Hortus ||Park Jihoon

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Jihoon arrived at the garden again, this time with his camera. His teacher gave them a project about taking pictures of their favourite places and writing an essay about that place and why they like them.

He sat on his usual bench, which is across  from where the girl was sitting.

He dropped his hands at his sides and looked up the sky. He brought his hands up and started making funny figures with his fingers joining those clouds in the sky which is floating freely in the air.

After some time, he took his camera out and hanged it on his neck. He took his bag and slung it over his shoulder before taking pictures of the nature.

After taking many pictures of the flowers and trees,he decided to take a picture of the fountain too.

As he captured the fountain, the girl was in the background too. He didn't mind it to be honest. He took some more pictures of the fountain before leaving the garden.

It has always been like that. The garden was always silent. People hardly ever came there. Even when there are other people that girl in sweats never talked to anyone. Not even him.

Even so, it's normal. Why would she talk to someone she don't know. She's a stranger to him as well. He didn't even know her name.

                                  ☘️

Jihoon pasted all the polaroids on his scrapebook and decorated the book with tapes, buttons, ribbons and variety of other items. He used different coloured pens to write and doodle in the left over places.

He took some of the leftover polaroid and kept it inside his drawer.

After finishing his assignment, he went to his window and glanced at the garden.

Jihoon was living in a apartment near the garden so he can clearly see the garden.

The garden was empty with no one there. Not even that girl.

He closed the curtains and plopped himself on his bed before drifting to sleep.