Memories (Stray kids FF)

Chapter 44: paint and spice

Hyunjin tried his best to fall asleep, he even counted sheep in his mind but couldn't fall asleep. The problem was, Azalea. Everytime he closed his eyes, the image of her looking at the sunrise was displayed in his mind.

He couldn't stop thinking about how beautiful the whole scene was. The warm hues of the sky, the small but pretty grass, the occasional wild flowers and of course, the most beautiful, Azalea. Her long black hair gently flowing in the wind.

He tossed and turned, but couldn't get the image off his mind. He got up, made sure Seungmin was in deep sleep. He tiptoed to his closest, and leaned to where he kept his painting stuff.

He took out a fairly large canvas, and a stand for it. He took out his paints. He took the stuff out to the balcony, and turned on the balcony light. He knew what he was going to paint.

He w had the image in his head, it seemed easy enough to paint it. As he painted, he processed his emotions. With each stroke he thought of answers to his questions.

His train of thoughts was quite romantic. 'Why can't she leave my mind? Well, she is beautiful. Stunningly gorgeous. But why her? And why do I feel so weird around her?'

'well, they do feel like what I imagine butterflies feel like. But, I wouldn't say I'm an extrovert, why was I so intimate with her? I was literally half naked! Kinda embarrassing actually...'

'well that's not the point, point is, why did I let that happen? And why do I still feel calm when I think about it? Well, she does have a way of making me feel comfortable.'

'it wouldn't be a lie for me to say that when I'm with her, I feel confident and comfortable no matter what I do. She's the only person other than the members who makes me feel so comfortable and... protected.'

'Am I attracted to her? Yes, she's beautiful, and I say that both by looks and by character. But is it anything more than that? Is it just a silly litte crush, or is it more? Am I in-'

The balcony door opened, Hyunjin hurriedly hid the painting. "What're you doing?" A half asleep seungmin whined.
"I couldn't sleep, I thought painting might help," Hyunjin said.

"Oh, okay, continue painting, but keep in mind we have to wake up early tomorrow!"
"No you're right, I'll come sleep right now".

And so Hyunjin his everything in his closet and went back to sleep. He was able to sleep much better now, thankfully.

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Minho wasn't sleepye either, he woke up and nearly got scared because Chan was wide awake next to him. "why aren't you sleeping?" Chan asked him.

"I should be the one asking that!" Minho snapped. Chan didn't answer, so he got up, and walked away from the bed.
"Where you going?" Chan asked.

"I'm hungry, Imma go catch a midnight snack," Minho answered.
"Ooo what are you gonna have?"
"spicy noodles".
"Nevermind".

Minho went outside and made his way to the kitchen, took out the super spicy noodles that chan almost died eating. He bought out the ingredients and made it while humming songs.

It was peaceful, just him and his spicy noodles.

"BOO!"
"AHHhh oh, it's you," Minho turned jumped but soon realised it was Mioko.
"Hahahah! I scared you!" She teased.
"I didn't get scared, I just played along so you wouldn't be sad," He said.

"Sure sure, what're you making?" She asked, leaning over his shoulder.
"Noodles," Minho replied.
She grabbed his hand and said, "can I have some? Pleaseee?"

He blinked at her and then broke into a smile. "Okay," he said, smiling still.
"Okay! Imma go sit down!" She said happily. She turned to walk towards the table but Minho grabbed her hand.

"No".
"What?"
"No. Stand right here, next to me," He smirked. She smiled sarcastically and smacked his hand off. She stood next to him anyway.

"It is done!" Minho said, turning off the stove. Mioko clapped and said 'yayy' as he served the noodles into a bowl.
"One bowl?" She asked.
"Just because we're two people, doesn't mean we need two bowls and two pairs of chopsticks," Minho said.

"Hell naur! I'm not sharing chopsticks with you!" Mioko said, reaching for another fork. Minho stopped her hand.
"Why not?~" He asked. She blinked at him.

She rolled her eyes and walked towards the table, "whatever, you're feeding me then!"
"GLADLY!" Minho cheered as he excitedly grabbed the bowl and sat down at the table next to Mioko.

"You try some first!" Mioko instructed.
"Of course I will, I need to make sure I don't feed you something that tastes bad," Minho said as he tasted the noodles.

He nodded and said, "The noodles are good!"
"Say ahh!"
"Ahhhh!"
He fed her a big bite. Big mistake. Remember how he forgot to tell her they were THE spicy noodles?

Her face shifted from a smile to one of pain. Minho's face grew concerned as she teared up when she chewed and swallowed. She smacked his arm and yelled, "WHY IS IT SO SPICY?!"

"Because they're spicy noodles," Minho said.
"I am NOT someone who can tolerate spice, AT ALL!" Mioko whimpered as her eyes teared up.

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To be continued. . .

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