Jimin had his eyes focused on his screen.
"What's going on here?", Jungkook asked. He had heard the guys yelling and had come out of his room to see what it was about.
"Soo Young sent Jimin a picture of her.", Taehyung explained.
Jimin was sort of out of words. But I didn't know he was speechless because he found me exceptionally pretty or because he was just shocked that I had actually sent him a picture.
"That girl from the internet?", Jungkook wanted to confirm.
Taehyung nodded while Jungkook approached the scene. He wanted to see for himself.
"That's really her?", he asked a little shocked. "What did she say?"
"Yea, what did she say?", Taehyung asked and pushed Jimin aside, who was still staring at the screen without moving.
"She didn't say anything. Just sent that picture.", Taehyung said after a while.
"We should check if she's real.", Jungkook said.
Now Jimin turned around: "How are we gonna do that?", he wanted to know.
"We send the picture through google search.", he shrugged his shoulders.
"You sound like you did this a million times.", Taehyung frowned.
"I didn't. I saw it on a show that I was watching."
"So, how are we going to do that?", Jimin asked.
"Wait a second.", Jungkook said and then disappeared.
Taehyung and Jimin exchanged a concerned look. Jungkook came back with his laptop in his hands, having the instructions in front of him.
"Save that picture and then open another browser window.", Jungkook said.
So they did as planned. They google searched my picture. But - as I expected - nothing came up.
"So what does that mean?", Jimin asked. He was overwhelmed from the situation.
"I guess that means she's real.", Jungkook shrugged his shoulders. "Or that picture is from a private instagram account."
"How do you even know so much about that?", Taehyung wondered. He found it a little creepy.
"Like I said, I watched a show where they did that."
"I guess I don't even want to know what kind of show that is. It's really creepy, dude. Like stalking.", Taehyung answered.
"It's not stalking.", Jungkook defended himself. "It's investigating."
"Same thing.", Taehyung shrugged his shoulders and gave Jungkook a disgusted glance.
Jungkook sighed. "Anyways, what are you going to do now?"
Jimin looked at the two searching for help.
"You cannot send her a picture of yourself.", Taehyung stated.
Now Jimin realized how stupid that lie has been. He had told me his name was Hansol. He couldn't send me a picture of the real him now. Or else I would figure out his lie.
"You could always come clean.", Jungkook suggested.
Jimin rose an eyebrow. "I can't do that."
"So you will continue to lie to her?", Jungkook spat. He didn't approve of Jimin's lie. Especially not now that he had seen me. Suddenly there was a real person on the other end of the internet. Someone with feelings and someone who probably didn't deserve to be lied at.
"I don't know what to do.", Jimin whined.
"Send her a picture of Hansol.", Taehyung suggested.
"What kind of stupid idea is that?!", Jungkook shook his head.
"But what else is there...I cannot ignore her, neither can I tell her the truth."
"Why can't you?", Jungkook wanted to know. In fact he did know why Jimin hesitated to tell me who he was. I guess everyone would've understood. But that didn't make it right. He was still lying, using my trust. You should always be thinking of the consequences that come with your actions - always.
"I'm gonna look for a good picture on his instagram.", Taehyung said. He sat back down on the couch and started to scroll through the real Hansol's pictures. "Oh look, his profile is private, we are google search proof.", he joked.
"Not funny.", Jimin spat.
"I think it's quite funny.", Taehyung giggled.
"Just look for a picture, will you?", Jimin asked him somewhat annoyed. He was stressed and when he was stressed he was always a little on edge.
"I can't believe you guys.", Jungkook said. But neither of the two payed attention to him. Jungkook sighed and then left the living room. He didn't want to be part of this conspiracy going on.
-
After sending the guy I knew as Hansol that picture, I decided to go for a late night snack. So I went to my usual spot to get that. Yes you're right, I went to see Kyungmin.
I grabbed some chips and joined Kyungmin at the counter.
"What happened to your hair?", Kyungmin gasped.
I started to panic: "You don't like it?", I tried to check my hair in the reflection of my phone.
"No, no, no. That's not what I meant.", Kyungmin said.
I looked at him with sad puppy eyes waiting for him to explain himself.
"It's really beautiful. I mean you're always beautiful, but this is...just...wow.", he said.
A smile captured my lips and I looked at the ground a little flustered. I wasn't used to being complimented that much.
"I went to a salon with my co worker.", I gleamed at him.
"A girl I suppose.", he said.
I nodded.
"Which reminds me.", I started off. There was no easy way to put it... "She asked me for a favor."
"What kind of favor?", Kyungmin asked. He looked me directly in the eyes. He always did that. It was a captivating look that had irritated me in the beginning. But I got used to the way he looked at me by now.
"She asked me if I could arrange a blind date for her.", I said. "With you."
I smiled at him, trying to make the situation better.
