stalker | hyunjin

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[six; the dessert restaurant]

"THIS IS MY FAVOURITE PLACE TO dine in, do you go here often?" hei ryung asks out of curiosity, not many people she knew enjoyed such a small restaurant, especially myung hee. her friend had complained the food to be too oily or tasted 'too cheap', she completely disagreed and often came here alone.

"i love the food here and the ambient atmosphere is refreshing." he answers apathetically whilst looking through the menu, "what do you want to order? i'll pay." her eyes light up at his offer.
"really? are you sure?"
"yea, go ahead. you're lucky i'm nice, i don't pay for anyone." he looks up at her from the menu, observing the glimmer in her eyes as she hovers a finger over each dish listed on the menu.

"well whatever you're getting i'll also order. make it a surprise." he hums in response, intrigued by her answer. he calls out to the waitress, ordering 2 bowls of wonton noodle soup and a plate of fried chicken to share between the two individuals. she drools just at the imagination of the food that'll appear in front of her and he smiles, satisfied with her reaction.

once their food arrives, the happiness that sparked from her face wasn't hard to notice and she dug in immediately, disregarding the fact that hyunjin was watching her stuff her face.
"what? are you just gonna sit and stare? do you want me to eat your food too?" she mumbles in between chewed food.
"want to race to see who finishes first?" his eyes light up upon the idea of both of them stuffing their faces. "whoever wins has to buy dessert next."
"well get your money ready, i've already got a head start, there's no way i'm losing." she scoffs underestimating his skills.

a few minutes later and before she knew it, he was already down to his last spoonful. he brings the bowl to his lips, sipping the soup and soon moving onto the plate of fried chicken meant for both of them.
"wait, slow down, i want some chicken too." she whines and he looks up at her with a ridiculous smug smile.

"then you should hurry up, i didn't need a handicap to finish a bowl of wonton soup, what's taking you so long?" he laughs, waving the drumstick in front of her face. she shoves wonton in her mouth, her cheeks puffy from the food contained inside.
"to win you need to chew and swallow, not-" her cough interrupts his 'advice' as he realizes hei ryung choking from her cramming mouth. he quickly walks over to pat her back and hand her his drink. she sips the liquid only to spit out the drink and cough louder.

"t-this is coke not water." she points to the cup of soda.
"well i prefer coke so-"
"get me water!" she shouts, her eyebrows wrinkled in a scowl, dumbfounded at how clueless he could be. he nods his head vigorously, looking around for a glass of water to attend to her needs.

after causing such a scene with the waitresses and boss of the restaurant coming out to help her, he laughs as all eyes were fixed on her, customers evidently disturbed from the scene of her spitting the wonton out of her mouth.
"you really don't care how people see you, wow." he snickers.
"you really don't care if i die from choking, wow." she retaliates causing him to open his mouth in protest.
"how's it my fault you have a choking problem?"
she scoffs, her eyes widened in irritation, "you seem to never give me water when i need it, everyone knows it helps when you're choking." she remembers hyunjin giving the water bottle she asked him to retrieve for her in hospital only to hand it over for minho to drink.

"oh come on, coke is fine too." he replies, his eyes looking to the ceiling slightly embarrassed from his own actions. she lets out a 'tsk' and returns to her seat. "okay fine, sorry." he apologises and continues to face her, a smirk slowing growing on his lips.
"let's forget about it and buy ice cream! you're paying."

they take their seats within the crowded dessert store and look through the menu. hyunjin chooses at least 3 different desserts worth more than 30 dollars all together.
"why's it so expensive?" she whines, worried about whether she has enough money to pay for herself.
"that's why i chose the place. i'm not paying so it's no problem for me." he shrugs and she sends him glare.
"and here i thought you were a nice guy. well i'm not gonna eat anything then." just as she leans back on her seat, a man dressed in a plain white tee and black pants with an apron on moves their way. his voice booming in her ears causing her to jump in her seat.

"my darlings! you 2 lovebirds are the 100th couple to enter our bonus offer!"
"umm we're not a-" hei ryung interrupts hyunjin before he could ruin what the bonus was.
"yes we're a couple. aww hyunjinnie, i love you so much." she makes a heart gesture towards hyunjin and he scoffs, mentally face palming himself from the secondhand embarrassment and to see her acting like a fool for free food.

he turns his direction to the staff and sarcastically says, "hyunjinnie, she calls me that when she wants me to spoil her." the man lets out a jolly laugh and continues, "well today's your lucky day to treat your woman, anything you order will be free! just for you 2 sweethearts. young love is always great to see."

she places a hand over his and holds onto it. his heart suddenly pounding a little faster at her touch and his face reddens. "yes we're madly in love. i love him so, so much." the sarcasm was practically oozing from her mouth but the man didn't seem to notice.
"is it okay if we take a photo to hang on our wall? we have plenty of other couples too, there's no need for embarrassment."
"umm sure." the man helps both teenagers out from their seats and asks them to scoot closer to each other. they shuffle closer to the point where both their shoulders were touching.

the man nods in disappointment, something about the photo seemed too lacklustre and boring. he points to hei ryung, "can you hug your boyfriends waist and you-" he points to hyunjin, "lean your head onto hers to make it look more lovey dovey." they hesitate to move and cringe once the man was happy with the sight of the 'couple' before him. the smell of strawberries reaches hyunjin's nose and he blushes, the proximity between them was closing and he didn't know how to react. although, was it weird how he enjoyed the warmth he felt as her head presses against his chest and her arms wrapped around his torso?

"say i love you!" both individuals mumble a response and the photo was taken. they immediately distance themselves from each other and returned back to their seats.
"that went worse than i thought." she said more calmly than she looked. her face was flushed red and she fanned herself to cool down from her heated cheeks. "at least i can eat all the ice cream i want. worth it."

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sorry but i keep changing the name, book cover, format and description of this book. the story itself isn't changing too much though and i hope you guys will continue to love this book anyways.
original book name was 'runaway'.
it's also unedited and at the moment don't have time to fix anything :/