SMITTEN || J.JK

5| Lover boy

— Next Day —
Saturday, July 14 , 2018
3:30 P.M.

I move my gaze towards the mannequins out of boredom, running out of patience for this girl who's currently on her umpteenth trial for the perfect dress."Come on, it's been an hour for fuck's sake. Why don't you just buy the one that you saw first?",I call for her attention and watch the door revealing her in a modest dress. The sleeves puffed for elegance, the neckline lies just perfectly to flatter her shoulders and the white fabric falls in a thrall, ending at her knees."How do I look? It isn't too simple, right?",She twirls for me to judge her appearance but I don't fuel her confidence for obvious reasons."It's kind of cute. Just buy it, we're spending way too much time on you. I have to buy my game console too.",I pick the shopping bags from the seat, expecting junghee to change into her clothes while I forward towards the cash counter.

"No, wait-",she tests my nerves,"I think I should try the blue one, it looks more appealing.",Sparing me no time to stop her, she rushes to pick the dress and shuts the door again. This girl is a menace."Why don't you just buy them all? It's not like mom's gonna say anything.",I tell her the truth but hear no response which vexes me even more but I'm left with no choice except to wait for her.

I put my eyes across the window, various outlets coming in my sight along with a group of girls who are here for the same purpose as my sister. They sneak a few discreet glances in my direction, initiating eye contact with me , fiddling with their fingers and fixing their hair —typical strategy to flirt with every random guy they find attractive. I don't pay even a bit of attention to them and set my gaze on the adjacent aisle, the back of a girl coming into my sight. She's wearing a button up cardigan with a plaid skirt and thigh-high socks, her dark brown hair falling on her shoulders. My neck cranes to figure her face as she switches her focus to the dresses in front of her so I smile at the co-incidence and rise from the seat to walk in her direction.

"Take all the dresses you want and wait for me. I'll be back.",I shout to junghee and head towards y/n to find her contemplating between two dresses. One is a black bodycon dress that's designed to show the proportions of a feminine body while the other is a blue satin dress that is backless until bound by a bow a little above the waist."You should take the black one.",I don't announce my presence but my voice startled her and she distances herself from me in reflex."You scared me.",she complains but considers my opinion, her lips nibbling unconsciously so I watch her eyes navigate on the seam of the dress. She couldn't possibly look bad in that because from what I have seen, she doesn't wear clothes tight to her skin which is a shame since she's got really attractive curves.

"Don't you think….",She bites her lips but looks at me,"Don't you think I'll look fat in this?",I knew she would have her doubts so I move closer to her."No, you would look just perfect. It'll be a shame if you don't wear that just because you think it'll make you look fat because you're not.",I hate it when girls find themselves unworthy of something just because of how they look and settle for whatever they're given from society."That's not true. You can't deny how everyone practically knows me from the name of the chubby girl in our grade. I just don't want to wear it if it'll open to more opinions about my body.",she worries about her appearance, my words going off the radar of her head.

Although I've heard a few boys calling her by that name which pisses the hell out of me because she's much more than that."You know, they're just jealous that they aren't as smart and talented as you so they resort to the cheapest way to degrade someone who they simply can't be. Don't tell me you believe whatever shit they talk about you because that's not true. You've got your own personality and presence that you should be proud of and as for how you'll look, let me tell you this, you'll look sexy as hell in that dress.",I lurch forth, letting her eyes dart to mine so she sucks in a breath at my abrupt compliment.