Burgers, Swings and You

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"Double Patty?" Irene looked up at the white neon sign hanging overhead and turned at the grinning girl who was scanning the menu stand outside.


"Isn't this a movie or something? And how did you find this?"


Seulgi straightened her back and directed her grin at Irene. "Instagram and yep. It's starred by that pretty unnie who Joy said looks like you."


Pretty unnie who looks like me? Irene couldn't help but blush. She averted her gaze while slightly fanning her face to remove some of the warmth when her eyes caught something unusual.


"What?" Seulgi asked when she noticed Irene's right brow twitching. She knew that the older was unaware of this habit but it happens when the Irene was confused or curious. She followed where Irene was looking and almost laughed at the picture.


The latter squinted her eyes and moved closer to the poster and pointed at the unfamiliar bread. "Why is the bun blue? Or black? Or pink? Or red? Is it a cake? A red velvet cake bun?" 

"What? Nooo!" Seulgi shook her head and pulled her closer to the ad.


"Isn't it cute?" Seulgi gushed, her eyes twinkling in delight. "It looks really pretty in pictures so I wanted to try-" she paused when she saw Irene's confused look. "But you're right. It looks weird. I'm sorry. Let's find another place?"


Detaching her eyes from the curious looking bread, she noticed that the younger's shoulders were slumped and the childlike twinkle in Seulgi’s eyes considerably dimmed. She could even picture the cogs inside Seulgi's mind working nonstop and overthinking again.


Despite being flabbergasted, Irene tried to morph her features into something akin to interest, wiping any traces of confusion or uncertainty at the color of their soon to be food.


She tugged Seulgi and linked their arms together. "No. Here's fine. I was just... intrigued if it's like a flavor or something like a blue pepsi or dr. Pepper. Come on, I'm kinda hungry."


Once they were inside, they were welcomed by the staff and ushered them to a table. Irene let Seulgi order. She could see the b excitement and that her face was squished because she was smiling too much. She'd only hum when Seulgi suggests something and just observe the younger from her seat.


Looking at Seulgi, Irene still couldn't believe that she was seeing this side of the usually timid or sometimes cold girl and she couldn't help but giggle when Seulgi roamed her eyes around the place. She took out her phone and snapped a couple of photos for remembrance while Irene took out her phone to stealthily capture pictures of Seulgi. But the roaming eyes of the younger proved it to be difficult for her so she laid her phone on the table (after some unusual angles and blurry shots) and propped her head on her hand, already content in watching Seulgi.


"This is so cool." Seulgi muttered more to herself then she turned her head to look back at Irene. "Do you see-"


The words caught on when she saw the gentle eyes looking at her and the soft smile. Seulgi suddenly grew conscious of how she acted, like a kid's first time in a candy shop.


"I should've done this awhile ago," Seulgi heard her whisper.


"Huh?"


Irene pointed at everything around them including her. "This. So that I was able to see these sides of you earlier. You look so cute when your excitement is uncontained."


Furiously blushing at the directness, Seulgi ducked her head low and played with the tissue dispenser. Irene chuckled at the another display of cuteness before shaking her head.


She saw a waiter approaching their table and uttered a small thanks after he placed everything on their table.


"Seulgi-ah, what are these?" She asked as she eyed the lego shaped buns and what seemed like a deconstructed burger with lots of toppings and sauces.


Seulgi finally looked up and grinned again with the sight of their food. "DIY burger. You can put anything you want and I've read that the patty here is pretty good."


"We're going to play with our food?" Irene finally grinned and fetched some wipes from her bag to clean her hands and offered Seulgi the same.


"Yeah?"


Her grin became wider and her eyes finally held the same twinkle of excitement as Seulgi's awhile ago. "Count me in. Thank you for the food!"

 

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"Competitive," Seulgi muttered under her breath. 


Irene snickered, taking a glance at Seulgi's unstable burger stack before stacking her own like it's nothing. "You made this into a game so I'm just trying to be a good participant."


The younger muttered some more under her breath but could only watch helpless when her burger tower started to lean to the sides.


"No. No. No. No."


"That's not gonna last a minute and you know it."


"It will so shush or else your breath will make it fall."


Seulgi's determined eyes shut Irene up but instead of feeling angry towards her for shushing her, Irene could only look at Seulgi's adorable concentrating face with a small smile.


They wait for a minute while watching the stack and when there was only ten seconds left, the burger started to lean dangerously to the side.


Irene snickered again when she saw the problem. It was how Seulgi arranged the wet ingredients on her burger which made it unstable and very very slippery. She could only watch in amazement as the patty and the tomatoes in the middle slowly fall, making the whole "building" collapse. 


"Three... Two... One..." she whispered as the timer neared its end and clapped when it beeped. "Nice job, architect!"


Grinning, she turned to the sulking girl infront of her and deflated a little at the adorable pout on Seulgi’s face. She picked on some French fry and popped it into before leaning back on her own chair. "You did well, you know. The tower was really unstable but it held on nicely."


"How did you do it?" Seulgi murmured while sending deadly glares at her still upright tower. "Why is it still standing?"


"Friction?"


"Huh?"


She scrunched her brows and deconstructed her burger so that she can fully explain. "I'm no genius when it comes to this but I know basic science. See?"


"So... you put the tomatoes above the lettuce because it's the most slippery and the lettuce has texture to hold it in place?"


Irene nodded while she popped another fry. "Dry on wet or something. I remember watching a Facebook video about how to hold the integrity of the burger."


Seulgi gasped and pointed a finger at her. "You cheated!"


"I did not."


Seulgi crossed her arms, sulking further. Irene couldn't stop the small flutters in her heart at the sight.


"You did. It's unfair."


"You can have the win if you want." She said as she started to eat patty. She wasn't really a fan of burgers or pizza but once she took a bite, her opinion about it might change. Her brow twitched at the rich flavor of the burger and slightly hummed in appreciation before taking another piece.


"You're giving up your win? Just like that?"


Chuckling at the incredulous expre

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jenlisasbiatch
Well, there's that! I'm sorry for disappearing since I'm focusing on what's more important in my life now but I hope this is enough for now. I need to dip once again so keep safe everyone!😄😄

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Juxptier
87 streak #1
You are missed, hope we get to see you again someday
Oct_13_wen_03 34 streak #2
hope u doing great author nim
Kylie_123 #3
Chapter 23: Siri play anywhere but home by seulgi
Kylie_123 #4
Chapter 21: Yun pala yun !!! Pero bakit nasasaktan ako para kay Irene kasi parang may reason din sya 😭😭 pero ano nya ba kasi si wendy 😭😭 kawawa naman pala si eun ae 😔😔😔
AnneTokki 39 streak #5
Chapter 39: Waiting for new update 🥺
dancingseulo
#6
Chapter 39: Irene being all mysterious.
Yoonchoding07 #7
Chapter 39: welcome back authornim. thank you for the update.

really curious as to why Joohyun reacted like that after meeting Mr. Song, plus what transfer might he be referring to. 🤔
dancingseulo
#8
Chapter 38: They need to fix their communication skills with each other because they are still so secretive from each other and that’s not a very good sign of a healthy relationship.
dancingseulo
#9
Chapter 37: 😭😭
Oct_13_wen_03 34 streak #10
Chapter 39: Finalllllllyyyy 😭😭😭😭, how are u author nim? how was your feel after taking a break? I hope u feel better 🙆🏻‍♀️🤍🤍