𝐓𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐧 // 𝐏.𝐒𝐇

𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟭

"Better?" Seonghwa scoffs

"Yes, I use to not be in any vehicle, a bus, motor, a plane! I was so scared back then, but I had a support system, my therapist, mom and my friends definitely helped me through that process," Sunmi said

There was a comfortable silence between the two

She became fidgety

"Maybe I should really stop smoking."

"My mom is truly devastated when she saw me lighting up that cigar," She said, igniting up the lighter

"I'm sure it will be a tough decision to make, you've been smoking since you were in high school," Seonghwa said

"But here's a little tip," He said

"You said you smoke twice and if you're going through shit you do 4 Soooo," He said

"So?"

"Cut it down, 4 turns to 3, 3 turns to 2 and sooner or later you won't even taste the tobacco," He said

She sighs "Keep it for me for the time being will you?"

"Sunmi, you have nothing to hide, your mom knows and even though she hates it, I'm sure she'll accept it since it's your own life."

"I mean you can put it at that but I'm not trying to hide, it basically my life but I'm stopping cause it's the right thing to do and cause I took it from my mom."

He smiles but holds her hand to prevent her from passing it to him

"It's your dad's, I can't keep something so precious, stop at your own pace and sooner or later that lighter won't always be in your bag but rather in a display where you can see the object your father had left."

She furrows "You are a really complicated person aren't you?"

"Huh?"

"First you want me to stop by giving me tips and reasons why I should but when I want to, you say I should stop at my own pace?"

"Yes, I understand what you mean, but I see how you tried to stop, you barely last a day, I think it's better to cut down and eventually stop."

"So you're saying I can't last a day?"

"Yeah, not even for 2 hours," He said

"Aight bet, give me... A month, smoke-free, vape free," She said

"Okay, and what would benefit me from that?" Seonghwa asked

"Well for one... I won't drive my car, in fact here are my car keys," She passes him her keys

"Damn you just willingly give stuff to strangers huh? and I don't drive."

Sunmi did give him her umbrella, lighter and now car keys

"You don't?" She asked

"I don't."

"You don't?

"Anyways what do you want?"

"Nothing." He said

"Nothing? really? Then what's the point of the bet?"

"All I want is for you to stop, if you stop within a month then we both win, I get what I want," Seonghwa said

"I'll tell everyone I know about it and if they see you smoking then you'll have to pay korea's penalty fee," He said

"You're just a Freshmen though, you only know like 2 people."

"3, one of them is you and anyways I don't have to know Hongjoong, It's an advantage that he's your friend and the president." 

"What if I really go smoke-free for a month? What will you get me?" Sunmi asked

"A new lighter, more precious than your current one," He points out

She scoffs "Yeah like something could replace this" 

He shrugs "So? Deal?" He extends his hand

"Deal."

"But this starts tomorrow," Sunmi takes out a bud 

-

The Next Day, Thurdays

It was raining again. The month of October, the rainy month they called

Sunmi was trying to find her yellow umbrella.

"Urgh, where is it?" Then she realised 

She gave the umbrella to Seonghwa 

She looks around trying to find if she had another umbrella she could use. Oh, how stupid was she to give her only umbrella?

Unfortunately, she couldn't find one. She can't drive her car so her only choice was to run as fast as she can to the bus stop.

She slowly walked out of her apartment, trying to avoid her mother. She quickly puts up the hood of her jacket and ran to the bus stop.

Seonghwa packs his laptop and things to bring for his lectures. He looks out the window
Pouring rain

He looks around his room trying to find the umbrella. As his eyes searched for an umbrella, his eyes set foot on a particularly bright one he had never used. 

He walks towards it. Bright yellow, perfect for those who ride bicycles. He still doesn't know who gave it to him.

Nonetheless, he took it

He took the elevator down. As he opens up the umbrella, he notices Sunmi a few steps further than him with her hood on waiting in the sheltered area.

He sees her tugging on her laptop making sure her laptop doesn't get wet even though she already had a cover for it.

She opens her bus app to see if her bus was coming soon

1 minute 

She takes a deep breath ready to make a run for it.

Just as she was about to run for it...

𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁!!