introducing,
kim taehyung & cha jieun ...

the sickly sweet scent of flowers washed over him as he entered the flower shop, shaking off the january snow that nestled on his ebony hair. his eyes wandered around the dimly lit shop: it was six thirty in the evening and the golden rays of the afternoon sun had sunken in through the floor-to-ceiling window that flanked one side of the room. the chime on the door rang gently as the door shut. his vision trailed after one ray of sunlight, that fell upon a girl who slept at the counter.

books strewn left and right, her head rested at the centre, hair spreading gracefully around her. black rimmed spectacles slid down from her nose. in a closer look, he realised that the spectacles had no lenses. how peculiar, he thought.

she must have felt his presence looming over her, because her eyelids almost reluctantly lifted up before she stared blankly at him while taking in his features. "you're a new face," he commented, having visited this flower store countless of times to notice that she never once appeared.

"i'm new here," she mumbled while rubbing her eyes. she rose from her stool, her long black hair slowly coming undone from her ponytail. "anything i can get for you?" asked the girl as she pushed her books from left and right away, tidying up. her double eyelids fluttered as she blinked wearily.

"a will to live?" he joked, an attempt to soothe the awkwardness between he and the drowsy girl. his lousy statement made the situation more awkward by a tenth fold.

"currently out-of-stock. sorry," she responded plainly, although she did not show any sign of amusement on her face. she reached from below the mahogany counter and retrieved a small bouquet of white daffodils. "irene told me that someone would be coming. are you here to collect this?"

"yeah." he loosened his tie as he reached forward to exchange money for the flowers, eyes remaining on the girl with the long black hair. flowers in hand, he slowly turned around to leave the flower shop. his palm lingered on the door as he glanced back at the girl. "see you around, jieun," said the boy as he smiled at her, reading her name from her name tag.

kim taehyung left, knowing that this would not be the last time they would meet.

and cha jieun watched him leave, she couldn't get a smile so bright out of her head.