They met after almost one year, had no contact all this
while, and suddenly Chen showed up at Xiumin’s own
café at 3a.m.
Xiumin was beyond happy. He rushed towards Chen
and gave him a teddy hug. He didn’t cry. Xiumin was
It was exactly how he imagined their reunion to be - A weak self. He let out all his tears and thought of all the
surprise coffee meet with lots of bickering. Xiumin was things EXO had gone through. He wanted to meet them
happy. He did a happy dance and made 9 cups of again, and congratulate them for being through so
coffee for them all. It was the best coffee he had ever much. Xiumin’s eyes were now puffy. It had been a while
made. He made sure to design each of their coffees dif- since he last cried. He covered his face with his hands
ferently. He still remembered their choices, favourites and and cried again.
preferences. Making sure it was perfect, Xiumin hummed
strong, he never cried. But Chen teared up. They
his way out of his kitchen.
hugged for the longest time in a while. Little did Xiumin
the door. He sprang up from the sofa and looked to-
expect all the members to come out one by one and
hug both of them.
There was no one. It was silent. He looked around. ‘Are wards the door. He wanted it to happen! He knew it! He
they playing jokes on me?’ he wondered. He ran from knew they would come and tell him it was a jok e.
one corner to the other, outside the café, inside the
They were all crying. They looked more mature, tired
washrooms, but they were nowhere to be seen. It was
and manly. Xiumin hugged each one of them, hit them
just silence everywhere, like it had always been.
on the shoulder, and patted them on the back. He
missed them. He missed their bond. Being a Barista after
Was it a dream? He did hear them talking, he could still
being an EXO member was on a whole new level. They
feel them hugging him tight; was it only his imagination?
were still little babies for him; boys he had to take care moments spent with each other. They were all living their of. Chanyeol and Baekhyun were no longer their childish lives in the way they wanted to. They were happy, but He slumped on the sofa in the corner. Those coffee
selves, Suho no longer cracked his dad jokes, Kyungsoo each one wanted to be with their members for a lifetime. mugs were still intact on the table. He kept imagining all
was no longer a silent baby boy. They were all mature
now, just like he had always imagined them to be.
They hummed their hit songs, spoke about their love
the members coming and telling him that they were just
When Xiumin asked what they wanted to drink, Chanye- fooling around with him. He waited, but no one came.
ol was the first one to say, “One Cappuccino, please”. The strong aroma of the coffees were gone. It was just
The rest imitated him. him and 9 cups of cold coffee. Xiumin felt a pang in his
interests, told each other how they were living their
lives and shared their worries. It was like they went back
Just then, he could hear a jingle when someone opened
heart. He didn’t want something like this to happen.
Xiumin smiled to himself and went inside.
to their EXO phase. They reminisced all the wonderful
Xiumin was emotionally strong, but all this brought out his
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