PERFUME, xo kitty

IV. SEVERAL DEVELOPMENTS

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MINHO AND NOAH were on one of their usual grocery escapades in the cool afternoon, and the Choi boy could not escape his continuous story-telling about this K-Pop idol hat was coming round to see him. "Put these non-dairy chocolates in there," Noah walked ahead of Minho as they scanned the shelves, picking up a heart tray of chocolates. "The entire school knows of your lactose intolerance-y."

Minho playfully rolled his eyes at the boy with a smile, Noah returning it with a light-hearted snicker. As Noah continued to walk ahead, Minho couldn't help but notice how fluffy his hair was, and how innocent he looked in those black rimmed glasses.

As they deliberated over which snacks to choose next, Minho's eyes drifted away to something further down the aisle, and he huffed. "What is it?" Noah glanced at him, turning around awkwardly in the direction where Minho was staring. "Oh, hi, Kitty!"

The Covey girl waved at him before her smile faded at the sigh of Minho, putting her phone in her pocket, "You're seriously everywhere," Minho hugged. "You're like my very own sasaeng."

"What's a sasaeng?" Kitty asked as Minho and Noah continued to check out the shelves. Kitty had a shopping cart full of things.

"You, my very own obsessed fan," Minho said matter-of-factly.

"What are you even doing in a grocery store?" Kitty shot back. "Shouldn't you be on a yacht somewhere being rich and annoying."

"Hmm," Minho hummed. "My dad is doing that with wife number three with her new fillers." He shook his head, and Noah snuck in two packs of rice biscuits. "I have decided to stay here as a favor to all the women who wan a piece of me this Chuseok." He whipped out the chocolate that Noah had picked out. 

"I picked those, he won't eat them," Noah added with a smile.

"Strawberries and chocolate? Noah's the only thing keeping from being sick," Kitty said in disbelief at Minho's words.

"I'm sure Lulu will appreciate this," Minho said wistfully.

"Enough, my head is spinning from you constantly talking about her." Noah gestured to his head.

"Who's Lulu? Another one of your Min-hoes?" Kitty joked, sticking her hand up for Noah to high five.

"Cute." Minho deadpanned with a blank smile, reaching for his phone. "She's only the fastest rising pop star in the country." He held up a photo of her, which Noah chose to ignore as he went back a bit in the aisle to retrieve more biscuits. "We've been flirting since her trainee days. She's on break from tour for the holiday. Even K-pop stops for Chuseok!"

"I'm surprised Valor isn't having dinner with half of ITZY," Noah muttered as he added packet of crackers into the basket, just as Minho spotted something in Kitty's shopping cart.

He held up the packet, "Do you even know what to do with this?"

"Hey, I am admittedly entering new territory," Kitty snatched the bag back. "but with the help of Tiktok and a positive attitude, I'll manage just fine. If not, I've won awards for my mashed potatoes."

Noah audibly gulped, sharing a hilariously worried glance with Minho before they turned back to the girl. Kitty began to push the cart forward, but Minho put a hand on the cart, stopping it from moving whilst Noah went for a more ambitious idea, putting himself in front of the cart with his arms outstretched.