A/N: Hey guys! How are all of you doing? Good I hope. Welcome to the 12th chapter. So I decided things are going to pick things up a bit in terms of time. I don't know if you noticed but Shinji has only been in Korea for three days and its been like 12 chapters hahaha!
So, I decided after the next chapter, we'll probably time skip a little bit. Just a little bit.
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Normal: Korean
Bold: English
Underline: Japanese
Italicized: Thoughts
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6:13 P.M. TWICE's Dorm
"Finally were done!" Momo yelled falling face first into the sofa and hugging the first pillow she could grab. The rest of the girls seemed to mirror her feelings as they all dropped into their chairs exhausted.
Shinji was the last to come into the apartment, closing the door behind them as they began to relax around the living room. The other main concern was now what they should eat for dinner. There was no way Shinji was going to cook. He could barely make scrambled eggs without a video. Last thing he wants to do is wing it and send nine girls to the hospital.
Shinji thought about asking Jeongyeon, but she seems to be really tired. He was pretty sure the last thing she wanted was slave over a hot stove, standing for another hour or so.
"Do you girls want to get take out for dinner?" Shinji suggested walking to where the girls were leaning onto the table. All of their heads were on the table facing down, and whilst on the table, they all turned their heads. Shinji couldn't help but laugh at their tired faces. "I'm assuming thats a yes"
"What did you have in mind?" Jeongyeon asked, being the only person knows how to cook properly, she was curious at what Shinji was about to suggest.
"I don't know... Maybe some Chinese take out? Something fast and we can all share?" Shinji answered taking out his phone and began searching for the closest restaurant.
"You know what? I could really use some jajangmyeon right now..." Dahyun said her voice muffled because her head was down on the table.
"Oh yesss pleaseee!" Chaeyoung agreed the two raising their hands for a high five but missed terribly.
"Ok jajangmyeon... Does anyone else want it?" Shinji asked taking out a pen and piece of paper from the table, ready to write down what they wanted. He was thinking everyone was about to order something different but everyone rose their hands up for jajangmyeon. "Ok... Nine jajangmyeon it is... I might as well get one too."
"Can we get side dishes too?" Momo asked, poking her head from the sofa so only her nose and eyes showed.
"Kimchi?" Shinji asked and Momo groaned at his reply.
"We will always get kimchi for take out oppa, it's basically mandatory" Momo replied.
"Soooo... ... More kimchi?" Shinji asked with smile. With that reply the girls began to giggle while Momo whipped a pillow at him. Shinji laughed as he caught the pillow with ease. "Sorry, sorry! What about uhh... Chili Saewoo (Chili Shrimp)? Or Tangsuyuk(Sweet and Sour pork)? Or Mandu(Dumplings)?"
"Yes" Momo replied with a deadpan expression.
"Huh? No Momo pick one!" Shinji replied back taken aback by what Momo had said.
"Ahhhh! Whhyyyy. They're all so good!" Momo complained raising her head so her pouting face was shown.
"Pouting with that face of yours ain't gonna work Momo. If I gave you all that food I guarantee Soojin will kill me" Shinji defended. He never saw Soojin mad, and to be honest he would love to keep it that way.
"Fine!" Momo frowned cutely and dropped back onto the sofa. "I'll take the Tangsuyuk!"
"Ok! Tangsuyuk. Anyone have a problem with that one?" Shinji asked, and the girls all shook their heads. It seemed they were just happy to get food regardless of what it was.
"As long as I get my jajangmyeon you can order anything you want" Jeongyeon said waving her arm around.
"Okay" Shinji chuckled. He began to dial the phone number and order their rather large order of jajangmyeon. "If its easier for you guys, you can just put everything in a giant container. We can sort it out ourselves ajumma... ... ... No, no! Anything to make your life easier. Yes! Thank you very much!"
Shinji hung up the phone after the little conversation he had with the ajumma. "So it'll be ready in a couple of minutes. Apparently their really busy right now so i'm going to go pick it up when its ready"
When Sana heard the words I'm going she smiled mentally as this was the perfect opportunity. Her plan can now go into motion!
"I can come with you oppa!" Sana exclaimed excitedly shooting up from her seat.
"What?" Jihyo popped her head up from the table, looking directly at Sana. The other members lifted their heads up as well to look at Sana, and briefly glancing at Jihyo.
