ASTRONOMY | SEUNGJIN

15 - A pack of... gummies?

"Jisung I swear! I came here to get advice, not hoe tips!" Seungmin complained. He went to Jisung to talk about his mixed feelings, but Jisung over here is not helping at all!

"I'm just saying that you clearly like him! Why are you even confused?" Jisung looked at Seungmin, who was stressed over his feelings.

"But I'm not the type of person to like someone easily, so how come I like him?" Seungmin had never actually liked someone but was just too shy to say it.

"That's a question for you to answer, not me." Jisung was right. Why does he like Hyunjin? What was so special about him that Seungmin found different from the others?

"I don't know," he murmured.

"Seungmin, you're here." Minho went to the cafe. Why does he keep bumping into everyone today? "I'm here to take Ji home," he added.

"I'll get going too, thanks for today, Jisung."

School was awkward because all he was doing was trying to avoid Hyunjin. Stupid? Yeah, but what's the most normal action when you see someone you like? Avoid them, exactly. That was what Seungmin was trying to do, and he was hoping Hyunjin wouldn't notice.

"Hey Seung, are we good?" Seungmin had been obviously avoiding him since this morning. He can't recall doing anything wrong, so he didn't know why Seungmin was doing this.

"Are we good? Of course, we're good. What makes you think we're not?" Seungmin was looking at everything except Hyunjin's eyes.

"I've noticed that you've been avoiding me, have I done something wrong?" He wondered. "No, not at all. I'm not avoiding you; I'm just, uh, Busy?" He was awful at lying.

"I know that's not true, you can't even look directly at me." He doesn't want to sound demanding, but he hates being ignored, at least by Seungmin.

"What? No..." He still wasn't looking at him.

"Seungmin, look at me," Hyunjin demanded. Seungmin had never seen Hyunjin like this.. maybe ignoring him was a bad idea. He complied and finally looked into Hyunjin's eyes, making him flustered. He was panicking, so he ran. Yes, he just ran away, leaving Hyunjin even more confused.

"Look where you're going!" Minho shouted when a guy running bumped into him, making him stumble.

"Hyung, have you seen Seungmin? He suddenly ran away from me," Hyunjin asked.

"He was that dude running? He almost made me fall!"

"Jisung I totally like him!" There he was again in the cafe, ranting to Jisung. "What are you waiting for, then? Go confess!" Is he willing to get his heart hurt if Hyunjin doesn't like him back? Maybe..

"What if he doesn't like me?" The thought of that already made Seungmin overthink.

"How will you know if you don't ask? Plus, you're confessing to let him know, not to be liked back." Seungmin didn't like that. If he was going to confess, he'd better be liked back.

"Fine, but how? He wasn't good with words, as you can see earlier... but he was good with gifts? "This will do," he muttered. "What will?" Jisung asked.

"Hyung, you received a package!" Jeongin took the box into Hyunjin's room. This was his last day in Busan, so he was spending it with Hyunjin. "For me? I didn't buy anything." He looked at the box and saw his name, it was definitely for him.

"If you won't open it, I will!" Jeongin hurriedly opened the box and saw a pack of... gummies?

"Gummies? You're weird." Jisung looked at Seungmin, confused. Seungmin was over here packing a pack of gummies to send to Hyunjin. "You confest through a receipt, why can't I do it with gummies?" Seungmin defended.

"I don't get why gummies, though?" Jisung asked. "Well, you see..."

"That will be 4,500 won, sir," the cashier stated. He pulled out money from his wallet when he realized he was lacking 500 won, so he got rid of the pack of gummies he really wanted.

"I'll just be paying for these," Seungmin replied as he gave the money. "Here you go- Seungmin?'' Why was Hyunjin working as a cashier in a convenience store by the beach? ''Hwang...'' a long pause before he continued, "I didn't know you worked here," Seungmin responded. "C'mon, what's with the first name basis? Here's your change."

"So basically, I got home and ate the gummies before I could realize that I didn't buy them," Seungmin explained. "How are you sure that Hyunjin didn't accidentally put those in?" Jisung questioned. "Because I was the one to put them away! Anyway, how do I bring these to him?" he said, looking at the box.

"I have an idea," Jisung uttered.

And that's how they ended up in Hyunjin bushes...

"Remind me next time not to listen to you and your ideas," Seungmin stated as they saw Jeongin get the box from outside. "Be glad I even helped." Jisung rolled his eyes. "Fine, thanks for helping me, Han Jisung. I ought to go shopping with you next time," Seungmin thanked him.

"Shopping?! OMG, I love having a rich friend!" Jisung squealed, completely forgetting that they were in front of Hyunjin's house.

"Shh!" Seungmin whispered, covering Jisung's mouth.