chapter 6

We walked on the empty, quiet streets as we welcomed the sunrise. He kept on walking in front while I trailed behind him." Where are we going?", I asked realising that we have been walking for a while now." I want to eat." He replies and kept on walking. We reached a stoplight that made him stop walking. I jog, eventually catching up to where he's standing.“ I know that,but where?", I ask pressing the button on the pole so that we can cross the street. So obedient of us to stop even when there's not a single car.“Just follow me if you want to taste something good." He smiles, wiggling both of his eyebrows." Aish, this is taking too long." He sighs before starting to walk, the stoplight still red." Yoongi wait." I shouted since he was walking way too fast." Cross the street if you don't want to be left out."I stepped onto the street, looking to my left, then to the right to see if there's any car by any chance. It was empty. The wind swooshing leaves was the only thing I saw.I sprinted towards Yoongi who is now on the other side of the road. As I made it, he slowly claps while looking at me." Sometimes,you gotta take risks."" You better treat me because of that." We continue to walk again but as soon as we turn into a corner, a food stall was just opening.The smell of faint burnt brown sugar and tinge of cinnamon mixing together made me lick my lips." Sure", he says approaching the hotteok food stall.•••The last time I ate a freshly cooked hotteok was when I was five I guess. I became really busy with school and studying that I barely had time to go out, and even if I will, we would eat on restaurants and not get street foods like this because according to my parents,these are unhygienic but come on , you get to live only once!" You like it?", He asks taking a small bite out of his hotteok.I chewed it until I swallowed before answering, "Mm-hm, thankyou so much."He just nodded and continued to eat. It felt warm against my palm, the cinnamon and sugar slightly becoming moist because of its heat. We walked back to the park and sat at the bench near the lake and luckily,geese were still there.“ They look so happy.", I say out of nowhere,my hotteok almost finished." They are wild animals." He says , watching them and leaning his back against the bench as he crosses his legs. "They're free that's why they're happy."What does he mean?There free, that's why they're happy.In all honesty,that does make sense.... But the way he said it..... It's like he's speaking from experience. Like reminiscing something that had happened before.He begins talking again." You should film them. Make that one the star of the show.", He points on the white goose which is now swimming on the water , finally playing with its friends.He hands me the camera and I take it pressing the play button. I took a quick film, zooming into the white goose,then zooming out to reveal the other geese. I hit the stop button, then I hand it back to him." Your friend bailed you." He reminds me of Yuri." Yeah, we didn't have a chance to shoot Minji's parts. I'm sorry." ,I sighed embarrassingly.We stayed silent. An urge kept on forcing me to try and open up a topic to prevent an awkward situation but I just can't seem to open my mouth." Why don't you be Minji?" He asks, making me look at him. Our eyes met as we look into each other."But...""We're partners anyway." He says. " We can just set the camera somewhere and act. We don't need anyone."Why didn't I think of that before?Silly, ofcourse I have. I just didn't know if he'll be fine with this. Him and I acting together.... I don't know. Now that he's the one who suggested it."OKAY!" I say looking around for a place where we can put the camera before filming. " Maybe, we can set the camera on that rock?"He stands and puts the camera carefully on the top of rock where I was sitting awhile ago. He presses the on button and jogs towards me."Okay, what now?" He asks, taking a seat beside me, but closer this time."Just...this." I say," But act as if we're really close, we're good friends and you are problematic."He looks on the ground while opening his legs, leaning both of his elbows against his thighs. Is he acting already? He's acting,right??I inched closer to him and rubbed his back up and down, trying to comfort him.  As soon as I touched him, I felt his body stiffen first, but as soon as I start rubbing,he gradually relaxes. He sits back up and looks at me. His eyes looking hollow, empty inside. I've never seen this expression of him before. He looked so serious, yet vulnerable enough to make me feel awe for him. The mood was so set that I was getting carried away, feeling the tears pooling my eyes .Why the hell am I crying?? My internal mind screamed.His eyes widened a little bit when a tear dropped down to my cheek. Then, he quickly wraps both of his arms around me and I froze like an ice that formed on a winter night, enveloped in warm arms that made me melt." Am i doing good?" He whispers in my ear. " Because you are."He's right. We're just acting and yet I felt emotionally strained that I even cried. What the hell is wrong with me?? Am I that emotional??I laughed at the thought."What?" He says pulling from the hug." You ruined the mood."" I'm Sorry, I'm Sorry." I say, hitting my lap as I laugh. " It's just.... I cried trying to act. It's pathetic."" Isn't that what we are aiming for? It's called acting for a reason." He snorts with a smug smile. " Or is it because I have an effect on you....?"“ What? Bullshit!!" I scoffed and gasped at the same time. " Never in a million years."But...maybe, he does.•••A/n:-This one is not edited at all. I just straightaway wrote and published it,lol.Yes, I'm dumb.It would be very kind of you to tell me if there're any errors.And just wanted to know my readers' ages. Cummmmmonnnn!! Drop down your age guys.I'm 17 by the way!