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Chapter 5

That had made you want to come even more. It had also made you that much more nervous when you arrived.

"Soju!" Caitlin sang, rushing over to the shelves with the alcohol. You laughed and rolled your eyes politely.

"You have a one-track mind. I'm going to go grab the toilet paper," you said. You walked away from your friends and began to explore the aisles for what you were looking for. In one of the aisles, you noticed a taller guy with a face mask on. Your initial impression was that you should go into another aisle. Even all the way here in Korea you were nervous to be in an aisle with other people. You didn't like to get in other people's way and preferred to just go into empty grocery store aisle but this one was the one that the toilet paper was in and you were trying to be less of a pushover, so you took a deep breath and walked down the aisle. The person glanced up at you, and you gave him a short smile.

He had a ball cap on so you couldn't see him very well but... Well, he resembled...

You shook the thought out of your head and browsed the paper products, trying to figure out which one you should get. You looked to see which products were the most expensive and tried to recall the brand you guys had gotten last time.

"We always buy that."

You startled and looked to your left. The guy was standing next to you, pointing at one of the more averagely priced packs.

"Oh um-"

"You're her right? The one that ran into Vernon and Woozi and Seungkwan the other day?"

You squinted at him silently for a moment. From this angle, you could see his face better. You could make out the shape of the bags of his eyes like little crescent moons turned upwards.

"Seungcheol," you breathed in surprise. You instinctively ducked your head into a deep bow, murmuring a polite hello to the boy. "What are the odds."

"We shop here a lot," Seungcheol responded. He smiled at you. "So it's not that odd."

"Are you shopping for everyone?" You asked him, pushing your hands into your back pockets. God, what did you even say to an idol when you ran into them on the street? There wasn't really any protocol to this. You didn't want to give him a bad impression of yourself.

"Yeah, I have to grab snacks for the others. We had a long practice today."

"Oh, maybe you can tell me what's good? I've been wanting to get myself some snacks," you replied. You couldn't tell for sure because he was wearing the facemask, but you could've sworn that Seungcheol smiled at that.

"You snack a lot?"

"I go through phases. Last year I swear all I did was get up in the middle of the night to eat snacks," you admitted with a shy laugh. You picked up a pack of toilet paper and followed Seungcheol through the grocery store.

"Jihoon is the same way," Seungcheol replied. "You know one time at two in the morning he woke up five members just to eat with him."

You couldn't help it- you laughed. For some reason, Jihoon didn't seem like the type to eat snacks in the middle of the night. You had always assumed people would judge you for doing just that, and you had tried to get away from it when you moved into the apartments with your friends. You liked to snack on things like chips and hated to be loud. Back when you lived in dorms you had gotten into the habit of going out into the hall just to eat a bag of chips.

"That's very..." you trailed off, reluctant to use the word that you wanted to use to describe the behavior. "Very... cute..."

Seungcheol laughed again.