Homme Fatale | KSJ | ✓

Ice cream

Scraping at the last bit of ice cream of her paper cup, Jaehwa kept grumbling under her breath.

"Dangerous... He's too dangerous... Why did he have to smile at me? Why did he wave at me? Urgh, that Homme Fatale!"

"Jae come here." Jieun took hold of her grumbling friends and dragged her out of her little brooding corner. She knew she wasn't too happy about the whole situation and she had taken it upon herself, as the best friend she was, to make her enjoy the retreat. Dragging away her grumpy best friend to a group of her friends, she declared clapping her hands together. "Here! Lemme introduce you guys to Han Jaehwa, my beloved crackhead friend."

Jaehwa tried her best at a polite smile. It was always a little awkward meeting new people. The little group of six waved and smiled at her uttering simple greetings to which she nodded.

"Now, let me introduce you to these charming friends of mine." Jieun declared, swiping her hand in a dramatic flourish towards the group who all smiled at her antics. Pointing the first one on the group, she began listing their names. "This is Jung Hoseok, that's Song Chaeyoung, then Han Jisung, Choi Hannah, Park Seonghwa, and last but not the least Lee Jaekyung."

Jaehwa couldn't help but eye some of the male specimens in the group. Jung Hoseok and Han Jisung particularly stood out since they seemed to radiate a sort of bright, uplifting aura, not to mention their good looks.

Jaehwa waved at the little group, offering a more genuine smile when a head popped into her line of sight. Lee Jaekyung, the one who seemed as the youngest of the group, peered at her as he slowly uttered her name as if he were in a trance, "Han Jaehwa?"

"Yeah?" She asked, a little confused.

"You're so pretty..."

There was a definite pause. A part of her eyebrows tugged upwards at the sudden comment. Slowly a sly grin tugged at a part of her lips as she shot the younger guy a wink.

"I know."

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Jung Hoseok dramatically turned around before smoothly going down one knee in front of Lee Jieun with a smile so bright that it might as well be the sun as he held out a cone of ice cream to her.

"For you."

Jieun gasped, covering her mouth, going along with his dramatics with a silly smile. "Chocolate? But they had run out. How did you get me this?"

The red-haired man grinned as he cheekily replied, "I have superpowers."

Making a big show out of taking the ice-cream cone from his hand, Lee Jieun spoke dramatically. "My savior. You're hereby officially appointed as my knight, Hoseok-ssi."

She then wielded an imaginary sword out of her imaginary hilt and tapped both his shoulders finishing the ceremony to which Hoseok laughed. "I am honored, my lady."

Getting up from the ground, Hoseok dusted off his pants as Jieun asked, "But how did you know chocolate was my favorite?"

He shrugged, "Through my powerful intuition. From this huge telepathic connection, we have, maybe."

Jieun snorted at the statement as he chuckled with her. Suddenly, holding out an ice cream of his own, he asked. "Wanna do a love shot to celebrate my knighthood?"

"With ice cream?" Jieun asked, scrunching her nose.

"It doesn't matter. Come on, let's try it." Hoseok encouraged, holding out his ice cream excitedly. Jieun didn't seem convinced. "Do we really have to Hoseok-ssi? It's ice cream..."

"It's alright. Now hurry up before the ice cream melts!" Hoseok exclaimed as he eyed a drop of his melted ice cream dripped down his arm. Laughing at him, Jieun finally gave in. Holding their arms up, the pair slowly hooked their arms around each other and licked the ice cream. Jaehwa chuckled at the cute display of the pair shaking her head.

"Wow, I'm jealous. You only brought it for Jieun, Hoseok-ssi? Even I like chocolate ice-cream, where's mine?" She teased.

Hoseok jerked his head to her as if a deer caught in the headlights. Something akin to guilt flickered across his features as he suddenly dived into a fit of apologies. "Oh, you wanted that? I'm so sorry Jaehwa-ssi. I didn't know you wanted one. Do you want me to go buy you-"

Jaehwa burst out laughing. "Oh my god, Hoseok. I'm just messing with you. Relax."

Hoseok loosened up considerably at her reassurance and it elevated her laughter even more. Jaehwa, however, didn't expect a cone of ice cream to suddenly appear right in front of her face.

"Han Jaehwa-ssi! I brought one for you." A young guy exclaimed as he held the ice cream for her. Jaehwa vaguely remembered that he was the guy who had told her that she was pretty. She smiled, "It's fine. I was just teasing Hoseok. Besides, I already had one earlier. Thanks though..." she trailed off uncertainly, struggling to remember his name.

"Lee Jaekyung." The guy offered before he added with a little pout. "But I bought this for you..."

"Oh," It seemed as if he was offended at her refusal and Jaehwa stuttered out quickly, "Okay, I'll take it. Don't be sad."

Jaekyung brightened up considerably as she took the cone from his hands. Clasping his hands together, Jaekyung began. "Han Jaehwa-ssi, I've heard a lot about you. You're Director Min's secretary, right? I've always wanted to meet you personally, but I never got a chance..."

"Is that so?" Jaehwa was intrigued. She knew she was famous at the company but she didn't know her popularity reached that extent. Suddenly feeling quite smug about the new information, she straightened up her shoulders, clearing her throat like an intellectual.

Jaekyung nodded his head enthusiastically, his fluffy light brown hair bouncing at the rapid movement as he looked at her with literal stars shining in his eyes.

"Han Jaehwa-ssi," He suddenly called coughing awkwardly, "Can I call you Noona since you're older than me?"

"N-noona?" She was surprised at his sudden request out of the blue. Noona felt too much of an intimate name to call someone who you just met. She smiled awkwardly looking at the younger guy to assess what his deal was. Was he joking? He looked eerily serious. The look on his face was just way too expectant for her to break.

Shrugging off her concerns, she forced out a smile.

"Sure, you can."

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