T.B.H. | HoonSuk (-)

06

Three days. It has been three days since the failed plan incident that happened. Where he ran away without words after he ran over Hyunsuk. Jihoon still felt like he wanted to hide himself somewhere. Somewhere far from Hyunsuk.

But Jihoon himself knows that it's definitely impossible. Even though he felt embarrassed after that incident, he still didn't stop following Hyunsuk around. It's like a habit. It feels like something is missing if he didn't see Hyunsuk at least once if he went to the university.

Unlike always, Jihoon worked hard to keep his distance from Hyunsuk. Usually, he will just try to be as close as he could to Hyunsuk. Even though the shorter guy didn't even notice him. But after the failed plan, Jihoon couldn't bring himself to do so.

“Ugh! Stupid Park Jihoon. It's probably your only chance to talk to Hyunsuk,” Jihoon mumbled. He can see the people who are walking around him and gives him a weird look as he seems to be talking alone. But he didn't care anyway. He didn't care what people thought about him. He only cares about what Hyunsuk thinks about him. Jihoon sighed. “Now he’ll think of me like some kind of weirdo,”

Jihoon keeps on walking. He's on his way back from the university. He already saw Hyunsuk before his class. So, that's enough of a dose of Hyunsuk for today and he can walk back home without feeling incomplete or something.

Jihoon's steps stopped as he saw a perfume shop. Suddenly he remembered something. Hyunsuk's perfume. When they both fell after crashing toward each other a few days ago, Jihoon remembered that Hyunsuk smelled so nice. Jihoon walked inside. He wanted to look for the perfume that Hyunsuk used while he still remembered the scent.

“Welcome,” the worker greeted as soon as he walked in. Jihoon just nodded at the worker. He looked around. There's too many types of perfume. He wondered where he should start. Should he just sniff every single tester to look for Hyunsuk's perfume? What if they didn't have the perfume that Hyunsuk used? “What kind of perfume are you looking for?”

“I’m looking for a perfume that I’ve once smelled on someone,” Jihoon mumbled. He didn't really want to answer to the worker there because he knew that his words didn't even help him anyway.

“Oh. Can you describe the smell?”

“The smell? It smells rich, classy. Boss-like. Smells like charisma. Does it smell a little like a sweet thing? Just a hint of it. But it smells so fresh and cool. It's like for a very handsome, fashionable young master. You know, if in some anime, it is probably for a scene stealer character. It doesn't stand out in the beginning but it's getting the attention as the series goes on,” Jihoon said. He can see the worker looking lost when he describes it. “Do you get it?”

“I… didn't really get the anime part. But if you are looking for a fresh masculine scent that has a hint of sweetness to it, you can try these two from this brand. And if you want a rich vibe, we had a few perfumes that we classify as rich scents. You can go to the third ailse. You can find a masculine, feminine and even unisex perfume. Do you want me to help you to find it?” the worker asked.

“No. I’ll try to find it myself,” Jihoon said.

“Alright. I’ll be here and if you need me to assist you, just tell me,” the worker said. “Enjoy,”

“Thanks,” Jihoon said. He walked toward the isle where the worker told him about. The shop really put a few testers of perfumes on a side where they labeled it as ‘RICH’. It does look a little funny but it really helps.

Jihoon started to smell the testers. But after a while, he feels like he lost his sense of smell because he has been smelling too many perfumes. Jihoon massaged his temple because he started to feel dizzy. But suddenly, he can smell it. The same scent that he smelled on Hyunsuk back then. He quickly turned toward the source of the smell. It’s at the isle next to where he is at.

Jihoon walked faster toward that aisle.

“Oh?”

“Park Jihoon? What are you doing here?” It's Haruto, his coursemate. Jihoon walked closer to make sure that the scent that he smelled earlier really came from him. Jihoon sniffed him. “Yah! What are you doing? Are you turning into a dog or something?”

“It really did,” Jihoon said.

“What? You really turned into a dog?” Haruto asked.

“Of course not, you stupid,” Jihoon said.

“You look more stupid than I am,” Haruto said.

“What perfume did you use?” Jihoon asked.

“This one? It's not mine. I wore Hyunsuk’s perfume because I forgot to wear one this morning,” Haruto said.

“What?! Really?! What perfume is it? Did they sell it here? Can you show me the perfume? Did you remember the perfume?” Jihoon asked.

“Chill. Why are you suddenly excited?” Haruto asked. Haruto looked around and started to walk to another aisle. He then grabbed a box of perfume. “This one. Hyunsuk's perfume. He had like 3 perfumes. This one is the one that I used today and the one he often used when he go to the university,”

“He had 3?” Jihoon asked excitedly. “Do you know the other 2?”

“I do. But why are you looking for the perfume that Hyunsuk used?” Haruto asked.

“Because he smells good,”

“You should just ask him what perfume he used like how you asked me earlier instead of blindly smelling every perfume here,” Haruto said. He took two testers and handed them to Jihoon. “I was wondering what are you doing smelling all the testers here. Didn't you get a headache from smelling too many perfumes? It's not that hard to ask first though. If you forgot to ask him back then and wanted to buy it right away, you can just message him or something,”

“I get it. Don't nag,” Jihoon said. He then smelled the testers that Haruto handed to him. He couldn't even hide his smile as the scents really remind him of Hyunsuk. “It smells good,”

“Of course. You know Hyunsuk. He will always find the best one. I like the one he chose so far. Perfumes, clothes,” Haruto said. Suddenly his phone chimed. Haruto took out his phone. “Speak of the devil,”

“What is it?” Jihoon asked.

“Hm? Ah. You know Kim Jieun, the law student? The one who is a daughter from a chaebol family?” Haruto asked.

“Yeah. Who didn't know her in our university,” Jihoon said.

“They said that she has a crush on Hyunsuk and is planning to confess to him tomorrow. I’m not sure if it's real or not but the kids heard it from the girls. She probably already told her plan to her friends and someone overheard it or something,” Haruto said.

“Hah?! How come she suddenly has a crush on Hyunsuk?” Jihoon asked.

“It's not really sudden though. Hyunsuk helped her during the sports festival in our second semester when she sprained her ankle. She has liked him ever since then. Everyone knows about that too,” Haruto said.

“Everyone? You mean, Hyunsuk also knows about it?” Jihoon asked.

“Of course he did. Kim Jieun gave him many presents and stuff by herself. And openly showed that she is interested in Hyunsuk. How he can not notice,” Haruto said. “And if Kim Jieun really confessed to him tomorrow, he really hit the jackpot. He’s one step closer to be the chaebol family’s son-in-law,”

“How do you know they will ever get married?!”

“That's why I said it's one step closer,” Haruto said. “Wait! Why are you suddenly irritated?”

“No. Nothing,” Jihoon said. “Probably because my head aches,”