Work of Art || Luwoo

03

~~Jungwoo~~

Jungwoo made his way down the dimly lit hall that led to his bedroom and pulled his closet open. A very lacking array of clothes awaited. He had a few nice pieces, though. Whenever he was sent to a runway to take photos he would buy something nice to wear. Over time, his collection grew and he was starting to have a simple selection to choose from. He picked out a pair of white ripped jeans and a pastel blue knit sweater that was oversized on his small frame. He finished off the outfit by tying a pastel pink handkerchief around his neck and fluffed his soft, bouncy hair. Maybe he had more style than be thought.

Jungwoo sprawled across his couch with a sketchbook in hand. He doodled little pictures of interesting poses for his models and dynamic photo angles for his next photoshoot. Inspiration hit him at uncalled for times. This being one of them.

Jungwoo was content sprawled across his white canvas sofa. Time escaped him and he doodled happily. Before the boy realized, a loud knock was echoing from the front door of his apartment. Jungwoo abandoned his doodles on the coffee table and went to retrieve the younger Haechan whom he assumed was the cause of the knocking. He gripped the door handle and took a deep breath before letting the younger in. He knew Haechan was crazy for fashion and that tonight was going to be a long one. Jungwoo turned the knob and prepared for his shopping spree.

"Oh, wow. You actually do have some sort of fashion sense." Haechan stood in the doorway of Jungwoo's apartment and studied the boy from head to toe. Jungwoo really put effort into looking nice tonight and apparently his efforts were showing.

"Thanks, I guess?" Jungwoo felt awkward under Haechan's stare. And very underdressed compared to the other boy. Haechan wore expensive looking white sneakers and soft blue ripped jeans. He had a tucked in printed t-shirt and finished it off with a dark purple bomber jacket and a silver chain. Jungwoo also noticed that his eyes were lined with a glittery rose gold.

"Well let's go! You're gonna look so good at that runway show. What's the name of that model you like? Rufus? It's going to be impossible for him to ignore you!" Haechan grabbed for jungwoo's wrist and pulled him out the door. He skipped down the hall with a frazzled Jungwoo trailing behind.

"His name is Lucas and that's not why I'm going." Jungwoo retorted.

"Right." Haechan looked back at his older friend and grinned. He threw him a wink before approaching his parked car.

"Move." Jungwoo commanded.

"What? No! It's my car." Haechan frowned.

"I don't care. If you drive, we'll never make it to the mall alive. Now hand over the keys." Jungwoo stuck out an arm, palm face up.

"Fine." Haechan said. He strut past Jungwoo and pulled the passenger door open. Before sitting inside the car, Haechan made one last remark.

"I didn't really want to drive anyway. My shoes kind of hurt."

~ ~ ~

The boys reached the mall and Haechan jumped out of the car excitedly. They made their way through the front doors and Jungwoo glanced around. The mall was huge. Jungwoo could see up three floors and there was another floor beneath them. The walls were lined with expensive looking stores, all named after famous designers.

"Haechan, I'm not spending this much money on an outfit I'm only going to wear once." Jungwoo shook his head and stared at Haechan, brows furrowed.

"Don't worry about it. I've got you covered this time." Haechan smiled widely and flashed his wallet at Jungwoo.

"How do you expect to afford this stuff? Your eighteen, Haechan." Jungwoo retorted.

"You remember Mark right? His parents own a record label and they make kickass money. He might have lent me his debit card earlier."

"He what?! Haechan you can't do that!" Jungwoo's eyes bugged out of his head and he stared at Haechan. What was this boy doing?

"Hey, I tried to reject the debit card. Mark said that he wanted to make a good impression on you. Then he might of started kissing my face and I might have kissed him back and maybe I forgot to reject the debit card." Haechan smirked and winked once more at Jungwoo. That boy was so care free and flirty. At least him and Mark were happy together. Jungwoo knew that Haechan was in good hands. Mark was a good kid. But Jungwoo had a guardian like watch over Haechan. Ever since Jungwoo met Haechan in high school, they'd been inseparable. Jungwoo had a solid career and Haechan had gone off to college but the boys always made sure to call or text frequently.

"Common! The clothes aren't going to pick themselves." Haechan grabbed Jungwoo's wrist and pulled him into the first store.

The two friends spent the day going store to store. Haechan had stuffed Jungwoo into too many outfits to count, many of which Haechan deemed ugly and unsuitable for Jungwoo to get noticed by 'his future man'. Haechan was hell bent on getting Lucas to notice Jungwoo and that boy was going to stop at nothing to get his way.

Hours passed and Haechan eventually got tired from dragging his friend through stores. They both had an ample amount of bags in their hands which were filled with new clothes. The boys decided to finish up their trip by buying food in the food court. They found a table for two in the corner of the room and dropped their bags on the floor before waiting in line for burgers. The two bought their food and returned to their claimed seats.

"So, you and Mark. How's it going?" Jungwoo proded. Haechan's face lit up imediately at the mention of his new boyfriend.

"It's going really well actually. I was so nervous to meet his parents but I think they really like me. I mean, Mark's still keeping me around so that must be a good sign." Haechan nervous giggled and started to fidget with his fingers and cross and uncross his feet. Jungwoo always noticed how Haechan would get a little more hyper when Mark was brought into the conversation. Jungwoo had to admit, it was cute.

"That's good! You guys share a dorm, right?" Jungwoo asked.

"Yeah. I met him in my vocal class and he moved into my dorm after we started dating." Haechan explained.

"He's so good at rapping. He's gonna be famous one day, just watch. His marks are amazing. His parents are music producers. He practically grew up making music. Oh, and Jungwoo! He has a whole bunch of recording equipment in our dorm and he always gets me to sing the sample pieces for his songs. He cares about me so much and he's always putting me before him. I bet Lucas is just the same!"

"Shut up! You know I have no way of getting close to him. I think he's straight..." Jungwoo started to sulk.

"One day. You'll get him."

~ ~ ~

Jungwoo and Haechan grabbed their things and headed back home. Haechan drove the car on the way back and dropped Jungwoo off at his apartment. The lovestruck fanboy headed up tohis floor and headed straight to his bedroom. He didn't bother taking a shower. He was too tired from the countless hours spent getting stuffed into different articles of clothing. The blue haired boy slowly drifted into the realm of sleep, thinking about the week that was set out ahead of him.