timing | kim seungmin

07 | photoshoot

"a-a model?"

"yeah!" seungmin seemed eager.

"but... why me?" i asked. "i mean, i don't even know how to pose for a normal picture, and like, i'm really awkward--"

"do you remember?" seungmin said. "when we were on the group tour, i occasionally took candids of you."

"oh, yeah."

"and they all turned out pretty good! so i thought, why not have minjoo be the model for my portraits?"

i couldn't imagine... me, a model? i was the type of person who refused to pose for pictures at a crowded photo zone because i feared the attention of people waiting in line.

"you don't have to if you don't want to," seungmin's expression dropped as i stayed quiet. "i won't force you..."

i couldn't bear seeing him be sad.

"so... um," i awkwardly cleared my throat. "what do i have to do?"

seungmin's eyes widened as soon as i spoke, "you'll really do it?"

"if you want me to..."

"of course i want you to! you're sure, right? promise?" seungmin stuck out his pinky finger.

i pinky-promised him, and he looked like the happiest little puppy in the world.

"thank you so much, minjoo!"

"ha... no problem," i said, trying not to die of his cuteness.

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"do you have time this saturday?" seungmin asked, a few days later at school.

"yeah, why?"

"i was thinking we could do our first photoshoot," he explained. "the weather's expected to be pretty nice."

"oh, really? where are you going to do it?"

"maybe the local park? there are a lot of autumn trees we could use for background."

"seems like a good idea," i nodded.

"i'll text you more details later," seungmin said once the bell rang. "see you!"

"bye!"

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seungmin

seungmin: is 10am good?
we could eat lunch after too

sure
what do i wear?

seungmin: preferably light
colors? like white, or beige
seungmin: also, it's a rly casual
photoshoot so u don't have to
stress too much about clothes

ok lol

seungmin: ok, see u saturday!

cya

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it was finally saturday, and i was feeling really excited.

i usually set my alarm for very late on weekends, but today i woke up extra early to prepare for the photoshoot.

i found a beige sweater and brown skirt to wear after digging through my closet. i remembered somi chose this outfit for me when we were shopping in canada.

i looked at my outfit in the mirror and thought, is it too simple?

nah, seungmin said it was a casual photoshoot, so it should be okay.

maybe i should do some kind of special makeup... or no?

should i curl my hair? or is that too extra.

i became very indecisive, like when a girl gets ready for a date--

i mean, what?

i did not just imagine this as a date, that's so stupid of me!

okay, park minjoo, calm down. this is not a date, this is a photoshoot, so don't fill your mind with imaginations.

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i was finally ready to go outside about ten minutes before the time we agreed to meet at.

seungmin was right, the weather wasn't too cold or too hot as i walked to the local park.

i was about to text him to ask where he was when i spotted him across the park.

he already had a tripod set up next to him, and i assumed he was testing out his camera by taking pictures of trees.

"hi," i approached him.

seungmin turned around and his eyes widened as he said, "hi!"

how can someone's smile shine so brightly? like, the sun is jobless...

then i noticed, seungmin was wearing brown pants and a beige sweater... dejavu?! this happened last time in canada when somi picked out an outfit for me!

no, this is not a date, we are not wearing matching outfits on purpose, no--

"so," seungmin said. "shall we begin?"

"y-yeah?" i said, trying to push away my thoughts.

we started by having me sit on a bench.

"do i look at the camera?" i asked.

"no, just pretend to enjoy the scenery," seungmin explained as he held his camera up to his face.

i felt very awkward just staring at random people walk around the park while i was clearly aware someone was taking pictures of me. seungmin should really have chosen a different model.

"hey, why do you look so tense?" seungmin said. "you can smile more."

i tried smiling, but it looked very forced.

"imagine something funny," seungmin advised. "like jisung screaming on the ferris wheel."

that really did make me laugh, since i could just hear jisung's horrified screeches from the top of the ferris wheel.

"nice! you look very natural now."

next, i stood in front of a tree with scattered leaves circling my feet.

i realized i had no idea how to pose now that i was standing, so my awkward modeling mode turned back on.

"try throwing some leaves in the air," seungmin suggested.

i gathered some leaves from the ground and held them in my hand.

"ready? one, two, three!" i threw them above my head.

i hadn't played with leaves in a while, and i remembered how fun it was to throw leaves in the air. i kind of felt like a happy little child again.

"let's try one more time."

i nodded. crouching down to gather more leaves.

"wait, you don't have to get anymore, i got a good shot," seungmin said, looking through the camera roll.

"really? in one try?" i said, dropping the leaves from my hands.

"actually, never mind, it's kind of bad," seungmin said.

"ah yah!" i threw a handful of leaves at him. "you made me drop all of them on the ground!"

"heh, sorry," seungmin said. "but you look really pretty."

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