A Fangirl Story

Chapter 3

2013

"Are you 100% sure?" I asked her for maybe the hundredth time as she carried the jacket over to the counter. I spent the whole week inside our apartment, packing up, finishing modules and getting ready to transfer our entire lives to Seoul.

Today, since it's a Saturday I thought I needed a break, see my best friend and get some peace of mind. Packing everything aways has been stressful, but this sure is a different kind of stress.

She just looked at me like I'm crazy for thinking she won't buy it as she proceeded to pay the cash register. I knew she could afford it but...it was 900,000won. My parents provided our needs and wants as much as they can, but it was always too difficult for me to purchase such expensive stuff in one splurge.

"Oh, Solair and I would look so cute together!" she puts her head inside the bag, with only her neck popping out. I laughed out loud because it looked like the bag ate her head. I checked my phone for probably the thousandth time, just to see that I still got no text from Jackson.

She took out the jacket and wears it. Our moms are with their club again probably shopping or drinking tea somewhere and Haeyoung and I decided to go with them. We've been going around the department store trying on clothes we were obviously not going to buy until a specific jacket caught Haeyoung's eyes. It was the same one Solair, her bias from N-XTRO was wearing during their concert a few weeks ago. The moment she saw it, she said she knew she had to get it.

"Wow it does look good." I said to her as I begin to see the resemblance to what Solair wore earlier. Haeyoung kept smiling at herself on the mirror as I checked my phone to see if Jackson replied, and as it turns out, he did!

"And feels good too." she let me touch the jacket's fabric and indeed it was soft. "What did Jackson say? Are we going?"

I read the text to her which said that we'll meet him in the movies in an hour. Jackson Song is, well, maybe what I could call my boy best friend. He's a year and a half older than me but he always acted younger than that. He's just more expressive, jolly and outgoing. He's the son of one of the executives at ACY entertainment, so Alex and I kinda grew up with him even though he lived in Seoul. Alex and him were always pretty close, but I feel like Jackson and I are closer. He lives in Seoul so we I barely see him, but every now and then he makes trips to Daejeon just to hang out. 

We were about to leave the store when Haeyoung stopped at her tracks and said, "Oh look!"

"What?"I followed her as she walks towards the jewelry section.

"Isn't this what Sean was during the concert?" she held a yellow knotted bracelet with a golden half-moon charm. I looked at the pictures of Sean during the concert on my phone and saw that he was wearing the exact same bracelet. This is so cool! I checked the price tag and I freeze on the spot.

It's 175,000won. I probably blinked a hundred more times just to make sure my eyes were clear enough to read this. Say what now?

"This is so expensive. I could just buy a knotted bracelet at Myeongdong for 20,000won and buy a pendant for 40,000won the most." I tried to reason with her how crazy expensive this piece of jewelry is. I just couldn't wrap my head around it.

"You could but that probably won't be same as Sean's." she shrugged.

She walked over one of the sales lady. "Hello miss, has any celebrity ever worn this bracelet?" She asked the lady who gave us a warm smile and looked at the bracelet on Haeyoung's hand.

"Yes, in fact a member of N-XTRO bought one from this same store before. I believe his name is Se-"

"Sean Kim" I finished the sentence for her. Her eyes widened, looking surprised. Haeyoung couldn't control her smile. I can't believe Sean bought from this same store. What was he doing here anyways?