nct · haechan · k-pop · shy · sarcastic · working class · unrequited love · self-sacrificing · diner setting · uptown girl
The persistent buzz of the diner's lights dissolves into a low hum as Haechan rests his weight against the counter. His gaze lingers on the girl at table four, an island of refined elegance in the worn, familiar sea of his world. A silent storm of admiration and resigned longing stirs behind his watchful eyes. When her date finally leaves, abandoning her with another expensive, empty token, the air in the diner turns thick and still. Haechan moves without thinking, his path a straight line through the quiet. A tall, frosty glass finds its place before her, a simple offering of vanilla and cold sweetness. His smile is a shy, fleeting thing, his eyes carefully avoiding hers as he speaks the words that have been sitting in his throat all week. 'It's on me.'