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[PEACHY] 🍑 a one-shot Bobby au

so... you can't be the only one who secretly try to take a pic of a cute stranger you meet in public places, right? right.

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i've wanted to do this one shot before but never got to finish it so here i am doing it once more :)) it's also a way to heat up my engines before writing aus again after hiatus hehe. so yeah this is just for fun 💓

[you.]

from the moment you rolled out of bed this morning, you knew this day would be peachy.

last week, you managed to bag a first date with a senior you've had a crush on for months. and today you're gonna go for a second date! well maybe not a real date --

-- because you only asked him to grab a drink at a cafe with you... but who cares, right? it still counts as a date anyway.

so nothing stops you from dressing up in clothes that make you look cute and putting on some fresh makeup. nothing can stop today from being a fine day.

nothing. not even his cold behavior to you... and the fact that he hasn't replied to your texts for 4 hours. but you're positive he's going to warm up to you. this second date will be successful.

▪𝘬𝘢𝘬, 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 4 𝘱𝘮 @ 𝘤𝘢𝘧𝘦! 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶😊▪

[ sent ]

4.15 pm. no Mr. Crush in sight. you check your messages. still unread. is he okay? maybe you should wait for a few more minutes. good things come to those who wait, they say.

--

4.45 pm. you twirl the straw of your half-empty peach juice in agitation. will he ever show up?

--

4.55 pm. you're too embarrassed to text him again. maybe you'll just wait for 5 more minutes. something good will happen if you wait patiently.

--

5.00 pm. it drizzles outside. the cafe is buzzing with strangers. if a good thing will happen, please happen anytime now....

--

5.02 pm. something good happens right when you're about to give up. the doorbell chimes as someone enters and you automatically look up.

a hooded figure walks in. he looks around the cafe and pouts a little when he doesn't find what he's looking for.

he pulls down the hood of his jacket, and for about 0.5 seconds that feels much longer, his gaze meets yours. you hold your breath thinking there was something there -- attraction? -- but he drops his gaze and rakes his fingers through his slightly-wet, adorably-messy hair.

he walks past you without a glance as you sit there, stunned. damn, is he the cutest guy you've ever seen.

so okay, maybe Mr. Crush has most likely stood you up right now. but at least a cute stranger walked in as consolation. you pretend to play on your phone and take a peek.

you're too engrossed in secretly admiring Mr. Cute Stranger when a waitress approaches you with a strained smile. "can we take your order again?" she asks, as another way of saying 'you've spent too much time here and if you're not buying anything else you better leave'.

"i'll have another peach juice, please," you smile. the waitress nods and she moves to the next table to get other orders.

you pretend not to pay attention when Mr. Cute tells the waitress, "i'll have peach juice. thank you."

your eyes widen. wait what?

maybe it's a coincidence that you share the same juice preference with this cute dude. but that doesn't stop your hopeless romantic ass to overthink "is this a sign? are we meant to be??"

you try to catch his gaze again, but he's not looking at your direction at all. nevermind.

how tf do people flirt with cute strangers in public places?

you want to catch his attention but he seems so ignorant, busily typing on his phone. something in his phone must be funny because he cracks a smile and my, oh my, does his smile make your heart wanna do somersaults.

he looks exactly like your type and he's SO cute it hurts. but he doesn't even look at you... sigh.

oh well, if he's not meant for you, you should at least take a picture of him to appreciate his cuteness. not in a creepy way, though. just for a memory -- a keepsake.

so when Mr. Cute Stranger turns his face to your side, you quickly look away and act like you're just holding your phone to your ear, when in truth your thumb snaps pictures of him. this is a ~strategy~ to discreetly take pictures without being obvious and looking like a creep.

--

5.30 pm.

[ 2 new notifications ]

𝘏𝘦𝘺, 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘪 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦
𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶?

you look at the texts from your crush with a sour smile.

▪𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘬𝘢𝘬. 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘰𝘬, 𝘪 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 :)▪

[ sent ]

you shoulder your bag and get up to leave with a mixed feeling; annoyed because you got stood up, and fluttery because at least you meet a cute stranger.

before you leave you sneak one last peek at him, only to see him smiling that damned pretty smile at his own phone.

ugh, maybe he's looking at his girlfriend's photo or something. annoying! all boys are disappointments.

--

5.40 pm. you leave the cafe without looking back.

--

6.05 pm. you only stop walking when you reach a crosswalk's red light. as you wait, you open your phone gallery.

you check out the photos you took in cafe. you swipe through the pictures absentmindedly... but suddenly your eyes widen in alarm.

in the pictures you secretly took as you pretend not to, the cute peach juice guy obviously did the same thing: he secretly took your picture too.

your heart races as realization dawns to you, and your head goes dizzy trying to process it. if the cute peach guy took pics of you -- then he smiled at his phone -- does that mean...?

𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬, the pessimist --

-- part of you says.

𝘯𝘰, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰? the optimist part of you insists. 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸.

you look back determinedly at the long way behind you. there's only one way to find out.

[bobby.]