Shinji didn't mind the idea however seeing how she just came back from a photoshoot. "Are you sure Sana? Aren't you tired? Wouldn't you want to rest and--"
"I'm fine oppa! Plus you don't know this area well so I can show you around!" Sana interrupted. She seemed really excited for some reason, and Shinji didn't really have a reason to say no. Let's be honest here, Shinji would probably get lost even if he had his phone.
"Hm... If you're okay with it then sure" Shinji smiled with nod. Sana mentally pumped her fist into he air in victory.
"Can I come along as well?" Jihyo asked raising her hand as if it was a classroom. Sana immediately felt threatened. There was no way in hell Jihyo was going to but into their one on one time.
"I think me and Sana should be fine. I don't want too many of you going outside. I'm afraid we might get noticed." Shinji stated. Needless to say Jihyo felt defeated while Sana on the other hand...
"YES! Good job oppa! Hehehe!" Sana was celebrating in her head. She was about to get some alone time with Shinji. Even though she had a bit of alone time with him this morning, she was happy she is able to spend more time with him. "Were only out till we pick up the food, so I need to make use of this time!"
"Which reminds me. Sana?" Shinji called out to the daydreaming girl. She didn't seem to hear him so Shinji decided to walk closer to her. He crouched down so he was eye level with her and said her name. "Minatozaki Sana? Hellooo?"
"AH!" Sana jumped snapping her head to Shinji who, at least in her eyes was close to her. "W-What?"
"Are you okay? You sure you're not tired are you?" Shinji asked his face painted with concern.
"No, no! I was just um" Sana began but her eyes were moving quickly between his eyes an lips. "J-Just wondering where I could show you around with the time we have"
"Oh. Okay. I was just going to say to wear something you can disguise yourself with. We don't want people noticing you and me and get the wrong idea" Shinji said with a chuckle. When he stood back up and began walking to the doorway, Sana pouted at him.
"I'd like that wrong idea to happen, idiot" Sana thought to herself.
"Well Sana, we should probably head out soon. The faster we get there the faster we can get some food into you" Shinji suggested putting on his shoes.
"Okay!" Sana jumped out of her seat with a smile and skipped away to her room humming happily. The girls began to giggle at Sana's excitement, the exception being Jihyo, who looked a little bit. Okay not a little bit, very irritated.
"Sana was quick on the draw huh?" Jeongyeon smirked bumping her elbow onto Jihyo's arm. The leader snapped her head to the short haired idol and sent a menacing glare at her. Jeongyeon widened her eyes in fear and her head unconsciously moved back. "Oooooook...."
"This what you get for teasing too much Jeongyeon-ah" Nayeon joked giggling at Jeongyeon's fear for their leader.
"Wah... I've never seen Jihyo this angry..." Dahyun whispered to Chaeyoung. The two maknae's were scared shitless of Jihyo, especially when she was angry. Though this anger was different, it was frustration.
"Never thought Sana and Jihyo would fight over the same guy... They honestly look like they have different tastes" Chaeyoung added.
"I always thought Jihyo would be into a more business like man you know? Someone who is really well put together, mature." Dahyun thought. "And Sana seems like she would like a more outgoing, energetic person. Someone caring, thoughtful, and loves her a lot"
"Then whats Shinji-oppa?" Chaeyoung asked.
"Uhhhh...." Dahyun began to brainstorm. "I mean he's pretty mature right?"
"Hm... I guess so? He has a cool head, most of the time, and can be quite insightful too... No doubt he is thoughtful and caring." Chaeyoung continued the thought.
"He's also REALLY good looking in those clothes" Dahyun added getting a whack from Chaeyoung. "What? It's a nice little bonus"
"What are you two talking about?" Jihyo's voice rung out causing the two maknae's spine to stiffen.
"N-Nothing!" The two girls replied in fear. The two didn't dare to turn and face her. Just imagining Jihyo's angry glare was enough to scare them.
"Ugh... I'm getting so annoyed over this little thing!" Jihyo wanted to shake this feeling out of her. She can't help but feel jealous. She needed to calm down before she blows up for no reason and make the girls uncomfortable. "It's okay Jihyo. Once the promotions are over, you can take him out... You can shoot your shot then!"
"Okay I'm ready!" Sana called out skipping to Shinji whose back was turned to her. "Time to kick it up a notch!" Sana suddenly slithered her hand into Shinji's. The young man shot his head down to his hand which was intertwined with Sana's and ever so slightly blushed.
"Sana?!" Shinji yelped looking at her. Sana merely tilted her head, looking back at him as if nothing happened. "Y-Your hand?"