"With me?", he wanted to confirm.
I nodded.
He turned around for a while, pretending to sort something into the shelf behind the counter.
"She's really pretty, you know. I guess you've seen her before when you came to pick me up.", I explained. I knew he hated blind dates, but after all I thought he could like Chanmi.
He finally looked at me again. There was a deep sadness inside of his eyes that, at that time, I just didn't see. Or maybe I didn't want to see it.
"Why the sudden change of hair?", he asked and changed the subject.
"I don't know.", I said.
"It's because of that Hansol guy, am I right?", he sighed. He looked at me with a serious expression.
I had to smile and I was blushing because he had caught me. It was so embarrassing.
"What happened to you?", he wanted to know.
"What do you mean?", I asked a little confused.
"Since when do you get your hair done because of some guy?"
"I didn't get it done only because of him.", I grumbled. And even if I was, what was wrong with that?!
"But you do admit he was one of the reasons.", he said. He seemed to be angry and I didn't understand what was going on all of the sudden.
"Why does it even matter?", I yelled at him.
A customer that was in the store looked at us a little confused.
Kyungmin ran his fingers through his hair.
"You're right, it doesn't matter.", he said. I could feel how he tried to be calm. Yet I didn't get why he was furious in the first place. "So, you want me to go on a blind date with your co worker?"
"It's not like I want you to go...I was just asking, if you would, because she asked me for it.", I stated.
"So you don't want me to go then?", he asked me. There was that piercing look of his again. But now it was intimidating.
"What?", I asked. I didn't understand what was going on anymore.
"Fine.", he spat.
"Fine, you will go?", I wanted to confirm.
"If it makes you happy when I go out with some girl, sure.", he said.
"I guess it makes me happy.", I replied furrowing. This conversation had been so weird. "I will go now."
"Yea, whatever.", Kyungmin said.
"And I will tell Chanmi you said yes to the blind date.", I said while leaving.
Kyungmin didn't reply anymore and so I left the store without another word and went up to my apartment.
"Kyungmin, you're an idiot.", he said to himself when I was gone.
With all the fuss I had completely forgotten that I had sent that picture to Hansol. I will just refer to him as Hansol to not make things unnecessarily complicated. You guys all know that Hansol is actually Jimin, but I didn't know that, so for me he really was Hansol.
-
"Here, I got you something.", Taehyung smiled at Jimin and held a small box in front of him.
"My birthday isn't until next week.", Jimin said. He literally had just woken up when Taehyung had barged into his room.
"Anyways...", he gave Jimin the box. "It's a phone. Hansol's phone."
"What are you talking about?", Jimin asked.
"I thought about it all night - you cannot give that girl your real phone number, she could sell it or something once she finds out about who you are."
"She's not evil, you know."
"And she also doesn't know that you are a liar.", Taehyung stated. And he was right. They couldn't know how mad I would be once I found out the truth.
"And that's why you bought me a phone?", Jimin asked again.
"Exactly.", Taehyung said. "You can use that phone to message her, set up a kakaotalk and all..."
"It feels so wrong to use Hansol's pictures, though.", Jimin said. He sat up in his bed looking at Taehyung.
Taehyung let himself down on the bed as well with a sigh.
"Maybe you should've thought about that before you told her you were Hansol."
Jimin ran his hands through his hair, his head was thinking a million thoughts at the same time and none of them were what he was looking for.
"You have three options here:
a) You continue to be Hansol
b) You tell her you lied and that you're you
c) You just delete the chat and your account and never talk to her again."
What option would you have chosen? And what do you think Jimin chose?
-
"You are a genius.", I gasped to Chanmi when I suddenly received a message from Hansol asking for my kakaotalk. "How did you even do that?"
Chanmi shrugged her shoulders while smiling at me.
I really didn't believe it would work. And I didn't understand why it did work. Why would a picture make a guy ask me for my number. But I didn't even want to think another second about it and I answered right away.
It was a quiet day at work with almost no customers and so Chanmi and I got a while to catch up.
"It's so exciting.", Chanmi rubbed her hands. "I hope he has a profile picture.", she said.
My heart started pounding really hard inside my chest. I was so nervous. I still didn't know who Hansol was other than what he had told me. I was more than excited to finally see what he looked like and if he looked anything like I imagined him to.
"By the way, I don't want to sound rude, but did you get a chance yet to ask Kyungmin?", Chanmi asked and she suddenly seemed a little nervous.
"Oh, right. I totally forgot. I mean I asked him last night and he said yes."
"Really?", Chanmi jumped up from her chair.
It made me happy to see her that excited.
"Then when can I meet him?", Chanmi asked.
"He didn't really say anything yet. But maybe I can give him your number? Or would you like to get his number?"
I never played armor before, I didn't know how this worked.
"I have a brilliant idea.", Chanmi then said, her eyes glittering. "We can go on a double date."
