🗒 ❛ XVI : night market ༉‧₊˚✧
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"ʸᵒᵘ ᶜᵒᵘˡᵈ ᵇᵉ ʰᵉʳᵉ, ᵇᵘᵗ ʸᵒᵘ'ʳᵉ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ.
ʸᵒᵘ ᶜᵒᵘˡᵈ ᵇᵉ ᵃⁿʸʷʰᵉʳᵉ,
ᵃⁿᵈ ᵗʰᵉˢᵉ ᵈᵃʸˢ ⁱ ᵈᵒⁿ'ᵗ ᵉᵛᵉⁿ ᶜᵃʳᵉ,
ⁿᵒ ᵐᵒʳᵉ.
ʸᵒᵘ ᵒⁿˡʸ ᵇᵉ ˢʰᵒʷⁱⁿᵍ ᵐᵉ ˡᵒᵛᵉ,
ʷʰᵉⁿᵉᵛᵉʳ ʸᵒᵘ'ᵛᵉ ʰᵃᵈ ᵗᵒᵒ ᵐᵘᶜʰ,
ʷʰᵃᵗᵉᵛᵉʳ'ˢ ᵇᵉᵉⁿ ᶠⁱˡˡⁱⁿᵍ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᶜᵘᵖ,
ⁿᵒ ᵐᵒʳᵉ."
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{jinhee's pov}
'we're going to the night market.'
'night market? ugh whyyyyy there's so much people there and i hate people.'
i groaned in annoyance.
'you don't have to come
if you don't want to.'
taehyung simply remarked, and walked off.
bless him.
'yah exactly!
i don't have to come if i don't want to.'
i said, glaring at junkcock who had the audacity to drag me to come with him by force.
'you don't have a choice.
come on.'
junkcock said, tightening his arms around my neck and pulled me along with him.
'bitch, fucking let go.'
i said, jabbing his side harshly,
hoping he was ticklish.
and good thing he was.
'ow ow ow! okay fine stop jabbing me!'
he jumped, releasing me almost immediately.
we then looked ahead, and realised taehyung and jimin were already far ahead of us.
'JIMIN! TAETAE! WAIT UP!'
junkcock shouted, and ran after them, leaving me alone.
can i escape now?
i thought to myself.
ugh you know what
i'm hungry anyways.
i mentally said and ran after them.
i was so tired just now i don't even know how i got the energy to run, i guess food's always an inspiration.
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we finally arrived at the night market.
each store had a white coloured shelter, and there were fairy lights hung everywhere. it was an amazing sight,
and...
smell too?
the smell of all the different types of food sold there smelt so good, i literally almost drooled smelling them.
the entire place was filled with people, loud chatters can be heard everywhere.
i groaned at the sight of so many people, i absolutely hate crowded places.
it's okay,
at least i'll get to eat.
'HEY GUYS! IM GONNA GO GRAB SOMETHING TO EAT.'
i called out to the three of them, not making sure whether they heard me or not, but whatever. i was hungry and i needed to eat.
the night market was huge.
there were so many stalls, and way too many different kind of foods to choose from. i couldn't decide what i wanted.
i began aimlessly wandering the streets,
checking out the different types of food available here. i was too caught up thinking about what i should eat that i didn't notice those pricks behind me.
'BOO!'
someone shouted,
making me flinch a little in surprise.
i turned around,
and it was none other than jeon fucking junkcock.
'fuck you,
stop scaring me like that.'
i rolled my eyes at him, and continued searching for food.
he just laughed.
jimin then asked me,
'what're you looking for, jinhee?'
'food. there's too much to choose from i can't decide.'
i said truthfully, mentally groaning.
how dare this place give me such a food dilemma? food dilemmas are the worst. i wish i could just buy everything.
'why don't we play arcade games instead? we can go to the game zone over there.'
junkcock suggested, pointing to the area where the stalls had blue shelters, instead of white.
oh so different zones have different coloured shelters.
i mentally thought.
my tummy started churning,
i was really hungry.
'no thanks. i'll stay at the food zone, you guys can go ahead. i'll meet you there later.'
i said, and than went back to deciding what i should eat.
'oh comeeee onnnn
jinheeeeeee...besides, it's taehyung's favourite zone. that's why he wanted to come to the night market.'
jimin begged, clinging onto my arm like some childish immature child.
'seriously? go yourselves.'
i rolled my eyes, shaking jimin's arm off.
