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when jisung and hyerim drew closer, they saw sunwoo standing next to a pretty girl. she was a little bit taller than him, and hyerim watched as her face lit up as soon as she saw them approaching.
"so you're the girl these boys keep talking about," she exclaimed. "their description of you doesn't even meet halfway!"
"i hope their descriptions of me were nice," hyerim chuckled.
"of course they were. i'm doyeon! you're so pretty~" giggled out the elder.
"she is, isn't she?" jisung agreed from beside hyerim.
red spread throughout the youngest's cheeks, making them a faint red color. she lifted her hand to cover her shy smile.
"thank you so much," she laughed. "you're way prettier than me though. i'm hyerim."
sunwoo grinned at the sight of his cousin and new friend getting along before looking up at the train schedule.
"we should get going. the train's gonna be here in a few," he said.
doyeon linked her and hyerim's arms, pulling her along as the two boys followed behind.
they quickly got on the train and found their seats. the girls sat on one side and the boys on the other. hyerim was next to the window, and jisung was right in front of her.
"have you ever gone on a train ride with just your friends before?" doyeon asked hyerim.
hyerim looked out at the scenery to her left, remembering the first time she had gone on a trip.
"yeah," she said. "but it was a long time ago."
"who'd you go with?" questioned sunwoo.
doyeon gasped. "a boyfriend, maybe~?" she teased.
hyerim shook her head and sheepishly laughed. "okay, one: i've never had a boyfriend. two: i went with my best friend."
"are they still in jeju?"
"she is."
as the subject changed, hyerim felt relief that she didn't have to talk about it anymore. jisung, on the other hand, couldn't help but notice the almost unnoticeable expression and he became curious.
he felt like it was a subject she was sensitive to, and as much as he wanted to ask, he didn't. instead, he added on to a different conversation.
after about fifteen minutes into the train ride, jisung and doyeon both needed to go to the bathroom, leaving hyerim and sunwoo for a bit. when they came back, jisung and doyeon switched sides, so jisung sat next to hyerim and doyeon sat next to sunwoo.
the two were confused but didn't think much of it since it wasn't a big deal. they carried on with their snacks and talks full of laughter.
hyerim, sipping on her carton of banana milk, felt a gaze lingering on her. she looked to her right and caught jisung's eyes. flustered, they both turned away in unison.
on the other side of the table, sunwoo and doyeon were giggling to themselves like elementary kids.
➥ bonus scene!
as doyeon got tired of watching everyone converse amongst themselves, she quickly picked her phone up and made a new conversation with jisung.
┎┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┒ imessage doyeon → jisung
8:16am
DOYEON come to the bathroom with me
JISUNG ..why?
DOYEON i need to tALK TO YOU ABOUT SMTH IMPORTANT
do NOT disobey me before i whoop your ass
i'm older than you
JISUNG i— okay i'm coming
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"i have to pee," they said at the same time.
"ew, that was weird," sunwoo scrunched his nose.
"we'll be right back!"
jisung and doyeon got up from their seats and doyeon led the way to the restroom. once they were beyond the curtain that separated the cars, they stood in front of each other.
"what did you need to talk about?" asked jisung.
"we should switch seats," doyeon mischievously smiled. "you should sit next to hyerim."
"what, why?"
"oh, come on, jisung. don't act like you don't have a thing for her."
"i don't? i literally just met her and vice versa."
"well, you two seem to be comfortable with each other."
doyeon continued to push him despite his protesting until he gave in.
