It was Valentine’s Day. Everybody was exchanging flowers with each other. Woohyun hated the atmosphere, regretting his decision to go out in the first place. “Cheer up, Woohyun.” Kibum, his best friend chirped. “Just because we don’t have a girlfriend doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy the occasion." His eyes landed on a set up booth selling flowers and chocolates. He marched towards the salesgirl, buying a bouquet before going back to his friend. “Here,” Kibum shoved the bouquet into his chest. Woohyun stared at the roses, puzzled. “What?” 

“I dare you to give this to the first girl you sees. Who knows, she might be the one.” 

“You’re crazy. What if she has a boyfriend? I’ll get beat up for sure!” 

“Maybe, or maybe not.” Kibum smirked. “Take a risk. If you do this, free meals for a week. On me.” Woohyun paused. Getting Kibum to treat him all week was a good bargain. Plus, he can spend more time on finishing his project… “Deal.” 

Deep breaths. Inhale, exhale. That’s what Woohyun been repeating for ten minutes. He’s been standing in the center of the ground floor while Kibum decided to sit in a café and watch from afar. He knows how to be spontaneous, but doing this was quite nerve wracking. 

He looked around then spotted a girl walking towards her direction. She had her hair partially tied up and wearing a lacy dress matched with her ankle socks. His target. He readies himself as she comes closer… 

“Honey!” 

“Baby!” The girl runs towards a chubby looking guy somewhere behind her and they hugged. They displayed affections in public rather cutely, but Woohyun found himself getting embarrassed. 

Woohyun glanced at the side and noticed Kibum holding in his laughter. Curse you, Kim Kibum. He gritted his teeth, lowered his gaze before starts searching again. 

Huh, why am I doing this? 

His gaze went wild before landing on a plain looking girl. She was not plain, with her hair falls down loosely on her shoulder. Her expression was neutral and she was dressed comfortably in jacket and jeans. 

This is it. Woohyun braced himself. He starts walking towards her, holding the bouquet firmly in his right hand. She was talking to her friend, but he had his eyes on her. 

Five. Four. Three. Two. One.

Both of them stopped. The girl shifted her gaze towards Woohyun. He expected her be shocked, but somehow her expression was unreadable. She looks puzzled and confused.

“H-hi…” Woohyun swallowed his saliva once. “I know this is random but, this is for you.” He presented the bouquet to her, hiding his nervousness with a reassuring smile. He didn’t budge for a minute, anticipating her reaction. His eyes met hers and suddenly he felt his lips going dry. He stopped blinking momentarily as he noticed her long eyelashes looked lovely. Within the short moment he found himself lost in her eyes. 

“She gladly accepts!” Her friend voiced out, bringing them back from trance. His heart leaped when she accepts the bouquet. “Thank you.” Her soft voice was melting him like butter. Even her voice is lovely. Woohyun followed her gaze and couldn’t help feeling happy when he saw faint shades of red on her cheeks. It was encouraging enough for him. “I’m Woohyun. Nam Woohyun. You are?”  

She bit her lip. To be exact, she was fidgeting. Somehow, she looks afraid. Why? He could not ignore the troubled feeling he had in him. Woohyun was known to be a nice person and he recalled never been intimidating to anyone, let alone a girl. 

“Don’t mind her, Woohyun-ssi.” Her friend steps in, laughing awkwardly to lighten up the mood. “She’s very shy around guys. But white roses are her favorite. Nice to meet you! I am Shin Hyeri and this is my friend, Baek Jangmi.” 

Baek Jangmi. Her name literally means white rose. Ironically, he just gave her a bouquet of white roses too. 

Baek Jangmi. Baek Jangmi. The more he repeated her name to himself, the more it sounds suspicious to him. 

Baek Jangmi. The girl. Baek Jangmi…

“Jangmi, wait! Sorry, Woohyun-ssi.” Hyeri hastily bows to him as she went after her, leaving him dumbfounded.

Jangmi. 

“Woohyun, what happened?” Kibum approached him, patting his shoulders gently. He witnessed the whole scene and he knew things gone wrong when Woohyun’s face changed. “Are you okay?” 

I’m okay. He wanted to say that. But he couldn’t. He couldn’t forget her gaze before she left. He did not understand why.