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THE kids stopped by a nearby convenience store by the park to purchase two sticks of ice cream. youngjae got himself an ice loli, whereas saera got herself an ice cream cone.
they sat on an empty bench near the fountain and began to unwrap the wrapping from the ice creams.
saera looked over at the water, her eyes travelling to every different level of the water fountain. she ate her ice cream quietly. youngjae had been keeping a close eye on her, rather curious about what she was about to tell him. it had been a while since she was this hesitant to tell him something, so it must be pretty big, he thought.
" so," she finally says, breaking the ice. youngjae hummed in response, and saera sighed.
" i think i found my soulmate."
youngjae stopped licking on his ice loli. his jaw dropped as his eyes widened upon hearing saera's words. say what now?
saera looked away, her face flushing from both the embarrassment and the cringe. she squeezed her eyes shut, trying to wipe out the thought of youngjae surpressing a laugh. little did she know that his mouth was left agape, and that in all honesty, he was rather taken aback.
youngjae finally let out a chuckle. " damn, really? who is it? and when? ".
saera slowly opened her eyes and looked over at the boy beside her, who continued to happily chomp on his ice loli.
" that's the thing," she sighs, kicking the ground lightly. " i don't know who he is."
" what the hell? then, how did you find out he was your soulmate? " youngjae asked, and the girl just shrugged. " i was listening to baby earlier outside the book-,".
upon hearing this, the boy beside her roared out a big laugh, almost dropping the ice loli in his hand. " he sang baby? like, justin bieber baby? just because you were listening to it? ".
saera's cheeks heated up in embarrassment. she kicked youngjae's thigh with hers as the boy continued to chuckle hysterically. " you're kidding! that's hilarious— but also kind of depressing."
" shut up and let me continue my story," she whined, as the boy got ahold of himself. he wiped a tear that had formed and smiled, " okay, okay. sorry, continue."
saera told him all about how the boy she had seen kept saying the lyrics of the part that was playing, as if by force. he nodded, listening to her, trying to process every single thing she was saying. by the time she was done, youngjae gasped again.
" what's his friend's name? surely you remember, right? " he asked her. by now, the kids have already finished their frozen treats. youngjae stuck his lone ice loli stick in his mouth, grabbing onto saera's hands and looking right into her eyes, desperate for the girl to remember.
" yeah. it was.. hyun.. hyunjae? or something," saera muttered out. as if on cue, she saw her best friend's eyes widen as he jumped in his seat. he bounced up and down, throwing a fist up in the sky, beaming.
" oh my fucking god! " he exclaimed, earning frowns and whispers from the elderlies and parents all around them. saera pulled him back next to her in the bench and hissed, " shut up, will you? ".
" no, it's just.. i know who your soulmate is," youngjae smiles, sitting down once again beside her. " kim sunwoo. i used to attend the same dance class as him growing up."
saera couldn't even fathom anything her best friend was saying, " pardon? ".
youngjae rolled his eyes. " kim. sunwoo. you know? stoner boy? the nerd with the total fuckboy look? ".
saera frowned. " come again? ".
" my goodness, you really are an airhead! he's even in our class," youngjae face palmed. " whatever. what are you going to do about it? you have to talk to him."
saera bit her lip and shrugged. " i really don't know. to begin with, he didn't really seem to like the idea of soulmates either. and you know, i don't do well with people i don't know."
youngjae sank back into the bench, crossing his arms. saera rolled her eyes. whenever he does this, it means that he's in deep thought— aka, he's thinking of another stupid and ridiculous plan.
" bye," she stood up, grabbing her bag from the chair. youngjae pulled the bag strap and whined. " no! stay! until i think of something."
" you can't think of something."
" yes i can."
" correction, something that'll work."
" bingo."
" what? ".
youngjae smirks. " he's always in class during free period. you're going to stay as he's doing his work and walk past him while listening to something on your music player, okay? ".
