HERSHE - SEULRENE

SR - Closer

"Hey. What's up, amazon?"

Irene is definitely surprised. She never thought she'd be relieved to hear someone call her amazon at that moment.

"W-what are you doing here?"

"I was about to ask you the same thing." Seulgi took a sip from the bottle she's holding.

"Are you following me?"

"Excuse me, following you? I should be the one asking you that."

Realizing what Seulgi said, Irene played with the handkerchief in her hands. "H-how long have you been here?"

"An hour ago, before you came running here like a lost child."

"Oh. I didn't notice you earlier."

"I figured that out." Apparently, Seulgi had seemed to camouflaged in the dark with her black hooded jacket and black shorts.

Irene said nothing. A minute ago, she was worried Seulgi would spend the night with Krystal--she's not sure why she's worried in the first place--and now she feels relieved to see Seulgi just in front of her boozing on a liquor.

With no warning, Seulgi gently threw a small towel on Irene's face. "Dry yourself up, you're a mess."

Irene frowned at the towel, wondering why Seulgi is being nice to her.

"Don't worry. I haven't used that one yet, princess."

"Oh... thanks..." Irene couldn't understand why the endearment sounded sweeter this time. "So, what are you doing here alone?"

"Just thinking about some random stuff. You?"

"I was on the phone with my mom before it rained."

"Ahhh."

"I, uh, I thought you will be with Krystal tonight."

Seulgi gave her a confused look. "In your room?"

"Yup."

"What am I gonna do in your room then?"

"Well, you know... Krystal giving you a real hickey?"

Seulgi was about to drink from the bottle but she stopped. "Seriously? Do you really think I'd do that?"

Irene nodded. She lied.

"What? Are you kidding me?" Seulgi put the bottle down. "I won't do something like that, at least not with a random person."

"Well, I thought you and Krystal were..."

"We're what?"

"I don't know... flirting?"

Seulgi laughed. "C'mon, Bae, seriously? Do you really think of me like that?"

Irene nodded hesitantly. "W-weren't you?"

"The last time I checked, the term 'being nice' is not synonymous with 'flirting'."

"You can't blame me. You're too nice to Krystal, well, to all your fangirls actually. I thought you're just playing with everyone."

"Well, can't I be nice to people who were nice to me too?"

Irene pouted. "I guess you could say that." She sat on the table with her back facing Seulgi. "Sorry."

"For?"

"For having that kind of impression on you."

"No worries. Were you thinking I was flirting with you too?"