INK~~ SKZ FF

Chapter 2

Leaning against the counter, Jieun sighed. For some reason, being with Changbin had made her stressed. They seemed to be getting along quite fine. They had normal conversations and nothing too out of the blue. He seemed to be fine, nothing was wrong with him.

"Hey," hearing a voice, Jieun turned her head. Popping out from one of the stalls, one of her best friends, Yin, was standing there. "I see the two of you were getting along quite nicely. Most clients in your stalls are too awkward to say anything to you once you say you can't speak."

Yin was much more feisty than Jieun. If you were to picture a tattoo artist, then Yin would mostly fit the picture perfectly. She isn't scared to speak her mind. Sometimes her tongue gets her into trouble, making Beom and Jieun have to stop her.

"We were talking like normal humans," Jieun signed. Pouting a little and crossed her arms around her chest.

"Alright, what were you talking about?" A sly smirk appeared on her face. Her eyes blazed with curiosity.

"He was just talking about being a K-Pop idol and then I told him about COS:MIC."

"Wait, you said he was a K-Pop Idol?"

Slowly nodded her head. Cocking her head to the side, wondering why Yin was so interested in that part of the info.

"He said he was in a group called Stray Kids."

"I heard of them. They released a song called God's Menu about a month ago. I listened to it and it was pretty good. I'm sure Beom has heard about them more than I have."

Yin knows sign language and sometimes she'll use it to talk, but it's still rare for her to use it since she doesn't need to communicate with it. It comes in handy when they need to keep things a secret, so they'll talk with their hands instead.

"He then asked about coming over and watching us perform tonight, so I told him the area we'll be at," Jieun signed. She moved back into her stall, cleaning up the space, getting ready for any other clients to walk in. Yin was right behind her, getting ready to tease her.

"So you invited him to watch us," Yin said, slipping to sit on the bed.

Jieun just ignored her and started to replace the tips of the pen. Yin glared at her and leaned back on her hands, holding herself up.

"When is your shift over?" Yin asked as she was swinging her feet back and forth. Jieun held up the number two showing that she still had another couple of hours before it would be over. "Why so long," Yin groaned. "I wanted to hear over the cafe so Beom could get us some coffee."

"You'll just have to wait."

"Jieun, I have someone else for you," Byungho's voice called out. Jieun grabbed Yin's arm and dragged her out of the stall. Yin was a bit stubborn, not picking up her feet, and slid across the floor.

Pushing Yin out, Jieun smiled and welcomed the new client in, ready to receive his tattoo. Yin stuck her tongue out right as Jieun disappeared behind her stall.

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The sun peeked out from the grayish cloud that hovered in the sky. The streets were as busy as normal. There were always people roaming around no matter what time of day. You would always walk through a crowd of people.

Jieun and Yin walked side by side, their shoulders would occasionally brush up against one another. They tried to stick close to each other in order to not get lost in the crowd.

There was one time that happened. Jieun was shoved away by a bunch of people causing Yin to panic. She called up Beom who was working at the time and they frantically searched for their lost friend. Jieun was sitting off to the side, her breathing was rapid, so Beom quickly rushed to her side, helping her friend.