Pleasant Imagines (Jinjoo)

Checking you out (short)

"Why did you only wear one layer?" Minju nags, tightly following Yujin who kept her car keys in her pocket as they walked to the grocery store. "Because you forgot to bring your jacket." she looks at Minju. 

She tugs on her sleeve. "This is mine," Yujin said, instantly having Minju's arm wrapped around hers. "Then you should've brought two. It's cold out."

"We won't take long anyway. You have the list?"

Minju reached for her phone, nodding.

"Let's go." Yujin intertwines their fingers and steps into the store.

...

Yujin walks down the aisle with a pack of cucumbers in her hand and sees how Minju was struggling with the basket filled with whatever they took earlier.

The girl was trying to reach for toothpaste above her head. Yujin snickers, quickly going to her and taking the basket.

"You could've just put it on the floor." she puts the cucumbers into the basket before reaching for the toothpaste, doing the same thing.

Minju stops tiptoeing and looks at her. "Got the cucumbers?" Yujin hummed, firmly gripping onto the basket.

...

They strolled along the non-grocery aisles as Minju dragged Yujin into the baby clothes section.

"This is so cute!" Minju points at the little sailor outfit, being overly excited over tiny clothing.

Yujin takes a glance. "Why? Is your nephew's birthday coming?" she asks, flipping the outfit around to take a look.

"No, I just—"

"You want a kid?" Yujin asks innocently, looking at Minju who got flustered.

She didn't shake her head, putting a slight smile on Yujin's face. They've been dating for more than 5 years but their relationship dates back to when they were in high school.

Minju has been subtly hinting about certain things for a year and it didn't go unnoticed by Yujin.

"Okay." Yujin gently ruffles her hair, suddenly having Minju grasp onto her shirt.

"Don't look back," Minju said, pulling her closer. "Why?" Yujin whispers when she saw how surprised she looked.

Minju looked afar to see a girl eyeballing them. Especially Yujin.

"There's a girl behind you—don't look." Yujin was about to look but Minju stopped her.

"She's checking you out big time."

Yujin looked at her with wide eyes, not knowing what to do. Minju looked once more. "I think she took a picture of you."

"Baby." Yujin holds onto her forearm.

"She's walking towards us." When Minju saw the look on Yujin's face, she couldn't help but swallow the urge to laugh.

This is the first time she's seeing her this afraid. Not sure why she was.

"What is she doing?" Yujin holds her closely, looking at Minju's expression. "I don't even look good. No one's going to be checking me out," she adds, referring to the oversized hoodie she wore with loose track pants.

"Yes you do, you always look good." Minju interrupts, peeking behind.

"Are you serious? Like actually? There's someone coming and not a staff?" Yujin saw her nod. "And she took a picture of me? Isn't that illegal?"

"If it was I would've been in jail." Minju's remark earned a funny look.

"Oh god, she's coming." Yujin lets go of the baby shirt. "What do we do?" she asks, holding onto Minju's hand.

"I can't deal with people," she whispers. "She stopped walking," Minju reports.

"What do we do? Do we go?" Yujin tugs her to walk but Minju said, "No, we're not leaving." They haven't finished grocery shopping.

Yujin saw her looking behind again. "I think she likes you." Minju watches the girl's eyes trail all over Yujin's body.

"No." Yujin pulls Minju towards her. "Can you get behind me?"

"Why?"

"I only want you checking me out." Minju laughed at her response and saw the girl coming toward them after acting as if she was about to get something.

"Seriously, I'm freaking out. Can we leave?" Yujin couldn't stand the feeling of someone staring at her from the back. She hates talking to strangers.

"You're freaking out?" Yujin's eyes stayed on Minju, nodding. "Is this your first time realising someone's checking you out?"

Yujin nods once again, pulling Minju behind her but fails. "Why?"

"Protect me." the girl laughs.

"Stop laughing. I don't want her looking at my ass. It's only yours to see."

Minju's laughter got contagious, causing Yujin to chuckle sheepishly.

"I'm serious. Is she coming?" Minju nods, getting herself pulled towards Yujin's body. "She's not gonna hurt you."

"Help." Those faint words made Minju halt her laughter when the girl actually reached them.

"She's here."

Yujin's face drained of blood, freezing on the spot when she heard, "Excuse me."

Minju suppressed her laughter as her girlfriend turns around to see the said girl who was checking her out. She had her phone out, about to extend it to Yujin.

"I have a wife." Yujin spat out. She gestures at the baby clothes beside her. "Can't you see? We're going to have a kid."

Minju amusingly looks at her, holding back her laughter. The girl looks at Minju and back at Yujin.

"Oh, I'm sorry for the misunderstanding," she said. "Actually, I'm on the run for casting. I saw you from afar and wanted to cast you." She had a name card above her phone.

Yujin blinks, slowly shifting her gaze onto Minju who is on the same level of confusion.

"Idol casting." the girl clarified. She looks nothing like someone who would be casting future celebrities.

Yujin would've expected her to be in a formal outfit, like those who work in the office from 9 to 5 but she looks like a high school student.

"Ah..." The taller girl scratches her head, eyes asking Minju for help.

The older girl chuckles and takes over. "We're not interested."

"Are you sure? Hold on, actually, do you want to—"

"We're fine." Minju rejects almost immediately, having her hand squeezed by Yujin who terribly wants to get out of here.

The girl was a little disappointed since they were pretty good-looking not to be cast.

"Alright, it's okay. Sorry to bother you. Enjoy the rest of the day." the girl walks off, acting as if she were some random citizen shopping for groceries.

"Babe," Yujin calls. "How did she mistake us for high school students? Don't idols have to be like 13 to be cast? We're like almost 30." that earned her a smack to her shoulder.

Yujin starts dragging her away from that place.

"I think I need to put a ring on your finger to avoid situations like this. It's embarrassing."

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