kiss the (assistant) chef

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restaurant!au
jongyu; pg
605 words
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Jonghyun didn’t want to be a chef’s assistant. He didn’t even know who promoted him there. He was satisfied being a waiter—meeting regulars, promoting their dishes, assisting pretty girls. But since he had been “promoted” to an assistant all he had done was stand by the counter and help in plating dishes and call out orders to the chef and ask the waiters why some people return their food. It was way more boring than walking around serving house water. But ever since their management hired a new waiter (to work as his replacement, maybe), Jonghyun realized that maybe standing by the counter and surveying the restaurant wasn’t such a bad thing after all. "Don’t drop your jaw into the soup." Jonghyun gave a start as the chef hit his head with a ladle. Muttering about how he wasn’t that obvious, he went back to "sight-seeing" aka staring at the new waiter. The moment the manager introduced Jinki, Jonghyun couldn’t stop staring at him. Those sparkling eyes that disappear into crescents when he smiled, those cheeks that puff out whenever Jinki’s worried or concentrating, those hands that looked so cute and soft (Jonghyun hadn’t actually held them yet), that cheerful but calming melodious voice, and that smile. Oh god, that smile. Jonghyun knew that it only takes a few muscles to smile. But what he couldn’t understand was how it was that Jinki just used a few muscles to smile to stiffen all the muscles in Jonghyun’s body, even that one below (hahaha, Jonghyun inwardly laughed at his own joke but ended up choking on his saliva just when Jinki came up to the counter). "Hi!" Jonghyun coughed. Some fine greeting. Jinki didn’t seem to mind and just slipped a piece of paper on the counter. “This is for table 43. Watch out for the linguine because the customer’s a bit finicky with the texture.” "Okay." Kim Jonghyun was born to be smooth, really. "Are you alright?" Jinki asked with concern, but his eyes were twinkling. "Please take care of yourself, Jonghyun-sunbae." Oh god, Jinki called him sunbae. Somehow, Jinki’s low voice made a straight trip down from Jonghyun’s ears to his heart to…somewhere else. "Ah haha," Jonghyun said in an attempt to salvage his image. "I, uh…are you staying until closing?" Jinki’s mouth curved into a smile again and Jonghyun wondered if Jinki ever stopped smiling or how his mouth would look like in other shapes, like maybe when shaped into an O when he’s screaming or something. Jonghyun kind of wanted to punch himself for thinking such things right in the middle of their conversations. He decided that pretending to stir the soup for the day was a good distraction. "Yeah, I’m with the closing staff," Jinki said. "Why?" "Oh, nothing. I just need a bit of help with uh…uh…peeling cucumbers." Jinki blinked at him and Jonghyun was starting to have a nervous breakdown, but then the waiter smiled. “Oh, I see. Okay, I’ll help you!” Someone from Jinki’s tables waved and the waiter gave Jonghyun one last wave before turning towards the customer. Jonghyun wondered if he just dug a grave of shit for him or if he just managed to grab an opportunity. Despite that, he smiled to himself as he carried the soup pot to the counter. "Cucumbers?" the chef huffed as he passed by. "Couldn’t you have other relevant questions? Like his favorite sexual position?" Jonghyun dropped the soup pot on his foot. :;;::;;:*:;;::;;:*:;;::;;:*:;;::;;:*:;;::;;:☆:;;::;;:*:;;::;;:*:;;::;;:*:;;::;;:*:;;::;;:

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[gin-kairis.livejournal.com]

(i never saw this posted on tumblr omg;;)

aah it's so cute. the ending line killed me lmao.

something made me think Jinki would take the "peeling cucumbers" as a sexual thing haha

thank you ^^

[jalousied.livejournal.com]

Teehee it must be when you're asleep or something I didn't really keep track of my posts at all ;w ;. Thank you for reading! LMAO maybe Jinki will orrrr it's just Jonghyun's Freudian slip of a booty call or something~

[gin-kairis.livejournal.com]

probably~ it'll be harder to keep up to date now because of school starting aah...and because I never backtrack through my tumblr dashboard ^^;;;;;;

You're welcome^^ and again, thanks for writing the prompt I gave you :)

[shawolworlld.livejournal.com]

omg i died XD

peeling cucumbers .... wow jonghyun.. just wow...

[jalousied.livejournal.com]

Sssh it was the best excuse XD;. Thank you for reading!

[shinyshawol.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAH! all i did was to picture kibum as the chef!

such a cute read! (:

[jalousied.livejournal.com]

Actually, Kibum IS the chef hahaha. I just didn't have the time to add that bit of info in :3. Thanks for reading!

[prinxing.livejournal.com]

you are going to kill me.

[jalousied.livejournal.com]

What? I didn't do anything ; w ;. Well, Jonghyun also didn't do anything so...

[prinxing.livejournal.com]

IT'S SO CUTE. and i think jongyu is about to become my ~otp~, so--

I'M HAVING A CRISIS.

[jalousied.livejournal.com]

PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT. I'm sorry I just laughed out loud hahahahahahaha.

Ahem. It's okay. I'm sure Minho understands. I mean he loves both of his hyungs (in his bed). :) :) :)
Take it like a...flavor of the month or something. LOL. You'll still be loyal to OnHo but you have to taste other flavors regularly. /shot

[prinxing.livejournal.com]

NO, BUT LIKE, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND

ONHO IS (WAS???) MY OTP

LIKE, THE REAL OTP

JONGYU IS ABOUT FUCKING TO ~BE THERE~

THIS IS NO LONGER A SMALL MATTER!!! THIS WILL DICTATE HOW I WILL WRITE FICS IN THE ONCOMING YEAR!!!!!!!! THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE MINKEY IS NEXT IN FUCKING LINE FOR MY FAVE MINHO PAIRINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and so, i give you, crisis a la aliza OTL

[jalousied.livejournal.com]

Hm.






I don't mind JongYu and MinKey at all (since MinKey is my OTP LOL).





I'm just not sure.




Should I start making preparations for your welcome party or---






PFFFFT. I'm sure OnHo will do something later and you'll probably bounce back to them only to bounce into other OTPs later on. It's a vicious cycle, yeobo :D

[prinxing.livejournal.com]

i know, it's just that i don't really change my otps often? like, once it's my otp, it stays? same with my biases.
i want to go to jongyu but i still really like onho... and i also really don't like being indecisive -- for anything, i always choose one or the other, never both OTL

i guess i'll just have to wait and see..................... TT^TT

[jalousied.livejournal.com]

I'm the same. I don't think my OTPs have changed since I debuted (as a writer hahaha!). D'awwww. Maybe it's just a JongYu fling, who knows! I'm sure they'll both understand if you choose one over the other :)

[prinxing.livejournal.com]

i sure hope so...... ;u;

[prinxing.livejournal.com]

yeobo, this is not a joking matter ;u;

[maryadryana.livejournal.com]

Lmao, "Cucumbers?" the chef huffed as he passed by. "Couldn’t you have other relevant questions? Like his favorite sexual position?"
You are a strong thinker, loved you for that <3

[loveinthemilk.livejournal.com]

i'll help you peel them jonghyun!!! (srsly peeling stuff like cucumbers and courgettes is so calming, i could do it for hours and be in blissful happiness)

[minhobbit.livejournal.com]

i know this is kind of old(?) but just now is when i have a lj account /sobs

well, i just have to say i love the chef, i mean he seems so... sassy as hell... isn't he Kibum? i pictured him on my head, sorry xD

i just love your fics, so maybe you'll be reading a lot of my out-of-time comments here lmao kind of spamming your account with my ugly comments