Hyunjin - Mask

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Walking around at 3 am was not a good idea, you knew that, but you were dying for a drink you had recently tried, and since the convenience store was open 24/7 you figured why not? You hadn't gotten any of your friends to come along with you, saying they were tired after the tour of the city. You had been in Korea for about 2 weeks now, but since you had studied Korean on your own beforehand you knew enough to hold a fluent 5 minute conversation. Finally arriving at the convenience store you walked in and greeted the man behind the counter. You found the drink you had fell in love with earlier that day and went to the counter to pay for it. You handed the man the money and left the store to go home again, hoping you would fall asleep quickly.

You opened your drink while walking and took a big sip. You didn't know if it was because you were kind of dehydrated or because you were a little sleepy, but the drink tasted even better now than it had earlier. You started to lightly hum on 《Beautiful People》 by Ed Sheeran. As you continued to walk back to your friends. You started hearing sounds of steps behind you and when you turned you could see a tall, slim, man in a black mask, and all black clothes. He was looking at his phone, and you didn't really think much of it until you realised he took every turn you did. If you turned right, he did as well, if you turned left, he did. You started to get seriously suspicious of this man. You didn't know how old he was since you could see his face because of his cap, but based on his build you would assume he would be in his early 20's.

Thoughts about the man appeared in your head. Why was he out this late at night? Was he a pervert? Why did he have a big stuffed backpack? Could he be a killer? He was dressed incredibly suspicious for a normal person. You knew that masks were pretty normal in Korea, but there was just something about the all black attire and the fact that he was alone that didn't seem right to you. You tried speeding up to check if he would as well. To your surprise, he didn't but he still took the same turns as you. You decided to speed up once again and walk around the next turn, and then call him out. You hid behind the next turn and after a couple of seconds he walked past you, still looking at his phone. When he were a couple of meters in front of you, you called him out. “Hey you! Why are you following me? Stop being such a creep!” The man looked up from his phone and turned around to look at you. When you saw his face you got shook.

He looked younger than you thought he was, and he was definitely the most handsome guy you had ever seen. Such a shame he's a stalker, you thought. He looked around like it wasn't clear enough that you were talking to him. It wasn't exactly like there was anyone else around. “Me?” He said and pointed to himself surprised. “Yes you! Who else?” You said keeping your distance. “I'm sorry, but there's clearly been a misunderstanding here.” He said calming down and walking closer to you. “Oh really? It sure doens't seem like it. A random guy dressed in all black from head to toe, with a mask and a cap, carrying a stuffed backpack and takes every turn I do? You can't tell me that doesn't seem suspicious to you.” “Okay when you say it like that yes, but I promise you I am not a creep!” He said arguing back. “Okay prove it then!” You said back.

“This might sound ridiculous to you depending on how much you know about Korean music, but I am an idol and am therefore kind of obliged to wear a mask and a cap when I walk back and forth from the dorm to dance practice.” “An idol huh? Yeah sure you are, and I am a top actress.” You said sarcastically. “I am! Search me up! The name is Hwang Hyunjin and I am a part of a group called Stray Kids.” Playing along with his bullshit you searched him up and thousands and thousands of pictures came up. “Take off your cap and mask so I can compare” you said. He did as you told him to and took it off, sure enough they were the same, and you started to feel embarrassed by your actions. But to be 100% sure you asked him. “Show me your ID.” “Are you for real? Isn't this enough proof?” He said stunned. “Just do it! I know surgery is fairly common, I just want to make sure.” You said already embarrassed.

He sighed and proceeded to find his ID and showed it to you. He then put his back into his backpack and looked at you. “Are we good now?” He said looking exhausted. “Yeah, sorry.” You mumbled, but loud enough to make him hear you. “It's okay, I guess I did seem pretty suspicious.” You nodded and started walking again, he soon walked beside you. “So I am guessing you live around here too?” He asked you. “Yeah, temporarily at least. I am here on vacation.” You answered. “Oh, then why were you out so late?” He asked. “I couldn't sleep and I tasted this drink today that I fell in love with, so since the convenience stores here are open 24/7 I decided to grab one, but none of my friends wanted to join me since they were tired. And you? Why were you out so late?” You asked him back. “Oh, I'm out this late every day. As an idol we have to practice dancing and singing a lot, so we are often out late practicing and up early to practice as well.” He said.

“Seems exhausting.” You said sympathetically. “It is, but it is worth it. There is nothing better in this world than seeing people sing along to the music we make, or see someone smile because of us. It's a feeling I am incredibly lucky to experience.” He said. “Wow, that sounds incredible! You have really interesting thoughts and I wish I could hear more of them, but unfortunately this is where we split. I live over there.” You said pointing to the house you were staying in. “Oh, well it was really nice meeting you, even though the conditions were, interesting, to say the least.” He laughed, making you laugh as well.

You were about to walk away from him when he took out a piece of paper from his backpack and wrote something on it. “Here! I hope we meet again!” He smiled and gave the note to you before leaving you alone. Opening it you saw a phone number and a little message. “You're cute when you're embarrassed, let's meet again.”

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A/n

First of all, sorry for taking so long, me taking physics, math and biology makes me buried in homework 24/7 which leaves me with barely any time to write even though I have ideas I want to use...

And yes I know I have kind of used this concept before but it's still different so...yeah.

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