h u n d r e d n i n e

in a hotel room in seoul, there was a middle aged woman with her grandson. the little boy with straight jet black hair styled into a bowl cut was sat on the carpet floor of the room. his dark brown eyes were trained on a picture he was drawing at the moment. it was of a kpop idol. next to it was a finished drawing of the same kpop idol performing with his friends on a stage.

the television in the room was on, and it was tuned in to a local news station of seoul. normally, the grandmother watched the news of her home town. but she was visiting with her daughter for a few days in seoul and it was the only thing that was on.

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so then we actually didn't argue allof january. our next argument was on feb 5th. my boss usually lets us out at the same time beacuse she knows we're a two for one special. if one leaves, the other has to leave too.

but she let him leave at nine and he walks over to me in the office. and he said "she let me leave bc its dead rn. go ask her if you can go too." so i said "she's going to say no if i ask her. you ask her for me pls." bc he's her favorite in the store. she even calls him her son. and so he goes and she tells him no. and he comes back and says. "she says you cant go until 12."

so then our other friend JD walks over and says, "guess who's out? A, i'll take you home so you dont have to wait for clary today." so A looks at JD then he looks at me. and he says, "can i go?" and it hurt my feelings because i ALWAYS wait for him when i get off before him. and he always waits for me. so i thought maybe he was mad at me or something. so i said, "sure...if you want to." swallowing the lump in my throat.

and he leaves! so when i go on my last break i texted him "did you actually leave." and he said  "well yeah." and i said  "i could have finished my tasks quickly so we could leave together" and he said "she said you couldnt leave until 12. you've left without me before, i dont see the issue." and i said  "that was when i had a fever and she let me leave at 7am. i couldnt wait until 1pm for you." and he said "and i get it. this is the first time i leave without you. pls. i dont want to argue." so i said "okay."

and we didn't talk until tuesday. he texts me. "are you still mad?" and i said  "no. are you?" and he said "i was for a few days. but im over it." so then we were cool.

but i noticed he was acting different.

-clary