"Yeah? Whats wrong oppa?" Sana smiled happily, bringing her other hand up, clasping his one hand with both of hers. At this point Shinji began to blush even harder and Sana was loving every minute of it.
"Yaaah... Sana is going for an all-out attack" Momo stated not believing what was happening in front of her.
"I guess Sana is in the lead now." Dahyun added.
"Look at him blushing! Hehehe!" Chaeyoung giggled enjoying the little show in front of her.
"Tch... Stealing my idea" Nayeon groaned tapping the table in annoyance.
Jeongyeon didn't want to say anything as Jihyo already looked annoyed enough. Although, she did steal a glance at the leader and not much to be surprised about. Jihyo was smiling while gripping onto the table mats tightly. Jeongyeon turned around and said a silent wow, knowing now, definitely not to screw with her.
The final person to react to this was Tzuyu. The youngest honestly felt a little uncomfortable watching Sana get a little touchy with him. Whether or not she was jealous, she didn't know. If there's one thing she knew though. She wanted to know what it felt like to hold his hand.
"Oppa! Come on let's go!" Sana excitedly cheered opening the door and pulling Shinji out. The faster they were out the door meant that she had more time to spend with him. She was not letting this opportunity go to waste.
"Okay, okay! Stop pulling!" Shinji chuckled. Though her pulling wasn't doing much. Sana looked like she was trying to pull a 200 ton truck while Shinji was there just chuckling not moving and inch. "I'll see you girls later"
"Why are you so heavy?!" Sana blurted out as Shinji followed her outside. They're conversation began to mellow out as he closed the door behind them. The last words they heard coming from Shinji was...
"Are you saying I'm fat?"
With those last words, the girls began to laugh with the exception of Jihyo, Nayeon, and Tzuyu. Jihyo scoffed getting up from her seat and walking to the sofa where Momo was, and dropping down right beside her. Nayeon pouted with her cheeks resting on her palms. Tzuyu had the same blank look on her face that no one can read. However, the members could agree on one emotion that was present. Jealousy.
Outside...
"Oppa! Come on! Pick up the pace!" Sana complained and was jumping on the spot waiting for her manager. The girl was way to excited, even thinking this little outing was a mini-date of sorts. Shinji on the other hand couldn't help but smile at the girls enthusiasm. It's like todays schedule didn't even faze her.
"Alright, alright! Wait for me okay?" Shinji yelled out jogging to catch up to her. "Why are you so hyper? You seem pretty dead when you were back at the dorm."
"I'm excited thats why!" Sana replied looping her arm around his, and her hand slithering back into his palm.
Shinji's eyes moved to his hand and once more was blushing at the skin contact with Sana. Her hands were really soft and smooth, and to be honest he kinda liked holding hands with her. Well she's the only girl he ever held hands with... With the exception of his family...
"Excited about what exactly? Picking up food?" Shinji joked.
"Aniiii~!" Sana shook her head. She smiled deviously and leaned in close to his ear. "I get to hang out with you alone..."
Shinji swore that his body temperature went up to 50 degrees. He was blushing and anyone who was walking by could see it. He did not expect Sana to do anything remotely close to that. Sana, however, was completely enjoying the effect she had on him. She might be shy at times, but she can really amp it up when she needs to.
"C-Come on... L-Let's go" Shinji stuttered walking along with Sana sticking close to him looking ecstatic.
As the two walked on further into the city, the crowd of people began to grow larger and larger. With that, came the concern of Sana being found out. Which was the biggest fear for Shinji. He didn't know a lot about idols, but he knew enough about celebrities in Asia. How the public can judge a couple harshly based on who they are, what they do, and what they looked like. He had to be careful.
Sana was also in the same boat. If by chance she was recognized fans would be swarming her and camera's would be flashing everywhere. Effectively ruining her pseudo-date with Shinji. Yes, that was her main concern. If they were to get found out, the media would most likely assume the two were dating. To which, in her mind is 100% okay. Though she wasn't really sure how the fans would react.
Funnily enough, people were staring at them, but not because they were found out. Skin ship, especially intimate skin ship is not very common in Asia let alone Korea. Since Sana was practically hugging Shinji, they stood out from other couples. Not only that. Shinji was still wearing his 'stylish' clothing that was almost made for him. Which attracted a lot of female eyes, which did not go unnoticed by Sana.
Sana on the other hand, despite wearing a disguise, still had her beautiful silky blondish hair flowing about freely. People could tell she was beautiful just by glancing at her. In all... The two looked like a perfect couple, which really stood out to everyone.
