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「17」

★Kim Sunwoo★

The bell at the top of the entrance door chimed with a soft *clink* as the boys entered the shop. Sunwoo looked around, immediately being surrounded by various antiques.

The shop was pretty dark, not a lot of lighting but just enough to where you can see where you're going. He saw a few shelves lined with antique lamps, phones, typewriters, even a few desks and tables.

"Wow, I thought some of the stuff in here was extinct." Sunwoo swooned, walking down the isles and glancing over the items.

"My dad has an eye for these kinds of things." Eric chuckled.

Sunwoo gasped, eyes landing on an object he didn't even know existed anymore.

"Is this an SX-70? Where did he find this?" Sunwoo's eyes practically glimmered looking over the very old antique Polaroid camera. He picked it up with the same care when handling a grenade.

"He found it at a yard sale a few weeks back." Eric replied.

"Wow, they made these for like a few years in the 70's. I've never seen one in real life." Sunwoo chuckled, still in disbelief.

Sunwoo noticed it still had a photo in it, with a cheeky smile he quickly snapped a candid picture of Eric who was looking at an old typewriter.

Eric snapped his head forward when he heard the camera's high pitched scream and shutter.

Sunwoo carefully shook the Polaroid as he waited for it to develop.

"What was that for?" Eric asked.

"Keepsake." Sunwoo shrugged with a smile.

Eric chuckled softly and looked over Sunwoos shoulder at the picture.

"I'm keeping this." Sunwoo said, showing the photo to Eric.

"I hope you plan on buying that."

Both boys twirled around to find Eric's dad standing behind them.

"Hi, I'm sorry I was just messing around. I'll buy it, how much?" Sunwoo scrambled to dig out his wallet when Eric's dad laughed.

"Don't sweat it, anyone that knows how to work a camera that old deserves it. Keep it." Eric's dad said with a kind smile.

Sunwoo beamed with pleasure, sticking the camera into his backpack.

"Thank you, Mr. Sohn." Sunwoo bowed slightly.

"Not a problem. I'll have Eric show you around while I get started on the list of things you need to do." Mr. Sohn said, stepping aside for the teens to walk past him.

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And so Eric showed Sunwoo the back room, the register, and everything else he needed to know to work here.

Eric had decided to stay and help Sunwoo out with his first day, just to answer any questions he had since his dad had things of his own to get done.

Now nearing the end of the day the boys were just digging through boxes of things Eric's dad wanted to get rid of.

"Hey, check it out. More photos." Eric said, giving Sunwoo a brand new box of film for the camera.

"Nice. Now I can take more Eric candids." Sunwoo joked.

"Absolutely not, I have the worst side profile." Eric shook his head.

"Oh shut up, who else do you know with a cute toothy smile?" Sunwoo said, honestly without thinking.