JEONGIN POV
12 AM
'ramenramenramenramen'
there are many fine ramen flavors to choose from but the real question at the moment was: shrimp or chicken ?
'eh i'll take both and while i'm at it , a bottle of water.' (wig snatched)
currently , i'm the only one in the store other than the cashier who's name tag reads "Felix" but i don't mind at all. i head towards the front to pay for my ramen and bottle of water, handing Felix the proper amount of money when the bell dings, signaling that someone else has entered the store.
i don't bother to check who actually did though. i just grabbed my payed ramen and water from the counter and after saying "thank you" to Felix then headed towards the back to prepare one of my exquisitely chosen ramen.
out of the corner of my eye, i see a guy with a messy head of black hair pulled back by a white headband on. his pale skin complexion makes his rosy red lips pop even more if humanly possible .
'interesting' i think to myself
i couldn't help but have one thought about this stranger, 'this guy seems fishy.'
he heads on towards the beverage section all the way in the back.
where i'm currently sitting.
'he's gonna think i'm weird. eating shrimp flavored ramen with another bowl of chicken flavored ramen next to me ? at 12AM ? yeah totally normal and plus i'm sitting alone ? yeah, i definitely seem like i have a lot of friend's.'
he stuffs his hands in his black sweaters pockets while his eyes skim up and down along the variety of drinks in front of him. having a mental debate on what to choose. The lights from inside the machine gives his skin a glowy aura. Hell , he could pass for a model any day.
i try not to seem too suspicious as i take a look at his appearance. because checking out a stranger is weird as it is already. w h o o p s.
since it's fairly cold outside, due to it now being fall weather, he's wearing a half black and white striped sweater with the other side being full on plain black paired with ripped black skinny jeans, thin rounded glasses, an earring hanging from his right ear and to top it all off , a plain black surgical mask pulled down resting on his chin.
while he's still debating on what to drink , i see him bite on his bottom lip which i notice , has a small piercing on it.
i finish eating my shrimp ramen and take a sip of my now half-filled half-emptied water bottle, deciding to save the chicken ramen for later and while i do so, the guy seems to be at the front with ready to pay for . . . nothing?
as i start picking finished ramen to throw it away and carry my water in the other hand. I hear commotion at front of the room near the register between the dude and Felix.
"sorry sir, but you need to pay"
I walk towards a shelf near the front that serves as a wall between me and them crouching checking out objects on the bottom placing my water on the floor and picking up an object at random pretending that it caught my interest while trying to hear their conversation. I peek around the corner while trying to seem inconspicuous from their vision.
the guy tilts his head staring at Felix in the eyes with an unamused face. he pulls out his hands from his pocket while rolling his eyes and head in sync. he pulls his right sweater sleeve up exposing a tattoo that runs from his forearm to his elbow and putting his arm up so it's eye level in the cashiers face.
Felix's' eyes widen in surprise and begins to suddenly realize who was standing before him.
"You're here early"
He bends down to reach something next to his feet on the floor and comes back up with what seems to be a bottle with a tinted liquid inside placing it on the counter and sliding it over to headband dude, where he catches it , hums and looks at it in approval then puts his gaze back onto Felix.
"Why the sudden change? I Couldn't even recognise you hyun-'
I officially declare myself, the most idiotic person on this earth. I bumped into my water bottle that is now rolling on the floor and stopping after it hit an Anpanman cardboard cut out knocking that too on the floor.
Shit. i am so screwed. I need to run and get the heavens out of here.
I leave my water bottle dropping the object i was holding in my hand and dash towards the front door. Slamming my side into the push-and-pull door leaving but not before taking one last glance at the guys at the register. Felix looking at me in shock and headband dude looking at me with a smirk on his lips leaning on the counter, raising an eyebrow, when his eye color switched into a light purple hue.
I am screwed. Big time.
As i'm a couple feet away from the store, i hear the bell ring. And i have an idea on who it might be. No one else seems to be walking around here which means no watchers and witnesses that are able to watch this scene unfold.
I start bolting and running as if my life depended on it which at this point it might as well have. And start swerving taking sharp turns and weird paths as to get headband dude lost and away from me. As i run i see an long and (convenient) ominous alleyway that i know leads onto the street of my apartment which equals safety. I dash through and turn to see no one behind me which was great seeing i was out of breath from the intense run and start speed walking while trying to regain my breathing back to steady, but just as i'm almost halfway down, a silhouette jumps from atop one of the buildings down onto the grimy floor in front of me, preventing me from proceeding my trek to my safe house.
my eyes widen at the sudden apparition of the figure. its head tilts up ever so slowly , but what came as more of a shocker to me, was that the figure had a pair of wings.
w i n g s
and those wings were blocking my path home. i couldn't move. it was like i was paralyzed and frozen in time to stay still. no matter how much i tried to move, my body decided otherwise.
What the hell?!
