admirer • jongho

thirty-three

"nah felix. i think this one looks better on you" jisung suggested.

"no jisung. that shirt looks like shit. this one's better" hyunjin argued, shoving a maroon turtle neck in front of him.

the group of friends were in a clothing store, trying to help felix find new clothes－which wasn't really helping as jisung and hyunjin had different ideas on fashion. jongho was with them, trying his best to calm them down.

seungmin on the other hand was roaming around and looking at some other shirts, not wanting to deal with their stupid arguments. meanwhile, jeongin was quietly sitting at a small couch provided in the store, wanting to accompany his gloomy friend, who was sitting beside him.

jeongin did his best to get her to talk but hyejin simply replied him with a nod or silence. the girl had been spacing out for quite some time now.

after minutes of the arguments between the boys, hyejin slowly stood up.

"where you going?" jeongin asked.

"just gonna walk around. i'll be back" she said, before making her way out. she stood right outside the store and halted when she saw a certain store from across.

it was a music store.

she stood in front of the boutique, silently eyeing the instruments in the store. her eyes softened and slowly getting teary.

she lightly shook her head and blinked away the tears that was threatening to fall.

'not here, hyejin. move on will you'

she began to space out again, not realising a certain figure approaching her.

"hey"

she turned to the side and saw jongho offering her a small smile.

"oh hey, sunbae.." she greeted him, voice weak that even jongho had noticed.

"you good?" he asked, concerned for the girl.

hyejin nodded, faking a smile. "of course! why wouldn't i be?"

jongho noticed her fake smile but didn't mention it. he also noticed how she stared at the music shop in front of them, seeming like she was deep in thought. however, he decided not to butt in.

he realised that they still weren't that close with each other and he didn't want to make her feel uncomfortable so he decided to just take it slow in their friendship.

although it was obvious that hyejin liked him.

btw i always get stressed if there are typos in  my story so pls tell me if there are typos okie? 😩✊🏻