Chapter 25 - Motive
TimelessIt was already going 11pm yet Reii hadn’t made any move to bring in all the flower pots. *Why isn’t he still here yet?* Reii glanced the clock for the third time but she shook her head when she realized what she had just thought and shrugged it away.
*No, why should I even care if he’s coming or not* she closed her book that she was reading or rather she assumed she was, since she had been reading the same sentence for the previous 20 to 30 minutes. She walked out of the store and prepared to bring in all the pots outside. She was about to walked in with one flower pot in hand when she bumped onto somebody.
‘Oof’ the flower pot was fell from her hand and she went backwards. The person in front of her quickly slipped an arm to her waist and held her before she fall and used the other hand to catch the flower pot before it crashed onto the floor.
‘Are you okay?’ a worried and familiar voice came from that person that caught her. Reii looked up to meet eyes with Junhyung. The distance between them was too closed, Reii felt blush appearing on her cheeks.
Reii quickly straightened up and took a step back before she assured him that she was fine. ‘I-Im fine’ Reii stuttered while Junhyung just smile at her reaction *cute*
‘You’re filming somewhere here again?’ Reii looked at him as she took the flower pot.
‘No, I rushed here to help you out after I finished my practice.’ Junhyung honestly spoke while Reii’s eyes rounded at his honest reply.
*He purposely came here to help? All these while he too just came here to help even though he wasn’t nearby?* ‘You don’t have to trouble yourself, I could have do it by myself anyway.’ Reii was pondering about it now. She couldn’t understand why he would do that.
‘I wanted to. Besides girls shouldn’t carry such heavy pots by themselves especially those 2 flower pots over there’ Junhyung pointed over to the flower pots by the door. Reii could felt her heart raced as she heard what he said, she didn’t know what to do or say.
‘Since Im here, leave all these to me’ Junhyung began taking the flower pots in. Reii stood there as she watched Junhyung walked into the store.
*He’s just here to help out’* Reiishook her head before she walked into the store. She continued to do her things while Junhyung do all the tough job, he had no problem with the placing of the flower pots since he had been doing it for a couple of times now.
‘Thanks’ Reii bowed as Junhyung was done.
‘Don’t thank me because I have a motive for it’ Reii straighted up and asked again. she thought she had heard him wrongly.
‘You heard me. Since I helped you out all these time, don’t you think you should repay me back?’ Junhyung raised an eyebrow as he looked into her eyes. Reii somehow felt uncomfortable with his stare and looked away from him.
‘What do you want then?’ Reii looked everywhere except for him.
‘Well how about going out on a date with me tomorrow? I had a day off tomorrow’ Junhyung offered and Reii whirled around to meet his gaze *What did he just say?!* she thought she had heard wrongly again.
‘Im sorr-’ Reii was about to reject when Junhyung cut her words.
‘How about just normal going out with friend? You just have to accompany tomorrow.’ Junhyung urged again. Reii was pondering about it, finding excuses but Junhyung manage to beat her to it. ‘Don’t worry about the store, I already found someone to replace you for tomorrow’ Junhyung waved the problem away.
‘But-’ Junhyung stopped Reii again. He wouldn’t let her find excuses for tomorrow so easily. He was determined to go out with her tomorrow.
‘No but. I’ll see you tomorrow’ Junhyung walked away towards the door, giving Reii no chance to say anything about it. He waved without looking back.
Reii looked at Junhyung’s back as he left. She was dumbfounded. There was no way she could reject him now.
*Nothing will happened right Doojoon? I hope what Im afraid of wouldn’t happen tomorrow.* Reii stared as Junhyung’s figure was getting smaller and smaller from her sight. She closed the store and went home.
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