» synopsis: it’s easier to act indifferent than to show vulnerability.
» word count: 500+
» disclaimer: there are no major warnings besides someone giving a middle finger.
» rated: pg
* lowercase is intended *
[series mlist]
chapters: i. | ii. | iii. | iv. | v. | vi. | vii. | viii. | ix. | x. | xi. | xii.
a/n: this is a short one, but make sure to reblog and let me know how you feel about it!
𝐇𝐀𝐄𝐖𝐎𝐍 woke up later than she usually did. she laid in bed and stared at the ceiling not wanting to leave the cozy, warmth of her bed. her mind couldn’t help but wonder about her roommate. jeongguk was, even to her, an attractive guy. she violently shook her head to get rid of the thoughts before they continue.
suddenly she heard a loud thump. but before she investigated the sound, she buried herself in her blanket and groaned, “i don’t want to get up.” she stayed like that for a few more minutes and checked her phone.
before she knew it, 10 minutes had passed. she placed her phone on the nightstand and sloppily got out of bed, making her way to where the sound came from.
she walked into the living room and found jeongguk busy making him a bowl of cereal. “was that you?” she asked in a raspy tone.
“o-oh, hey good morning!” he looked up with a grin. “i tripped when i was eating my cereal,” he rubbed the back of his neck, so now i’m making a new one.” haewon hummed in response and went back to her room to do her morning routine.
after she left, jeongguk blew a puff of air out of his mouth and turned around to finish something he started earlier.
when haewon came back down, she headed to the kitchen to make herself a bowl of cereal. “do we still have frosted flakes left?” she mumbled to herself. her eyes searched for the blue box on top of the fridge. “found it,” she sang.
frosted flakes were haewon’s favorite cereal of all time. she loved the flavor the cereal gave the milk by the time she was done with her cereal. to make it even sweeter, she liked to add in extra sugar to suit her taste buds even more.
after she was finished making her cereal, she sat down at the table across from jeongguk, who was on his phone, switching through random apps pretending to be busy, and sneaked a few glances at her every once in a while.
before she could even swallow her first scoop of cereal, she immediately gagged and spat out the contents out of her mouth.
“fucking hell, what is that?” she cursed as she sniffed the cereal for any possible clues. it took her a minute to connect the dots so when she looked up at jeongguk, who was trying his best to compose himself from the sight in front of him, it instantly connected.
she rolled her eyes and shot a middle finger towards the man, “fucking dumbass.” while she got up from her seat, she debated on whether or not she should throw the bowl of cereal in his face. she decided by the time she was at the end of table.
“hey! come on!” he sat there in shock not wanting to move so he won’t feel the disgusting feeling of wet clothes.
“are you serious?!” he exasperated giving haewon a death stare.
she walked to the sink to leave her bowl, “yep,” and strode off to her room not missing the chance to give him another middle finger.
a/n: this is my first book, so don’t forget to reblog and let me know what you think about it!
𝐓𝐇𝐄 late spring heat welcomed haewon’s skin as she exited the apartment building with a satisfied smirk and made her way to the park.
the town that she lived in was not that far from the city but close enough so she could go anytime she wanted. it was more peaceful in this town whereas, in the city, there was commotion all day and night.
since she was little, she loved being alone with her thoughts in silence. during her school years, she was okay with being a loner. sure she had friends she would hang out with from time to time, but she preferred having time to herself. now that was something that she rarely had the privilege of having since she moved into her apartment and got a job.
the complex that she stayed in was well kept, not the best of the best, but good enough. the rent was manageable since she shared the apartment with a roommate that she had gotten to know during the past couple of months. the roommate in question was a special case, one that she either enjoyed or despised, but mostly despised.
her legs unconsciously strolled past the numerous buildings on the streets, though one, in particular, caught her eye, one that she hadn’t noticed before. letting curiosity take over, she decided to take a detour and have a peek at the building.
when she got closer it turned out to be an ice cream parlor. the building had a cute but simple modern style to it.
a bell rang as she walked in alarming the worker that there was a customer. she looked around, noticing the green and white modern furniture.
