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TURNS out, the small shop they had entered sold more than just cute plushies, having a variety of items customers would be interested in, ranging from jewelry, to plushies, to stuffed animals, and even to cute mugs, bowls and plates. Of course, there were even more items, but it was more than she could name.

Eunhee couldn't help but fangirl over practically every item in the shop, a pout on her lips as she knew she couldn't buy everything. As much as she wanted to, she'd rather not go bankrupt.

Currently, she was in the aisle with the plushies, being the reason they had entered the shop as she happened to spot them through the window.

"Hey, Jungwon.." she spoke, a breathy laugh escaping her lips. Gaining the boy's attention, he turned his head and watched as she held up a cat plushie. It was one of those pusheen things, and it was designed to be holding a cookie.

"This looks like you." She stated, a childish grin spread across her face as Jungwon huffed and rolled his eyes playfully at her comment.

"If that looks like me, this looks like you." He spoke, holding up a bunny plushie. Eunhee furrowed her brows, letting out an amused laugh.

"I look like a bunny?"

Jungwon's eyes flickered between the plushie he held in his hand, and Eunhee, who was in front of him. "I can see the resemblance." He nodded.

The girl shook her head with a smile, "hmm, okay. Well, I'm getting this. And I'll name it Won, after you."

"Really? Then I'll get this and name it Eun." Jungwon decided, hugging the plush tightly to his chest.

"Okay! Before we pay, should we go look at the jewelry? Maybe we could get something matching?" She suggested, tilting his head as Jungwon hummed in agreement.

"I'm fine with that. It'll be something to remember today."

With his approval, Eunhee quickly grabbed his hand in hers, tugging him gently along with her throughout the shop, until reaching the small aisle filled with different types of jewelry.

"Wait.. what should we get? Rings? Bracelets? Or necklaces?" Eunhee frowned, eyes scanning upon the array of options.

"Just pick out whatever you want, we can get multiple things if we want." Jungwon spoke, as the girl nodded, eyes darting towards the necklace section.

After a few minutes of choosing, they ended up leaving the shop with only a matching necklace and the two plushies, as nothing else had really caught their eye.

"Wait-- let's put on the necklaces." Jungwon spoke once they had exited the shop, now being back in the cold december air.

Eunhee hummed, excited to put it on, as in her, and his opinion it was cute. Taking the necklace which was currently clipped onto a piece of cardboard out of the plastic bag, Jungwon took it off of the cardboard.

"Can you move your hair, please?" He asked, watching as the girl nodded, moving her dark hair to the side to allow him to easily put her necklace on.

The boy carefully shuffled closer to the girl, leaning his head down slightly so he could see better. Eunhee pressed her lips together, fiddling around with the silver rings that decorated her fingers, a dusty pink color spreading across her cheeks due to the fact she could literally feel his breath on the back of her neck.

Tho, of course, she'd blame her rosy cheeks on the cold weather conditions. "There, all done." The boy smiled, leaning away from the girl.

"Thank you. Here, I'll put on yours." She spoke, reaching for the necklace, to which he replied with a hum.

Standing on her tippy toes, she furrowed her brows slightly as she fumbled a little with the small chain. Eventually, she had gotten it on, feeling accomplished, she let out a small hum of satisfaction.

If she was being completely honest, she was wondering if she had the same effect on him like he did with her.

She wondered if his heart started to beat faster than normal.

She wondered if he felt heat rush to his cheeks, just like she did.

She wondered if he got all nervous and happy inside, by something so simple as hand holding.

Or, maybe, it was all one-sided. Either way, she'd never know. She didn't have the confidence to ask, anyways. One of the many things she feared was getting rejected, and the aftermath of it all-- the atmosphere suddenly turning awkward and a feeling of embarrassment washing over her.

She was terrified of that.

Therefore, even in the scenario she did in fact have some sort of feelings towards the boy, she'd keep them to herself, until she hopefully finally began to lose them.

"Wait, Eun, come on." Jungwon spoke, reaching his hand out for her to take. Eunhee quickly took his hand before being pled gently along through the streets of Seoul.

She couldn't help but smile softly as the wind blew through her hair, eyes focused on the back of Jungwon's head as he pulled her with him. She could tell he was smiling, too.

Eventually, They stopped at a small little place with benches, both a little out of breath. "We can take a picture here." Jungwon pointed towards a bench, as Eunhee nodded, letting Jungwon lead her to a vacant bench.

Sitting on the bench, Jungwon wrapped an arm around her shoulder, pulling her closer to him in order to connect their necklaces together.

"Woah, it looks so cute. We're so cute." Eunhee muttered out, staring at the necklace. Jungwon chuckled, nodding his head in agreement before pulling out his phone, taking a photo of the connected necklace.

"Look, I'll send you it." Jungwon smiled, showing her the photo he had taken.

Eunhee hummed, taking her eyes off of the screen as they landed on his side profile, smiling lightly. Jungwon turned his head, meeting her gaze. She wasn't going to lie, it definitely caught her off guard.

Her face grew red due to their close proximity, as their necklaces were still connected. Almost immediately, Eunhee looked away, looking down at her lap.

Jungwon couldn't help but laugh, leaning against her slightly. "Ayy~ Choi Eunhee, you're all red!" He teased, earning a scoff.

"As if you aren't too, Yang Jungwon." She snickered, scrunching her nose up slightly.

"Okay.. yeah, but you look cute."

"Stop trying to make me flustered!"

"It's working, isn't it?"

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AUTHOR'S CORNER
bro the entire first half of this chapter is so boring i'm so sorry 😔🙏

also i literally have a fever AGAIN literally just kill me

i hate my life
january 26th, 2023 -- 10:03pm

not proofread.