Donghae and I were going to have an Iron Man movie marathon that night, so we went to the local grocery store to pick up a few snacks.  Donghae wandered off to grab drinks while I looked through the chip aisle.  I threw my favorite flavors into the shopping basket and started walking through the store looking for my roommate.  The person I saw first though, was Sungmin.  We were both walking down the same aisle towards each other, so there was no way to pretend like I hadn't noticed him.

I smiled and waved to acknowledge him.  I tried to appear relaxed and confident, but in reality it was taking all of my willpower to keep my body from shaking from all of the anxiety coursing through my veins.  I could feel my heartbeat speeding up in my chest and my palms were starting to sweat where I gripped the shopping basket.  I tried looking around for Donghae again, desperate for someone to rescue me.

Sungmin walked up to me with a shy smile.  "Hi."

"Hey, it's been awhile.  How are you?" I babbled.

"I'm doing good.  I finally got that promotion at work."

"Cool.  You deserve it."  God, this was awkward...

"I swear, we should just buy stock in these things," Donghae said as he walked up to me and threw an economy box of large lubricated condoms into my basket.  Sungmin glanced over at Donghae when he spoke, then his gaze followed the box into the basket.  His eyes widened when he realized what they were and he started chewing on his lip.  I quickly hid the basket behind my back and wished Donghae had better timing.  I tried to catch his attention with my eyes, but he was too busy studying Sungmin.  I saw the glint of recognition in his eyes before he turned his back to Sungmin and faced me with a look of sympathy.  Thankfully Sungmin couldn't see the expression to know how pathetic I really was around him.  How pathetic everyone else knew I was around him.

"Think happy thoughts, Hyukjae," my roommate whispered into my ear and I smiled gratefully at him as some of the tension eased out of my body.

I turned Donghae around again to face my ex.  "Donghae, this is