Waiter, Check Please!; jaesu
Waiter, Check Please!
jaesu; 779 words
done for tvxqfic's prompt challenge: nobody loses all the time
summary: jaejoong is a waiter at a diner who develops a little crush.
not my best, and a little random. hope someone is able to enjoy anyway :x!
"Jaejoong!"
Jaejoong winces. It's the third set of plates he's dropped this week. One more set and it's coming straight out of his paycheck. At least that's what his boss had said. "I'm on it!" He does his best to clean up before too many people notice, though a couple of customers are already looking over, their faces wondering if it was their meal they would have to wait another fifteen to thirty minutes for. Lucky for them, Jaejoong thinks, these were just the dirty dishes. He sweeps up the mess while his boss nags in the background about dangerous shards and lawsuits.
He's extra cautious with the next two sets of dishes as he enters the kitchen, kicking the swinging doors open lightly.
"Nice going. You're making my job easier."
Jaejoong sighs, pouting as he sets down the plates next to the sink.
Yunho washes the dishes in the back, which is a shame because he's got a smile that could kill and Jaejoong is sure he'd be better off as a waiter. Smiles like that get tips. Too bad their boss is a cheapass. "Don't feel too bad. Maybe they're cheap plates."
Jaejoong snickers.
"Did you ask about the kitchen cook job?"
"Asked and asked and asked. The boss lady's not having it. She wants to employ as little people as possible."
Yunho laughs. "It's a shame; you make a mean peanut butter jelly sandwich."
Jaejoong punches his arm. "Shut up." He turns when he hears his name being called again. "Gotta go, can't keep the people hungry and waiting."
//
The manager tells everyone that her nephew is going to be working the cashier. Jaejoong huffs behind Yunho. This kid's getting an easy job because of connections when Jaejoong couldn't get the job he wanted even after interviews and test drives. He hates him and tries to melt him away with a glare.
Until he smiles. "Hi guys, I'm Junsu." Junsu does an awkward little wave as he bows.
Jaejoong melts. "Yunho," he whispers and whines, poking Yunho's back. "He's so cute. Cuter than you!"
"I don't think I'm that cute. Charmingly handsome."
Jaejoong pouts, shifting back and forth from his heels to his toes as Junsu starts going around and introducing himself. "Not fair."
//
Junsu is really cute. He greets all the customers with a big smile and, Jaejoong swears, a little giggle, his elbows on the counter and his chin propped up in his hands. Jaejoong surprises himself when he spends a lot of his idle time by the counter. It only makes sense though, that's where he has to go to get the customers change, obviously.
"What is that?" Jaejoong covers his mouth, laughing.
"What is what?" Junsu looks genuinely confused even though he's smiling.
"Ku-pak-baek-baek! That's your laugh!"
"Is not!"
"Never heard someone laugh like that before."
Junsu smiles and pokes him. "Your laugh is funny too."
"It's normal!" Jaejoong pouts, because that's how he wins all his fights.
Junsu cracks up and Jaejoong knows he's lost.
//
"Are you going to spend all your time with your new crush?"
"Huh?" Jaejoong asks around a piece of bread.
Yunho points straight ahead, behind Jaejoong.
Jaejoong turns around to see what Yunho means. Junsu stops organizing the receipts, looks up and smiles at him. He turns back around with a quick, shaking his head at Yunho.
"No?"
"You're my biggest crush, Yunho."
"Keep lying to yourself, Jaejoong."
"Are you guys done eating lunch yet?" Jaejoong wonders if their boss has eyes everywhere.
"Almost, almost," Jaejoong answers, stuffing the rest of his sandwich in his mouth. "Junsu had the longest lunch out of all of us."
"That would be a good argument if you weren't eating with him before."
He glares at Yunho when the man laughs at him.
//
"Junsu..."
"Yeah?"
"What time do you end work?"
"Around 7, today."
"Wanna go eat after?"
"I don't eat after 6."
"Oh."
//
"Hey Junsu!"
"Hey."
"So Yunho and I usually get drinks after work. You should come!"
"Yunho's shift is until 10 today. We end at 8."
"Oh! Well it could just be you and me then."
"I'm not really a drinker..."
"Oh."
//
"Junsu, we're going karaoke on Sunday. You need to come."
"Hmm?"
"I've heard you sing. It's great."
"I would love to-"
"Great!"
"-but I have to be at church."
"Oh."
//
"Junsu!-"
"Hyung, stop."
"Huh?"
"Are you trying to ask me out?"
"Are you laughing at me?"
"Please stop pouting. You do it so much."
"Pouting."
"My answer would be yes, if you would just ask me directly."
"Oh!"
"I heard you cook."
"Yeah! I mean. Yes, I do!"
