Airplane | Jung Hoseok

Hangover Soup 6

How long has it been since the call between Lena and Hoseok ended? Oh yeah, only about 5 minutes. After those 5 minutes, Lena felt a burning sensation deep in the back of her throat.

"What the hell..." she said aloud, immediately regretting opening her mouth.

She quickly slapped her hands over her mouth, rushing towards the sign that said "bathroom", her run was extremely off balanced, to say the least. Her bag was left at the table, out of everything she has done tonight she forgot her purse while going to the restroom.

Lena barged through a group of girls checking themselves out in the bathroom mirror and into a stall. She gagged and threw up into the toilet, her throat burning and leaving a horrid taste and smell in her mouth. Lena peered down at her liquid lunch from earlier in the toilet, almost barfing again at the site. Flushing the toilet, she left the stall and washed her hands with an excessive amount of soap.

"I should just put the soap in my mouth at this point." Lena commented to a young lady whom was watching her smother her hands.

"You know they have mints here." The girl smiled and picked up a plastic covered mint in a bowl right next to the paper towels.

"Ahh, even better!" Lena let out a giggle. She cupped her hands under the faucet and swished water inside her mouth before spitting it. Right after that, she grabbed a mint and popped it into her mouth.

Lena began to walk towards the bathroom door, her body suddenly just now remembering how tipsy it's supposed to be. She stumbled against a wall, opening the door successfully without falling over.

"Miss, do you want me to help you, I don't mind." The same sweet girl from earlier spoke to her, gently resting her hand under her arm, intertwining her arm with hers.

"Yes please." Lena replies gratefully. This is so embarrassing! Oh no... and Hoseok is going to see me like this! She came to a slight realization of how she must look right now. But hey, this girl is really nice and realllllllly pretty too! Lena started to laugh quietly towards herself as the girl was guiding her towards the seating area.

"Hey... what's your name? I'm Lena!" She looked up at the girl, who seems to be extremely tall, but in reality it's just Lena's distorted sense of proximity.

"My name is Kim Hee-Jin." Heejin replied, still smiling at Lena.

Kim Heejin was a very pretty, almost more of a cute looking girl. Her hair was long and black, she had thick bangs ending right at her eyebrows. She had on light pink makeup, her cheeks a rosey color. Even though she wasn't as tall as Lena thought she was, she was still taller, coming at around 176cm.

"Pretty name, would you want to hang out sometime?" Lena asked, stumbling over an empty chair.

"Yea su-" Heejin was abruptly cut off by a man rushing towards Lena.

"Ahh, Lena I thought I told you to wait at the table!" The man, Hoseok, huffed. "I was worried..." he mumbled, not finishing his thought.

"No no! Go away I don't want you to see me like this." Lena covered her face and tried to face the opposite direction of him, but she stumbled against Heejin once again.

"Uh... I guess I'll leave her to you." Heejin awkwardly removed her arm from Lena's. "Oh and Lena, I'll write my ID for you so we can talk." She directed her attention to Lena.

"Oh yeah! Thank you for your help Heejin, I don't know how I would get out of that bathroom without you." Lena smiled at her, Heejin just gives off such a positive vibe.

She nodded at Lena, walking away after she gave Lena her ID on a slip of paper.

"We need to leave now." Hoseok hesitantly wrapped his arm around her waist to steady her. He also picked up her purse, which was sitting untouched on the table, and hung it around his shoulder.

Why is my heart beating faster than before? Come on Lena! Snap out of it! She thought aggressively.

"I'm sorry I called you I-" She looked up at Hoseok when he interrupted her.

"Don't be sorry, I'm just wondering why you're at this place so late." He replied, looking straight ahead and leading Lena outside.

He really cares for me, as a friend maybe.

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HOSOEK POV 1st PERSON
Almost immediately after I set Lena down in the passenger seat, she fell asleep.

Why was she out so late? It's already 4:30 am... more importantly who was the guy she was talking about in the video chat earlier? All this, isn't really any of my business. It's not like I was responsible for her. But, I feel as if I have to watch over her now.

I'm just nervous for her, I mean she doesn't know who I am, and I can't have her getting exposed by any type of "sources". For her sake, I will continue to be energetic and happy. I want her to really enjoy her time here, experiencing and exploring. Not... clubbing.

I let out a sigh and look over at Lena when I stop at a red light. At least now she looks relaxed, but when she wakes up she won't feel great at all.

I take a right turn towards the apartment she is staying at, but I spot a market and pull over into the parking lot.

I step into the average size 24/7 mart and pick out the ingredients for hang over soup. Maybe some cooking utensils and bowls, she probably doesn't have any. Ah, and of course some aspirin.

The cashier rings me up and I walk out with a couple of bags of necessities.

The good thing about stores like this, especially this early in the morning, the cashiers don't recognize me at all.

I get back in the car, Lena still out.

"Now I'll take you back home." I whisper, as if she is even listening and move a strand of hair away from her eyes. God... did I really just do that?

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I park at her apartment complex and open my car door.

"This is going to be a challenge." I breathe out, throwing the grocery bags and Lena's purse over my shoulders. I open the passenger door and gently pick her up, bridal style.

She stirs slightly, but doesn't open her eyes.

Thank god this place has elevators... oh wait. I don't even know which apartment she lives in. I don't want to wake her so I gently set her down on one of the lobby's sofas and look through her purse that's in my shoulder.

I take out a key with a piece of duct tape on it that says "402".

Picking her back up again, I walk into the elevator and push the button for the fourth floor.

"Why am I in a box..." Lena mumbles, opening her eyes to slants.

"You're in an elevator right now Lena... and you can go back to sleep now." I smile down at her, calmly replying to her.

"Mmm ok, sleep." She nods and closes her eyes again.

I sigh in relief as she fell back asleep. We arrive at the fourth floor and I go down the hall to room 2 and unlock the door.

"What a cute place." I noted aloud, glancing quickly around the place.

I go towards an open door inside that reveals her room. I place her down on her bed and press the blankets over her. As I leave the room I shut off the lights and close the door gently.

Now for the fun part, it's cooking time.

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I write a note down on a sticky note and place it into the refrigerator door.

Lena I left you some soup, heat it up on the stove when you wake up. Also! Take the aspirin I left on the counter with water!
Hosoek~~

I checked my phone when I was leaving, it read 5:37 am. The boys and I are learning a new choreography today starting at 9am, I guess I'll have to run on a vanilla latte tomorrow.

I thought this was a fun chapter. It really showed development, at least with Hoseok. I finally added another character in as well!!
When I say "ID" I'm referring to a Messaging app.
It is kind of weird how I write Lena is third person but Hoseok in 1st, but that's how it is.