Deranged | Jimin

Exploration

He looked at me before agreeing. I followed the noise and we arrived at the busy part of Mongkok. The atmosphere here was definitely different from Busan's, being more noisy and lively. The distinct beeping sounds of the traffic lights infused with the chatters of the walkers of the streets and the engine noise from the cars.

I decided to follow the crowd into one of the tallest buildings I could see. It labeled 'Langham Place' above the giant glass doors. Inside, it was packed with grand shops of various big brands, and I could even see some Korean ones that I knew after going up a long escalator.

I clutched onto Jimin's arm and kept on pointing out interesting things to him, yet his mind seemed to be off somewhere so he was not responsive at all. I even dragged him to a music kit shop, but he just nodded to whatever I said.

I sighed. He was being so quiet, and whenever he was, that meant he was either upset or angry, or maybe both. I didn't want to add work for the Hong Kong police to investigate a random murder case so I needed to cheer him back up.

I led him back down the escalator and on to the streets again, hoping to find anything that would distract him. I saw on the side of the street, there were sown street food shops that sold Hong Kong style skewers. I decided to check it out.

It was very hard to order since the shop owner didn't speak Korean and and I spoke barely any English.

I spoke in broken English and pointed. "Umm, excujeu mee, this.... this...pleaseu."

"Fish ball skewer and siu mai skwer? Ten dollars."

I understood the 'ten' and got a note of ten Hong Kong dollars to hand to her, and she in return gave me the two skewers.