"What?", I yelled.
"It's perfect, think about it. You can meet Hansol and it will be super safe because we will be there too. So in case he's a creep Kyungmin can protect you. Actually I think if he isn't who he says he is, he will never agree to a double date in the first place. So either way you can be more safe."
It actually wasn't a bad idea. Just the thought of meeting Hansol was scaring me. Everything went so fast. A few days ago I was just talking to a stranger on the internet and now I was supposed to meet up with him.
"But I cannot just ask him for a date.", I said.
"First you should ask Kyungmin, if he's okay with that.", Chanmi said.
"And you're really willing to give up on your date with Kyungmin to be with me?", I wanted to know.
"It'll still be a date for me. Don't worry about that.", she laughed.
So I had to talk to Kyungmin about our double date. And I really hoped he would agree. It would make things so much easier for me, if he was there.
On my way home from work, I finally got a message on kakaotalk. Hansol had added me and he actually had a profile picture. I was super nervous opening his profile to check out his picture.
He was really cute, you guys. He had black hair and pale skin, a really gentle smile. He looked like a really nice guy and I was so relieved that he really seemed to be who he said he was. And I was even more excited to get our plan into action and to set up that double date.
"Kyungmin, Kyungmin.", I shouted through the store. If you wonder why Kyungmin was seemingly always working, you should keep on reading to find out the reason. ;)
Kyungmin smiled at me with one of his million dollar smiles. It seemed like our little argument from last night was all forgotten now. He had still acted a little weird in the morning though.
"Guess what.", I jumped up and down in front of him.
"What?", he wanted to know.
I held my phone in front of him to let him see Hansol's picture.
"If you would stop jumping, I could actually be able to see what you're trying to show me.", he laughed.
So I stoped jumping. I was a little out of breath from running all the way here and all the jumping.
"Oh.", Kyungmin said.
"He added me on kakaotalk and that's him. Doesn't he look good?", I asked.
Kyungmin leaned in closer to the phone. "I mean he's okay, I guess.", he said.
"Okay? He's sooooo cute.", I raved. Hansol was even better looking than I had imagined.
Kyungmin shrugged his shoulders. "I don't think he's your type."
I didn't even know myself what my type was, how was Kyungmin supposed to judge?!
"Here's the plan.", I said. "You, Chanmi, Hansol and me we will go on a double date."
"Is that a statement or a question?", Kyungmin furrowed.
"It actually is a question, but it would be great if I could make it a statement."
"So I will be going on a date with you?", a playful smile captured Kyungmin's lips as he leaned forward on the counter. His face was right in front of mine. He was so close I could see all the different brown tones in his eyes.
"No. You will be going on a date with Chanmi, while at the same time I'm going on a date with Hansol.", I explained and squinted my eyes at him. This wasn't a good time for his jokes.
Kyungmin sighed and backed off again. "Fine."
"Really?", I clapped my hands together. I didn't think it would be so easy to convince him.
He shrugged his shoulders: "Why not. I better check this dude out."
"That's just great.", I happily said, sort of ignoring Kyungmin's last words. Now only the last part of the plan had to work out. But since Chanmi came up with it, I was most certain that it would.
A little while later I found myself already caught up in a conversation with Hansol. It still was so easy to talk to him. We literally always had something to talk about.
Soo Young: I wanted to go see Tazza for another time with my friends this Friday.
Hansol: You can never watch it enough.
Soo Young: How many times have you seen it already?
Hansol: Just once. Literally nobody wanted to go again kk
Soo Young: You could join us, if you wanted...
It was a dangerous move. I could be rejected. I was nervously looking at my phone waiting for an answer. Come on Chanmi, please be right.
Hansol: Your friends wouldn't mind?
That wasn't a no. So far so good.
Soo Young: No, they don't mind. Actually I would be third-wheeling them...
Hansol: I have to check my schedule, but I would gladly except the offer. I cannot let you be the third wheel ;)
I jumped up on my couch in joy. So much jumping in one day. I would meet Hansol. Finally I had a date. For the first time I, Soo Young, would have a date.
We had decided to meet in front of the movies. Kyungmin and I went together and I was more than happy that he was here. I was so nervous. I've probably never been so nervous in my entire life.
"What if he doesn't show up?", I whined.
"Then he's an idiot.", Kyungmin tried to calm me down. He wore a white v-neck shirt, a pair of ice blue jeans and a plaid wool jacket.
"I'm so scared.", I continued to complain. I hated situations like this. That's exactly why I didn't do dates. It was nerve wrecking. Why did people do this?
"It will be fine.", Kyungmin said.
Then I saw Chanmi. She was beautiful as always. She had bright pink lips that complimented her pale skin. Also she wore a short skirt and some kitten heels. I wish I could pull off those outfits. She always looked so fancy and girly. I was more of the sporty type and I rarely ever wore skirts. Correction: I never wore skirts.
