tastebuds//lee donghyuck.

eighteen

   "Do you have any food?" Donghyuck asks me. We are sitting on my couch in the living room, going over science notes for the upcoming test like promised. It's been about 90 minutes already, and I am also hungry. But as if I'd say anything.
   Yeah, an hour and a half has gone by and I still haven't worked up the courage to put my plan into action. I'm just to oscared about how a certain boy sitting next to me will react.
   "Y-Yeah. Let's take a break and grab some snacks or something." I manage to stutter out. I place my textbook onto the glass surface of the coffee table in front of us, and stand up. I smooth out my school skirt before starting to walk towards the kitchen. Donghyuck follows behind me, slightly at a slower pace.
   "Grab a drink." I tell him, opening the refrigerator. Walking over to the cabinet above the sink, I pull out a banana. Very distinct taste, and perfect for phase one of my plan. Or, technically Jisung's since he kinda came up with it. I discreetly eye Donghyuck, watching him pull out a simple bottle of water. Perfect...
   I peel the banana and take a bite, and another. The red head takes a sip of water as I do so, and is clearly cought off guard when it doesn't taste as flavorless as it should. He coughs a few times, and looks at the bottle. Wow he sounds like me, coughing all the time at every little thing.
   I walk over to him. "Are you okay?" He nods. "Yeah. Uhm, is this water flavored by any chance?" I shake my head in response. "Nope. Just plain old bottled water." I take another bite of my banana. "I must've of just smelt that banana..." I hear him mumble to himself. Sighing, I think to myself. How dense can this kid be? I shake my head at the thought, dismissing it.
   "There are snacks in those cabinets." I point to three different ones. He nods. "Thanks!" I watch as he pulls out a bag of honey butter chips. "Where are bowls?" Without replying, I reach into the cabinet above me and hand him a bowl instead. "Ah, thank you." I nod in response, and think about what snacks I should grab. After a moment, I decide on a matcha choco pie and a strawberry hi-chew (both are so good I'm in love). Let's see how this goes.