Hey Stranger [ Min Yoongi ]

38

Sunday 2:49 p.m.

Jaehwa was walking around the convenience store, she hasn't been to the grocery store in two and a half weeks. Not since she saw him there. She felt her heart squeeze at the thought of Yoongi, how broken he looked. How sad and worried he seemed for her and she pushed him away. She wanted to hate him. She wanted to hate him so dam bad but she couldn't. She sighed as she looked through the magazines. She stopped when she saw BTS on the cover. They won the Billboards in the U.S. She felt herself smile, she was happy for them. Junghwa wouldn't shut up about the Billboards and how that was their comeback stage event. Her smile fell again as she stuffed the magazine back where it was.

"눈꽃이 떨어져요
또 조금씩 멀어져요
보고 싶다 (보고 싶다)
보고 싶다 (보고 싶다)
얼마나 기다려야
또 몇 밤을 더 새워야
널 보게 될까 (널 보게 될까)
만나게 될까 (만나게 될까)
추운 겨울 끝을 지나
다시 봄날이 올 때까지
꽃 피울 때까지
그곳에 좀 더 머물러줘
머물러줘"

Jaehwa stopped when the song registered in her ears. Spring Day. She felt her throat close up and she swallowed hard; tears formed in her eyes and she found herself crying in the middle of the store. She was so sad. So broken and she was also so alone. Sniffling, she quickly went to check out. She couldn't be in the shop any more or else she was going to break down crying. SHe couldn't do that here. Not here. She kept telling herself. Once she received her receipt she grabbed her bag and rushed out of the store but she bumped into someone on her way out.

"I'm so sorry-"

"Jaehwa..." She froze, looking up from the ground with wide eyes. There stood Hoseok who had let go of the store's door, letting it close. She was frozen, she didn't know what to do or what to say. She wanted to run, she wanted to look around to see if anyone else form BTS was with him. She wanted to stay where she was because she missed him. They had become very good friends... "Please don't leave-" Hoseok started, holding his hands out as if he wanted to touch her. She looked at him and his face softened. "Jaehwa...are you okay?" He asked gently and she looked away. The two of them stood there in silence before Hoseok broke it. "Let's go get some ice cream." He offered with a kind smile. "You still love chocolate right?" He asked, remembering what Yoongi had mentioned.

Jaehwa didn't reply vocally, she just nodded her head. The two of them walked in silence until they came to the closest place that served ice cream. He opened the door for the girl and told her to go pick a table and he'll get them ice cream. She wanted to protest that he didn't have to pay but she found no words. She never thought she'd see one of them this soon. Not even five minutes later, Hoseok returned to her with a dish full of chocolate ice cream and a lot of whipped cream. She felt herself smile. The two of them ate their ice cream in silence for a while until Hoseok broke it.