Shinji began to look a little nervous since everyone had their eyes on them as they passed. Sana also had the same feeling but as they kept on passing by people, they figured it was okay.
The two finally reached their destination. It was a long shopping street that was full of restaurants, and food stalls. The smell alone from the street was assaulting their noses. The smell of street toasts, cheesy sausage bread, and many others were making the two salivate.
"God this stuff smells so good!" Shinji said as he breathed in the vapors of the food.
"This diet sucks..." Sana pouted.
"Good thing I'm not on a diet" Shinji teased with smile on his face Sana puffed her cheeks at him, even though he couldn't see it. Although he had a feeling she was, since that was something she would do when she was upset. "I'm joking little squirrel"
"You know my fans actually call me a squirrel?" Sana laughed after hearing Shinji call her that.
"I'm not surprised. You kinda do, especially when you puff your cheeks. It's like you're storing acorns in them" Shinji smiled poking Sana's cheek through the mask. "Boop!"
"Stop it!" Sana laughed brushing his hand away from her face. "Come on! Let's go walk around for a bit!"
With that said, Sana pulled Shinji along with her to walk around the shopping street. Sana was showing him the places the girls regular at when they're not doing promotions. Some of the restaurants even have private rooms for them when they do go to eat.
"Oh! This looks pretty good" Shinji pointed at a food stall. There was an old man and lady, a married couple it seems, manning the stall.
"Ah! Dak-Kkochi (chicken skewers with scallions). It's pretty good! Similar to Yakitori" Sana explained.
"Ajumma!" Shinji called out to the old lady.
The ajumma looked up and saw Shinji walking up to her stall. She smiled happily at him and greeted him back with great enthusiasm. "Hello! good evening! How can I help you young man?"
"Can I get two skewers please?" Shinji asked, handing the ajumma 4,000 Won.
"Of course, thank you dearie! Buying one for your girlfriend too I see?" The ajumma said smiling at Sana.
"G-G-G-Girlfriend?!" Sana began to blush heavily, and thank god the mask was hiding it. It did indeed look like they were girlfriend and boyfriend... But for someone to actually say it... It was embarrassing but she also felt really giddy inside as well.
"A-Ah! Ajumma I think--" Shinji began but the ajumma quickly pulled her husband over.
"Yobo! Don't these two look so good together? Ahh! They look so cute." The ajumma squealed in delight.
"Isn't one of them wearing a mask?" The husband replied.
"Aish!" The ajumma quickly whacked her husbands head. "Why can't you just agree with me?!"
Sana didn't know why, but she felt like she wanted to be approved. She looked around before doing the unthinkable. She quickly walked up next to Shinji, looping her arm around Shinji's. "Ajumma, Ajusshi!" She called out, grabbing the two's attention.
Shinji was absolutely shocked at what Sana did.
She just took off her mask!
"How about now? Do we look good together?" Sana asked holding onto Shinji tighter.
"OMO!!!" The ajumma squealed once more.
"Oooh! Wow, the fit is perfect!" The ajusshi said with a smile on his face.
"Sana what are you doing?!" Shinji whispered yelled as his eyes were darting around them, hopping no one could see her.
"Hehehe! They called us a perfect couple!" Sana giggled happily, completely ignoring Shinji's concerns.
"Oh! Aren't you that singer for TWICE?" The ajumma asked.
From that point on, Shinji felt his blood run cold. Sana on the other hand got a little scared. She wanted to say something, but before she could, the ajumma beat her to her thought.
"Don't worry. I won't tell anyone." The ajumma said, getting a sigh a relief from Sana and Shinji. "I'm pretty sure you have enough people bothering you as it is regularly. I wouldn't want to to ruin your date."
"Date?" Shinji questioned. While Sana put her face mask back on to hide her identity, and the smile what was forming onto her face.
"Here you two go. Two skewers, and one on the house as well!" The ajumma said, handing the Shinji the three skewers.
"Ah, ajumma there was no need to I--" Shinji was once again cut off by the ajumma.
"No, no! Take it young man. Eat and have fun! Now go on!" The ajumma shooed. Shinji couldn't help but chuckle as he bowed in thanks, along with Sana.
"Thank you very much ajumma! I'll make sure to visit again!" Shinji yelled out as he began walking away with Sana.
"Make sure to bring your girlfriend too!" The ajumma called out waving good bye to the assumed couple.
