WALKING INTO 'BOB'S SKATES', CHOI MISO COULDN'T HELP BUT FEEL A WAVE OF NOSTALGIA OVERCOME HER.
Memories of her childhood were flashing through her mind as she and her friends approached the front desk to collect their rollerblades. She could remember Beomgyu falling to the floor and onto his butt as soon as he stepped onto the Roller Rink and both of her parents couldn't help but laugh. She also remembered the times when her older brother acted like an older brother. How he'd hold her hand to help her keep steady and pick her up from the floor once she had fallen.
"Look at this slimy Greaser." Chanyoung scoffed in disgust, looking at the tall boy behind the counter. Miso couldn't help but sigh sadly. He must've been new, considering the girl visited the place quiet often and hadn't seen him working there before. He was only there to do his job. He didn't deserve the mean comments.
The Choi girl remained silent as her eyes examined the Greaser behind the desk. His skin was pale — almost as pale as the snow in the winter time. His eyebrows were dark and thick, just like his hair that parted down the middle. His eyes were inky and his nose was perfect. His lips were plump and red and the few moles that were dotted around his face gave him character.
Once Miso completed her 'examination', her eyes trailed down to the name tag that was on his plain, purple uniform. Sunghoon.
Instantly, Miso recognized the name as one of the Greasers Taehee would rant about when complaining about her brother and his best friend. Jay was always with Sunghoon...
After the group of Socs gave Sunghoon their shoe sizes and he'd brought them back their skates, a long huff fell past his lips as he then formed them into a tight-knit (forced) smile.
"Make Bob proud." He gritted through his teeth and Minhee couldn't help but laugh at the boy, causing Miso to nudge him as a way of telling him to stop.
"Nice one, Grease." Minhee nodded, before the five of them walked away to go out their skates on — Miso staying behind with Sunghoon.
The Greaser sent her a look of annoyance and Miso sighed and took a step closer to the desk. "I'm sorry for the way they act." She apologized, quite obviously catching Sunghoon off guard.
"Hmm?" He raised a brow in confusion, folding his arms across his chest.
"I apologize." She repeated and all Sunghoon could do was nod, suspicious of the girl.
Without another word, Miso sent him a small smile before she excused herself and joined her friends to put on her own skates.
Choi Miso wasn't going to lie. She was brilliant at skating. She had perfect balance and knew the rink at Bobs Skates inside and out — but that was only because she tended to spend her weekends here. She was a regular.
Eventually, when the group of friends were on the rink, Miso couldn't help but burst out laughing as she watched Chanyoung tumble to the floor harshly. He grunted in pain and rubbed the back of his head as he attempted to get back up — though before he could, Minhee decided to help him, this action only causing Minhee to fall down on top of the brunette boy.
"This is class!" Jiwoo giggled, gripping onto the railing for dear life as she laughed at the two boys struggling to get up.
"You boys are such idiots." Yoonah shook her head, and eventually, after much strength and force, Chanyoung and Minhee were back on their feet and steadily skating.
"How are you so good?" Miso heard Minhee ask from behind her, making her slow down so that she was able to skate next to him. The girl couldn't help but smile at the compliment and she bowed her head slightly, avoiding eye contact with him.
"I come here a lot in my free time." She shrugged, thinking back to all the times she'd spend there when Huening Kai would be too busy to hang out — which was majority of the time.
Suddenly, the feeling of Kang Minhee's hand interlocking with hers was felt and she couldn't help but feel her body heat up and her eyes enlarge ever so slightly and her cheeks tint red.
Was this really happening? Was she really holding Kang Minhee's hand whilst roller skating?
Just as Miso brought her head up to look at the boy next to her, her attention was snatched as her eyes landed on the four outcasts that had just walked through the entrance.
There he was, Nishimura Niki, looking around the room like he was searching for someone. His eyes jumped from person to person — Soc to Soc — Greaser to Greaser — until they stopped on her. Choi Miso.
The girl froze and gulped slightly as their eyes met. She could feel her heart beat pounding against her chest as he reached up to remove the stupid tooth pick from between his lips, maintaining eye contact, making her breath hitch once he sent her a wink. Immediately, she adverted her gaze to the three boys stood around him, two of them being the Greasers he was at school with, and the other one being the one that attempted to flirt with Jia.
"Ow, Miso." She heard Minhee grunt in pain, snapping her from the spell she was put under and turning to look at the boy that had released his hand from her tightened grip. "What's wrong with you?"
Eyes widened, Miso looked between Minhee's reddened hand and the boy himself and she couldn't help but feel a wave of guilt wash over her. "I'm so sorry." She quickly spoke, going to reach out to inspect his hand, however he moved it away before she could do anything.
"It's fine I guess..." He eyed her, looking her up and down. She didn't mean for her grip to tighten that much — heck she didn't even notice what she was doing all because of that Greasers annoying gaze.