>> ok this been quite fun :)) im gonna write his pov tomorrow dhdgdgs

[bobby.]

from the moment he woke up this morning, bobby was afraid his day would be sour.

so far, he's not wrong. this morning his friends spammed their 7-membered group chat, all agreeing to hangout at a cafe this noon. but then they all put off the plan --

-- just as bobby was on his way. by the time everyone on the gc had agreed to REALLY meet at 7 pm, bobby was already halfway to the cafe because he didnt check his phone.

to make matters worse, it started to rain in drizzles. bobby sighed and pulled his hood onto his head.

5.00 pm. bobby texts the entire gc.

5.02 pm. Bobby walks into the cafe and looks around, half expecting his friends were joking and would be here already. nope, he doesn't see any familiar face in the room.

he uncovers his hood and somehow accidentally locks eyes with a girl who sits alone.

just as fast as it started, bobby quickly drops his gaze. he looks down and ruffles his own hair nervously. he remembers jinhwan's chat: 'find a cute stranger to flirt with'.

what are the odds for it to come true?

bobby tries to keep his cool as he walks past her to sit at an empty table right next to hers. he peeks at the cute girl from the corner of his eyes, silently admiring her. she's wearing a pink sweater and her hair is up on a ponytail, looking really simple but attractive.

when the waitress takes the girl's order and distracts her, Bobby sees the chance to observe her better. she has a nearly-empty glass of peach juice in front of her, but she orders for another peach juice -- with a smile that may or may not cause Bobby to develop a crush.

this girl must've liked peach juice so much, Bobby thinks. so when the waitress asks for his order, he says, "i'll have peach juice. thank you."

from the corner of his eye he can see Peach Girl's eyes widen in surprise. ugh, cute.

Bobby can sense her stealing glances at him and trying to make another eye contact, but he's too shy and nervous to do anything about it. he pretends to be busy with his phone, furiously typing a chat to his friends and laughing at his friend's enthusiasm.

because of Hanbin's noisy request, Bobby opens his camera app and slowly turns to face Peach Girl to take her pics discreetly.

she looks away and her face is covered by her phone, which makes it hard to capture her face. but Bobby manages to get it.

he naturally pretends like he's just playing something on his phone. then he sends the pic to his friends before staring at it. he can't help smiling and blushing a little.

it's obvious she's attracted to him too... so maybe... maybe this can lead to something?

fingers crossed!

just as Bobby smiles to himself, Peach Girl suddenly gets up from her seat and shoulders her bag. his eyes belatedly follows her just as she steps away and leaves the cafe with no words and no other chance to catch her eyes.

bobby stares at the door for a long time although she has left a while ago. he ironically scoffs a laugh at his own stupidity. guess it won't lead to anything after all. fool.

[you.]

fool. stupid. complete idiot. you keep saying that to yourself as you walk back to the cafe at the fastest speed you can. how long have you left? probably 45 minutes, almost an hour ago. what if he's not there anymore? why did you just realized he was attracted to you?

once you're just a few buildings away from the cafe, your legs break from a walk, into a jog, into a run. 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦, you pray silently, 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.

you make a final turn and try to catch your breath, but it's getting harder...

because from afar you can see him sitting alone on a chair outside the cafe, as if waiting for something -- someone.

your chest hurt from all your physical effort, but you've never been this relieved. thank God he's still here!

you take a deep breath and takes a step closer.

upon hearing rushed footsteps towards him, Bobby looks up at the source of the sound. he blinks in disbelief at what he sees. "oh?" he exclaims, surprised. "Peach Girl."

you stop a couple meters away from him and face him, heart beating like crazy. "hi."

"i thought you left already..." Bobby mutters to himself.

"yeah, well--" you're too out of breath to form a sentence. "why are you sitting outside alone?"

"i'm with my friends inside," he points inside. a group of boys are sitting at his table. "i, uh, needed some fresh air."

"oh." you straighten at that. he's not with a girlfriend, thank GOD.

Bobby carefully eyes you from head to toe. "you already left the place a long time ago." he gives a cute lopsided smile and adds, "you looked a bit upset."

"yeah." you scoff a laugh. "my stupid date --

-- stood me up." you giggle easily, feeling silly about it now. the cute guy watches you closely and giggles in response too.

"you okay?" he asks gently.

you WERE okay. now that he's looking at you like this, you're NOT okay anymore. you gulp nervously. "yeah, i am."

you look at him and smirk jokingly. "it's fine. it's his loss."

Bobby smiles warmly in what suddenly feels like a trance. "definitely." he catches himself and clears throat. "so why did you return?"

you grimace, not knowing what to answer. "i... realized i forgot something."

"what is it? did you forget to pay? or..." Bobby suppressed an impish grin. "forget to get my number, perhaps?"

your eyes bulge out. "whaaaa~t?" you let out a really awkward laugh. "ha ha what no whaaat ha of course noott."

from his grin, you know you're only making it obvious.

you cringe so hard and whisper to yourself, "was i that obvious?"

Bobby laughs shyly at that. "yeah, a little bit. it's cute, tho."

the corners of your mouth spring up. both you and him just stay there for a moment, shyly looking down and glancing at each other with a smile.

he stands up and takes a step closer right before you. he looks even better up close, cheeks blushing.

"anyway, for a start..." he holds out his hand. "hi. really nice to meet you. it's Bobby, by the way."

you shake his hand with a beam, thinking this day is indeed peachy.

-the end!-

thankyou for reading this 💓 writing this and reading people's responses has been a really fun experience after my hiatus haha. tysm 🍑