“hello! welcome to rocky’s road!” the girl greeted in a bored state.
haewon glanced at the girl, she was quite pretty, she had a cute girl next door appearance. she was average height, maybe shorter, with honey skin, straight black hair, brown doe eyes, and cute round lips.
haewon, who had slightly sharper features and a slightly darker skin tone, with dark hair that was dyed with ash purple highlights that was always kept in a ponytail, gave her a more mature appearance compared to the girl.
“hi,” haewon approached the register with a small smile. enjoying the smell of fresh waffle cones. “what can i get you today?” the girl asked.
haewon glanced at her name tag, yujin, then directed her attention to the menu on the wall. feeling slightly overwhelmed as there were so many different flavors and combinations to choose from, she continued to stare at the possibilities.
yujin noticed her struggle. “i recommend our special the rocky mountains, which is three scoops of our homemade rocky road in a waffle bowl with drizzled chocolate syrup on the bottom two scoops, marshmallow sauce drizzled on all three and chocolate chips sprinkled all over!” she excitedly explained.
haewon rubbed her chin contemplating whether she should get the treat or not.
after a couple of seconds, she grinned, “sure, i’ll take one of those.”
“that’ll be $4.74. you won’t regret it!” yujin chimed. haewon half smiled, “i hope i won’t,” she paused and adds, “has this place always been here?” still wondering why she hasn’t noticed it before.
“no, we just opened a couple of days ago. there used to be another restaurant here, i don’t remember what it was, but I do know that they ran out of business after drunken fights repeatedly happened and it ruined their image, so no one wanted to dine in,” yujin replied preparing the ice cream.
haewon let out a soft ‘oh’ and walked away to one of the chairs close by. she looked around to get more familiar with her surroundings and pulled out her phone to play a game to help pass time.
suddenly it felt like all of the air was pushed out of her lungs when she remembered what the building used to be. this building used to be the pizzeria that she had been wanting to visit since she moved to this area but never had the time to due to the schedule of her job.
she let out a heavy sigh and turned off her phone not being in the mood to play her game anymore. she dropped her head onto the table to cope with the pain. yujin shot her head up to make sure her customer was okay before focusing back on work.
“i was hoping that i’ll get a chance to eat there soon,” haewon internally groaned. that was the only place that seemed to have decent pizza in this town. she groaned again when another wave of sadness and regret washed over her as she grieved.
a few minutes passed and yujin brings out her finished ice cream and smiled cheerfully, “here’s your order,” she paused, “earlier it seemed as if you were upset about that restaurant not being here anymore. i’m sorry for that, but now you have the parlor that you can come to anytime you like,” she smiled cheekily, “so your next order will be on the house,” trying to cheer the girl up.
haewon was about to object the offer but yujin continued to speak, “i’m actually new to this town and haven’t had the chance to meet anyone yet because i’ve been busy working and organizing my apartment… so would you like to possibly hang out sometime?” she perked with puppy eyes.
haewon froze for a second thinking yujin was coming off a little too strong but thought about how she needed new friends as well. she lost contact with her old friends from high school after they all graduated. she was the only one to lose contact with them, they on the other hand, were all still great friends and went to the same college. but due to her habits of not wanting to talk to anyone, she didn’t try to keep in touch with her friends even if she felt that she should’ve.
haewon nodded at yujin’s request not wanting her to be upset if she didn’t give her an answer in a few seconds.
yujin squealed, “i’m sure that you know my name already, but it’s yujin.”
haewon answered, “and i’m haewon.”
the two chatted for a little longer before haewon remembered that she wanted to go to the park, so they said their goodbyes and she was on her way.
she ate her ice cream on the way enjoying the peaceful outdoors around her, the calm before the storm she thought . her smile transformed into a smirk when she thought about what she did earlier that morning.
when the park was in sight, her thoughts quickly went away, excited to finally be able to reach her destination.
she skipped her way to the park, weaving through running kids to get to the abandoned set of swings that she found on a whim when she first moved into the area.
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it was a brighter night than usual with the light of the full moon shining down. haewon thought that it was the perfect night to explore the new area, so she grabbed her phone and left the apartment that her residing roommate was currently knocked out in.
she casually strolled through the streets enjoying the quiet night and being in her thoughts when a playground across the street caught her interest. quickening her pace to cross the road, her feet made contact with the sidewalk and continued towards the playground.
she was looking around reminiscing to when she was a kid playing on the slides, chasing and tormenting other kids with bugs and worms when she noticed a silhouette in a wooded area not too far away from where she was. she headed deeper into the area, stepping on sticks and dead leaves on the way to search for what the object was.
carefully, she stepped closer until it was in view. it was a swing set. that had been left to rust and be forgotten, to spend the rest of its time falling apart until it was completely in shambles.
she was walking towards the set when she froze in place. there was a shuffling noise coming out of the bushes close by. her eyes widened and the hairs on her arms and the back of her neck stood up.
