VISUAL [CEW] ✔️

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S I X T E E N
THIRD PERSON'S POINT OF VIEW

SCROLLING THROUGH HIS INSTAGRAM at the bus stop, Eunwoo blinked at the amount of followers he had just hit. Now forty thousand people followed him. He went through them, finding a majority of them were young students like him and were mostly girls. The male let out a sigh, he really was just eye candy to the world. He looked up from the screen, his eyes doing a double take at the girl in front of him. "This is as casual as I could get since I don't like my legs. They're the most chubbiest part of me." She was talking nonsense. That's what he thought. He had to agree that yes... she did have more weight than Korea's beauty standards but he liked it.

He liked that someone was 'imperfect' as a 'perfect' person himself. "Shut up. You're fine. You look really pretty." Hyerin blinked innocently at his compliment, her faced getting heated up. "Thanks." She replied awkwardly, Eunwoo laughed lightly at her flustered expression. "Gwiyeowo. (Cute.)" He mumbled to himself. The two students watched the bus come in at exactly ten o'clock. "Oh? It's here. Let's get on." She said, hopping inside of the vehicle.

Hyerin swiped her bus card twice, paying for the boy behind her. "Yah..." He pouted, following her into the bus. "I'm definitely getting you some cotton candy." He retorted, taking a seat next to her. She rested her head on the wall, "Yeah... I think paying for my ticket was enough." Eunwoo removed his bag for his back, placing it on his lap. The one hour and fifty minute journey started of quiet before some gasps and shy giggling occurred. "Wah... he's so handsome." One girl whispered loudly to her friend. Who nodded, "I know right?! Do you think that's his girlfriend next to him?" She asked.

The girl shrugged with an awed expression, "She probably is... man... I wish I could find a guy that handsome who didn't care about my looks, height or weight." The friend nodded, "I mean look at her. She's not very pale either." Hyerin averted her eyes uncomfortably, starting to fidget with her own hands. Eunwoo took a glance at the two gossiping friends out of the corner of his eye. He placed his hand over the short-haired girl's own one. She stopped moving her hands and looked up at him. "What are you doing?" She asked when he placed his head on her shoulder.

"I'm testing my acting skills. Act with me. Forget about the people around us. Their opinions and comments. Forget all about them."

• • •

"Wow." Hyerin gaped when she entered the theme park after giving her ticket. A small smile appeared on Eunwoo's face unknowingly, enjoying the girl's happiness. "Is this your first time?" He asked her, pulling her closer because of the mob of people in there. She flickered her eyes at the his arm, why out of all days did her heart have to feel so weak? "Uh- no. I came when I was ten. But it definitely has changed." She tried to remove her arm from his grip but the effort failed. "Don't. If I lose you in here, not only am I getting your mom and sister on my back but your cousin and your two best friends. Oh- and the members PD 101 S2. Wait... why are they called that?"

Eunwoo asked her, making her chuckle at the idea. She eyed the place while she spoke, "It stands for Produce 101 Season 2. It's season two because season one makes up I.O.I. The top eleven ranked people in popularity, visual and skill turned into I.O.I or Wanna One. In the next few months PD AKB48 will have their chance to debut those members. But for the first time, it'll start from middle schoo and be based off Japan." He nodded at the information, before asking her another question.

"So which ride first?"

• • •

The two people decided to go on nothing major yet. So they went on a boat swing ride. Where the boat swung back and forth while being seat. Hyerin frowned at the sight of the ride while waiting in line. All the girls who had come off had readjusted their hair. It must've been pretty windy up there considering the light spring breeze that was still apparent. She reached for her hair-tie, gathering her hair in her hands. "No, don't." Eunwoo placed her hands down, she raised a brow. "Your hair looks better down. It shows your pretty neckline."

It felt like there was this invisible shield guarding her heart and it was taking hits very hardly. "God... you just don't get a girl's pain. It may look nice but up there it'll be like a whip, slashing my face." She tied up her hair, feeling flustered as she eyed the boy nervously. They took their steps onto the ride, "I guess your neckline looks pretty either way." He whispered loudly, although she pretended not to hear it. The two got buckled into the ride, Eunwoo's stomach felt butterflies... unfortunately, not in the nice way.

Hyerin eyed his paled face, "Do you even like rides?" He gave a faint smile, "I do. Just not this one. Normally I get sick." She widened her eyes, hitting his arm lightly. "What?! You should've told me. We can't even get off." The girl mumbled to herself, thinking of what to do. A sigh escaped her lips, "Here. Hold this." She lent out her hand, making him raise a brow. "Sometimes moral support helps the faint hearted." He felt his heart flutter a little, how could she make it beat so much more at this type of time? He grabbed her hand, intertwining his fingers with hers. "Wait. That's not what I mean—"

The ride started off at the end of her sentence. His grip had tightened, while they swung back and forth. Hyerin wished she could've said she enjoyed it but the whole time she was just worrying for the boy next to her. She really did have a weak heart. But she wasn't wrong about her hair. Even the baby hairs she had were turned into weapons. The ride eventually slowed down and she observed Eunwoo's face.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah. Thank you. Really... I mean it. But is it a bad thing to tell you that I actually get sick on rides now?"