strings » k. seungmin

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"HYUNG!", jeongin ran towards our direction bringing four bouquet of flowers with him, he panted before he continued,

"CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR GRADUATION!", he smiled cheerfully as he gave each one of us flowers of different kind

hyunjin ruffled his hair, "thank you, kiddo"

felix smiled back at him, "you will be the next one, enjoy your remaining year in high school!"

jeongin pouted, "i know and i will! don't even remind me!"

i looked around me and looked back at jeongin who still had a difficulty stabilizing his breathing, "where are the hyungs?"

"they're preparing for the party later! at a chicken restaurant!", jeongin smiled cheerfully afterwards

"YAY! CHICKEN!", jisung suddenly shouts and jumps from his place, making the medals around his neck click at each other

a girl from our batch suddenly approached us and gave something to hyunjin, hyunjin accepted the gift and winked at her making the girl giggle when she left

four of us had a questioning look towards hyunjin, jeongin suddenly breaks the silence, "another girl, hyung?"

hyunjin just shrugged as a response

i sighed, "i told you already, she's not the one destined for you"

"as if hyunjin will listen to you", felix mumbled and rolled his eyes

hyunjin rested his hand on my shoulder, "i'm unnamed anyways, so i think i have the right to take all the risk right?"

"but i can see your string!", i exclaimed as i form my hand into a fist, "why aren't you listening to me?"

"because i don't like the girl you're referring to?", hyunjin asked with a smug look

i facepalmed because of his response, he seriously can't be helped

jisung clasped his hand together, "anyways, before this turn into a fight, have you find mine seungmin?"

i looked at his face before looking at his pinky finger, i can't see any red strings though but a name written in cursive suddenly appeared on his wrist

jisung felt the appearance of the name as he quickly take a look at it, he smiled widely and jumped from his place as he showed his wrist to us

"LOOK, I'M NAMED NOW!", he shouts at us and frantically jumps around the place, showing his wrist with a cursive name of Kim Haein on it

but who could Kim Haein be? i never knew anyone with the name

oh, before i forgot. i'm Kim Seungmin, and yes, i can see the red strings tied at your tiny little pinky fingers. i'm a descendant of Yuè Xià Lǎorén (月下老人), often abbreviated to Yuè Lǎo (月老), the old lunar matchmaker god and the deity in charge of "the red thread", who is in charge of marriages.

i am the only member in our clan who can see red strings, as if i'm the only blessed one out of all descendants, the rest of our clan members are love and marriage experts and counselors.

people like hyunjin who neglects to be with their destined partners will have multiple conflicts with their recent partners, so if you don't want conflicts might as well follow me i guess?

"hey!", felix snaps his fingers in front of me, "you're zoning out, we're moving now"

"oh? i'm sorry", felix and the others started moving forward and i quickly catches up with them

i look at felix' wrists and moved my gaze to his left pinky finger, my eyes followed where it went but it looks like the girl is not from our school, "do you still not want to know who your destined partner is? you're still unnamed."

felix grins, "i don't want to rush things, the right time will come", he paused for awhile before he continued, "and i know that i'm unnamed even my sister is unnamed."

i nodded by his statement, "alright, just tell me when you want to know about it"

"probably never, min unless i'm desperate", he chuckled and continued walking with the rest

they're lucky that someone like me can actually see their red strings. i'm unnamed and i can't see my own red string too, no one in our clan can see red strings and i've been to multiple shamans to ask for help but even them can't help my situation right now.

i just wish that girl is also waiting for me.

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