"Denial can be beautiful. But only when you're a fantastic liar"

-Kim Holden-

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"Find me a boyfriend."

"A what?" Minyoung looked up from her book to her gloomy friend, while Jiwoo groaned after accidentally poking herself in the eye with a pencil.

"Who are you?" Jiwoo said, lightly tugging on Soomin's hair. She then pulled her chair away after hearing her friend growl. "She's being possessed."

"Hey, leave her alone," Minyoung chuckled at both girls before urgently shaking Soomin's limp body. "He will do," she pointed to a skinny, short boy who had just entered the coffee shop. Soomin lifted her face and growled even louder when she saw the boy's familiar face. The one and only Min Yoongi.

"You know what, to be honest, he's not that bad. I mean, look at that flawless face and those... Oh my goodness! Since when did he have those slender legs?!" Jiwoo said, staring at Yoongi who was now talking with Jimin near the counter.

"Damn, did he always look this hot?

Soomin, who had previously rested her chin on top of the table, was now tilting her head in the boy's direction as she heard Minyoung blurt out the words.

Her eyes were now completely wide open as she got a clear vision of him wearing a pair of black jeans with a black long-sleeve shirt. It was not the attire that caught her off guard, but rather the way he wore them.

Both of the sleeves were messily rolled up to his elbow, while the top button of the shirt was unbuttoned, aimlessly showing off his bare milky collarbone. Not to mention how one side of the hem was left hanging outside his jeans disorderly. He was far from the word "neat," but surprisingly, it looked good. Really good.

The girls were secretly and silently checking him out until he casually ran his finger through his side-parted hair, making it even messier than before. Jiwoo instantly slapped Minyoung's thigh so hard as she tried to hold back her scream, while Minyoung gripped Soomin's hands tightly when they saw the scene. And Soomin, she bit her bottom lip so hard as she mentally cursed Yoongi for being extremely and undeniably attractive today.

Minutes passed by, but none of them averted their eyes from Yoongi until they saw him lick the left side of his mouth after sipping his caramel macchiato.

"That's it! I'm done!" Minyoung hit the table quite hard, which made the boy they were stalking avert his attention to them. Soomin panickedly grabbed Minyoung's journal and pretended to read it as Yoongi approached the girls. Jiwoo awkwardly greeted him with a dorky smile, while Minyoung gave him a wide smile, which made Yoongi frown because somehow this was the first time these kids showed him a friendly attitude.

"Hi," Yoongi said nicely.

"Hi!" Minyoung and Jiwoo said in unison, while Soomin only gave him a cold glance before averting her eyes back to the journal, which she had no idea what was written on it. Yoongi was taken aback by the response she gave, but he just shrugged it off.

Maybe she was upset because I'm a bit late to pick her up. "Sorry, I'm late. I was-"

"Meeting your girlfriend?"

Both Jiwoo's and Minyoung's jaws dropped when Soomin asked the question.

"What? No, I had to handle one additional class for today," he said while frowning.

"Hmm," Soomin hummed as she nodded before she put away Jiwoo's journal and started to play with her phone, giving no more attention to Yoongi, who stood still in front of her.

"Don't you wanna go home now?" he asked, starting to feel annoyed by her attitude.

"Nope, just go ahead if you want to."

Yoongi sighed as he sensed there was something wrong with this kid.

"Then I'll just go upstairs. Call me when you're ready to go home," Yoongi said. He was about to walk away, but Soomin's next words stopped him in his tracks.

"I'm not a baby. I can go home by myself."

Yoongi turned back and dragged the nearest empty chair before sitting across from her, crossing his arms. Jiwoo and Minyoung were still there, silently witnessing the tense situation unfolding before them.

"Mind telling me what's wrong?" he asked, staring at her sharply.

"Nothing."

"Okay, that's enough. Come with me." Yoongi grabbed her wrist and dragged her to the second floor, leaving the other two girls behind.

"Is that the reason why she wanna have a boyfriend?" Jiwoo whispered to Minyoung.

"Absolutely."

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