Hortus ||Park Jihoon

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Jihoon came to the garden again today, jamming to the music he's listening to.

He noticed that girl sitting there again, but this time with a book and a pencil in her hands.

But she didn't even open the book. She just tapped the pencil against the notebook.

Jihoon didn't go to his usual bench, instead he went to the one near her.
It was silent, only the birds chirping, the sound of the wind and the water flowing down from the fountain can be heard.

He decreased the volume of the song he's playing secretly.

It's not like she will notice me. I wonder if she acknowledge that am changing the place where i usually sit.

Damn leave that, i wonder if she at least know  that i come here regularly. Just like her.

He decreased the volume, just in hope that she will talk. And if she talks he don't want to miss that chance to talk with her.

She was staring at the fountain again. Jihoon was glancing at her from time to time. He was just curious. He wanted to know more about her. He wanted to befriend her.

After some minutes, she opened her book and started sketching something.

She didn't seem to be sketching something from the garden since she didn't even move her gaze from the notebook.

After some hours, she got up from the place and went out of the garden. Usually jihoon won't stay this much longer but he unconsciously stayed there, watching her from time to time.

He was disappointed that she didn't even initiate a conversation with him when they both are the only ones here in this large garden.

But on the other side, why didn't jihoon initiate the conversation. It's not like she should be the one to.

Jihoon looked at his watch. It was already 6 in the evening. It was nearly two hours in the garden,her sketching something in her notebook and him constantly staring at her.

He wondered if she noticed him staring at her. More to that, what if she thought that he was a creep.

He shrugged off the thoughts and stood up. He should go through the maze to reach entrance, cause the fountain was in the middle of garden. It's not a difficult maze. It's familiar to the one's who constantly visits here.

He reached the entrance, he looked around to see if he could spot her. But no, she's nowhere to be found.