“it’s close to midnight, who would be out at- oh yeah, me.” she quivered. trying to calm down, she blindly tried to search the area but wasn’t very effective because the trees blocked most of the moonlight. so she waited a few seconds to see if the noise was going to reoccur before continuing to walk to the swings.
she didn’t even get to take five steps before there was another shuffle coming from the bushes.
she jumped in surprise and failed to land on her feet with a thud, mumbling a stream of explicit words as she got up. then she remembered that she took taekwondo and silently thanked the gods that her dad forced her to take those lessons back in middle school.
“i’ll have to thank dad later,” she pondered. feeling somewhat prepared, she stood up, dusted the back of her pants off, and got in position ready for anything that could come out of that bush.
a figure slowly started to creep out causing the hair on the back of her neck to stand up even further than before, if that was possible.
her nervous thoughts rapidly shot through her mind. trying as hard as she could to block them out, she quietly hummed a random melody that she thought of on the spot.
her eyes locked onto where the target currently was. the small amount of moonlight allowed her to at least see the silhouette of the figure.
after a few moments, the figure finally sprinted out. quickly gathering up her courage, haewon dashed right towards the figure but stopped midway letting out the breath that she didn’t know she was holding in.
“a cat?” she clicked her tongue against the roof of her mouth in agitation.
“a cat got me that scared? a fucking cat?!” she exasperated. a few moments passed in silence so she could gather her thoughts. her whole life flashed before her eyes just because of a cat?
“boo!” she quickly spun in the direction of the voice only to find an older man that looked to be in his fifties standing proudly with his coat opened in his hands.
“wha-” she screamed with terror after she realized what she was witnessing while covering her not so virgin eyes.
in a split second, she ran at full speed towards the man. who once had a sly grin, now was shocked in place as she lunged her knee at his exposed balls and scurried her way back to the apartment.
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she spotted the woods and ran for the swings.
while eating the rest of her ice cream, she listened to the late morning conversations of the birds along with the trees rustling in the background, shifting the sun’s rays. butterflies, dragonflies, and other little insects flew through the empty spaces filled with the sun’s rays, weaving through trees and other bugs. occasionally, she would see a butterfly or two become a bird’s lunch. the moving sun rays gently radiated off her skin as she looked at the ladybug that was chilling on the seat beside her. she enjoyed the relaxing ambiance before it was to be interrupted.
haewon got off of the swing and headed to the recycling bin for plastic to dump her empty ice cream bowl away. as she walked back to the swings suddenly a song from her favorite band the rose interrupted the conversations that took place around her.
a toothy grin appeared on her face. she looked at the time on her small wristwatch. it was about time that her roommate would decide to wake up since it was the weekend.
she grabbed her phone from her back pocket, her grin turning into the one the cheshire cat possesses and accepted the call. but before she could answer, a husky livid voice boomed through the speaker, “haewon! what the fuck is wrong with you?!”
her smirk not faltering one bit “what’s wrong?” she asked with her voice laced in fake concern and chuckling to herself, “this isn’t funny haewon! you’re as good as dead when you come back,” the voice shouted with irritation. haewon burst into laughter. her boisterous laugh combined with the booming voice coming from her phone occupied the area around her.
“don’t- don’t act like your the innocent one here,” she tried to say in between laughs still imagining how he must look being upset over such a harmless prank.
a few moments later and she’s hunched over with tears stained on her face. she heard her name being said on the other side of the phone. “see ya” she breathed heavily and hung up feeling too tired to talk to them anymore.
after she caught her breath and cleared her mind, she stood back up and wiped her face before making a beeline to the apartment ready to embrace the storm or maybe just a squall that she had awakened.
synopsis: desperately lonely, you decided to make a wish at 11:11 as your last attempt to find love. as an answer you were given a man that was angelic but yet so devilishly handsome.
