"Picking the prettiest flower is easier than growing one."

°°°

The wind glazed through the trees and bushes along the road side. The clouds collected fuzzy in dark hues of blue and grey, way beyond the horizon of the night sky in Seoul over the busy streets and the park of Han River.

"The sky look sad." The blonde stated under his breath, almost as if talking to himself.

"It does?" HoSeok questioned in confusion as his eyes wandered up at the clouds, "-to me it looks calm." He continued with curve taking over his lips.
Jimin glanced back at the elder, his eyes softening into slight crescent moons.

"I guess something good has finally happened to him." He whispered to himself, content.

"What's that?"

"I can't believe this dude, it's his birthday and he's sleeping like he had twenty bottles of soju already." The younger remarked shifting he gaze to the black hooded one, disregarding the question before.

"I can hear y'all." Jeongguk simpered while his hood hovered over his dusty pink hair.

"You got no respect, kid" Jimin spat back defiantly.

"Two years is nothing bro."

"Two years is a lot okay? A child learns to even talk by then."

"Sure."

"Get off, we're here." Jimin slumped.

"Yo take the cake Jimin-shi." The youngest snorted running out of the van into the open grass.

"We spoiled you too much bi- "

The loud bustling bicker began to take over the ambience while the elder complimented with his heartfelt laughter and cheers.

•••

Her body felt warm and cold at the same time, the nauseous feeling climbed up from her empty stomach as she staggered her steps with much effort towards an isolated bench at the creek, holding few pamphlets loosely.

Her sense of thirst ran down her throat, getting scorched every passing second. The heavy mascot wasn't helping her breath evenly either.

"Ten, I said." Byul let out a faded chuckle as she took the weight off her head, strands of hair cling onto her like a fresh head bath.

She could hear the flutter of the surroundings much more clearly though her vision was still blurry from exhaustion.

The echoes of hysteric laughter nearby were somehow therapeutic in the silence of the wind. Breathing in with all her might, she let out a heavy sigh.

Moments in serene where she shut her eyes to feel the freeze cooling off her sweat, she felt odd behind her back, as if something was pasted on there.

She craned her neck to find three men with catastrophic expression, evidently guilty and frozen. Their eyes fell on her as one of them had his hand reaching out to her, while on his knees, presumably intended to crawl up to her.

What?

She contemplated in confusion. Definitely not at the situation, rather on what she saw.

A/N:
This book is basically updates-in-a millennium :)
I'm moving out today so I'll see you guys in another 2663628 years.