ramenㅣkth

chapter 4

the girl scrambled for her long hoodie and her hat, forgetting all about the noodles that were probably still downstairs waiting for them to be eaten.

"where's my mask?" she muttered under her breath and searched.

the girl looked under the bed and finally found the missing mask and trudged down the stairs while placing it over her chapped lips. a waft of the noodles finally made her realize that she left the noodles but barely minded them and went outside. cold air greeted her since it was the beginning of winter and she shoved her hands into her jean pockets. as she walked, she thought about the boy again. actually, she started to wonder, how the f**k did he get her number? shaking her head with suspiciousness, she noticed she arrived at 7/11 and entered.

"ramen thief?" a deep voice asked skeptically.

the girl whipped her head around and saw a boy around her age, sitting on one of the veranda tables with his arms crossed. he had blondish brown hair that made him slightly remind her of an acorn, front hair that covered his eyebrows and half of his eyes, and casual tumblr clothing. basically, you could call him a fuckboy.

"anonymous stalker?" she asked back, narrowing her eyes at his comment.

the boy smirked, jumped off the table, and put out a hand to shake. the girl looked at the hand before ignoring it and walking past him.

"wow rude, i just put out a hand to shake and you ignore me?" he pouts, almost tauntingly,"i'm hurt."

"just let me buy you ramen and leave. i didn't really agree to introduce myself to you," the girl murmured, avoiding eye contact with the boy.

sighing, the boy ruffled his own hair and skipped over to the girl where he put an arm around her,"i want the spiciest one."

shoving the boy off, the girl scanned through the noodles but hesitated to grab one. the boy was waiting for her to grab the one right in front of her when he saw her body flinch. after waiting for another 10 seconds, the boy got frustrated.

"yo pretty girl, just grab the ramen. yeesh, don't you have a hand?" he groaned, snatching the cup of instant noodles.

astonished, the girl froze and stared at him walking over to the cashier. she felt her face flush since she couldn't even touch the package and felt embarrassed for her fear overwhelming her so suddenly.

"sorry, let me pay for that," the girl stammered before reaching for her wallet when she felt an empty pocket.

her eyes widening, the girl felt all of her pockets and slightly panicked when she found out that she didn't bring her wallet nor any cash with her. she was officially screwed.

"um...." she had absolutely no clue on how to break this to the boy, who was slightly pissed at waiting.

the boy raised one of his eyebrows and frowned,"you forgot your money? you really need to step up your game, lady."

the girl felt a wave of guilt and really wanted to apologize but the words wouldn't form on her mouth. the boy grabbed his wallet, threw the amount of the noodles, and took the cup.

"well, might as introduce yourself since our promise hasn't been actually fulfilled," he tediously said, sitting down on a chair.

the girl wanted to rip her hair out and bit her bottom lip, hard. how stupid could she get?

"i'm valencia."

the boy nodded and replied,"i'm taehyung."

he ripped open the plastic seal and magically completed the process of making noodles. for val, it took her like half an hour to just open the cup.

"do you like ramen? is that why you stole one?" taehyung asked, grabbing a pair of wooden chopsticks.

val kind of tried to ignore that question but in the end, made up an excuse,"well, you could say that the cup randomly rolled into my hand..?"

taehyung chuckled before glancing at val.

"funny, you have quite the vivid imagination."

val sheepishly rubbed her hands together and tried to change the subject,"so, what's up with you? do you have a fetish for noodles or something?"

taehyung took a sip of the ramen soup before bursting into laughter,"me? fetish for ramen?"

once he was done laughing, he went into his serious mode, came close to val, and whispered,"how did you know?"

val facepalmed. introducing, taehyung, probably the weirdest person she's ever met in her life.