Ice: Thaw the Frozen Heart [EDITING]

Chapter 6

*4 YEARS AGO*
Yeojin entered the newly opened cafe. This cafe was unlike the usual cafes. It was a cafe, a music CD shop, and a bookshop all in one place. It had two stories. The first level was for the CD shop and cafe while the upper level is for the book shop. A lot of curious youngsters came on that first day the cafe was opened.

Yeojin walked through the row of the CD shelf looking for the album of her favorite band. Her index finger trailed the CDs one by one, but she couldn't find the CD she was looking for on this shelf. She craned her neck to look over the shoulder-height shelf. Her eyes glinted with excitement when she spotted the album she was looking for on the shelf on the other side. And apparently, it was the last one. A lot of people must have bought it since it was just newly released. She immediately jogged to the other side. Her hand was about to reach for the album when another hand casually took it first.

She glanced at the guy standing in front of the shelf. He was smiling happily at the album.

"Hey! I was about to take it! " Yeojin cluck her tongue and glared at him. The guy turned his head to her in surprise. He didn't notice a girl standing beside him before.

"Ah! Sorry then." He bobbed his head apologizing and Yeojin rolled her eyes. "But first one to take it is the keeper!" He smirked mischievously.

Yeojin scoffed. "Fine!" She exclaimed through gritted teeth. Annoyed, she then turned around and headed upstairs for the book shop.

After walking around for some time, she saw the best-selling novel her friends had been talking about from afar. And again, it was the last one on the shelf. She walked to the shelf and saw the same guy from downstairs walking to it too. Quickly, she ran and snatched the book just before the boy could take it. The guy was surely taken aback as he blinked at her; his hand was still hanging in the air after wanting to take the book.

"First one, keeper!" Yeojin stuck out her tongue at him.

A little chuckle escaped his lips when she turned around. His lips formed into an upward curve as he watched her walked away.

Yeojin sat down after finding an empty seat in the cafe. The coffee scent made her feel relaxed. She loved how the large glass window made it possible for natural light to enter and lit up the whole building. If only she could sit near the window; she thought. But all the seats were already occupied. She sighed a bit but smiled anyway and started reading her newly bought novel. She was definitely in her happy bubble. Yet her happiness didn't last long. Someone just decided to pop her happy bubble.

"Mind if I sit here?" A voice surprised her and she lifted her head only to find the same guy from earlier standing in front of her with a smile. He immediately took a seat in front of her when she just stared at him.

"Ya! I didn't say you can. Go sit somewhere else!" She grumbled, but the boy just smiled and took a sip of his drink. Gosh! Seriously! Yeojin gritted her teeth and glared at the stranger in front of her.

"Sorry for earlier." He finally spoke after putting down his cup of cappuccino. "You got the book though. So we're even." He smiled again. His eyes formed into crescents and his mouth formed a rectangle.

"Yeah whatever!" Yeojin rolled her eyes and went back to reading.

"I'm Baekhyun." The boy suddenly extended his hand. Taken aback, Yeojin stared at his hand and took a breath before finally shaking his hand.

"Yeojin." She introduced herself. Wait. Why am I introducing myself to this guy? She mentally slapped herself, but what's done was done. He smiled again and let go of her hand taking another sip of his cappuccino.