runaway - kim dongyoung

four

we spoke about our thoughts for a while but then she suddenly looked at her watch.

"i'm sorry," she said before running away.

i never got her name. i never got the chance to give her my name either.

———

i sat in a small cafe with my notebook on the table. the cafe had a small shelf full of books free for anybody to read. i found one that looked interesting and began reading it.

"you read?" a quiet voice spoke up.

i looked up from the book and noticed the girl with the lilac hair sitting across from me. i was too engrossed in the book to even notice that she had sat down at my table.

"i didn't get to properly introduce myself the other day," she smiled, "my name is mina."

"doyoung," i smiled back.

"i like your hair," she giggled.

"i like yours too," i grinned and she played with a few strands of her hair, "you like pastel colors, don't you?"

"yeah, i dye my hair quite often."

"i do too."

she reached over the table and grabbed my notebook, "what's in this?"

i quickly grabbed it back from her.

"hey, i was looking at that," she pouted.

"it's rude to take things that aren't yours."

"i wanted to see it though."

"i'll let you see mine if you let me see yours."