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Saheon blinks and blinks again.
"What are you smiling for?"
That bastard Soleum has been acting even more suspicious than usual lately. Instead of his usual ritual of watching children's shows at 3am, which Saheon still got no explanation for, Soleum's face stays glued to his phone.
His face glows with a smile.
Soleum is smiling.
Baek Saheon hadn't even thought in his wildest dreams that Soleum could smile like...
That.
Normally, he doesn’t even come out of his room that often and now he’s sitting in the main area of the dorm with that pretty—ah, he means, stupid—smile.
The instant Kim Soleum processes Saheon's question, his smile vanishes as if it had never been there to begin with. He turns his head to Saheon and stares at him.
Saheon is certain he is not blinking.
"Did you not hear me? Who died for you to smile?"
Kim Soleum's eyes darken, "Can't you see that I am otherwise occupied?"
Saheon springs back in surprise. So defensive. "All you do is stare at your phone. Are you waiting for a message?"
Soleum does not dignify the question with an answer and turns back to his phone. That creepy smile of his comes back. When did this start? The darkness he had last entered must have corrupted him, despite that bastard being strangely very resistant to that.
Could it be...
"You’re waiting to exchange items!"
That must be the reason Kim Soleum is acting so strangely. He definitely found someone from whom he can scam items.
Kim Soleum gives him one disgusted look, "Of course not." He stands up abruptly, but before he steps back inside his room, he turns back to Saheon. "Don't talk to me again."
The door slams behind him.
"..."
"What a bitch."
Saheon mutters under his breath.
"Why is that freak so smiley? He’s definitely hiding some items."
The black button eyes of Soleum’s plush rabbit shine brightly at him.
"Is he messaging someone? But who could he even know..."
Saheon looks back at the plush rabbit.
"It can't be Go Yeongeun, she’s still in a darkness. As if that loser could make any other friends."
The plush falls to the side.
“…”
"Why the heck am I talking to a plush??"
He is definitely getting infected with whatever mental illness Soleum has to be talking to that creepy plush.
At that moment, Kim Soleum comes out of his room, dressed far too polished up for a random Saturday. Compared to his work clothes, the normal clothes let him look far too pretty... Wait—not pretty. He definitely doesn't think Kim Soleum is pretty!!
Before Baek Saheon can sort out his own thoughts, Kim Soleum is already out the door.
It definitely has something to do with the mysterious messages.
Following him is way too risky.
...
He ended up following him.
Seriously, what is wrong with that guy?? He is way too vigilant of his surroundings. It isn't like it’s common for people to stalk him.
Preoccupied with thinking about how annoying Kim Soleum is, Baek Saheon does not notice their distance growing shorter.
He barely manages to dash behind a trashcan before Kim Soleum turns his head sharply.
He takes a step forward.
And another, before he is standing almost beside Saheon's hiding spot.
'Don't look. Don't look. Don't look'
Saheon feels sweat dripping down his forehead.
Should he attack him first? Maybe the surprise will present him with an opportunity to get a hit. Getting rid of his roommate sounds liberating. No more sneaking around that bastard in his own home. No more sleepless nights because of the loud TV noises of creepy children's shows. No more Kim Soleum!
After working with this company for a while, he can confidently say that they give no shits about their employees' deaths. The only problem would be his squad.
Well, it’s still better than getting killed by Soleum for having the audacity to stalk him.
[♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ ﾟ.]
Before Baek Saheon can decide which action he should take, the sound of a phone ringing breaks the silence.
Kim Soleum uncharacteristically scrambles to take the phone out, "Hey... No worries. I can wait."
Kim Soleum only needs to take another step to see him, but instead, he turns around quickly and continues his way to his destination. Baek Saheon is finally able to take a breather. This was way too close. He let himself stretch for a moment, trying to calm his racing heart.
While he is standing up and stretching his body, an older man looks at him weirdly. "Always those youngsters." Baek Saheon wishes to punch that guy, but he needs to sprint if he doesn’t want Soleum to get away.
Through sheer luck Baek Saheon is able to catch up and see Kim Soleum entering a café. It is very normal, but it would make sense for their meeting to be at a public place.
He found the perfect position with a direct line of sight behind a plant. He will find out what he is hiding.
At that moment a waiter walks up to his table and smiles at him, “Good evening! May I take your order?”
"...I want a brown sugar milk tea. BUT, with no ice."
"Your drink is coming shortly!" The waiter exclaims, and instead of leaving, she looks at the other side of the table and starts gushing just as she was about to leave, "Oh my god. That's such a cute bunny plush! Does it have a name?"
Baek Saheon slowly turns his head.
At the other side of his table sits that creepy plush of Kim Soleum. Instead of a bow tie, it was wearing sunglasses and a hat, as if trying to disguise itself.
Baek Saheon tries to smile but it's very hard to hold it, almost choking on his spit because of the surprise, "I think his name was... Braun."
"Braun? What a weird name for a pink bunny."
"Yeah, the person who chose that name is totally a weirdo." The waiter looks at him as if he’s the crazy person before leaving for another table.
Normally, that would annoy him greatly, but he would rather have her stay and act as a deterrent to it. Instead, she left him alone with that thing. He knew that the bunny Kim Soleum carried everywhere was cursed, but he didn't do anything to trigger it.
Suddenly, the back of a large figure blocks his perfect view of Kim Soleum.
Instead of moving on to another table, that man sits down opposite to Kim Soleum.
"It couldn't be-"
The man was none other than Chief Lizard.
Is he the reason why that bastard has so many items? Is he his supplier? It would make sense...
But, before he could continue his train of thought, Kim Solemn leans over the table and- he- he- he KISSES HIM??!
Extra:
Kim Soleum looks over Lee Jaheon's shoulders to watch Baek Saheon have a meltdown. He of course noticed that he was following him on the way, luckily, before he confronted Saheon by accident, Lee Jaheon called to inform him of his late arrival.
The best way to deal with stalkers is to ignore them, of course. (pls don't do that irl)
Lee Jaheon raises an eyebrow to catch Kim Soleum's attention.
Kim Soleum lips purse. Now isn't the time to think about Baek Saheon.
"I hope those two aren't disturbing our date," he says, while reaching out to grab Lee Jaheon’s scaled lizard hand.
Lee Jaheon's red eyes shine bright, "...Being with you is enough.”
