metal straw | ast. cha eunwoo

eighteen

Once they reached the stop and saw there were still no signs of the bus, they sat down by the bench and continued their interviews of hobbies, favourite features and which hand they prefer. It seemed like hours passed of them waiting for the bus to take them home but they didn't bother if the bus never came at all, they were too engrossed in their time together to notice what was happening around them.

She hummed for a moment, "Give me your phone," she said with her hand reaching out to him. No, her idea was not to snoop what was inside the phone but she thought about it. Though she was biting her tongue in curiosity, that was not her purpose.

"What?"

Soyeon seemed very anticipated at the thought of Eunwoo handing her phone to her but she wouldn't be surprised if he didn't. Disappointed but not surprised. Saying no less, he calmly took his phone out of his pocket and placed it onto Soyeon's hand.

Her eyes widened before she let out a dramatic gasp, startling Eunwoo in the midst of it. She turned to face him properly before swiftly bringing up the phone close to the boy's face with the screen inches away. At first, it didn't do anything and that left Soyeon embarrassed of how certain she probably looked to Eunwoo. She sighed, thinking it might not have worked.

"It's on."

"What?" she turned the phone and saw it was finally showing his home screen. She smiled excitedly, "I've always wanted to try that! My phone can't even recognise my finger."

Eunwoo chuckled, smiling at how she looked like a child seeing the first snowdrop during the winter.

"Are you done?" he asked suddenly, gesturing towards the now empty cup in her hands. She nodded rapidly as her answer, still intrigued by the technology in her hand. She began scrolling through the settings, fascinating by the new buttons there was. With that, he grabbed the two empty cups and stood back on his feet to find a nearby bin.

"Don't throw the straws away!"

She was so fascinated by the phone of three lenses that she didn't realise Eunwoo had already left.

She swiped through the phone and immediately pressed the app with the camera icon. After effortlessly fixing her hair and checking any food in her teeth, she angled the camera before snapping a picture. She swiped it sideways once again, in search of the phone icon. She typed down her phone number and saved her contact as 'Soyeonie'. She thought of it for a moment before adding the turtle emoji beside her name. She smiled at her work proudly before leaving the app.

Ding ding

The sudden vibration in her hand with its high pitch sound startled Soyeon, causing her to drop the phone onto her lap. She stared down at it as it vibrated with the same sound.

Being the curious being she was, she turned his phone back on and went through his notifications. She knew she shouldn't but she figured she should see who it was and decide to find him if it was urgent.

"You okay?"