"I guess we do sort of look like a couple huh?" Shinji thought aloud. He didn't think badly of it, in fact he felt kind of happy someone would think that. Anyone would be lucky to have Sana as a girlfriend. "She's a really sweet girl, very caring as well. Always has such an infectious energy... plus she's way to adorable for her ow n good.... WAIT, WHAT AM I THINKING?"
"Correction, a perfect one!" Sana added jumping a little in excitement. She then looked around the street and realized they didn't really have a place they could eat the skewers. She would be instantly recognized once she took off her mask. "Where can we even eat these?"
Shinji also had the same thought. "Maybe we can find a spot that's less crowded. Come on." Shinji tugged Sana along lightly, walking through the huge crowd of the street market.
Eventually once they actually got past the food stalls, the population density began to decrease. They were also nearing the restaurant Shinji ordered from as well.
"I think here should be good" Shinji stated bringing Sana over to an alleyway. Don't worry, it was just a smaller street. There were still restaurants and neon signs. It was just the alleyway with the least amount of people. Plus it was only lit by the signs so Sana'a face would
be covered by the darkness.
"Here oppa! Open your mouth!" Sana took off her mask, revealing her usual bright smile. She held up the chicken skewer up to Shinji's mouth, and the boy would have been stupid to refuse it.
Shinji smiled and took a bite of it, making a sound of bliss as it hit his taste buds. He then in turn brought up his skewer in front of Sana. The Japanese girl giggles cutely as she she took a bite as well.
Sana felt butterflies in her stomach. This day could honestly could not get any better for her. She felt like she was actually his girlfriend, and it was a feeling she could get used to.
While Sana was happily enjoying Shinji feeding her she was eating quite messily. Shinji chuckled and walked slightly closer to her. "Sana, you're getting food every where on your mouth"
"Hmmm?" Sana looked up at Shinji, who was now closer than she expected. She froze in place. Shinji was beaming a smile at her, the same one that always makes her heart beat faster. He raised his and gently brushed his thumb over the sauce that was sticking to corner of her lips. Her whole body tingled and felt goosebumps popping up everywhere on her body when he she felt his touch. "T-Thank you.." She smiled shyly looking away for just a moment.
When her eyes returned to his, her heart rate spiked. He smiled at her while licking off the sauce from his thumb. The same sauce that was on HER lips just a moment ago. Sana could not believe it. They basically just had an indirect kiss! AGAIN! Technically they already did kiss, but Sana barely counted that one.
"Ohmygod, ohmygod! He's going to drive me crazy!" Sana was squealing in her head. There were too many emotions going on in her heart and she doesn't know if she can handle it anymore. He was being kind, sincere, cute, and sexy all at the same time.
"Sana? Sana?" Shinji started waving his hand in front of Sana's face, trying to grab her attention.
"Huh?! Y-Yeah?! W-What?!" Sana yelled making Shinji jump slightly.
"The food should be ready to pick up. Let's go yeah?" Shinji asked holding out his hand.
The sole fact that Shinji held out his hand for her to hold made her smile. She happily grabbed onto his hand with both of hers and snuggled herself to his arm. She has only ever felt this happy two times in her life. When she debuted the first time on stage, and winning song of the year.
The two finally made it to the Chinese restaurant Shinji had ordered from. And just like they said on the phone, they were busy as hell. When the two walked inside, an ajumma came up to them asking if they were sitting down, to which Shinji denied and told her he had ordered take out.
"AH! The ten jajangmyeon and tangsuyuk? correct?" The lady asked.
"Yes, thank you very much ajumma" Shinji bowed taking out the JYP credit card. The ajumma handed the payment terminal over to Shinji.
Another lady brought out four filled up bags and placed it on the counter for them to carry. She made a grunt as she did so. "Be careful young man, these are pretty heavy. Thank you very much!"
"Thank you very much! Thank you for your hard work" Shinji replied with Sana bowing in respect. Sana was about to grab one of the bags to help Shinji, however he quickly looped his fingers through al four and lifted it up like it was nothing.
"Whoa! Isn't that heavy?" Sana asked watching in amazement as Shinji walked out the door no problem.
"Huh? No, not really" He replied casually.
"Are you sure you don't need help?" Sana asked.
"Like I said Sana, it's okay." Shinji smiled, touched that she wanted to help. "Let's just head back now yeah? Otherwise Momo will get hangry."
"What about the others?" Sana asked.
"I feel like Momo will turn into the Hulk if she won't get her food. Start smashing things and throwing stuff" Shinji joked getting the Japanese idol to laugh.
