prism [ kim s.j ] ( fin )

† 23

     jin felt weird by kyu's stares. he saw her eyes avert to his sorbet - it was mango.

     "are you alright kyu?"

     "you always wear black - do you not have any colours?"

     "uh... grey?"

     "i said colour, not shade." shoulders shrugged. "well, i'm going in a store. where are you going?"

     "i'll come with."

     jin was enticed by how she would shop - taking anything her hands can bundle up and mix-match them when she hides behind the curtains.

     weird mismatched clothes were laughed at, bigger sizes past her fingers, smaller sizes that show her stomach. the store owner was smiling at the two.

     "how about this?"

     a simple violet dress, plain cut to her mid-thighs, an extra layer of ruffle on the top, held with strings for her shoulders.

     "ah... you should buy that one."

     "huh," she looked at the mirror, twirling once in a while. "i thought you would say something mean."

     "well, i won't be mean anymore."

     "alrighty~ if you say so!" she had a smile for some reason. she doesn't know why or how.

     kyu asked for a bag for her other clothes, paying for her new dress and apologising for the mess. the store manager waved her off.

     and as the two left off, seeing a split second of the boy grabbing the girl's hand, the store manager went on with hanging on the new clothes line.

     "i hope they go long. those two look cute together."