“The best and special spa treatment here at Mint salon… Leave with a smile on your face!” screamed at Jiyong’s face in what seems to be the most obnoxious sparkly bubble gum pink lettering on a mint blue background. Every street he walked along, every corner he turned there was at least one poster of that damned salon burning its impression into his retinas.

The first few times he saw it he actually thought it was… kitchy. Kitchy but cute. Being an advertising major in university he obviously paid attention to how ads looked like and instantly labeled this kind of ad as the cute kind of ads – well, cute but plain. He would just smile to himself because of the brilliant strategy of whoever set it up.

After what seemed to be the next thousand times though, it just got plain annoying. The cute little sparkles became an abhorrence to his very existence.

He felt like the stupid posters where actually following him.

After a whole week, Jiyong finally reached his breaking point.

He gave in. He decided to finally visit the stupid shop.