"You say it like you met the the Hulk before" Sana giggled.
*Flashback*
"TINY MAN SPIDER, WHERE HULK FOOD! FOOD NOW!"
*SMASH*
"FOOOOOOD!"
"Hulk JESUS CHRIST CALM--" Shinji latched onto the ceiling avoiding the fridge Hulk just threw at him. He flipped back down as he threw the entire stove at him. "--DOWN!"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
*Flashback End*
"You have no idea Sana. You have no idea" Shinji thought to himself.
"God this stuff smells sooo good" Sana exclaimed smelling the aroma of the jajangmyeon. She ate some skewers earlier, but the smell of noodles mixed with some fried pork was causing her salivate. Shinji was no better off. He couldn't wait to go home and chow down.
"Home? OH SHIT! I have to call Kirika" Shinji thought. He quickly got his other hand to carry the two other bags as he reached for his phone. He quickly dialed for Kirika and she immediately picked up.
"Hey!" Kirika screamed making Shinji back away from his phone. "Where they hell did you go? You didn't come home last night, and you're still not home! Where are you?"
"Ahh! I'm sorry okay? I told you I was staying at TWICE's dorm because of a late night. Right now i'm just delivering them food."
"Did you at least get me something?" She asked. Shinji began to sweat. "i'm taking the silence as a no"
"No, no, no! Of course I got you something!" Shinji said lying through his teeth. "Uuhhh..." Shinji began to look around for anything Kirika might like. His eyes landed on a Korean waffle shop.
"Perfect!" He thought.
"I got you some Bungeo-ppang(the fish waffle filled with red bean)!" Shinji exclaimed thankful a shop was right there. Sana was merely looking at Shinji since she didn't know a word he was saying. Well, he was speaking to fast for her process. Though she did hear the Bungeo-ppang part and looked for the shop.
"Did he want some? Oh, oh! He's buying it for Kirika right?! If I can get his sister to like me it's like a bonus item! I think thats what Mina calls it when she plays those games..." Sana was excited for the idea. She secretly began to walk towards the shop, hoping she could surprise Shinji.
Sana sneaked off and waited until the traffic lights turned red for her to cross. There were a couple of people beside her, most notably a little girl. When the walk signal lit up everyone began to cross the street.
Shinji who was still on the phone noticed Sana was gone. "Huh? Where did she go?" Shinji began looking around however the fact that there were a bunch of people, he couldn't properly make her out.
The cross light signal finally went to a full stop. The traffic lights were about to go green once more. As Sana was about to walk towards the sweets shop she saw a blur go right by her, except the opposite direction. She glanced to see who it was and saw the same little girl, but...
"WHY IS SHE RUNNING BACK?!" Sana screamed. She saw a little doll in the middle of the road, and that must've belonged to her. Sana didn't even think twice about going after her. The little girl ran back onto the street as the cars had already began to move forward and cross the intersection. By the time Sana had reached her, the car was only meters away from them. That's when Shinji found her.
"SANA?! That little girl!? They're gonna get killed!" Shinji screamed in his head. His Spider-senses were kicking in, he could feel the imminent danger approaching. As his senses were being dialed to a hundred, it almost felt like everything surrounding him was going into slow motion.
His eyes and mind were working at full capacity. He needed to figure out a way to save them, safely and all the while maintaining the two's anonymity. Though the latter half was less important. "The vehicle is moving around 30km an hour. Not good. The collision will kill the little girl and injure Sana badly! The car's behind it seemed to have noticed the two of them so they are already preparing to stop... Distance between the leading main collision car and the rear is around 20 meters... Set web grenade to activate 1.3 seconds after hitting secondary target. Rear car will act as the opposite force, causing the car slow down significantly, giving me the window I need to jump in. I have 2.1 seconds to do this..."
With the plan in his head done in only a couple of milliseconds, the world in his eyes began to move again. In one fluid motion, Shinji ran, using all of the force in his legs to launch forward. He turned his body whilst in the air, facing Sana and his back towards the car. With a quick flick of his wrist, he sent a small spherical orb from his web-shooters. The web grenade flew down and bounced right underneath the approaching car, bouncing out to the back and latching on to the rear car.
As time went back to normal, the event ended in a blink of an eye. Shinji grabbed both the girl and Sana, flying back onto the sidewalk. The web grenade detonated, firing a blindingly fast stream of webs to the front car, latching itself onto the vehicle. With the sudden force of the rear car braking, it also caused the front car to jerk and slow down significantly. Just like how Shinji had planned. And due to the fact that it was only around 30km, the driver didn't get severe whiplash.
