THE STRANGER WHO CROSSES MY HEART. ♡JINRENE♡ <BTSxREDVELVET>

Chapter 29 : What's the tea?

Jin ignored the weird expression on the female idol's face sitting in front of him and asked

"Are you gonna tell me why you were crying?"

The sudden question brought Irene back to reality. The girl who was just staring at him suddenly shifted her face to the side to avoid the curious eyes of the boy.

"Joohyuna...you really don't want to tell me?"

"It's embarrassing" She muttered under her breath.

"I won't judge you"

Looking at the reassuring smile that the boy was giving her, Irene finally gathered the courage to tell him the truth.

"I heard the director talking bad about me...about... how I'm not good enough for the commercial...and he wants someone "Young" and "Fresh".

The girl air qouted the two words of the director.

"That's it?" The boy looked genuinely confused.

"That's it? Really?...I knew you wouldn't understand."

Irene crossed her arms and again shifted her face to the side.

"Its not that I don't understand. I...."

"Here's your order" The waitress interrupted his justification.

Irene didn't turn her face to see the flirty waitress and actually pulled her mask on again which she had earlier pushed down while talking to Jin. Nonetheless, she only move her eyes and saw that the girl's top button was actually open now.

The waitress was bent down way more than it was necessary to put the order down on the table while staring brightly into the boy's eyes. It is unknown whether it was intentional or unintentional but the eyes of the boy did settle on her cleavage for a second.

"That'll be all. Thank you." Even though Irene didn't know Japanese really well, she still answered with a really loud voice which had a rude tone to it.

The waitress who was still bent over the table turned her face to Irene and rolled her eyes. Moreover she once again turned her face towards the boy and gave him a bright smile and then left.

"Did you enjoy the view?" Eventhough her face was covered with the mask now, her eyes were emitting annoyance.

"What?"

"Oh don't pretend. I saw you staring at her.... chest." She had pulled down the mask and her whole face was puffed.

"I didn't mean to. It was just...right in front of me." With each word the boy's voice went a little low.

"Ohh. So I guess even you like "young" and "fresh" girls. Right?" Again these two words were given more importance.

"I don't like yound and fresh girls and I dont even like her...the only girl I like is sitting in front of me"

Being an idol does make you a really smooth talker. His line didn't make her anger disappear but the intensity of it was now definitely low. Irene didn't respond to him and quietly drank her tea and ate the sandwiches.

"Joohyuna why are you conscious of your age?"

"It's the people who have made me conscious of it and you won't understand. It's different for women in this industry. Younger ones are always preferred and old people like me decrease in value."

"You think you're old?" The boy actually chuckled.

"Just like I said you won't understand and now you're even laughing at me."

"It's not that I dont understand. It just that if people find you old than I must be seen as grandpa. Right? You don't even look like your age."

Irene was actually suprised to see him talking something negative about him.

"I think it's the first time I have seen you talk something bad about yourself."

"I'm not that narcissistic"

The female idol actually smiled which bought a smile to his face as well.

"Joohyuna in this industry what you say and feel confidently is what people actually start believing. If you say you're the best people will believe that. But if you doubt yourself even for a minute, there will be arrows coming from everywhere."

"I know but it's easier to say than to do. I tried really hard today but there was a problem everytime. I had to just walk but it was so bad that the director kept saying cuts. I wa so bad that..."

Irene suddenly stopped and sighed.

"Maybe he was right. I am not fit for this commercial."

"Then prove him wrong. Do what you want to do. Act how you would think will make you look the best. Dont try to please others but just be yourself."

"......."

"You can do it. It's not your first commercial. You are just way to conscious about this one."

When Irene thought about what he said, she felt that he was right. She was really nervous to begin with and due to the director's constant cuts her confidence kept on decreasing. And honestly she didn't even wanted to do what the director was saying. What he wanted seemed fake to even her.

While she was lost in her thoughts, Jin put his hand on her hand and said in a really comforting voice

"Believe in yourself. You can do it. Let's go back huh?"

Irene nodded her head and Jin requested for a bill. The waitress came back with it and kept on staring at Jin

"Don't you feel hot in the mask?" The waitress pointed towards the mask to make herself more clear.

"My boyfriend and I have cold." Irene answered in her broken Japanese.

"Ohh. I guess he has lost his voice as well"

Jin and Irene didn't actually understand what she said and stood up to leave. Irene deliberately hooked her hands around the boy's arm and smiled at the waitress as they walked towards to exit.

Irene pushed the door first however Jin was stopped by the waitress. Standing outside with a clear glass between them she saw the girl handing him a packet and gesturing 'bye' to him. The couple the didn't even walked for a minute and Irene asked

"What's in the packet?"

"Complimentary cookies" Jin answered quickly.

"Can I eat?"

"Yeah ofcourse"

He handed her the small packet and Irene investigated it like a cop.

"Ohh look what I found here. A chit with a  phone number on it. You want?"

With her eyebrows raised, she deliberately kept shaked the chit in front of him. Nevertheless Jin knew that this "question" had only one answer to it.

"No"

"Good. Let's go"

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