ㅤㅤ@lgcjinyoung
ㅤㅤㅤㅤpresent day. convenience store by legacy dorms.
it didn’t go through. sympathetic color suddenly rose in stella’s face, because they’d been there more than once, with a card declining.
ㅤㅤmaybe all those fancy clothes are from the company? maybe he just carries himself like that? damn, i’ve been such an asshole—
ㅤㅤ“shi— do you wanna try again?”
but before stella could make a plan to offer an out for the sake of his pride, jinyoung was already pulling out cash. a lot of it. all large bills of it. stella couldn’t help it, it was just so ridiculous, and so perfectly in tune with what they already thought about him— they started laughing. the kind of laughter that scrunched up the whole face, eyes rolling back to the ceiling.
ㅤㅤ"sorry, just— like, of course. it’s just a few snacks, you don’t need all that.“
if there was one thing jinyoung enjoyed still doing like a normal person it was getting groceries. especially snacks- snacks that he was out of and thus needed to restock before starting his well deserved chill down evening with his favourite anime. the new episode had dropped yesterday and he hadn’t had time to catch up on it yet, attempting to dodge spoilers left, right and center so he could peacefully freak out about it at home.
the person greeting him wasn’t someone jinyoung was particularly ready to see. He had a feeling Stella wasn’t the biggest fan of him but as always Jinyoung didn’t exactly let it bother him. you win some, you lose some.
grabbing some tissues as well just in case along with his favourite chips and maybe a few other snacks just in case to stock up, the male found himself with an array of rather unhealthy food that the lone bottle of organic, sugar-free tea didn’t quite make up for.
he just flashes stella what he hopes is his most non-threatening smile, quietly asking if they accept apple pay. it’s clear they don’t want to interact with jinyoung more than they have to but unfortunately it seems the update his phone made messed up his settings because the noise of a declined card is not one jinyoung is necessarily used to. he is used to technology messing up though and so the male made it a habit to always come prepared.
before stella can feel bad, jinyoung already raises a hand to calm them down. “oh don’t worry, it’s okay uh…,” he mumbles under his breath while looking for a smaller bill to pay for his snacks without making him look even more like the rich bastard they probably think he is.
“do you uh… can you change a 50K bill,” he asks timidly when he comes up short on any other measure of payment. the coins are too few for him to dig out and he hasn’t really had to use cash for a while now.