Everyone around the streets were shocked at what happened. It ended in a blink of an eye and no one noticed anything. All they knew was that a girl went back to grab her doll, a woman tried to save her, and next thing they knew, the two girls were brought back safely by a unknown guy.
"Are you two alright?" Shinji asked.
Sana opened her eyes slowly and found herself laying on top of Shinji who was holding onto her. "Oppa!"
"Miyoung-ah!" A woman called out, pushing her way through the crowd. "Oh my god! You're alright!"
"Mommy!" The girl jumped out of Sana's arms rushing to her mother, the two sharing a heart warming hug. The mother turned to Sana and Shinji bowing her head non-stop.
"Thank you, thank you!" She repeated, tears were starting to form in her eyes. "Thank you so much!"
"I'm just glad your daughter is okay ma'am" Shinji said softly. He began to get up from the ground helping Sana up onto her feet as well, making sure to support her as he did.
When the two were on their feet, Shinji turned to face the little girl. He knelt down so he was around the same height. He gently reached out and placed his hand on top of her head.
"Are you okay?" Shinji asked patting her head with the warmest smile he could give. Miyoung shyly nodded her head, not being able to look at him. "Don't look so sad... Look!"
Miyoung slightly glanced upwards and was met with Shinji holding up her doll up to his face. He held the doll by the hands and began trying to talk in a cartoonish voice.
"Miyoung-ah! Don't look so sad! I'm right here! Thank you for trying to save me! But! Don't scare your mom like that okay? She was really worried for you! Be sure to apologize okay?" Shinji said moving the doll all funny like as if it was doing a funny dance. Slowly Miyoung began to smile again seeing the little performance Shinji put on for her.
Shinji put down the doll and gave it back to Miyoung whom quickly, right after receiving it, hugged it tightly. "I'll make sure to apologize oppa! Thank you for saving my doll! But your voice acting sucks"
"Ow!" Shinji faked hurt, holding his heart in pain after hearing her criticism. "Wah... Miyoung-ah. You're so mean. I thought oppa did a pretty good job!"
"Hehehehehe!" Miyoung began giggling uncontrollably seeing Shinji dramatically react to her statement. "Your so silly!"
"I don't know if I can take it anymore..." Shinji over dramatically said clenching his heart in pain, causing the little girl to laugh even more.
Sana looked on, watching how Shinji was interacting with her. She was amazed at how quickly he managed to get her to talk to him. The way he comforted her, and made her laugh.
"He's good with kids too..." Sana thought. Watching the event unfold in front of her only reinforced her feelings for him. How can someone so kind exist?
Afterwards, Miyoung apologized to her mother, to which she happily accepted. The two ladies began to make their way home, with Miyoung constantly waving back at Shinji and Sana with great enthusiasm. It was cute. She would turn every once in a while to wave goodbye and Shinji would return it in the same fashion.
Sana also waved good-bye, but her eyes were locked onto Shinji. Every facial expression, every movement, she watched in great detail. The way his eyes sparkled with happiness every time he waved back. This boy was stealing her heart and he doesn't even realize it.
The two ladies finally were out of sight. Shinji sighed in satisfaction, but felt a weird gaze on him. He turned to his right and was met with Sana just staring at him. He raised one eyebrow in confusion and brought his hand up to her face, waving it up and down.
"Sana?" He said.
Hearing her name snapped her back into reality. He face began to blush full red. "Oh my god! How long was I staring?!"
"Sana... You really are an idiot huh?" Shinji said flicking her forehead.
"AH!" Sana held her forehead in pain and pouted angrily at Shinji. "What was that for?!"
"For jumping in front of traffic! What were you thinking?!" Shinji began and immediately Sana began to cave in. "You could've died!"
"I-I couldn't just watch and see her get hit..." Sana mumbled sadly.
Shinji bit his lip, wondering if he yelled at her a little too harshly. He looked at her one more time and saw how sad she looked. "It's not like she wanted me to worry... I would've done the same thing..."
"Hey..." Shinji gently tilted her chin up with his hand, his eyes looking into hers. "I'm sorry."
"I just... I just can't bear to see you get hurt." Shinji began. He then did something unexpected. He walked forward, his hands dropping, looping around her back. He brought Sana into an embrace, his head over her her shoulder. "I care about you too much..."