'just come with us, jinhee.
moreover, taehyung wants to play arcade games so that he can get more soft toy prizes.'
junkcock said stupidly.
this stupid idiot didn't even know what he just said.
i looked at taehyung,
and the expression on his face actually made me scared. he was glaring so hard at jimin and junkcock, i think if he could he would've murdered them.
than he started counting down:
'5...4...3...'
before he even finished counting, those two cowards already began running.
wuss.
i mentally thought, chuckling.
after that, i noticed taehyung didn't even finish counting. when he saw junkcock and jimin run, he had a smug look on his face and than continued walking around.
i wouldn't have followed him if i was afraid of getting lost in this market, it was my first time here and i didn't know my way around, nor did i know how to get back home. so i had no choice but to tag along with taehyung.
i caught up to him, and asked,
'why didn't you chase after them?
you looked like you wanted them dead.'
i said jokingly, laughing a little.
'i just tricked them to running away. seeing their faces makes me want to slap them hard.'
he said casually, like it was nothing.
'jeez...when are y'all gonna stop playing tom and jerry?'
i asked, chuckling, before looking around to search for food.
he didn't answer me, so i didn't say anything further. for a whole 5 minutes, we didn't say anything. we just walked side by side in silence, looking around.
it was so awkward.
jeez can he say something?
or maybe i should say something?
ugh i don't know.
'don't you think you're missing something?'
he suddenly asked,
catching me by surprise.
'uh...what?'
i awkwardly asked.
i clearly heard what he said, but i just wanted to make sure.
'i said, don't you think you're missing something?'
he repeated, looking down at me, with the same expressionless, poker face.
i looked back up at him, with a quizzical look.
what the fuck is he talking about?
did water get inside his head or something?
he just continued staring at me, as i stared back.
what the fuck is he doing?
as i was staring back at him,
i began to see his face clearly.
i never really saw his face other than his profile picture, and i knew he was good-looking, but seeing him in real life made me realise he was even more good-looking than in photos.
why did i not realise how gorgeous he was?
i mentally said.
he then pulled away from me, and blinked awkwardly at me, and than smiled.
'thanks for the compliment.'
he said smugly.
what the fuck?
i didn't even compliment him?
i gave him a what the shit are you talking about face, and he just laughed. like a genuine laugh, it was not even a smirk, or a chuckle. and even though he's such a prick and i really hate his guts, his boxy smile and smiley eyes made him look so innocent and kind person, totally opposite from what he really is.
'you just called me gorgeous.'
he remarked, replacing that genuine smile with that stupid smirk again.
that's when it hit me.
i just said what i thought out loud.
oh my god i was such an idiot.
'what the fuck?
in your dreams maybe.'
i lied, managing to maintain my cool.
'sure sure.'
he said, obviously not believing me.
i wanted to slap that smirk off him.
i decided to change the topic and ask him back the question he asked me earlier on.
'so what did i miss?'
he gave me an are your serious look,
and than said:
'look around you.'
i started looking around me,
and than that horrific truth hit me.
'OH SHIT I FORGOT MY BAG!'
i screamed, making everyone around me stare at me.
'how rude.'
'who's this crazy girl?'
'is she a psycho? shouting in the middle of this crowded place...'
everyone starting shooting nasty comments at me, making me feel super embarrassed.
can i die now?
this is the third time i wanted to die today,
this day just couldn't get worse.
'let's just go,
you're embarrassing me.'
taehyung bluntly said, and grabbed my wrist and dragged me out of the spotlight.
he dragged me for a while before stopping, and than he let go of my wrist.
'if you were embarrassed,
you could've just left me there,
dumb dumb.'
i said as a matter-of-factly,
scoffing.
'and if you weren't such a dumbass and didn't leave your bag in the detention room, i wouldn't even be embarrassed, dumb dumb.'
taehyung said mockingly.
i rolled my eyes.
'whatever. where's my bag anyways?'
i asked, stretching my hand out and demanding for my bag from him.
taehyung didn't say anything and just threw my bag at me, catching me by surprise but fortunately, i reacted fast enough and caught it.
'rude.'
i muttered, loud enough for taehyung to hear but he chose to ignore him.
'how did you even realise i didn't take my bag?'
i asked curiously, raising an eyebrow.
'you're just blind.'
he said bluntly, still expressionless.
i would much rather prefer if he smiled.
'pft. and you brought it all the way from school for me? awww~'
i said teasingly, giving him a cheeky smile.
'don't flatter yourself.
i'll do this for anyone. even those two ugly pricks.'
he said, giving me a bored look.
'but i thought you weren't the
helpful type.'
i said, emphasising the word 'helpful' in a mocking tone.
'fine, i can bring your bag back to the detention room if you want. and let mr kwoconut can confiscate it.'
he said seriously,
reaching to take my bag from me.
'hell no!'
i said, taking the bag away from him, narrowing my eyes at taehyung.
