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continued from here – @sunsseo
It wasn’t like Hanbin wanted to eavesdrop, ears catching nearly every word and attention unable to stray from the scene. It wasn’t like he’d ever had that kind of intention, always being the one to strongly believe in concepts like privacy and minding your own business. But it was rather difficult, with how loud the two women were, (painfully loud, Hanbin decided, his ears ringing uncomfortably), with so many people already turning heads in their direction and commenting on the situation they were witnessing. The whispers made the tall male pull a bit of a face, a discreet flicker of annoyance expressed in a scowl, because it was just an argument of two people none of those observers really knew, so what right do they have to gossip and make downright nasty assumptions about either of the involved ladies?
He rubbed his hands together, skin unpleasantly dry after a few hours of work in vinyl gloves, screaming for at least a little bit of lotion and proper hydration, and made a small movement to continue going his way, wanting nothing more than a few solid hours of rest in a quiet, dim, comfortable environment. But then he chanced another glance in the scene’s direction – the elderly woman disappearing from sight, surprisingly brisk for her age in that moment, and the other one, much younger, standing there, all still and, to Hanbin at least, seeming slightly lost and confused. Her shoulders sagged a bit and, looking at her from behind, she looked really small even in her high heels.
It was only after the words were out of his mouth that he stopped to think why exactly had he decided to come up to her. It was none of his business; and yet his caring, patronal nature ignored the brain’s beliefs anyway – not for the first and definitely not for the last time.
“Oh,” He just said, lips forming a nearly perfect o-shape, because he’d really expected just a courteous yes and thank you, nothing else. But that–that sounded weird and wrong, and admittedly made cold chills run down Hanbin’s spine. “That sounds a tad bit worrying, if I may say so. It’s not something that could be potentially reported to the police, is it?”
Being left alone in the middle of the street was reason enough to ask for the ground to swallow her in that minute and leave no trace of the girl. She loved attention, oh she did, she’d fool no one, but this was for sure unwanted attention, not the one she liked when people looked at her with curious or even jealous eyes. But the Lady’s show made a bit obvious how the older woman wasn’t related to her, or even worse, she had no affection for Narae, as a grandma would have for a granddaughter. But instead, she saw the old woman’s back walk away from her and get a car with no help, even if that was exactly Narae’s job.
The man in front of her looked troubled himself, perhaps she was sharing too much information, he didn’t want nor need to know, but there was no lie. Lady Park would be really upset if she appears at the hotel, especially since Narae didn’t live there in the first place.
She smiled and shrugged her shoulders a little bit. “Who knows? She might kill me.” She teased, a woman like her boss would never drag attention like that to herself, at least not the police’s attention. “I’m sorry-- I didn’t mean to be rude, but thank you for caring.” The stranged seemed almost worried, and it was easy to read, he was standing tall in front of her and came out of nowhere asking her if she’d get murdered by her grandma, who ask such things to a stranger? “She would just kick me out of the hotel room and I’d have to eat my meal by myself, not more than that.” Narae kept the smile on her face and ran her fingers through her hair, flipping it over the other side, after all, she was embarrassed because of the public scene.
