Heartstrings||Kim Seokjin||

Rugs

Seokjin had Mira stuck at the back of his mind since their second meeting in the book fair. He immediately recognized her when he saw her at the fair. She looked so sad and frustrated, holding her head in her hands, clutching a book-The Fault in Our Stars. It was such a contrast from the state she was in the first time he met her. 

Her giggly nature had no doubt created an impact on him. So, when he saw her so low and disheartened, his heart melted. He had a very strong urge to walk towards her bench and console her. And as if his legs had a mind of their own, he had been walking in her direction before he even knew it.

Jin stared at the business card that Mira had given him as a joke, a smile on his face. He wanted to talk to her again, be friends with her and he knew exactly how he would do it. On the business card were five numbers of the telemarketing company. One of the numbers had to be hers, right? So, he dialed in the first number. He waited impatiently till the line stopped ringing and someone answered. 

"Hello, how may I help you?". Jin immediately hung up realizing that the person who answered had a gruff male voice. He dialled the other numbers and was about to give up when there was just one more number left.

"Here goes nothing" Jin sighed as he dialled in the number. "Hello how may I help you?" Jin's ears perked up at the sweet female voice.

"Yes, I have seen your advertisements and I wanted to buy a rug."

 "Yes, of course there are several types we have the fluffy rugs, the matte rugs and leather rugs and printed rugs. There is a discount......" Mira rambled on the phone and Seokjin was growing restless. 

"You do a good job as a telemarketer huh?" Mira seemed to recognize him now. 

"J-Jin?" 

"Yeah Mira I wasn't kidding when I said we'll be talking again soon" Jin and Mira both let out a chuckle. 

"So why are you wasting your time talking to me? Don't you have like idol stuff to do?"

 Jin let out a fake cry. "Do you really wanna get rid of me so quickly?"

 "Uh, N-no Not at all I just figured you'd have more important stuff to do." 

"Why thank you for your concern milady! We have a work-free week after the promotion of our album and comeback." 

"Ah Yes Understandable" Mira replied.

Mira and Jin talked for a good amount of time before Mira realized something.

 "D-don't you think it's a little weird that w-we're talking over my company phone?" Mira stuttered out shyly.

 Jin understanding what she was implying played along. "Well, what would you wanna do about it?" Jin asked slightly teasingly. 

"Uh...I d-don't really uh I'm not s-sure uh maybewecouldexcahngenumbers?" Mira replied fast like ripping a band-aid. 

Jin let out his famous windshield wiper laugh that left her even more flustered than before. "Of course, Mira we can talk on the phone. Why don't you give me your number so I can give you a missed call?" After Mira gave Jin her number they talked on the phone for some more time before Mira had to hang up. 

"I'll talk to you later Mira!" 

"Bye Kim Seokjin!"

Mira couldn't believe it. The man whose voice she had admired so much for such a long time had talked to her. Her! She was shocked on the day of the book fair but was certain that it would be only a one-time thing. He probably felt sympathetic seeing her depressed state and had come to cheer her up because of his caring personality. He would've probably done it for anyone.However, when she got the call from The Kim Seokjin and discovered that he called to talk to her and not buy some cheap rugs, she was just speechless.

Although the occurrence of these events had seemed close to impossible, Mira was glad that they happened. As she lay in her bed after an exhausting but surprisingly pleasant day at work, she smiled at her thoughts and the conversations exchanged over the phone as she was pulled into a blissful slumber that night.

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A/N  I hope the story isn't too boring. I hope you guys are enjoying the story. I also wanted to say thanks to all those people who are giving this story a try!