"Kyungmin, hi.", she said and fixed her eyes on him.
"Hi, you must be Chanmi. Soo Young didn't lie, you are really beautiful."
Wow it only took like five seconds and I already felt like the third wheel. But the nervousness didn't disappear.
"Hey, there he is.", Chanmi elbowed me.
I looked up and then I saw him. It was really him. It was the Hansol from the pictures. He was almost as tall as Kyungmin, he wore his University jacket and he seemed to be as nervous as I was.
"Hi, I'm Hansol.", he introduced himself. "I hope you didn't wait for long."
I immediately shook my head. I was so happy he was here and all of the sudden I didn't even feel nervous anymore.
Kyungmin on the other hand eyeballed Hansol with a careful and observing look.
"The movie is about to start, we should hurry.", Chanmi said.
We bought our tickets, Hansol payed for me and he even bought us some popcorn and something to drink, while Kyungmin paid for Chanmi. They did make a cute couple. Two hopelessly beautiful people together.
It was a bit strange, I had to admit. The movies weren't maybe the best choice for a first date. Because we weren't able to talk. I was just sitting in my seat, Hansol on one, Kyungmin on the other side.
And Chanmi noticed that Kyungmin kept his eye on me and Hansol.
After the movie Chanmi already had a new plan.
"So actually I have plans now.", she said.
I looked at her in confusing. What did she mean, she had plans. There were no plans. No.
"Kyungmin, would you mind taking me home?", she asked him.
Kyungmin hesitated for a while. Chanmi's elbow hit him. "Let's go, hm?!"
"But wait...", I wanted to stop them.
Chanmi took Kyungmin and pulled him along.
"You two should go get some dinner.", she nodded and made weird expressions that were probably supposed to tell me 'don't you get it, I'm trying to give you space'.
"Let's get some dinner.", Chanmi smiled at Kyungmin when they were out of my reach.
"Are you sure, she'll be okay?", Kyungmin wanted to know. He didn't like leaving me behind.
A while later Hansol and I sat inside a restaurant with some food in front of us.
"How did you like the movie now? Was it any different from the first time?", I asked.
Hansol looked at me smiling: "I loved it even more."
I didn't really know what to say. It was different sitting in front of him from talking via messaging.
"When I was in military my group watched one of the movies together.", he said.
"I thought you didn't go to military yet?!", he confused me.
He nervously laughed. "Did I say I. I meant my older brother."
"Your younger brother.", I corrected him. I felt weird, why did he say different things from before?
"Sorry, yes, my younger brother. He is so mature and all I always forget he is actually the younger one, you know. I watched the movie with him and his military friends."
"Aah, okay.", I nodded. It did make sense - in a way...
"Tell me more about you.", he said. "How's work?"
"It's fine I guess. Not too great but not bad either.", I answered.
"What do you do in your free time?", he wanted to know.
"Well, as you know mostly I am busy with the fan cafe, posting, reviewing those kind of things."
"Fan cafe?", he asked.
Was he actually kidding me?
"The Tazza fan cafe, where we met?", I furrowed. Something was really off.
"Oh right, sorry. I already forgot. It just seems like I know you for such a long time.", he explained.
"What are you doing in your free time?", I asked.
"Mostly studying. Sometimes I visit my family. Sunday's we mostly go to church.", he said. "Ah, I like dancing.", he quickly added.
"You go to church with your family?", I pressed him on.
He looked at me a little hesitant. Probably he didn't understand why I was asking. But it was just so weird that almost nothing he said matched what he said earlier.
"I thought your family lives in Busan.", I stated.
He nervously laughed. "Right, my parents live in Busan, but I have an aunt here."
"You are really Hansol, right?!", I just had to ask him.
"Yes.", he affirmed.
It was hard to believe him. I didn't understand what was going on. He was so different. He looked the same but he behaved so differently. He seemed to know almost nothing about me...
"I think I want to go home.", I said with a heavy heart.
"No, no wait.", he kept me from leaving. He grabbed my arm and carefully pushed me back into my seat. "Really, I am Hansol. Here see my ID.", he said and already pulled his ID out of his wallet.
I took his ID card. Kim Hansol, born in Seoul on February 17th 1995.
His name was correct, his picture matched his face. But everything else was wrong. I was confused. More than confused.
"I mean, I believe you I guess.", I said. I still wanted to go home. "I just..."
"What is it?, he wanted to know. He seemed nice and all...he just didn't seem like he Hansol that I knew. Maybe I had too much expectations when I decided to meet him...
"I just need some time to think about some things.", I said. "I'm sorry." And with that I left. I had to leave. I had to get some fresh air to clear my mind. I had to go home and check our messages. Maybe I was wrong, maybe I had misunderstood some things. Maybe I was wrong...
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