artificial love [ kji ]

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"oh! hey! what are you doing here at night?" he says, clicking buttons on the cashier. "do you wanna order something? caramel macchiato?"

"i just need to pay. that's all." i said, and he looked up to me to give me a big ass smile. i reciprocated - hey, you can't be rude to a kind giant, can you?

"okay, your reciept, please." and i give it to him and i pay him, keeping my wallet in my purse again. "still, what are you doing here? 9pm?"

"i got a house on the 12th floor, at your building."

"jongdae will have to see your face everyday then?"

"nah. i might just stay home. i'm an author, authors work from home."

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