The Reason? - Yoon Jeonghan

Chapter 55

Jeonghan had been cool. He often was, Ophely realised. Unlike Seungcheol, he was more rational. He didn't often let his emotions take over. So when Ophely had regained her breathing, and that his leader was still standing in front of him with that haughty look on his face, he took things into his own hands.

"Get in there." Jeonghan told him. Letting Ophely go for one second, the time to push the guy into the room, "I'll come back."

With that he closed the door and pulled Ophely with him down the corridors of the building, he first stopped in the practice room to pick up his jacket and something to cover his face up, Ophely was handed a cap as well. She took it in silence. That was until, still with a stiff but delicate calmness, Jeonghan brought her to the entrance, indicating that they were leaving.

"Wait, Jeonghan, where are we going?" Ophely asked when they were out, very few people mingling in the surroundings. She trudged behind him as his hold on her wrist had yet to disappear.

"To cool down." He told her without stopping. She recognised the path that they were taking. A few streets over, a left turn then one block and to the right, would be the nearest convenience store the boys often visited when in need of snacks.

She tried to put herself in his shoes, what did he mean by that? Cool down? It was already slightly breezy in the city, already outside and she regretted not putting a long-sleeved t-shirt under her jumper. It was only inside the store, and feeling him going over to the left that she got his meaning.

"Are you for real?" She asked, already wheezing at the adult in front of her leaning over the frozen section, one cone in hand, his favourite. He hummed back at her, letting go of her hand to open the other door and pick up a popsicle she had never seen before (was that a shark on the package?).

"Of course I am. Now tell me what you'll like." What she wanted? Flavour wise?

She paused, looked over his shoulder, realising that she hadn't actually eaten any ice creams here in Korea yet, at least not convenience store ones. "Something I haven't had yet?" She wasn't even sure herself, it seemed like she hadn't tried any of what was in front of them. He looked up to face her, his face said it all. He thought the same. She could only give him a slight sheepish smile at that. "Something typical of here?"

He looked up at her. He knew that she recognised none of the sweet treats in front of them, everything was Korean. He sighed, looked back over the bins and tried to find what she would like. He brought up a Samanco. She stared at it, cocked her head to the side, what was she supposed to say?

"Yes?" That was enough of a response for him, he stood up, walked over to the counter and paid for them all.

They were out and back to Pledis. Jeonghan didn't say much during their walk out of the store, down the streets, up the stairs and along the corridor Not until he was in front of the studio. He opened the door, ice-creams in a small bag, handed the shark one over to Seungcheol inside and closed the door. He pulled Ophely with him up the stairs to the rooftop. And there, under the light drops of rain, he sat on the doorsteps and put the bag on his side, inviting Ophely to take a seat beside him. She did.

"Samanco Green tea flavoured for you." He handed her the green pack as he tore into his own ice-cream cone. Ophely was slower to open it, laughing a little at the sight of the wafer fish in her hands. They started eating in silence save for the sound of the rain falling on the rooftop. Here, they were alone.

"So" Jeonghan spoke up, "What did Cheol say to you earlier?"

Ophely looked at him, out to the grey sky and sighed. He didn't say anything, just waited for her to open up.