16. what a mess • M

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"Y-you wanted to talk to me?" Hongjoong asks with disbelief

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"Y-you wanted to talk to me?" Hongjoong asks with disbelief.

"I'm weird, I know" Seonghwa quickly adds, a lop sided half smile on his light pink lips.

Hongjoong just chuckles then scratches the back of his head. "No.. ah, it's not weird" A pause. "Why'd you wanna talk to me again?" He felt his cheeks redden. He unconsciously begins playing with the loose thread on his uniform. His heart beating rapidly and stomach doing multiple flips at a time.

The taller male shrugs. "I was wondering if you were interested in babysitting. I'll pay you of course"

Just like that the butterflies in Hongjoong's stomach turns to wasps. Baby...sitting..? He forces a small smile to hide his disappointment. That's what he wanted he ask? I should've known that someone as attractive as him would never be interested in someone as boring and plain as me. Idiot. He wanted to crawl in a hole and hide it out until his embarrassment dies out.

Despite his deep disliking of children he nods. "Yeah, I babysit sometimes" Which wasn't a lie.

He smiles. "Really? Thanks. Uhm, hold on" He mutters as he digs through his jacket pocket for his phone. He retrieves it and already had it open.

"My name is Seonghwa by the way" He glances up at Hongjoong with a playful smile.

"Ah H-hongjoong" The shorter responds, his nerves still there.

"Sorry about the bother. Something came up last minute and I can't leave my sister home alone. She's 5" He types away on his phone.

"No it's ok. I'm happy to help" He felt like crying. He couldn't stand children especially the ones as young as Seonghwa's sister. The younger they are the more fussy they were.

"Ok, what's your number? I'll text you the address, day and time"

And so they exchanged numbers but Hongjoong wasn't very pleased with the means he had gotten it. In a few seconds a text came in from the newly saved number. It included the address, date, time, pay and even the name of his sister. Chohee.

"Alright, thank you again" Seonghwa says with a wide smile and a small bow.

"It's ok really!" Hongjoong waved it off.

"While I'm talking to you, I was wondering if you guys have a size small for these jeans?" Seonghwa holds up a pair of black ripped jeans that looked like they would fit a little too big on the tall male.

Hongjoong swallows the phantom stone in his throat then smiles politely. "I can take a look at the back to see if we have any left" He takes the piece of clothing away from the taller then scurried to the back room which had a bunch of other restock clothes that would eventually go out front when the space became available.

Hongjoong releases a long sigh and throws the jeans on a closed shipment box. He sits down on the only stool then runs his hands over his face.

He opens his phone and goes into his contact to save the stranger's number.

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