"Hey, lovebirds," The pair heard Chanyoung call over to them, making them both look in his direction, where he and the three girls were heading off of the rink. "We're ordering food." He informed.
Nodding, Minhee and Miso followed after their friends, Minhee skating ahead rather quickly all while Miso took her time, thinking over the events that had just panned out.
A quiet sigh flew past Miso's lips as she looked up from the rink and over into the direction Niki and his friends went off to. They were all gathered around the front desk, laughing at something and making fun of Sunghoon — who was also laughing along.
Once Miso had made it off of the rink and the group of friends ordered their food and were eating, the atmosphere was consumed by Yoonah moaning about the appearance of Niki and his friends — Jake Sim, Yang Jungwon, and Kim Sunoo.
"Watch this." Chanyoung began, smirking a cocky smirk as he eyed something behind Miso. Her brows furrowed in confusion and she turned slightly to see what the Kim boy was looking at and quickly, her shoulders slumped.
It was the beat up puppy, Kim Sunoo.
Miso watched as the Greaser as he walked past them, unbeknownst to what was about to happen to him.
Gasps were heard, along with a chorus of giggles as Chanyoung stuck his foot out of the booth and in Sunoo's way, causing him to trip over it and fall to the floor cruelly. Miso's eyes widened in horror as Sunoo winced in pain. He was covered in bruises, of course falling to the floor was going to hurt ten-times worse.
The Choi girl was fast to stand up from the booth and rush to Sunoo's aid. He may be a Greaser but he didn't deserve to be injured when doing nothing wrong.
"Are you alright?" Miso kindly asked, her voice soft and sweet as she gently helped the boy back up to his feet, ignoring the protests telling her to stop and to leave him be from her friends.
Sunoo avoided eye contact with the shorter girl as all costs as he kept his eyes trained to the floor and his body tense. He bobbed his head slightly, afraid that if he did the wrong action he'd get hurt again.
"Are you sure? I'm sorry about him..." Miso apologized for the hundredth time that day, making Sunoo's eyebrows furrow with confusion.
"You're Choi Miso?" The boy gently wondered, his voice shaky yet angelic. Nodding her head, Miso sent him a warm smile before softly releasing the hand she had on his arm. She watched as the boy gulped and took a step away from her a glimpse of fright in his sad eyes.
"What the shit is going on?" She heard a voice ask, making her look away from Sunoo and over to the four Greaser boys that were now approaching them.
By now, Chanyoung and Minhee had stood once seeing Niki, Jake, Sunghoon and Jungwon heading towards them. They knew trouble was about to kick off.
Miso watched as Sunoo was pulled under Sunghoon's arm in a protective manner as he sent daggers at the group of Socs.
"You tryna start something, Yuppie?" Niki questioned with anger, shoving Chanyoung back down into the booth. "If you really wanna scrap then meet me outside." He stated firmly, his jaw clenched.
"Niki, let's just leave it." Jungwon huffed and attempted to pull the taller boys arm back, however he failed as Niki shrugged him off harshly.
"I'm fed up of these squares going for Sunoo, man." He voiced, before he was suddenly shoved back by Chanyoung, causing him to stumble back a little making the taller boy even more furious.
As Miso observed, she couldn't help but notice Yoonah twirling her hair around her finger. Her bottom lip was between her teeth and her lashes were batting as she watched Niki. The sight almost made Miso want to puke.
A sarcastic chuckle was heard coming from Niki, as a smirk grew on his plump lips. "Think you wanna put your bird back in her cage." He nodded his head over to Yoonah, who now had a blush of embarrassment across her cheeks. "She's cupcaking me right in front of you."
All of a sudden, the manager of Bobs Skates came out from the back, demanding that they take this fight elsewhere — firing Sunghoon in the midst of it all.
"This is so not over, Greaseball." Chanyoung spat, unbuttoning the top buttons of his shirt whilst Minhee removed his vest once the Socs and Greasers gathered by an alleyway.
"Come on, Niki," Jungwon sighed. "Let's just leave 'em. They ain't worth our time." He attempted to pull Niki away from the situation, however he wasn't having it.
Miso looked between the boys anxiously. She didn't want a fight to break out because she knew — everyone knew — that Greasers always had some sort of weapon on them. Whether that was a switchblade, the end of a smashed bottle or even a gun. They were never empty handed in a fight.
"It's not worth it." Miso spoke up, folding her arms around her chest as the night air consumed her body.
"Keep your trap shut, Miso." Minhee huffed in anger, making the girl take a step back and behind the three girls. She couldn't help but feel embarrassed...
Promptly, just as Niki removed his leather jacket, the sound of sirens were heard getting closer and closer. This quickly caused both Chanyoung and Minhee to put their clothing back on as Niki sent a look back to his friends.
"It's the fuzz." Jake stated the obvious. "We gotta go." He ordered, and without another thought, the Greasers had scattered and the five Socs were on their way back to the Mustang, the boys spitting furious comments about the South Siders the whole ride home.
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