five days | kim seungmin

05 | wink

"...thanks?" i said.

seungmin looked up. "oh, no problem."

well. this was awkward.

"i thought you were friends with hyunjin and the other guys?" i asked.

"yeah, but... they can be really rude sometimes. i apologize in place of them, about earlier too. at the hotel," he said.

"nah, it's okay. anways, what were you doing in here?"

this store didn't seem like somewhere a group of high school boys would drop by.

"obviously, hyunjin and the guys wanted to come annoy you after seeing you walk inside."

"oh," i blinked.

"sorry again, i'll try to get him to stop," he said.

"thanks."

"i...i should get going before chan hyung yells at me. see you later, minjoo-yah," he smiled before rushing out of my sight.

"annyeong..." i could feel my face getting warmer.

"minjoo unnie, i'm back," somi dragged evelyn over.

"oh, yeah."

she tilted her head sideways. "what happened? did hyunjin oppa bother you again?"

"no... i just... thought i lost my wallet for a second," i lied.

"oh no, did you find it?"

"yeah, no worries."

☆☆☆

somi, evelyn, and i spent the rest of our time at times square visiting a million different stores.

thankfully, we didn't cross paths with hyunjin and his gang again.

"i think i found the best outfit for you!" somi squealed.

"really?" i saw somi hold up a baby blue shirt and a dark denim skirt. "but i rarely wear skirts outside of school..."

"just try it on. trust me, you'll look so cute in it!" she gave me the clothes and nudged me towards the fitting room.

i'll give it a try. i changed into the clothes somi had picked for me, and looked at myself in the mirror. i sighed. the same face i saw every morning.

i walked out of the fitting room.

"oh my god, you look so cute!" somi said in english. evelyn clapped her hands together.

"stop lying," i said.

"no, no, what do you mean? you're so pretty."

i gave a sarcastic laugh.

i ended up buying the outfit, somi was really convincing.

☆☆☆

we arrived back at the bus with a few shopping bags.

"did you get anything for me?" hyunjin tried to take one of the bags i was holding. i walked faster to the back of the bus.

"oh, is it a secret? you're making me curious," hyunjin followed me.

i took out a bottle of nail polish and threw it at his face. he caught it, to my disappointment.

"what the fu-"