CAN I HOLD YOU || MonstaTwice || Hyungwon & Tzuyu [ON-GOING]

C H A P T E R 9 || U N D E N I A B L E J E A L O U SY

Hyungwon left solo at the table. The stranger girl who called him 'hubby' and gave him a 'kiss mark' in the back of his hand exits in the mall.

"Tss.. weirdo." He sniffed and sips his pineapple drink.

Before her feature recollect in his thought, he pulled his weight from the seat. Shaking his head, he saunters towards the escalator.

Having a thought of buying his father a polo shirt using his own pocket money is a sign of maturity. Though his father affords to buy such thing, Hyungwon wants to give him a present. All gifts are priceless, anyway.

As the escalator inclining, he roams his sight around the mall to locate the clothes store section and the distant giggle of the children from the first floor gain his attention. The toddlers lined up in front of the ice cream booth, their hands and heads are loosely swaying in rhythm as they wait for their ice cream. Their innocent smiles and adorable chuckles are contagious that spread his lips to a big smile. This reminds him of the old days he used to enjoy devouring an ice cream with her mom everytime they went for shopping.

Enjoying the smooth ride, the second floor is a few more distance from him and the person he hates to see again blew over his big smile to a straight line.

Of all the places on the planet, why in Gimpo lets our path crossed again? Destiny and fate, you must be kidding me.

Seeing the girl by chance, give him a thought to jump or leap towards the bottom of the first floor. Her sudden presence, however, gives him a sparse heartbeats.

Avoiding her annoyance might bring him peace, but the continuous movement of the escalator defies him against his silly idea.

From sparse heartbeats raise more counts of beats as he hopped from the escalator, but the way Tzuyu stares at him in the fast food is nothing difference in their present eye contact. It caused his heartbeats slow down.

Those pairs of pearl she carried in her surface turned dull, and a smoldering anger is perceivable in her eyes as though she's grudging him.

Face to face, no words can describe the two strangers eye to eye competition. Both trapped in their own distinct voices and noise in the background is only their witness.

Hyungwon, the humble one gave up. His legs seek to leave her, but his mind wanted him to stay.

Oh, here comes the devil. Where not friends and she looks mad, but should I say hello?

"Hel--" A single word that might soften the tension was dissolved in the air when Tzuyu lunged forward and bumps him hard. His shoulder against her shoulder creates a rough collision but their resiliency stabilize their balance and Tzuyu, the arrogant one, passed over him.

Hyungwon's face crippled with frustration and anger encompasses the best of his being. Mute with rage, he abruptly grasped her wrist before she escape from her own mess. This time no more kind of mercy will fold his knees to beg for his forgiveness.