As we huddle together, the storm raging outside
∙ ∙ ∙ the way i said i love you!! — curiosity killed the cat, @hyedonq !! ♡
the soft tinkling of bells would usually alert the coffee shop’s owner of incoming customers, with the staff and waitresses gleaming up with nothing but friendly smiles. not tonight. not when it’s the weekend, not during a raging mess of a rainstorm that strands the two females outside the only place they could find with a gutter enough for them to fit. her gaze falls down against her shoes, drenched from mud stains and puddles she’s leaped across from but then she remembers that the unnie she’s stuck with probably has the same dilemma. and before she knows it, there’s loud laughter roaring from her cherry painted lips, eyes twinkling into moon beams and mouth twisting against her cheeks.
jinny is usually keen on weather reports. in fact, she checks her phone rather religiously for changes in it, just so she knows exactly how to dress up for the day or night. of all the possible scenarios though, she’s least expecting rain. it’s fall, almost winter. surely, rain would be the last to come? wrong. obviously, since she’s helplessly stuck outside with the aoa member, both of their hair sticking against the back of their jackets, beads of raindrops adorning the sleeves of their handbags. and of all the days that this could happen, it had to be today where her phone was running low on battery and when she didn’t have her power bank charged. what’s the point of carrying one when you never charge it, her subconscious questions her, the very same question is asks whenever jinny catches a glimpse of it. lesson learned though: always charge your power bank.
her chest heaves from exhaustion and she makes a small attempt to rub at her breast plate, leaning sideways to rest against hyejeong’s shoulder. “the next time we go out, let’s check the weather, unnie.” in a breathless whisper, she manages to quip at the older female, eyes glued to the rather busy street. you’d think catching a cab would be easy but when everything is set in motion during rush hour, it’s almost impossible to catch an empty one.
jinny thinks about her schedules. training starts in exactly one hour and by the progress of their commute, she’d have to ask to be dropped off at the train station. it would definitely be more convenient for her and not to mention, quicker. she assumes the worse with the idea of her extra clothes gone too so maybe she’d have to drop by a different training room to haul clothes from friends and labelmates, just for her to get through the night. at a time like this, she wants to scold herself and ask why she even thought she’d be able to pull a quick meal along an impulsive stroll for window shopping.
but as thunder strikes (the trainee stumbling behind her unnie’s figure rather quickly in fear), she can’t help but say, “this day was so good. things go according to how you want it to when you don’t plan it at all.” nuzzling her nose against hyejeong’s arm in the msot affectionate way she can, she adds, “unnie is the best. i hated how busy i’ve been the past two weeks but this was exactly what i needed to relieve all that stress of mine.”
