xᴅɪɴᴀʀʏ ʜᴇʀᴏᴇꜱ ː

ᴛᴡᴏ ꜱᴛʀᴀɴɢᴇʀꜱ - ᴏ.ᴅᴇ

"are you alright?" you hear a voice ask. the voice sounded soft, and when you turned to meet the stranger's face, your assumption was true — the boy did look sweet.

"there's a kitten," you say, sounding rather panicked. "it's on the road." the boy looks to where you're pointing. squinting slightly, he notices a tiny, white kitten on the small, yet busy street.

"i've been trying to call him over for minutes. he was almost hit by a car!" as you start to become more anxious, you bend down, your knees to your chest, and reach out your hand — rubbing your pointer and middle finger, trying desperately to call the kitten over.

luckily, the kitten starts getting closer towards you. the stranger had mirrored your position, and now you were both trying to get the kitten to come. when it had come a little closer, close enough to be grabbed, the boy reached over to grab the kitten. in the corner of your eye, you had noticed a vehicle coming by quickly, and in a panic, you pulled the boy back, landing on your back as the boy fell slightly onto you.

you're quick to regain yourself. "oh my god, are you okay?!"

the boy's head is down, but he nods anyway. he turns to look at you, a smile growing onto his face. his arms lift up, revealing the tiny, white kitten. at the sight, you feel your own face begin to lighten with a smile.

"we saved it," he says, gently caressing the kitten's head. when you stand up, you reach out a hand to the boy, which he takes, and pull him up.

"thank you for helping. . ." you drag out, realizing you hadn't asked for the stranger's name. the kitten in his arms meows — reminding you of the soft-spoken boy in front of you.

"seungmin," the boy replies, the same smile from before present on his face.

you nod, reciprocating the smile. "seungmin. that's a cute name. i've never heard of it before."

seungmin laughs softly, his cheeks reddening. "i'm from korea."

"oh, so you speak korean?" seungmin nods.

"why didn't you say so?" you ask, switching to korean. in your high-school, it was mandatory to take a language, so you chose korean for the fun of it. you'd never thought it would benefit you later in life.

"oh?" seungmin's noticeably surprised and flustered by the sudden switch in language, but his shock is covered by that adorable smile of his.

"i'm y/n." you smile at the boy, and he nods his head slightly.

"y/n. that's a cute name. i've never heard of it before," he says, repeating what you had told him. you laugh at his words. he opens his mouth to say something, but the call of his name stops him.

"seungmin!" someone calls in a sing-song voice. the boy has dark brown hair, almost black, and he's skipping over towards the two of you. beside him, a boy that looks rather meek.

you don't fail to notice the way seungmin tenses slightly — as if he's preparing himself for the seemingly hyper boy. when the other is close enough, you understand why seungmin reacted that way.

"seungmin ~ who's your friend– is that a kitten?!" the boy hurries towards seungmin, reaching for the kitten. he's cooing, and talking to it in a high-pitched voice. you find it adorable.

you look up at seungmin, and he silently words an apology, but you smile at him, shaking your head. seungmin clears his throat and the boy backs away, though he's still caught up on the kitten.

"jooyeon, hyeongjun, this is y/n." seungmin gestures towards you, and you smile slightly, waving your hand.

the brunette's attention is away from the kitten now, and you start to wonder how young he is.

"hello! i'm jooyeon! wait– do you speak korean?! seungmin introduced us in korean. . . you don't look korean. is that offensive?" he rambles on.

"jooyeon," the quiet boy, hyeongjun, says — placing a hand on his shoulder. jooyeon seems to get the memo, as he nods and smiles at you, returning his attention to the kitten.

"hello," hyeongjun waves politely. "i'm hyeongjun. it's nice to meet you."

"it's nice to meet you, too, hyeongjun." you turn towards jooyeon. "and you, too, jooyeon."

at your words, jooyeon's posture straightens, and he smiles brightly. seungmin and hyeongjun both notice this and simultaneously roll their eyes.

"okay, anyway," seungmin attempts to change the subject, and to focus his attention on you, but another person joins the group.

"HEY! jooyeon! hyeongjun!" the voice yells, seemingly louder than jooyeon was. seungmin sighs, pursing his lips together into a pout — tiny dimples forming at the corners of his mouth.

"didn't realize this was a reunion," he whispers under his breath, causing you to smile.

the kitten meows, pushing itself further into seungmin's arms, towards his inner elbow(?). petting it's head gently, you disregard the loudness of seungmin's friends as you make small talk with him.

"i wonder if he's a boy or a girl. then we can give him a proper name."

seungmin nods, gently lifting the kitten into the air to check its gender. his lips pucker as his eyebrows furrow; eyes squinting slightly.

"a girl. . .?" he drags out. you laugh.

"i'll take your word on that."

seungmin smiles, placing the kitten back in her original position, his eyes looking to you. he goes to say something, but hyeongjun interrupts.

"i don't mean to interrupt, but we have to finish our schedule."

seungmin nods, humming. "right." he turns to you, smiling, and hands you the kitten.

"here, i'll give you my number and we can name her together later."

"so i'm keeping her? i don't remember agreeing to this," you raise a brow, a soft smile on your face. seungmin smacks his lips, sucking in a breath as he brings his finger to his lips, and looks up — as if in deep thought.

"hm, i could've sworn we agreed to be her parents."

you can't help but let out a breath at his response. seungmin pulls his phone out from his pocket, unlocking it, and handing it to you with the contact form pulled up.

"i'll message you when i get back to my hotel." you nod.

"see you sometime, y/n."

"see you sometime, seungmin."

as if on cue, the kitten meows at seungmin, causing him to laugh.