"Now, I don't even know who I used to be

Try babbling at the mirror, who the heck are you"

- Fake Love

BTS

"You got me a bunch of daisies?" Sarang asked taking the carefully handmade cluster of daisies from the on-lookers hand.

"Yes, Noona." The boy smiled.

"It's your birth flower. Symbolizes purity and innocence. Happy Birthday Noona." Sarang smiled at his cuteness.

"Gomawo Yejun-ah! Jinjja Gomawo." She bent down and kissed Yejun's cheek.

"Have a great day ahead Noona." Yejun kissed Sarang's cheek in return and ran to where his parents waited.

Sarang gave one last wave before moving out of the counter for the day.

Yejun was just one of those many symbols of innocence Sarang had come across in the past 2 years. His parents were regulars at Starbucks.

Yejun accompanied his parents to the store and once he had laid his eyes on the red-haired girl, he was whipped. He practically whisper-yelled in his mom's ear while the lady stood, ordering her Macchiato.

"Eomma, is this Princess Ariel of 'Little Mermaid'?" His question made both the ladies stop dead at their tracks. A second later, one burst into laughter while the other just smiled at the boy.

To this day, Yejun has never called Sarang by her name.

Sarang has always been 'Ariel Noona' for him.

Sarang sighed as she remembered the conflict between her and Yejun's worlds. In fact, despite the conflict, Yejun also played a huge role in Sarang's life.

Yejun's innocence, along with Mizuki's cheery nature and Luhan's brother-like presence were the only things that kept Sarang anchored away from the nature she was supposed to have inherited.

Sarang's sighs went deeper as she knew, that she had to let go of all of those things if she didn't want them to disappear as her other anchors did.

"There you are, ladies!!" Luhan announced as Mizuki and Sarang walked out of the cafe.

"Time for my presents," Mizuki cheered, pulling out an acutely wrapped-up box from her bag.

"Happy Birthday!!"  Mizuki pushed the box in Sarang's hands.

"Miz, I thought I said, no gifts." Sarang insisted.

"That applies to the rest of the world, I'm your sister from another mister, so shut up and tell me if you like it."

Sarang opened the box to reveal a diamond locket. (Picture in the title).

Diamond was Sarang's birthstone and true, the locket was beautiful but what surprised her more was, this wasn't the first time Sarang had seen this locket.

"Miz, this is..." Before she could complete it, Mizuki started, "The same as the one you wanted last month. I know."

Sarang almost never went shopping but when she did last month, she fell in love with one particular locket.

It was made of diamond and too expensive for her to buy. Which is why she looked away from it. Soon after, a woman brought it right in front of her eyes.

"How did you find another?" Sarang wasn't done being surprised.

"Scavenged around the whole 5 malls before I got my hands on this one." Luhan chuckled and Sarang pulled Mizuki in a hug.

This startled them because Sarang wasn't the type to initiate skin ships.

Sure, if Mizuki or Luhan hugged her, she hugged back but it was almost once in a blue moon that Sarang initiated a skinship.

"Thank you soo much!!" Sarang breathed against Mizuki's shoulder. "Yah! Don't get emotional. I'm glad you liked it." Mizuki patted her back.

"Stob it girls!" Luhan said, dramatically wiping some non-existent tears off. "You're making my eyes sweat with your love." Both the girls glared, earning a laugh from him.

"Okay, Sarangi, to get my gift, we'll go somewhere. So, mi' ladies! Are we ready to go on an adventure?"

Sarang held onto Luhan's arm while Mizuki held his hand and together, they announced "YES SIR!" Before all 3 of them burst into giggles.

The locket glittered in the sun-light and made an extra emphasis on Sarang's neck.

"Ladies, welcome to Bangtan Ink!" Luhan announced as he pulled up his SUV in front of a small shop at the end of an alleyway.

"What are we doing in front of a tattoo shop, Lu?" Mizuki asked, squinting at her boyfriend.

Even Sarang was confused. "You and I are getting a couple of tattoos while Sarangie gets a tattoo from me," Luhan announced, wholly excited.

"Oh no, you don't!" Mizuki announced. Among the very few things in this world, Mizuki is terrified of needles.

It goes without saying that, having a couple of tattoos was the furthest thing in her mind.

15 minutes of 'No's from Mizuki and Pleases from Luhan and Sarang, Mizuki still wasn't gonna have a tattoo.

Finally, Sarang played her master card.

Aeygo. It was almost once in never that Sarang aeygoed, but when she did, no one had the heart cruel enough to refuse this red-haired cutie!

"Miz-ah!" Sarang pouted, her E/C color eyes taking the form of the cutest puppy eyes ever.

"For me? Please?" She continued with her pouty voice. Luhan found Mizuki's face go soft and he knew Shin Sarang's 'killer cuteness' had trampled Mizuki's fear once again.

"The things I do for this devil!" Mizuki mumbled, walking to the tattoo shop with Luhan and Sarang following behind with ear-to-ear grins.

A bell tinkled as Mizuki pushed the door open and the others followed behind. Sarang had been to a tattoo shop before.

She had a rose inked on her right hand. Yeah, that's right!
Sarang loved roses. Always did and always will.

But, no tattoo shop would beat this one. The interior was dark and leather. The place smelled of colognes and iron.

Sarang peeked her head over Mizuki's shoulder to find the breath inside her being knocked out!

A guy with messed up brown hair sat behind the counter while silently contents of his phone. His face was beautiful! The sinfully sexy lips being under the clasps of a row of his pearly white teeth while the sharp arc of his eye-brow was captured in a silver metal ring. The same went for his ears. The piercings on them were plenty but they didn't actually hide his ear lobes. The gaps were just enough to give the onlookers a glimpse of his ridiculously perfect skin.

Luhan walked past the girls and stood in front of the counter. The stranger's eyes flicked up and Sarang couldn't help but notice the tint of mischievousness and humor in his warm, brown eyes.

"Ah, Luhan-ah! Long time, huh?" The guy said, standing up and pulling Luhan in a bro-hug. The stranger's eyes finally landed on the girls.

"Oh! Who are these beauties?" As though reflexively, heat rushed to both Sarang and Mizuki's cheeks.

"Hyung, this is my girlfriend, Mizuki." Luhan pulled Mizuki and introduced her to the annoyingly handsome stranger. Before he could go around introducing Sarang, things happened pretty fast. A guy emerged out of nowhere and charged for the front door.

Heaven knows what, but something did make him turn momentarily blind and before anyone else could react, he crashed right into Sarang, throwing her flat on her back!

What in the ever-loving heck??

Chapter 2!!!

I hope you guys can excuse me for posting late. Ramadan is on-going and I am the only girl in the house minus my mom. Those who understand my pain, I love you!

I'll try to stick to this one and even if I can't I'll try to update weekly.

Ramadan Kareem to all my readers.

Saranghae

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