I walked through the supermarket aisles, a note in hand as I scanned the shelves. Ticking off the things I had, I dropped them in the basket. I looked at the last item on the list.

Kitchen paper rolls. I looked up the shelf only to see the thing at the top. I sighed. Fuck being 5'5 because I couldn't reach those damn thing for shit.

I jumped once but missed. I jumped once again but my hand didn't even reach the top shelf. Stupid department store people, do they not realize that short people have short limbs and cannot reach the top. Or did they expect me to carry a ladder everywhere? I made a mental note to write a hateful feedback when I leave the departmental store.

I felt something or more like someone press behind me suddenly and I froze in my place. Their hand reached out to the product as they pulled it down while I was pressed against the shelf awkwardly.

I felt the space behind me clear only to be met with a chest. I looked up to see a man smiling as me as he handed me the paper roll.

"I saw you struggling and I thought I should put my fabulous 188 cm height to use", he chuckled. Oh fuck, this man was gorgeous. I didn't even realize I had been staring at him until he waved his hand in front of me.

"Oh... thank you so much..", awkwardness was radiating from me. He was so handsome my mind had gone into shut down mode.

"No problem. These guys need to rethink their design plans", he commented looking around.

I chuckled as I heard this. "By the way, I am James", he extended his hand.

"Nana", I replied covering his hand with mine. "That's a cute name"

I blushed and looked at my feet. "Anyway, Nana I am going to get going now", he stepped back. "Oh wait, if you ever need help getting things out of the top aisle, here's my number", he turned his palm and like a magician a business card was in his hand.

I was shocked. "Wow that is cool". I was a little shy but took his card. "I will definitely let you know.. um, If I ever need help.... I mean you seem busy.. and I can ask someone else for help too...."

I paused as I saw James looking at me before he burst into chuckles. "You are so clueless, it's actually cute. You know right that I gave you my number so I could ask you out and that I was just trying to flirt"

"What ! Oh Shit", It struck me how stupid I sounded blabbering absolute nonsense. But he asked me out? This was the first time someone asked me out. What do I say? I don't even know him. But Taehyung? Oh shut up Nana! You and Taehyung don't even stand a chance. Maybe this James could be your ultimate rescue to dying single for life.

"Earth to Nana, you spaced out", he clicked his fingers in front of me.

"Oh I am sorry, I.."

"It's okay. I understand you might not be comfortable going out with someone you just met. I just thought you were cute and it would be great to know you. If you ever want to hang out, hit me up..", with that he started walking away. I contemplated a second before calling him.

"Wait"

James smirked to himself as he bit his lip in victory before turning around and putting on an innocent face with a smile.

I stepped to where he was as I laid my hand out. He looked at it and then at me. "Your phone"

Without a word he removed it and placed it in my hand. I took it as I typed my number and handed it to him. He smiled as he put it back in. "Guess I will see you soon Nana", he said and I nodded.

With that he turned to leave and I swear I saw his gleam a sapphire color. I shook my head. I was hanging out with these supernatural beings a lot and now everything seemed paranormal to me.

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I still had an hour or two before I needed to be back home so I decided to stroll around the mall and buy something for myself. We had an upcoming evening gala at the college and I could really use a nice dress. The one's I had were almost too old and worn out and I was sure I couldn't wear those.

I glanced through a couple of shops, trying to find one which would fit my budget. The ones I like were either too expensive and the ones that fit in my budget were all very tacky. There was no winning with them.

As I passed by a couple of shops, my eyes fell on someone in a designer shop. This man seemed familiar. He turned around and I saw that it was that Jungkook guy and right beside him was Taehyung. Before I could scurry away from there, Jungkook's eyes met mine and he called out for me.

I cursed under my breath as the brown haired man came running towards me. "Nana, what a surprise!", he said pulling me into a hug. I awkwardly pat his back and let myself off.

"What are you doing here?", he looked at me with his big doe eyes. "Oh I was just looking around for a dress"

"Ah great ! Can you help me with something?", he pulled me inside the shop. "I need to buy a suit but I cannot put my finger on one. Please help me select"

As I went inside, I saw Taehyung silently browsing through the coats. He already had tried a purple one on and dare I say I couldn't take my eyes off him. He looked ethereal like he had been blessed by darkness himself.

He must have sensed me as he looked up to meet my eyes, a warm smile appearing on his face. I looked down, not being able to contain how fast my chest was beating because of the boxy smile. Taehyung looked slightly confused as he saw Nana glance away. Why was she behaving like this? Had he done something to upset her? But just a couple of days before they had met when he brought her back from Ilsan and they were fine then.

He approached her, his slender figure towering over the girl. "What are you doing here?"

"Oh um, Jungkook wanted help with choosing some outfit"

"Oh", the man looked back to see the younger male holding a couple of suits as he looked through the collection. "He is coming to the evening gala. That is what we are getting suits for"

I nodded. If Taehyung was wearing what he was right now to the gala, everyone was going to be floored. He would definitely steal everyone's thunder. A pang of jealousy erupted in my heart as I imagined Nami and her group shamelessly flirting with him.

"So, is this okay?", he asked pointing to his own suit.

Damn it Kim Taehyung, this is more than okay. This is freaking perfection. YOU ARE FUCKING PERFECTION. I LOVE YOU.

I gasped as I slapped my cheek. Did I just say I loved him in my mind? He snapped his fingers in front of me and I looked up. "Oh yeah, this is good. You look good"

"Just good?", he smirked and I gulped. "I thought I deserve more than just a plain old 'good'.."

I scoffed. He couldn't stop praising his own self ever, could he? "No just good, and now if you excuse me, Jungkook-ssi needs my help"

With that I walked away from him, helping Jungkook select. Taehyung smiled as he saw Nana help Jungkook. He felt a fuzzy feeling within himself and butterflies in his stomach. Everything about her made him so giddy and happy, he hadn't even felt like this with Hwayoung. At this point he was sure of one thing and that was - he liked Nana and he had developed feelings for her.