Time stopped for Sana. The feeling of his arms around her felt so right, and warm. His voice riddled with care and worry. She felt safe and protected in his arms. His words struck a chord in her heart. She could stay like this forever...
Unfortunately... They were in a public space. Where people who giving them odd looks. Sana noticed this and began to tap Shinji's shoulders. "Erhm... O-O-Oppa... P-People are s-staring..."
"Huh?" Shinji realized what he was doing. He immediately retracted his arms his cheeks growing red in embarrassment. "S-Sorry..."
"N-No... It's fine..." Sana replied the two standing next to each other awkwardly. The Japanese idol did feel kind of disappointed when Shinji released her from the hug... Hopefully it wasn't going to be the only one she gets.
"We should probably head back right?" Shinji stated.
"Yeah!"
The two began to walk home after picking up the Bungeo-ppang and the take out food. Surprisingly the take out food was all intact. Sana didn't know how that worked but she wasn't going to question it.
"God this is so awkward... We were fine just a couple minutes ago..." Shinji thought. The two have ben walking together for a while and haven't said a word. They were also standing apart from each other... Making it even more awkward... "And what I said to her earlier... I can't believe I said that! W-Well... It's not like its not true but..."
Shinji took a glance at Sana whom took off her mask to drink some water. Luckily for them, the street back doesn't see a lot of usage at this time.
Shinji caught himself staring a bit and felt a blush coming onto his cheeks. He couldn't help but notice how pretty Sana was. Well she was always pretty, but she seemed different? "Oh come on Shinji... What's wrong with you?!"
"Oppa was looking at me... Hehehehe! I'm one step closer to making you fall for me oppa!" Sana happily sang in her head.
Back in the dorm
"FOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!" Momo screamed running up to Shinji and snatching the bags from his hands. She quickly turned around and brought it back to the dining table. She was practically ripping the bags open.
"Thanks Shinji, for picking up the food! Oh me? No problem!" Shinji joked as the girls completely ignored him when he got back. He shook his head chuckling, taking off his shoes.
Sana laughed along with him, taking off her mask and finally feeling the freedom for her mouth. When the two made it over to the dining table, Jihyo spoke up with a worrisome face.
"What took you guys so long anyways? It's been almost 30 minutes" The leader asked pouring the jajangmyeon sauce into her noodles.
"O-Oh.. Uh..." Sana began to think of a proper excuse, and her stuttering only made it more suspicious.
"We ended up looking around too much haha. Sana brought me to a lot of cool places, so I guess we lost track of time" Shinji replied. It wasn't even a lie either, the two really did lose track of time. "I did have a lot fun with Sana. Just me and her. Together... ... No! Stop!"
"I bet you did..." Jihyo grumbled taking a full chop stick of noodles into her mouth.
Shinji took a seat and began unwrapping his portion. Sana also took a seat next to him. This was her opportune moment to show off her new close relationship with Shinji. The two mixed in their sauce and noodles just like everyone else. It also seemed like the girls poured the sweet and sour sauce all over the fried pork so no one needed to dip.
Sana smiled and took one of the tangsuyuk's and brought it over to Shinji's mouth. "Shin-chan say ahh!"
"Hrm?! *cough* *cough*" Shinji was caught off guard by the sudden nickname, and in Japanese no less. He spat out some noodles and even some sauce stuck to his lips. All the girls stopped eating. It was serious. Momo even stopped eating to look at Sana. "Shin-chan?!" Shinji repeated. He knows his Kakaotalk ID was Shin-chan but hearing someone actually say it?
"Haiyaku~~~~! Open your mouth~~" She even began to use her Osaka dialect. Shinji was not prepared for this sudden attack. His heart began to beat faster, and his brain stopped working. He'd be even lucky to know where he is right now.
"What..." Momo began.
"Is..." Dahyun continued.
"Happening..." Mina finished.
Jihyo was absolutely dumbfounded. Sana using aegyo, her Osaka dialect, and even acting like some sort of cutesy anime character... Some thing must have happened in order for her to do all that. Jihyo couldn't even be mad. In fact she was impressed.
"Alright Sana. I will let you win this time... But once Shinji-oppa goes out with me. I'll make sure to pull out all the stops..."
Shinji felt a shiver go down his spine.
"W-What was that?"
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A/N: Thanks for reading guys. I would've updated this yesterday but I was busy making the cover for the next book. It's looking pretty good. I'll probably show it to you guys sooner or later.
Anyways thanks for reading guys!!! See you in the next chapter!