Park Sungjin
Jung Eunji Short Stories Collection~
Eunji stretched, getting ready for the jogging. It was chilly this morning, and the members had asked why she didn’t just go to the gym instead of jogging outside but she liked jogging outdoors more. Jogging wasn’t her normal exercise method, but since there was no boxing lessons today, and she had to complete her exercise quota for the day, she decided on jogging.. Chorong had warned her on getting recognized by someone, but Eunji wasn’t too worried on that front. She was makeup less and the mask covered most of her face. Honestly though, exercise was more or less an excuse to go enjoy the morning by herself. It wasn’t everyday that she had time like this, so she intended to make full use of her morning.
As some sort of precaution she decided on one of the less taken Han River route and started jogging. One thing she regretted was forgetting to bring her mp3 player. Listening to music definitely made jogging easier. It was after about jogging for half an hour that she heard a faint sound of guitar. She would have jogged passed if it wasn’t one of her favorite songs, but she decided this was a good time to take a break she walked to the source of sound.
A boy..with his eyes closed was strumming the guitar earnestly as he shook to the beat; totally unaware of the surrounding and fully engrossed in his music who was around her age was playing the guitar earnestly, with eyes closed, totally unaware of his surroundings. The scene really touched her, as his passion really got to her. She was fixed on her spot and as he finished his song, she couldn’t help but give a clap
The boy looked up, and she could see the surprise in his face.
"You play really great!" Eunji gave him thumbs up, and a smile but that smile was covered by her mask so he could only see the thumbs up.
"Thank you so much." He bowed politely, seeming somewhat embarrassed
"Ah, Busan satoori!" Eunji noticed immediately and she too switched to her satoori. "Do you always come here to sing?"
"Sometimes when I want to just let go of myself and play guitar. Much people don’t pass by this route, and I like the fresh air here." He replied
"Do you only play guitar, or do you sing too?"
"I sing too. "
"If it's not too much, can I ask you to sing?" she requested
"For Sure." He cleared his throat before starting to sing
Eunji realized that he was not only a good guitarist, but really great singer too. She hummed along as he played few songs. Members would really disapprove if they learn that she spent her morning with random stranger, but she was enjoying herself too much; and he didn’t feel like a stranger for some reason. Whether it was because of his Busan satoori of because of his vague resemblance to Jung Yonghwa, Eunji didn’t know.
He had finished playing, and it was only then she noticed how cold his hands looked. She fished her pocket and took out the hand warmer
"Here, my token of thanks for the songs." She handed it over to him, and he took it gratefully
"I really feel like I have heard your voice somewhere though.." Eunji mumbled, trying to think of where
He just chuckled as he packed up the guitar. The alarm ringing on Eunji's phone reminded her of the time
"Aigoo, time passed too soon. Will you be here tomorrow?" Eunji asked, warming up again for the jog back
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