/ˈpetrīˌkôr/
: the pleasant smell of earth after it rains
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"Do you like Byeol?"
Seungcheol threw him a disgusted look, slapping the back of his head. "T-that's like liking a- a sister! Hell nah!"
"Okay..." Jeonghan looked down, aw...
Byeol heard the man beside her say as she fixed her grip on her umbrella. She was standing at one side of the crosswalk with many other people, and most of them were already annoyed and wondering when the pedestrian light would turn green.
She checked her watch and surprisingly enough, it was already past 6pm. She sighed and thought to herself, "I won't be able to get to the cafe in time." Her car was getting repaired, so she had to walk everywhere.
Dropping her hand, she looked up only to see a kid leave their mom's side and run towards the middle of the road. "Soomin!"
Everyone around her started to panic as several cars swerved past the kid. The mom kept screaming her daughter's name before taking a step forward, only for her to fall to the ground in pain. "S-Soomin!"
Byeol noticed that the kid, who looked to be around 5 years old, was actually going after her Pokéball that rolled over to the middle of the asphalt path. Soon after that, everyone started screaming at the kid to get off the road, but the little girl just stayed in her position, playing with the round piece of plastic. Her hood fell, and that's when Byeol saw the reason the kid wouldn't listen to them.
A white hearing aid was dangling off the kid's little ear, and it seemed like she hadn't noticed that it had come off.
the hearing aid... that kid is deaf and she cant hear anything!
With no second thoughts, Byeol ran towards the middle of the road, almost getting bumped by a honking car, as the screams of the people got bigger in quantity and volume. She dropped to her knees behind the kid and turned her around, quickly passing the little girl her umbrella and looking straight into her eyes.
And that's when Byeol started speaking to the kid in sign language. 'It's dangerous for you to stand here. Go to your mother. She's hurt.' Byeol signed, as the kid obliviously smiled and nodded. She froze in her position when the little girl started to rub her glasses from the rain considering she wasn't under the umbrella. The kid then ran off to her mother with the umbrella she gave her.
