𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗬﹕heeseung

－ 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍

Third person.

As the awaited weekend arrived, Aera came home right after she had to attend a short class. She dressed up nicely but not too extra, though fits as someone who's gonna work at a library. So as you see, Aera's pretty excited about this voluntary work. All she has to do there is organize the misplaced books to where they belong, be approachable, and basically, just help the librarian and the library around. Surely that is no problem for her.

"Where are you headed?" With a bowl of cereal in her two hands, Jiwoo called out.

"Library, work. Didn't I tell you that?" Aera shortened her words. She raised her eyebrow, looking at the other girl who tries to remember silently.

"Part-time...? Oh yeah, it's today!" Jiwoo remembered. Aera wasn't pleased because how she almost forgot.

"Were you even listening to me when I was talking to you about it?" Aera tsked.

"It was! The week passed so quickly that I wasn't aware. Saturday didn't feel like a Saturday." Jiwoo disputed while cackling nervously.

"Anyways, I hope you do your best on your first day. Don't do a thing you might regret." Jiwoo punched the air to boost her confidence. Aera laughed.

"Thanks, Ji. It's 4:30, I'll be going. Tell Miyoung I'm out and will be back around seven."

A taxi would bring her to the library ten minutes earlier than if she walks. She waits outside her building, and while standing there she opens the message she received a while ago.

Heeseung
good luck and do great, pretty.

A smile was brought to her face, sending more into a better mood. It was brushed off when her taxi came and drove her to her location.

Truth be told, Aera was anxious and worried about the possibilities of what could go wrong. Pretty straightforward as her job may sound, mistakes will always be made throughout. She doesn't know what to expect yet but to wait for it.

Her first task was to get to the history shelves and separate the books into chronological order. Shortly, her concerns vanished the longer her time was spent in the library.

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Fast forward, Aera has done well doing her job. Her first weekend was a relief and the next thing you knew, the next weekend has come by already. Jiwoo was right, weeks are passing so quickly.

Back at the desk where Aera's just learned how to put barcodes on the newly released books, she concentrated to finish all of them. There were only about four or six people inside, and it was too quiet, but calm. Ignorant of a person entering, she could've cared less of who it may be, until they approached her.

"Aera~"

"Miyoung!" Aera whisper-shouted, wide-eyed.

"Surprise? How it's going?" Her sister asked.

"Good, not tired at all. Here to borrow a book?" Aera questioned.

"I'm here to return what I borrowed. It's not late in due don't worry." Miyoung placed the book on the desk, watching as it gets checked out.

"I feel so alone at the dorm. You know Jiwoo's out for the weekend with her family. Wanna grab sushi after?" Miyoung suggested dinner.

"Wait for me- hold on." Aera dismissed for a second as she went to face the librarian.

"Mrs. Kim, I have discarded the old books from the kids' section as you told me to. Half of these are finished, though some are still in the box." Aera patted the bundle of books that she did.

"Wonderful. It's 7:00, do you wanna get going?" The librarian asked.

"I'll just put this back and I'm going. Thank you." Aera then went to the right section and hid the book perfectly along with the others.

Miyoung tailed behind her. Aera gets her pas and slings her bag over her head to head outside with Miyoung. As she meets the cold air once again, she was surprised to see the tall guy leaning on his car just at the front of the way.

"Aera-" Heeseung stopped, as he realized she's got company.

Aera looked at him, appalled. She glanced at her older sister who was staring at him while quirking one eyebrow, possibly mentally asking "is this the guy?".

"Oh- Heeseung- what are you doing here...?" Aera stammered, speechless.

"I came here... for you... I thought- didn't you see my text?" Hearing what he said, Aera hastily opened her phone, her hand over her mouth as she reads the text she haven't checked since thirty minutes ago. She wasn't on her phone the whole time in the library

"I didn't... I'm completely sorry! Oh, I should have checked but my phone was on silent. And, I had no idea you were coming!" Aera rambled, embarrassed, but Heeseung curves up a small smile and shook his head gently.

"Don't feel sorry, it's okay. I should've waited for you to reply instead of coming without you knowing." Heeseung chuckled timidly.

"Ehem." Miyoung forcibly clears her throat to draw attention.

"Good evening, I'm Heeseung." Heeseung acknowledged politely.

Miyoung nods. Her brain must be in process as slowly and without hesitating, she gives Aera a wide-eyed ambiguous look, implying something she wants to know.

"Uh, friend! Heeseung's the guy I've um, told you about. Heeseung, this is my sister, you've heard about her before too, from me." Aera chuckled nervously.

"Uh-huh. I'm Miyoung, Aera's sister. Nice to meet you, Aera's friend." Miyoung emphasized.

"Nice to meet you too, Miyoung-ssi." Heeseung conceded, sending a smile.

"I'm sorry I can't go with you tonight, Miyoung's with me." Aera said.

"No worries, I understand. Do you, do you guys need a ride home?" Heeseung offered.

"No, we're getting dinner together first." Miyoung replied, causing Heeseung to nod and Aera to glare at her quick response.

"I see. Have a good night you two then." Heeseung lets them off, watching as the two girls turn their backs and walk away. He could see them chattering at each other but inaudibly by the distance.

Heeseung goes back inside his car. He laughs silently at what occurred and drove home.

However, he slightly began to wonder, and though this was the first time he's ever seen her sister, why don't they look similar to each other? Not just the different hair which he can tell, but even while staring at Miyoung shocked, he could see the difference in their faces between the two siblings. Well, surely some who are related to one another barely do look like one, perhaps that's the case.

He's not in the place to pry about them, so that should be the least of his concern. He should just hope he didn't give a bad impression to her sister.

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Hello! Feel free to talk to me cause
I have nothing better else to do

Pray for me and my exam results,
I'm pretty sure I did my best on them
so if my grades still won't improve it's
gonna be my last straw hehe.