'that's what i thought.'
he said in a victorious tone, he then looked around for a while and looked back at me.
i rolled my eyes at his cockiness.
he seriously has some attitude problem.
we were quiet again for a while, and it got awkward again pretty quickly. i didn't even know where we were going, we were literally just strolling to random places, or maybe we were going in circle. but i wouldn't know that because i have an extremely poor sense of direction.
'i didn't expect you to look like that.'
he said randomly.
what?
did i hear him right?
he told me he didn't expect me to look like that? so what did he expect me to look like? a toad?
and why is he always so random?
'what did you expect me to look like?
a toad?'
i responded sarcastically, earning a small grin from him.
'nothing, let's go to the arcade.'
he said, and took my wrist and dragged me towards the game zone.
seriously? bipolar much.
my wrist is going to break at this rate.
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we reached the game zone,
i noticed that the previous white shelters were now replaced with blue shelters, indicating that we were now at a different part of the night market.
this night market was hella gigantic.
just how many different zones are there?
'ugh why are we here?
i don't wanna play arcade games,
i hate and i suck at arcade games.'
i said truthfully, groaning in annoyance.
i always didn't get why people liked arcade games. it's a fraud anyway, the store vendors purposely make it almost impossible to win so that you don't get the prize: so basically you spend your money meaninglessly on some scam, and you get nothing in the end.
'well you don't have to follow me if you don't want to. just make sure you don't get lost.'
he said proudly, knowing i don't know the way home or my way around here. jerk.
'ugh you're a prick.'
i said, rolling my eyes, and taehyung just laughed.
'what do you wanna play first?'
he asked, looking at me.
'nothing.'
i responded bluntly, arching my eyebrows.
i don't even want to be here.
'well you don't have a choice.
you gotta play something.'
he responded, before pushing me towards the stalls.
and than he said,
'choose.'
ugh i don't wanna choose.
i don't even know how to play anything.
i quickly scanned all the stores, before noticing the stall with a lot of colourful balloons attached to the walls.
'that one. the one with the balloons.'
i said, pointing towards that stall. i don't even know what game it was, but i'm just going to pick anyhow.
i expected taehyung to reply me, but he didn't. it was unusually silent, so i turned to look for him.
he was standing still, staring at the store i pointed to. and he looked...
sad? hurt? disappointed?
i'm really bad at reading people so i don't even know.
'taehyung?'
i said, trying to snap him out of it, but it didn't work.
'YAH! KIM TAEHYUNG!'
i said, raising my voice but not shouting.
taehyung snapped out of his thoughts, and his eyes stopped staring at the stall. he looked at me and said as though nothing just happened,
'oh right okay, let's go then.'
i eyed him skeptically,
what the hell was that about?
we approached the balloon stall,
and i greeted the stall vendor.
'annyeonghaseyo!'
'annyeonghaseyo, what can i do for you?'
he greeted back, and asked.
i looked at taehyung, expecting him to tell the vendor what we were here for, but he was spacing out again. what the hell was wrong with him?
i sighed, and turned back to the vendor,
'um...game for two please.'
i said, unsure. the vendor then nodded, and took out some...darts?
what?
i turned to taehyung, who was still spacing out, and hit him hardly.
'what the hell?'
he said rudely, rubbing the part of his arm that i hit.
'what the fuck is wrong with you?
we don't have to play if you don't like this game, i don't even wanna play anyway.'
i said, glaring at him.
he sighed, and replied,
'okay okay sorry.'
taehyung then approached the stall vendor:
'i'll pay for the both of us.'
he said, and handed the store vendor 7000won.
the store vendor received the money for taehyung, and looked at taehyung for a while, before looking very surprised.
'oh? aren't you that handsome man from 4 months ago?'
he asked, wearing a shocked expression, but he looked a little happy too.
taehyung smiled weakly, and nodded.
'OHHHHH! i recognise you! it's been so long, young man!'
he exclaimed excitedly, offering his hand to shake, which taehyung took.
'hello uncle yang...long time no see.'
he said, but he sounded...
sad...
why?
'it's been so long since you came here! why did you stop coming here? and oh, where's that pretty girl you always came here with last time?
i need to say hi to her too!'
uncle yang said cheerfully,
looking around for that 'pretty girl'.
suddenly, taehyung's face hardened,
he looked so...
i know what it is, but i forgot the word to describe it. what? you can't blame me. i fucking failed my languages.
anyways,
what the hell was wrong with him?
he managed to recover after a while and smiled weakly at uncle yang again,
'she didn't come today.'
he responded, he sounded like he was choking on his own words.
i wanted to ask if he was okay.
but i didn't know how.
'oh i see. that's a shame...next time bring her okay? i will give you guys a free game!'
uncle yang offered, smiling very brightly.
