it was raining, the pitter patter of falling water was all that could be heard as jieun boarded off the train, her half-torn sneakers squishing as they sank into a puddle of rainwater. trails of shivers ran up her spine, causing her to inhale sharply as she sped up her steps.

she was visiting haeun that day, and was not pleased that the heavens had chosen that specific day to cry tears of rain and leave her with wet socks and dripping hair. jieun glanced around the jam-packed train station as she strode across the watered floors, seeing a tall, black haired man wearing red-framed sunglasses at the back of his head. taehyung liked to do that, claiming it was cool.

jieun hadn't seen taehyung in a while. with the shop closed for a week —irene had gone overseas for a week with her boyfriend— she had not seen the black-eyed boy for seven days as she could not muster up the courage to meet up with him. after the revelation that something stirred in her heart whenever she looked at him, she could no longer carry out a conversation longer than a few minutes.

her breath hitched as she watched the male with the sunglasses, her heart sending undulating waves of warmth to the tips of her fingers and toes. she slapped herself, what was she? a little school girl crushing on a boy?

she shoved her feelings into a little nook in her heart, and pulled herself together. it's been seven days, you can do this, she thought as she approached this man. "taehyung?"

the man whipped around, his wide azure eyes staring at her. he spoke in some unfamiliar language and waved his hand, causing her to shrink in embarrassment. "wrong person... sorry," she mumbled and bolted away.

as she dashed across the flooded train station, her feet slid on a puddle of rain and caused her to fall over sideways. a pair of strong arms steadied her before she fell to the sodden ground. "hey jieun."

jieun's eyes widened as she gasped, clasping her mouth with both palms. "h-hello," she stammered, her body stiffening. taehyung chuckled, his cheeks rising as he gave a guileless smile. "what's wrong with you? you're so tense," he released her from his grip, raising his eyebrows when she exhaled loudly as if her breath had been caught in her throat.

he leaned forward, pressing his warm palm against her forehead. "you're looking kinda pale-"

jieun was alarmed at the sudden contact, jerking her head away from his hand. her face was steaming, she looked anywhere but his onyx eyes as she shook her head. "i'm fine, just a little cold."

taehyung seemed shocked that she reeled away from his touch, wondering if he smelt bad. he sniffed his arms. he smelt okay?

"well, if i'm not too smelly for you, you can have my jacket," he joked, with a tone of false condescension. he peeled away his red padded jacket and slipped it over jieun.

"s-stop!" jieun yelped as she backed away, shaking her hands profusely. "you see, it's these things that you do!"

"what."

"idiot!" she yelled and stormed away.

taehyung blinked, mouth agape. did he smell that horrible?

meanwhile, jieun marched out of the train station, huffing and puffing. all she could think about was how taehyung's lingering scent in the red padded jacket smelt sweet like jasmine flowers.