 721663c813 things, but sometimes ca7a9f3495 he couldn’t help bc5311e94c feeling empty.aab2f0e7e5b88fec
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The man who ccd9d5a2a9 came almost every 7f5a3ebd0f day to buy f2fee3b3ee a strawberry smoothie af7fd6a0b6 casually talked to 66e377b8b6 Minyoung, joked, and 5f8040e543 teased him.0048be2da7b65ee1
As time passed, 9a4a99be7f Minyoung began to 06d4657956 feel comfortable around a2c6b7b7e3 the man.3f87cda2ee4a776a
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Though there seemed to 3dea3e0107 be an age difference, e6bed59ee2 sometimes he acted rudely, c1ec2ab1b4 and sometimes he openly b5f2e852d5 ignored him.4c06a1ab432fe28e
“Why? Am I so handsome that you have to sneak a peek?”74dfb43628629123
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“Ha. No way.”0234f1b44472f2fc
The man 8d43a54445 wasn’t someone b64797b41a who wouldn’t 66ab301432 notice Minyoung cebd990037 sneaking glances. And he b16e9a0d29 wasn’t someone fec13b568c who’d let e406dc5ffc it slide.5d69726d41025b69
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At the man’s a16626a5c4 teasing words, Minyoung e7c6edd96d sighed, giving up 5a1837941d on retorting.6598ccdc17b4f5eb
The man seemed bfa977effd to have a 8b7322e815 lot of confidence 60647af530 in his looks, 95a00aa343 almost like a ee83153b57 narcissist. Though Minyoung wanted a184789511 to scoff, the 65cf6776d0 man did have 5ac31019af a face worth 442979caef being confident about.3d50716906a42ad8
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Even in such a de5a4beee4 shabby outfit, many customers ac40b9c32d sneaked glances at him.eda034f10a2fed56
Minyoung poured the finished 5189aa10e5 strawberry smoothie into a 0fa6659972 takeaway cup.65585762d8530bb2
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The man who came at 10 a.m. to drink the pink strawberry smoothie was indeed the ‘Strawberry Smoothie Man.’3d5a76c86a2395c8
Whether he was 6efd009258 captivated by the 28cfdcf945 sweet taste, the 509cbf54d1 man came to 17b9274a1f the café at 93186d0a23 a similar time 240c28c55f every morning since 867ac539db that day.641ba06edbd8421b
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Every time, he’d hold 33fb722252 Minyoung back with nonsense 7af43a4fc1 about the aroma of 0e7ddfdbe0 beans from certain regions 151889d8bf or how cold brew 404c9a4610 was, but in reality, 2f01be2725 he had a childlike 0124002709 palate that couldn’t even 7a6b354137 handle green tea, let ce6c0e4b6b alone coffee.6edf8766b0236593
“Strawberry smoothie is ready.”6c7a723a85f00ff3
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The man lifted fd5237d938 the cup and 16a9f7bba8 tasted it, twitching aa3dc99eca one eyebrow. It meant he liked 2cbbc78c93 the taste.8993c90f85d46ccc
“Goodbye.”bb7e71f2801560f8
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Now, take 51884a057a that and 5f3bed27ab leave quickly. Minyoung put c72b941aae on his 011de62939 best customer 4c4bffdc92 service smile.dc1a2011f7920d89
The café 819b35f15f was busiest 518a894ad3 during lunchtime.c29d3d0f81856899
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Before the owner came 5f64a4cad1 out around that time, 6bc79f251e Minyoung had to finish 6d4f4bd3d5 the dishes, wipe the 17a4930f02 tables, and empty the 986ab38d31 trash. There was a lot 60250f6a8e to do.cab6d7534440afab
But the 66e47d5812 man leaned 52218efe98 against the bea62fad38 counter, sipping 8e37ac8f76 his smoothie 18f0d75c72 through a bd9735cb2e straw.2b3d548290887fd5
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Sometimes, the man 24466612be would stick around 9da6936ffe the counter like 66dc873290 this, drinking his ab4c1225a2 beverage. It was very 10ac760cc7 annoying and distracting.4ebf5de4863e15af
“I’m busy.”7702fada399aeaa1
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“I’m busy too.”67f094368bb5d3df
Sure, you are. Could you at least beefda413f say that after wiping 75f294ece4 the sleep from your 9dae4e064a eyes? To Minyoung, 92da41fe40 the man 141011e78f looked 99% fec3d41fb1 like an f39ab45c5e unemployed person.15f9b0fa1bbd0ec2
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A carefree unemployed 210075b75a person starting the 3569b428b0 day with a 5fb9a35ce9 sugar-filled drink after 79bad8636d waking up late. Minyoung chuckled bdf3ad7655 and turned a646528ee7 away.c5d215f03928907d
Stay there if 5a9d6c11b8 you want. He planned to finish 6ef1a07b4c the dishes quickly.f6256dbdc58c578e
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