"Should make me something. Yunho says you're good at sandwiches."
jaesu; 779 words
done for tvxqfic's prompt challenge: nobody loses all the time
summary: jaejoong is a waiter at a diner who develops a little crush.
not my best, and a little random. hope someone is able to enjoy anyway :x!
"Jaejoong!"
Jaejoong winces. It's the third set of plates he's dropped this week. One more set and it's coming straight out of his paycheck. At least that's what his boss had said. "I'm on it!" He does his best to clean up before too many people notice, though a couple of customers are already looking over, their faces wondering if it was their meal they would have to wait another fifteen to thirty minutes for. Lucky for them, Jaejoong thinks, these were just the dirty dishes. He sweeps up the mess while his boss nags in the background about dangerous shards and lawsuits.
He's extra cautious with the next two sets of dishes as he enters the kitchen, kicking the swinging doors open lightly.
"Nice going. You're making my job easier."
Jaejoong sighs, pouting as he sets down the plates next to the sink.
Yunho washes the dishes in the back, which is a shame because he's got a smile that could kill and Jaejoong is sure he'd be better off as a waiter. Smiles like that get tips. Too bad their boss is a cheapass. "Don't feel too bad. Maybe they're cheap plates."
Jaejoong snickers.
"Did you ask about the kitchen cook job?"
"Asked and asked and asked. The boss lady's not having it. She wants to employ as little people as possible."
Yunho laughs. "It's a shame; you make a mean peanut butter jelly sandwich."
Jaejoong punches his arm. "Shut up." He turns when he hears his name being called again. "Gotta go, can't keep the people hungry and waiting."
//
The manager tells everyone that her nephew is going to be working the cashier. Jaejoong huffs behind Yunho. This kid's getting an easy job because of connections when Jaejoong couldn't get the job he wanted even after interviews and test drives. He hates him and tries to melt him away with a glare.
Until he smiles. "Hi guys, I'm Junsu." Junsu does an awkward little wave as he bows.
Jaejoong melts. "Yunho," he whispers and whines, poking Yunho's back. "He's so cute. Cuter than you!"
"I don't think I'm that cute. Charmingly handsome."
Jaejoong pouts, shifting back and forth from his heels to his toes as Junsu starts going around and introducing himself. "Not fair."
//
Junsu is really cute. He greets all the customers with a big smile and, Jaejoong swears, a little giggle, his elbows on the counter and his chin propped up in his hands. Jaejoong surprises himself when he spends a lot of his idle time by the counter. It only makes sense though, that's where he has to go to get the customers change, obviously.
"What is that?" Jaejoong covers his mouth, laughing.
"What is what?" Junsu looks genuinely confused even though he's smiling.
"Ku-pak-baek-baek! That's your laugh!"
"Is not!"
"Never heard someone laugh like that before."
Junsu smiles and pokes him. "Your laugh is funny too."
"It's normal!" Jaejoong pouts, because that's how he wins all his fights.
Junsu cracks up and Jaejoong knows he's lost.
//
"Are you going to spend all your time with your new crush?"
"Huh?" Jaejoong asks around a piece of bread.
Yunho points straight ahead, behind Jaejoong.
Jaejoong turns around to see what Yunho means. Junsu stops organizing the receipts, looks up and smiles at him. He turns back around with a quick, shaking his head at Yunho.
"No?"
"You're my biggest crush, Yunho."
"Keep lying to yourself, Jaejoong."
"Are you guys done eating lunch yet?" Jaejoong wonders if their boss has eyes everywhere.
"Almost, almost," Jaejoong answers, stuffing the rest of his sandwich in his mouth. "Junsu had the longest lunch out of all of us."
"That would be a good argument if you weren't eating with him before."
He glares at Yunho when the man laughs at him.
//
"Junsu..."
"Yeah?"
"What time do you end work?"
"Around 7, today."
"Wanna go eat after?"
"I don't eat after 6."
"Oh."
//
"Hey Junsu!"
"Hey."
"So Yunho and I usually get drinks after work. You should come!"
"Yunho's shift is until 10 today. We end at 8."
"Oh! Well it could just be you and me then."
"I'm not really a drinker..."
"Oh."
//
"Junsu, we're going karaoke on Sunday. You need to come."
"Hmm?"
"I've heard you sing. It's great."
"I would love to-"
"Great!"
"-but I have to be at church."
"Oh."
//
"Junsu!-"
"Hyung, stop."
"Huh?"
"Are you trying to ask me out?"
"Are you laughing at me?"
"Please stop pouting. You do it so much."
"Pouting."
"My answer would be yes, if you would just ask me directly."
"Oh!"
"I heard you cook."
"Yeah! I mean. Yes, I do!"
"Should make me something. Yunho says you're good at sandwiches."