SEVENTEEN

CHAPTER FIVE: MYSTERY

"Just like I am to you, you are a mystery to me too"

  
  NB; It's solely fanfiction, it's not real ❤️💜

Go-Eun's POV💛;

   
    I was restless all through the night, wondering where exactly my Mom's surprise gift was, and where it fell. I didn't know where or how I handled it, but I knew it was so very careless of me. It was her birthday today but there was nothing to give.

  Immediately it was 7:00 am, I jumped to my feet, having freshened up earlier. Since I had no idea, I just packed up my savings and put it in my bag, slung over my right shoulder, with that I dashed out of the house, thankfully Mom was still asleep. If you were wondering about me trying to look good in the mirror for another thirty minutes, my dear, I don't do that. Not that, I wasn't chances to, I just wasn't the type of girl to pay serious attention to looking good, just the usual routine, fresh clothes, a ponytail or loose hair that fell across my shoulders, a roll-on, and a perfume all over, and maybe, a lipgloss too, if I remembered. But, despite all the nonchalance I possessed for an attitude, guys still stared at me, reasons why? I failed to get one.

  If I hadn't heard any of their hidden conversations before, I would have thought that they pitied me, because my Mom was divorced, and being a single Mom, there was nothing much that she could do for me and my brother, together with the housing expenses, so, I took it on me to help out by doing shifts, from the Chicken to teaching little kids Karate. Shocked? Don't be, I grew up learning a lot in that field, and even now at School, I was on scholarship as an athletic student.

  That aside, I ran into a big, beautiful jewelry store, I had never gotten in, but today was an exception, no time to think, so I ran in. Surely there should be something my pocket could afford here....

   

    Inside was a variety of rich high-class people, some my age and some older than I am. After greeting the receptionist, I proceeded to where she led me after telling her my budget. A lot of glittering fancy jewelry was around, I scanned the section, trying to find anyone that suited my Mom so well, so I moved to the other, not under my section, with the thought of upgrading it better, but what I didn't check was the price of the section I just walked to.

    Shortly after, a new presence was added, that is, a guy in full white walked over to my area, his cologne familiar, and his aura also. Curious, I stole a glance at him and my guess was right, he was the handsome Apgujeong guy. The Mysterious Beauty. To avoid awkwardness, I looked away immediately and walked down a bit, checking out the jewelry again.

   
    I looked at one, contemplating on whether to buy it or not, still on that thought for a few minutes, I heard a calm soothing voice say to me.

   "Are you picking that for yourself?"

   "Yes..." I turned to see who and looked back immediately, feeling hot and uncomfortable just by being next to him. "I mean no. Huh, my... It's for my Mom... A gift for today... Birthday gift"

   My goodness, why was I so detailed?

   "And you chose this?"

   "Yes..." I said, feeling my breath hitching. My heart was racing, what was going on with me was a mystery to me, but this I knew, whatever was going on with me had to do with him. It happened yesterday also, but why it only happened when he was around was what I did not understand.

   "It's plain. This isn't the type you gift people very dear to you. It reads a different meaning" he said with such obvious intelligence, like he was some kind of expert in that field, and that added to my racing heart again. I was sweating under the Air conditioner, because of a stranger?? Was he a kind of Marvel superhero or something?