One Of A Kind

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In collaboration with and dedicated to KittySaysMeowX

With eyes glimmering with wonder, and curiosity lingering from his face, the Prince scrutinized the set of human-sized plastic figures towering over him. His head tilted slightly to the right as his hand gently stroked his chin.

"There you are!" A voice exclaimed beside Zeus, finally snapping him out of his train of deep thought.

This voice belonged to none other than Kang Yuna who had been occupied fishing for some decent clothing for her alien comrade.

"I have been looking for you all over the place and here you are gawking at a bunch of mannequins!"

The Prince turned to her with a burning question on his mind.

"Lady Yuna, I have some concerns." He began, before pointing in the direction of the plastic models.

As soon as the words escaped through his lips, they received strange glances from the way he addressed her.

A hint of embarrassment swept across Yuna's face and she inched a bit closer to whisper, "You don't have to call me Lady Yuna when we're in public, just Yuna is fine."

"Come to think of it... we might need a different name for you too," Yuna continued in a serious tone before contemplating on what name would fit him best.

"Wait a second, you remind me of someone actually..." She said, her mind attempting to recall who he strongly resembled.

"Oh yeah! That guy from that Kpop group, what was it again? NCT?" Yuna said, retrieving her phone from the pocket of her jeans.

"K..pop? What might that be referring to Lad- I mean..." Zeus cut off as he felt his cheeks warm up a bit at his first attempt of calling Yuna by her first name. It was not appropriate at Vustrov to refer to someone from the opposite gender by their first name unless they were a close relative or your betrothed. However, now that he was on Earth, the young prince had no choice but to comply with its own unique traditions.

Zeus observed Yuna while she sheepishly typed some unfamiliar letters on what appeared to be some sort of Earthly device.

"Anyways, Jungwoo... Didn't you want to ask me something earlier?"

Zeus blinked with a blank look on his face. He soon realized that he had completely forsaken the flurry of questions he had for Yuna from the moment he stepped foot into the store.

"Ah..." he trailed off.

Yuna flashed him a confused look before sighing.

"Alright! We've wasted more than enough time! Let's get to work!" she chirped, before grabbing hold of Zeus-turned-Jungwoo's shoulders from behind and steering him towards a dressing room.

While Jungwoo was busy taking in his unfamiliar surroundings, Yuna was kind enough to accumulate a fine collection of shirts, trousers, hats, scarves and any other accessory she could find that would help to conceal his extraterrestrial origins.

She gave him a gentle push inside and closed the curtains for him.

"Try them on, and come out when you're done! I'll be just outside if you need any help," Yuna instructed before settling down on a plush couch.

In less than a span of a minute, Yuna heard the sound of the curtains being drawn back revealing the Prince in what appeared to be a mass atrocity on the entire fashion industry.

There stood a confused Jungwoo, wearing a plaid button up shirt. The buttons however, were far from being used for the purpose of their existence.

"This doesn't cover very much of me..."

Following a palm slap to her forehead, Yuna abruptly stood up and walked over to the dressing room, escorting the clueless being back into the dressing room, whilst following suit.

With both of them squeezed together in the space of the small room, Yuna could feel her heart begin to thump at their close proximity.

'Perhaps this wasn't the best idea,' Yuna thought to herself as her hands shakingly continued to button the remaining buttons and she did her best to ignore her pounding heart. It didn't help with Jungwoo's intense gaze fixated on her every motion.

She wondered if Jungwoo felt the awkwardness weigh heavily on him too but she dared not to look at him and completed the task without wasting another second.

"T-there you go. All done," Yuna finished with a rather flustered face.

"Let me know if you need any more help."

Yuna took a sigh of relief, feeling she could breathe again once she was away from the suffocating space.

Away from him.

When she lifted her head to look around, she was welcomed with some amused gazes and faintly audible whispers from surrounding customers and staff.

Yuna grunted and only wished she could erase the memory of her and Jungwoo being in there.

TOGETHER.

AT THE SAME TIME.

"Next please!" a lively voice announced, signaling Yuna and Jungwoo to come forward to get their items checked out.

"NOONA!"

Yuna was caught off guard with the sudden greeting but her eyes soon widened in surprise when she spotted a familiar face.

It was Nakamoto Yuta!

Her junior at university and also a fellow club member.

"Didn't think I'd bump into you today. Must be my lucky day," Yuta finished with his usual playful smirk.

"Yuta? I didn't know you work here?"

"I usually work the night shifts, I just had to cover my coworkers shift this afternoon since they called in sick," he explained before realizing that his college senior was being accompanied by someone.

The dashing young man then averted his gaze to Jungwoo, scanning him from head to toe, making the latter feel slightly conscious of himself.

"Enough about me though! What might you be doing here with this fine young man umm..." Yuta slyly trailed off as if trying to recognize Jungwoo despite this being their first meeting.

"OH! This is Jungwoo! He's a..." the maiden shot a nervous look at her extraterrestrial companion who appeared to have an equally nervous expression, before returning to meet Yuta's cheeky eyes.

"An exchange student from the states!" Yuna introduced with a sheepish smile, slight panic and hesitation evident in her voice.

"Ah! from the States!" Yuta pauses, before throwing on his best american accent to introduce himself to Jungwoo.

"Hello! My name is Yuta. Nice to meet you!" Yuta beamed at Jungwoo, eagerly waiting for a response.

A wave of terror sprang over Yuna as she thought of ways to dilute the situation.

Unfortunately, her brain had given up at this point and she mentally cursed herself for making up that lie. But to her surprise and before she even knew it, she heard Jungwoo say...

"Nice to meet you too! I'm Jungwoo."

IN ENGLISH.