When We Met

Humble Heart

"What? Why not?" Tae looked at me curiously. "I- that's Gucci. I can't simply waltz in there like I belong there. I really don't. I'm too broke to even afford to look at the store.... from the outside." I reply softly. "No worries about it. You'll be ok with us" Jimin spoke calmly looking down at me. So hesitantly I gripped Namjoon's hand tightly and unconsciously as we walked slowly into the store. I looked down at the floor as I step through the doorway onto shining golden flooring. I COULD LITERALLY SEE MY OWN REFLECTION!!! "Hey it's ok Y/N. I'm right here if you need me ok?" I look up to see Namjoon softly smiling at me. His dimples barely visible. I nod looking down and slowly release his hand and walk to a clothing rack near the women's area pretending like I was shopping  for something when in reality I was scared half to death. I saw this cute grey cable knit cropped hoodie and looked at the price tag and felt all the color drained from my face. $400. I drop the tag letting it hang at the side of the sweater. "Hello, how can I help you?" I look up and see a woman approach me with a fake smile on her face. Wearing a black blazer over a white shirt, and black pencil skirt with shiny polished black heels. "o-oh uhm no thank y-you" she eyed me judgingly before making a comment that froze my blood. "I'm surprised to see someone like you here. You know a lot of people who shop here wear more high-end clothes. Where'd you buy that skirt? Doesn't seem like something of high value or of high fashion." I was already uncomfortable in here but she came along and just made it worse. "I am sorry but you may want to leave, you just seem so out of place here." At this point I was starting to panick and shut down. Right then and there I was close to crying when I felt someone's warm protective arm around my waist.

***Hoseok POV***

I was nearby when I saw an employee approach y/n not thinking to much about it. That was until I noticed her tense up and freeze. I moved a little closer to hear their conversation without looking like I'm eavesdropping. But then what I heard made my blood boil and lose any sort of calm in my body. I was full on angry and a lot of people know I'm terrifying when mad. "I'm surprised to see someone like you here. You know a lot of people who shop here where more high-end clothes. Where'd you buy that skirt? Doesn't seem like something of high value or of high fashion." I walked up to y/n and the employee wrapping my arm around her waist and she looked up with her soft brown eyes. 

***End POV***

"Excuse me but I couldn't help but overhear a rude and offensive comment that you made to my friend over here. She has every right to be here as anybody else does. You should be ashamed to even be part of the hospitality service and dealing with the public if you feel it is necessary to humiliate a wonderful girl like her in this way." At this point Hoseok's voice was raised quite loudly catching everyone else's attention and almost sped walked over. "What's wrong here hyung?" Namjoon walked staying by the opposite side of me wrapping his arm around my waist as well Hoseok replied angrily. "This lady here decided it was OK to PUBLICLY humiliate y/n over here. I overheard her say she's "surprised to see someone like y/n here"." I look at Namjoon who looked about ready to kill her. "Well to break it to you this lovely lady has as many rights to be in here as the rest of us. In fact we are regular customers but if this is how you treat our close friends then we might as well take our business elsewhere. And we will personally talk with both the owner of the company and manager to have you removed as a employee now and forever under this company name. You'll have to seek employment elsewhere and I suggest that it NOT be in the hospitality business or around groups of people." He grabbed my hand intertwining his fingers with mine and gently pulling me out of the store saying behind him without making eye contact. "Please take care of her. We'll be outside."

There was a moment of silence when we left the store as I looked at my feet close to breaking down. I guess Namjoon noticed rather quickly and didn't hesitate to pull me into his embrace running a hand up and down my back making soothing sounds trying to calm me down. My breathing did even out so I've pulled away keeping his arms on my shoulders. "Hey, I'm so sorry you had to go through that. I'm really sorry you also had to see us like that-" I quickly hug him again wrapping my arms around his waist hearing him chuckle. "Please. Don't apologize. That was sweet but not necessary. The lady was right anyway. I don't belong in there at all. I don't shop high-end, the most I'll spend in a single trip is $ 50 or $ 100 but that's rare. My shirt is from H&M and my skirts's from Urban Outfitters. Anything that's over $ 15 I put back no matter how much my mother insisted that it was OK. The only super expensive pair of shoes I got was a pair of heels for my middle school graduation that too 90 bucks. Plus it was merely a gift from my parents. And the most money I've spent was $ 100. That too it was my parent letting me choose whatever I wanted as a birthday gift to me. "He quieted me down by hugging me again." You're too humble you know that. I know that you weren't brought up with the wealthy lifestyle. Or well ... you do but learn to be humble about it. You have self control and that's what's beautiful about you. You're able to get whatever you desire within a reasonable extent but control yourself with such spending being as careful as possible. You're really humble and I love that about you. " I look up at him and smile. That's when the rest of the group comes out, Hoseok bringing a small bag. Smiling he hands it over. "What's in here?" "Oh I saw you eyeing something earlier so ... surprise." Understanding what he meant I reach my hand into the bag and pull out the gray cable knit cropped hoodie. "Wha- I can't accept this. It's way too much !!" I try pushing the bag back to him. "It's nothing. Think of it as a gift from me to you" his heart smile was so contagious and adorable. Understanding what he meant I reach my hand into the bag and pull out the gray cable knit cropped hoodie. "Wha- I can't accept this. It's way too much !!" I try pushing the bag back to him. "It's nothing. Think of it as a gift from me to you" his heart smile was so contagious and adorable. Understanding what he meant I reach my hand into the bag and pull out the gray cable knit cropped hoodie. "Wha- I can't accept this. It's way too much !!" I try pushing the bag back to him. "It's nothing. Think of it as a gift from me to you" his heart smile was so contagious and adorable.