'y...yea. i will.'
taehyung voice cracked,
he wasn't looking at uncle yang. he kept on staring at the cup of darts that was given to us.
just then,
a voice suddenly appeared behind me, causing me to jump in surprise.
freaking hell.
how many times do i have to be randomly surprised like this today?
'hello uncle yang! game for two, please.'
a voice which belonged to a female said.
i turned around to see where the voice was coming from.
i'm not even kidding when i say that,
she was literally the most beautiful woman i've ever seen in my life.
i probably don't even see a lot of people though, but still. i guess for now, she was the most beautiful.
what the fuck.
was she some yg entertainment model or something? was she blackpink's secret 5th member that yg locked in his dungeon just like he did with the rest of the members? i don't know. but how the fuck is god so unfair? she's literally calling me out for being ugly right now.
i was still stuck in my own thoughts and mentally cursing how god is so unfair, when uncle yang's voice bursted my thought bubble.
'OHHH WHAT A COINCIDENCE! it's the pretty girl! did you come together with this handsome man here to play? aish, it's been so long...you guys should've came sooner! uncle will give you this game for free this time, next time must come often okay?'
what?
everything happened so fast,
i didn't even know what the hell was going on, i could only see taehyung's even more hardened face, and the godly-looking woman looking confused as ever.
'yah, it has been so long, uncle yang!
but what handsome man are you talking about—'
she was talking halfway, when she finally noticed taehyung standing right beside her. the two of them were staring at each other for a good 30 seconds, and taehyung had an unreadable expression on his face.
maybe it was just unreadable to me. because i don't fucking know what people are thinking.
'w...what? i...i...'
the woman was stuttering, and i don't know why. and taehyung...
i don't even know how to describe how he looked. he looked so lost, and empty?
'oh...so you guys didn't come together?
WHAT A COINCIDENCE THEN,
COME ON LETS START PLAYING!'
uncle yang said cheerfully,
completely oblivious to what was happening. is he fucking blind?
i felt like asking him to shut up and to no interrupt whatever the hell was happening right now. i've never seen taehyung like that before.
i mean, who am i kidding? i've never seen taehyung like ever.
taehyung broke their eye contact first, his eyes shifting to the man beside the girl.
i didn't see the man's face properly, so i'm just gonna say he was tall. i know, i can't describe anything to save my life but whatever.
't...t...taehyung...'
the woman squeaked, i could barely hear her. her back was facing me so i couldn't read her expression, but i'm guessing she looks really shocked right now.
'and who's this?'
taehyung asked in a harsh and slightly...mocking tone? i don't know.
he was pointing to the man beside the woman, indicating he was asking who the hell that man was.
'm...my boyfriend...'
the woman said, and i noticed her legs started to shake a little.
what the actual fuck was going on?
and oh god,
i hate this kind of shit so much.
i could cut the current tension with a knife right now.
upon hearing the woman's reply, taehyung scoffed loudly. his eyes shifted to the boy beside her as he looked at him with an unrecognisable expression, it wasn't jealousy or anything spiteful at all.
i couldn't tell what.
'you're pretty bold.'
he said between gritted teeth, his eyes were slightly glossy.
't...taehyung ah...'
the woman called his name again,
earning an even louder scoff from him.
he wore a smile that looked like it was filled with so much pain and disappointment. he looked at the guy besides the woman with so much fury in his eyes, and than his gaze went back to the woman.
his gaze that was previously filled with anger was then replaced with coldness, with a tint of sadness, and longing? jeez i don't even know how that word came into my mind, but it just looked like he missed something.
he glared at the woman one last time before tearing his eyes away from her, and walked towards me.
why was he walking towards me?
what the fuck am i supposed to do?
ugh i should've just gone home.
he grabbed my wrist, again, and said:
'let's go, jinhee.'
seriously?
what the shit is wrong with him?
'i can walk myself, you prick.
let the fuck go.'
i argued, trying to yank my hand out of his grasp.
and than he said something in such a menacing and cold tone, that made me immediately not want to argue with him anymore in case he claws my face off, and his voice became so much deeper than it normally was which i thought it was humanely impossible to have such a deep voice, he said:
'jinhee, i said let's go.'
and than he dragged me away from the balloon stall.
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author's note—
jdkwkskk wOAH finally some drama HAHAH. anyways, who do you think that mysterious girl was?
IM RUNNING OUT OF PREWRITTEN CHAPTERS JDKWKSK
ALSO esirnus MADE BOOK COVERS FOR ME OMG && it was a while ago but i can't help but give her recognition for it like i didn't even ask her to do it for me and she did KEKWKSKS THANK U SO MUCH YOURE AMAZING 😭💖
thanks for reading! &&votes are very much appreciated