First part of the Beverage-Series
Seoul, South Korea. Inbetween of skyscrapers and millions of people, there are two people who somehow seem to always hit the Rock Bottom of life. Mentally, financially, always down to do whatever it takes to some...
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I walked out the door of my last customer and shouldered the bag I carried with me since I left Jaehyun's flat.
It was already getting dark and even colder outside, but the streets were still lively and packed with people.
The friday-feeling hit me pretty hard in that moment.
But where I normally left for the next best club, I just wanted to see him right now.
The small apartment wasn't too far away from the GS25-store he worked at, so I just walked there in silence and stared up to the setting sun a few times.
I felt proud.
Ditching Jeongin was something I wanted to do for the past three years but always crumbled down when he started getting soft again.
Like a loyal puppy, I just blindly followed him around and completely gave up on myself.
And Jaehyun finally woke me up.
With a light smile on my lips, I narrowed my eyes and kept it, until I arrived at the store.
Opening the door, I could barely think about anything else than his face.
It felt like I was a 14 year old girl, going through puberty hard and had a crush on someone for the first time of my life.
I had no damn idea, how he did it, but he got me addicted so quick, that I didn't even realize it.
His soft smiles.
The sharp, brown eyes that seemed to question everything around him.
The dorky laugh and the fierce gazes he gave me.
I looked around the store and let my eyes stick to the small person who was standing behind the cash corner.
I rezognized her in an instance.
She was the one who dragged him out when he lost his conciousness at the bar were we met each other.
It felt like months had passed since that moment.
I gave her a quick smile and looked around again. But I didn't find him this time either.
"He stepped out for a second... Shouldn't take him too long to get back."
Her voice sounded careful, which made me look at her again, tilting my head with some sort of a startled glance.
I didn't really expect her to talk to me, after seeing that anger in her eyes that night.
I somehow knew, that she was pretty close to him.
I would never interfere, but I was kind of scared of her.
I just gave her a small nod and turned around.
As long as he wasn't here I could smoke a few cigarettes, right?
"Hey! Uhm... What's your name again?"
She surprised me again. Was she trying to start a conversation or something?
"Uhm... Jimin."
I saw a calm smile on her face.
"Listen, Jimin... I don't really know about the relationship you two have... but when you don't understand something about him... Feel free to ask me, okay? He's a sweetheart, but he can be quite... Complicated."
It felt like hours in which I only stared at her in my own quiet confusion, until I slightly tilted my head and gave her another small nod.
I didn't know how to respond, so I just turned my back at her and quickly left the store.
My head felt like it could overflow at any given second all of a sudden and I really needed a cigarette to somehow ease my mind a little.
What did she mean when she said 'complicated'?
What was I supposed to think now?
I've already been in a complicated relationship for the last seven years, I didn't think that he could keep up with Jeongin's complications.
He seemed like the sweet guy I always wished for, except for these few moments when he looked at me and I just couldn't figure out what was going on in his mind.
And in this exact moment, I saw his face on the opposite side of the alley.
I threw him a smile, lightly waving the hand I held the cigarette in.
When he approached me, I could already see that something wasn't right.
His face looked strange.
He stopped walking when he reached me and was suddenly standing right in front of me, not leaving too much space between our freezing bodies.
"What's wr...", I started, but couldn't bring my question to an end, as he interrupted me with a strong, demanding kiss.
His soft lips on mine, I couldn't think straight anymore.
My knees felt like pudding from one second to another, like the few other times before, when he did the same thing.
And as soon, as I overcame my first shock, I wrapped my arms around his neck, stood up on tiptoes and fully gave in to his warm call. So much, that I almost felt disappointed, when he carefully bit my lower lip and loosened the kiss, pulling me closer to him.
Softly burying my glowing red face on his chest, I could feel his fast heartbeat on my cheek.
"Sorry..."
"For what?"
"Surprising you... I just... needed that right now."
"What happened..?"
"Nothing... This day is just fucked up as hell."
I looked at him and softly tilted my head.
His eyes looked like they were frozen the whole day and slowly melting now.
Watching them felt like drowning, so much, that I didn't even realize, that big, fluffy snowflakes were starting to fall from the sky around us.
