AWAKE - kim seok jin

Chapter 6: New Phone

I waited and waited for Seojun to come here the whole day, but he never did. I guess I have to knock on his door today. Just for this darn pen.

Anyway, I finally met a girl friend, named Minah. She worked here longer than me, she didn't come yesterday because she was on a leave.

She's pretty, nice, friendly and warm. I like her.

As per usual, Jin would come here and order a cup of hot chocolate. We would talk until he decided to leave, with Jimin and Minah staring at us. I knew that they even talk about Jin and me, like duh, it's Park Jimin!

"Aren't you coming for lunch, Areum?" Minah told me.

"Uh-0h, what? Lunch?" I said. "Um, sure. Where?"

"Let's go search for food at the streets. Vendors sell good food too, you know." she said excitedly.

I nodded and tagged along with her, leaving the poor Jimin taking care of the cafe alone.

She grabbed my hand and we decided to walk, although she has a car.

When we arrived, Minah squealed in delight when she saw the food along the street. We bought kimbap, hot dog, fish cakes and a lot more. We ate it all in one blink. Yes, we were like hyenas that hadn't eaten for weeks.

We were about to go back to the cafe when I saw a mobile shop. I remembered that I have money now. I atleast need to have a cellphone to communicate with the others.

"Hey Minah?" I said. She looked at me and I pointed at the mobile shop. She understood what I was thinking about because she knew that I didn't have a phone, and she immediately pulled me inside the shop.

"Good afternoon!" the male worker greeted us. Not to sound rude, but this worker looked a little like a pervert.

"What's the cheapest phone here?" I asked. I sound pathetic but who the hell cared. A cheap phone would do, for now.

The worker smiled at me and showed me bunch of cellphones. Some were too big, some were too small, and some were just right.

I eyed the phones and touched them one by one. In the first place, I actually had my eyes landed on this simple black phone. It wasn't a touchscreen phone like Minah's, but it was a flip phone.

"Can I take this? How much is this?" I asked the worker.

"It's 80,000 won, Miss." he replied.

Darn it! I was short of 10,000 won. I bit my lip, hesitant whether I should borrow Minah's money or not.

"You could just try flirting with the worker you know," Minah whispered into my ear. Minah knew how much my salary were, so she definitely know that I was short of money.

"Oppa..." I said in a seductive tone. I badly wanted to puke the heck out of myself but I got no choice. I had to do this since I wanted that phone so bad.

I could see the worker gulping. Minah's plan was working!

"Oppa~" I said, doing some aegyo. The worker's face was turning red.

"Oppa, can you give me a discount?" I pouted at him. I gave my best puppy eyes ever.

"No, sorry." he said, holding his breath.

I took a deep breath, trying to keep my composure. Keep calm, Areum.

"You know I can always sleep with you.." I said, leaning nearer towards him. "..anytime you want."

I trailed circles on his chest and he was in shock. He immediately nodded and gave me 50% discount, due to the 'sleep-with-him' issue.

He wrapped the phone inside a box. "Keep your promise, baby." he said in a low tone, giving me the box.

Of course, being the person I am, I played along till the end. When he gave me the box, I grabbed his hand as well, looked at him intensely and bit my lower lip at him.

I let go of his hand and paid him. Minah just watched me in awe, seducing that man in just one swift move.

When everything was clear, I grabbed Minah's hand and we quickly ran away as fast as we could. I was laughing the heck out of myself, I didn't believe I did that earlier!

"Yah, you're daebak! Amazing!" Minah said, laughing in tears. "You deserve an Oscar, Areum."

"I know right!" I laughed. My stomach hurt by laughing too much. "I feel so sorry for that guy. Who does he think I am? A cheap slut?" I continued to laugh.

Minah couldn't stop laughing. Her face was so red. "He doesn't know that you only belong to Jin!" she continued laughing.

I stopped whatever I was doing. Jin? Belongs to me?

She muted down and rubbed the back of her neck. "I.. don't.. m-mean that.."

I crossed my arms at her and raised my eyebrow.

"Okay, okay! Jimin and I just thought that you guys look cute together! I totally ship!" she said, swallowing the lump in her throat.

I shook my head and sighed. Me? Jin? I don't know.

She lightened up the mood again by talking about how red the worker's face was earlier and we both burst out laughing again as we walked back to the cafe.

I have never expected that I would do something like that in my life. Never in a million years. But I did. I just did.

I wonder what the worker was feeling right now? He even gave me half the usual price of the phone. That was how needy he was for me. Creep.

When we arrived at the cafe, we told Jimin about the incident and he burst out laughing too. We exchanged numbers and Minah taught me how to use the phone, since I never had a phone before.

I hope Jin would come here tomorrow, and we both could finally exchange numbers. And then we would text and call each other. Day and night. Dawn and dusk. Tch, why am I dreaming things like that? That would not happen in a million years. Ever.