Blast From The Past | Ryeji

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"Morning Yuna!" I greeted while entering the Café with Yeji following behind. Yuna looked up from sweeping the floor and blew her hair off of her face. She furrowed her eyebrows in confusion,

"What're you doing here? You're not suppose to be here until 10," she stated. I shrugged,

"Felt hungry, by the way, this is Hyunjin's cousin Yeji and Yeji this is my friend Yuna," I introduced. Yuna and Yeji sent a kind wave paired with a smile,

"Nice to meet you Yeji, sorry you're stuck with this weirdo for the morning," she teased creating a beautiful giggle to escape Yeji's pretty mouth. She looked up at me with a teasing smirk,

"I think I can manage," she stated while nudging my side. I smiled down at her and nudged her playfully as well. She smiled and looked down while placing a strand of her hair behind her ear.

She does that a lot.

"Morning everybody!" We looked behind the counter to see my other friend, Kai, smiling widely at us. He then looked over at Yeji for a moment and then to me. He then looked back over to her and widened his eyes for a second before smiling even wider,

"And who is this beautiful girl?" He asked while hopping over the counter. Kai walked over to us, never removing his eyes from Yeji. Which was also leaving a terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach. I cleared my throat,

"Kamal, this is Yeji, Hyunjin's cousin," I said. Yeji smiled kindly and sent a curt nod,

"Nice to meet you," she said but suddenly widened her eyes as Kai gently reached over to take her hand. He kept his eyes on hers as he leaned down to press a kiss on her knuckle. I rolled my eyes at the sight.

"Stop harassing the girl Kai, she literally just got here," Yuna said. I forced out a chuckle and nodded my head in agreement, "You're going to scare her off and we haven't even gotten our muffins yet," I teased. Yeji slowly removed her hand from Kai's and sent a shy smile to him.

Now that didn't make me feel good.

It wasn't the fact because Yeji was smiling at him (partially) it was mainly the fact Kai was acting this way. He's never acted this way around a girl before. Kai lifted up his hands in surrender with the same smile.

"Alright I will. I have to go clean up the kitchen anyways, it was lovely meeting you Miss Yeji and I hope to see you again soon," he said while backing away. Yeji smiled, "You too." And the moment he walked away she looked up at me with that heart fluttering smile,

"Chocolate muffins?"

"You read my mind."

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"These are amazing!"

I chuckled and nodded as I watched Yeji devour her second chocolate muffin amazement. It was like she had never had a muffin before.

"And these are homemade?" She asked in astonishment. Her cat like eyes were wide opened with a bit of chocolate on the corners of her lips. Ugh, my heart. She's too cute. I laughed and nodded once more,

"Every pastry here is handmade by me and Chaeryeong," I said.

"Wow, you're crazy talented! This tastes amazing!" She exclaimed before taking another bite and moaning in delight. I looked down, trying to hide the blush in my cheeks while waving dismissively.

"I can't take all the credit. Kai bakes just as good as me," I chuckled out. As much as I didn't want to compliment, (to make Yeji attracted to him even more) I had to give props to the guy. He is a really talented baker and one of my best friends after all.