Saranghaeyo, Noona!

Chapter 10

"I'd like to ask you out tonight. Why? I just want to spend some extra time with you before you go back to the Philippines." He answered then shrugged, like it's nothing.

"Oh! Ahmm... Okay, I'll go with you later but you have to go with us first. Tour us around Hongdae, then let's go to Namsan Tower."

"Call!" Mark smiled

Before we go out of the hotel, Mark put on a black mask on his face and a bonnet on his head. Even though he is covered, he still looks good.

We reached Hongdae. Woah! So many people.

"Are you sure you can go with us? There are so many people here. What if a fan recognize you?" I asked him while we're inside the car.

"I promised, right? Let's go. So what if they see us? We're not doing anything wrong. I'm just shopping with friends." He hold the handle to open the door.

I stopped him by pulling his hand. "Jamkkanman (wait a minute)... Mark, you really don't have to do this. I don't want to cause any trouble for you." I said to him when he faced me.

He just smiled and removed my hand. "It's okay, Sam. Don't worry. Come on." He opened the door and pulled my hand.

We all went down the van. Even the van is attracting too much attention. Because of it's super black window tint that's being used usually by celebrities. Luckily, we stopped in a slighly secluded area. We walked towards the shops. Mark walking beside me. I looked at him. Checking if he's still recognizable even with the mask. He had his bangs down, so it's only his eyes that can be seen. He's only wearing a black V-neck long sleeves shirt. But still his looks stands out from the crowd. He noticed me looking at him so he also looked at me. Then I saw his eyes smiled. Then he pressed my hand, as if comforting me. At that moment, I realized... he's still holding may hand! I immediately pulled my hand from his grasp. Looking around, hoping no one noticed.

I looked behind me and saw Lance suppressing a smile, Ivy obviously not happy, and Dave looking sad.

"Ya! You know how I'm going crazy right now, worrying that you might get in trouble because of this, then here you are silently holding my hand. Michyeosso? (Are you crazy?)" I whispered to him.

"Wow! You're practicing your korean, huh? You know a lot of korean words?" He just smiled innocently.

I just sighed. He's hopeless. If he wants to play, then I'll let him play.

We walked around the shops, Ivy getting excited with shopping. There are many fashionable clothes and accessories. While waiting for her, I also tried on a pink snapback which I think is too cute for my age.

"You know, I've never had a snapback." I said while looking at my reflection on the mirror.

"Really? Why?" Mark asked

"I just think that it's not for me. It doesn't suit me. Coz I'm not hiphop. But you, you look good wearing it. " I said returning the snapback on its place.

"But I think it looks good on you. It's cute. Let's buy it. So you'll have one. You look younger wearing it." He said

"Yeah! I'll look like a trying-hard-to-be-young-ahjumma." I laughed

"Ahjumma? You're still young to be an ahjumma. You even look younger than your age."

"Ya!.... Thank you, Mark! You're really a friend. You're so bias. Hahaha!"

"I'm not kidding! I'm serious!!!"

I just smiled at him. Then I went inside the shop to check if Ivy is finished.