That Little Something

At First There Was One

LC

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Chit. Chatter. Chatter. Silence. Chit. Chatter. Chatter. Silence. Ch..

"Could you..."

Quick thinking Chanhee. Quick thinking.

"Share your fries with me?"

Nod. Scraping of the plastic plate against the table.

Cue annoying rhythm.

Chit. Chatter. Chatter. Silence. Chit. Chatter. Chatter. Silence. Chit. Chit. Chatter. Chatter. Silence. CHit. CHAtter.CHATTer.SILENCe. CHIT.CHIT. CHIT. CHIT. CH.. FUDGE. THIS.

"Yah!" I screamed despite myself.

I could hear people starting to whisper around us. It would seem their conversations had grown uninteresting; or maybe they could no longer keep their intrigue at rest as the only block of silence in this busy food court finally showed some sign of life.

I was shocked they'd managed to keep their curiosity at bay for so long. I, myself, was amazed as to how I had managed to sit here for the past goddamn thirty minutes in this bloody silence. It was so blatantly there that I was sure the whole of Seoul could notice the dead spot in this shopping center.

"What is it Chanhee-ssi?"

This.

This annoyingly cute person was blinking at me as though I'd shaken him into the point of no return. Boy, did he have it coming for him. My soft spot for his cuteness had died down the minute I heard the first "chit".

"Don't Chanhee-ssi me!" I snapped before wagging my finger at him. "May I remind you that you were the one who went through hell and high water to ask me out on a date? Heck, you were basically coming to our café every day, ordering water- tap water, to be exact! You don't even pay for tap water! That's like the perfect way to sit there and stare at someone without spending a penny. Not that I've ever tried but you made it so, that I felt your freaking presence every day and understood it all..."

I was rambling.

His widening cute smile only made me realize that I'd gone way off topic.

"You're cute when you ramble..." He giggled before hiding his lips behind his hand.

"Does that mean I'm ugly when I do everything else?"

I couldn't help but pout. He had after all hit one of my soft spots. I was many things but I was not ugly. At least I'd never been told so. My eyes slowly widened as I raised my hands to my cheeks.

I tended to listen to what interested me.

Maybe I've been delusional all this time.

Oh my.

"Am I really?" I whispered more to myself than anyone else.

"Of course not Chanhee-ssi."

His soft voice called out to me and I couldn't help but slowly smile. Of course I couldn't have been delusional all this time. I sent him a wide smile as he grinned back at me.

Hold up.

Wasn't I screaming at this idiot a while ago?

I groaned as I passed a hand across my face.

"Going back to the point. Now that I'm here. After getting Jinyoung Hyung to convince me that you were an awesome person and whatnot: Why the hell do you not make me enjoy this date?"

This idiot blinked quizzically back at me. Was I not making myself clear?

Did I need to tell him that I'd basically been talking to myself since we'd met up? That all he did was smile at me or look away? That he hadn't even told me we'd be sitting down in this food court? I'd had to watch him eclipse right before my eyes, then freak out like a complete idiot, running though the shopping center before finding him waving at me from this very table.

There was a certain limit to being shy and cute.

"Do you not like the food?"

"You call, freaking ' I stayed in your fucking bag for god knows how many days' burgers, food?"I hollered almost throwing the said burger at him.

"It was only since yesterday." He giggled.

....

I wasn't all that great when it came to sports but I was a near perfect shot when it came to burger throwing.

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