The neighborhood near the university was always packed, no matter the period of the year. And you were crawling into the crowd to get to the 7/11 to get Jihoon some instant rice to eat with his side dishes because you forgot to pack his rice back home and he wasn't cooking anything at his dorm.

You were fearing for your mom of dying from a heart disease at this point, she was always so worried about your older brother even though the young man was already 23 years old. Even you who were 18 wasn't taken with such care.

When you were kids and were playing in the neighborhood playground, people always switched your roles and took you for the older one although he was giving you 5 years...

Jihoon was a grown-up man, no need to take care of him that much. Maybe he only being 5,4 ft. and wearing a baby face fooled people about his age and his maturity.

You dialed his number for the nth time to ask him what brand and type of rice he'd like (since man was a picky eater) only to get your call forwarded in his voicemail service. You were tired and cold. Waiting outside when it was 6°C wasn't worth some home made side dishes and stir-fried noodles in your opinion. He always forbade you to come to his dorm, maybe he didn't want his roommates to see you his pretty sister, you grinned at the thought.

Jihoon was always telling you since you entered high-school that men are all wolves and that you had to be wary of them. He wasn't really even fond of the idea of you having a boyfriend and was always threatening your ex-boyfriend to kill him if he ever hurt you. That is the reason why you lied to Jihoon after the breakup by saying you were the one who dumped Kyun Ho. You didn't want your brother to get jailed for murdering such a looser.

You were about to dial his number for the umpteenth time and tell him all the curses you've learned in 18 years of life.

Ringggg—

Your phone rang and a compromising picture of your brother you saved on his contact appeared on the screen.

Jeonghan pushed the convenience store door and stepped in. He already had his itinerary in mind: go to the noodle section, grab his packs of noodles from the top shelf (because they were the best according to his ramyon's hunter experience) and go pay them at the cashier.

He pulled his grey hoodie's cap that was falling from behind and directed himself to his goal spot. There were so many flavors and different brands but he didn't take too much time to decide what to pick. He mixed the spicy one with the soft-flavored one and when his basket was full enough he took the opposite way to get to the cashier.

On his way, he spotted a strawberry milk box and suddenly started craving for his favorite drink.

He went near the fridge and grabbed the milk box, but when he wanted to throw it in the basket a guy put his hand on it and snatched it from Jeonghan's grip. He was recking alcohol and slurring gibberish. His dizzy walk totally told about him and as if to assert dominance he gave jeonghan some harsh and treathening look.

"I saw it first." He blurted.

Jeonghan's eyebrows furrowed. He didn't want to have a useless argument with a drunken man but the matter was quite delicate, it was about strawberry milk.

People always had things they protected and in Jeonghan's case, it was strawberry milk.

Unfortunately, Jeonghan wasn't a gentleman who would give up on something he wanted just because someone meddled in. Things or humans, he was a petty and possessive person in the end.

"Hey stinky bastard, give it back, I am not in the mood to fight" he took it back. The way Jeonghan face and what came out of his mouth was the two extreme of his angel and devil spectrum made the man eyes bulge in anger

Jeonghan took back his drink. He walked past the drunk guy before getting his hair pulled by behind.

"Shit" he slurred.

It was sometimes a pain to have long hair, people were allowing themselves to touch his prince-like hair with their dirty hands he groaned.

"What did you just say? Do you want me to ruin your pretty face?! Son of—" he was about to throw a punch on Jeonghan face when someone grabbed Jeonghan's hands and screamed "RUN" making him release the box of milk and the latter fell in the ground.

The girl was running in the store with Jeonghan hands tucked in hers and when they were about to leave the shop they stopped by the angry cashier who was screaming to them not to run and to pay before leaving. She rustled into her pocket and brought out a 10000KRW bill and told them to keep the changes.

They ran for a hot minute until they were out of breath and Jeonghan finally pulled his hands to get off the girl's grip.

Jeonghan hated running

"Why are you... running if you can't even...handle such a small... distance" he inquired huffing and gasping for air as well in a high pitched tone.

When the girl lifted her head to answer him his eyes widened.

He realized the girl was you.

15 minutes earlier

After picking the rice for your brother, you went to the drinks shelf to get yourself something. There were mostly soju bottles and beer cans but a pink box caught your eyesight. It was a strawberry flavored milk box. You enjoyed the taste but you preferred the banana flavored one. But still took one and left one hanging.

Before you arrive at the cash register waiting for your turn, you heard a ruckus from the spot you just left. You decided to peek what was going on only to bring your hand on your mouth to cover your wheezes.

The guy you longed to see for the past weeks and you were only a few feet apart. He seemed to have an argument with some drunk man. You assumed his state because his smell was strong enough to reach where you were standing.

Without thinking much and as you heard their little fight degenerating you just went there and brought him with you paying for his errands on the way.

When your eyes finally met, you realized the gravity of what you did and you started agonizing internally praying the ground under your feet would engulf you.

What were you thinking before forcing a complete (almost) stranger with you? This was actually punished by the law and was called an abduction.

a/n:

Yes, this chapter is longer than usual cuz I had a lot to say ~

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