{ repitition â yeong-ji bae }
The laughing was weird, to put it bluntly. Yeong-ji stared in near shock as the girl burst out into obnoxiously loud laughter as he shifted his weight uncomfortably. Why did she have to cause a scene? This was ridiculous. Yeong-ji raised an eyebrow as she began to talk more, insulting his clothing (which definitely cost more than her life, probably) and approached him. Closer. Really close. Oh shit. He took a small step backward in an attempt to put some distance back between them, but⊠That didnât work.
A streetwalker?
He folded his arms. Oh hell no. He took minor offense - and he knew he was going to respond. He decided to just⊠Let himself go, uninhibited, as free as the flowing wind that hopefully could blow this girl back to la-la land where she came from because holy shit she was weird. Where did people like this even come from? Probably the same place. Nevertheless.
"Okay, so, youâre just gonna stand there and make me believe that "walking" now means, like, sticking your foot out literally twenty meters and tripping people next to you? I mean, thatâs basically what you did? The only way I can, like, begin to understand that kind of walk is if you literally didnât have knees. I donât actually know if you have knees or not, so, uh⊠Whatever, I donât care."
A prima donna such as yourself would Â
He rolled his eyes dramatically, taking another step back from her to create space. Space, sweet space, to get himself away from her as much as possible was Yeong-jiâs greatest wish. Well, in the moment. A pool filled with money and naked people would be okay, too. A boy can dream. He grimaced at the girl and continued.
"Not that youâd know anything about fashion. Iâd mention the designer but you probably havenât heard of him. Are you, like, history-textbook chic or something?"
He chuckled briefly at his own joke. Nice, Yeong-ji. Mental high five. Fucking owned.
"Oh, thatâs cute, yeah, get my name wrong on purpose."
Wait.
"Wait."
What the fuck?
"What the fuck?"
She didnât know his name!
"You donât know my name! What the fuck. Nevermind. Fucking weird."
Awkward.
"Wood nymphs and imps. Like, that guy who made those vines? Have you found his berries?â
He chuckled, again, at his own joke(?), satisfied with the amount of humor he was injecting into this humorless conversation. What a great guy.
"Uh, nah, those actually donât exist. Youâre really weird. Sorry.â A short pause. âWait, no, Iâm not sorry at all. Youâre just really weird. Do you actually believe in that stuff?â
The traces of a smile found themselves forming on Yeong-jiâs features, amused at the obvious orb of ignorance this girl lived in. Maybe this conversation wouldnât be insufferable after all!
For Jane, there was almost no greater joy than relishing the particular looks which she would often receive from the patrons of her thoughtful harassment. This situation was the same as the rest; perhaps even more delightful than the others, if only for the boy's highly expressive nature. She giggled sharply as he crossed his arms, clapping her hands together for a brief moment. The woman was quite excited to have found someone who was willing to toss this sort of mindless banter back and forth with her, and she would savor the moment for all it was worth.
She forced a look of feigned bafflement onto her face, as though his accusation truly was uncalled for. Jane knew for all she was worth that the boy indeed was correct: she had tripped him, quite blatantly at that. But the hearty denial of such a clear fact was what made the whole it so so much fun! Anything at all to conjure up a reaction.Â
"Heavens, Yƫjo-kun, you are a feisty little bird! You ought to watch out -- old age often comes early to those who don't know how to sit back and rock with the tide of the sea. It would be a pity to see a grey hair pop up in that manicured mane," Jane explained in a scholarly tone, shaking her pointer finger at him. She shook her head, dismissing the subject with a thoughtful smile. And as did he take a step back, she took a step forward, movements precise as clockwork.
"Tactless knee comments aside, sweetheart, I ought to have expected as much. Though I choose to focus my time and effort on things other than my clothing, I certainly respect your pride in something you've clearly spent so very much time perfecting!" Jane chuckled, patronizing the stranger quite blatantly. "It is a pity, though, that after so much work... The results would look so awfully threadbare! I nearly mistook you for a vagrant at a glance."
Jane tilted her head in confusion as the boy went off on some tangent involving his name, though the results only served to fill her with more bewilderment.
"Ah, haven't you ever heard of a nickname before...? If I was right, after all, and you are some sort of wandering street urchin... You will have to forgive me! Why, it's not your fault that you never received a proper education -- the system is at fault, eh?" Jane cackled, lifted one brow rather slyly at his next comment.
"Your lack of belief is disheartening, YĆ«jo-kun. Of course I believe in them! It's the least I could do to spread the word about their existence to those of us who are a bit more ignorant to the mysteries of the natural world. Especially considering all of the favors they do for us! Haven't you ever wondered how dewdrops get onto clover petals in the morning? It's all thanks to the hard work of the pixies who reside inside tree trunks and toadstools," the woman explained, returning the boy's smile tenfold.Â











