Dear Neighbour

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Seokjin was walking through the park because it was one of those days that he just wanted to chill, forget about his damn bucket list and just enjoy his remaining time on earth. He appreciated how the leaves would fall on his shoulder but would quickly brush it off before someone sees a floating leaf on a park bench. He definitely didn’t want to spook anyone.

A few dogs on leashes barked at him as their owners passed by, looking past him when they looked at what their dogs are barking at.

He laughed to himself as a few people looked past him, he made faces at them because he knew nobody could see him and his antics.

Although he liked the invisibility ability a bit, it allows him to peek on his hot neighbor and such, but most of the time, Jin just felt lonely.

A kid suddenly sat beside him, Jin tensed up but soon realized that the kid probably doesn’t see him.

“Are you a parking ticket?”

Seokjin’s head snapped towards the little girl’s direction, who was now staring back at him with her half-molten ice cream in her hand.

“Why?”

“Because you’ve got fine written all over you..”

The little girl giggled, aiming her sticky ice-cream-covered finger guns at Jin, pretending to shoot him it. The little girl was adorable and strangely resembled his neighbor at the complex, Jimin.

Seokjin laughed at the little girl’s pick up line (which is probably better than most of his own).

“You’re good, where did you learn that?”

Seokjin smiles at the little girl, and the little girl shoots back an eye-smile, which was really familiar.

“I heard my brother say it to his boyfriend and Yoongi-oppa laughed. And I thought it could cheer you up and it did”

She explains in her cute bubbly voice while looking at Seokjin. He was touched at the little girl’s sweet intention, and his heart was just about to burst seeing this little girl’s precious familiar smile.

“It did make me smile, thank you. You’re very nice. What’s your name?”

Seokjin adores this child just like how he did Jimin. He really felt like he was talking to the mochi next door again.

“I’m Jihye, what’s your name handsome oppa?”

“Jin. Seokjin-oppa”

“Jihye-ah! There you are!”

A middle-aged woman comes up to the two of them, halting their conversation. The woman then hugs little Jihye tightly.

“Don’t you ever run away from me like that, I was worried”

The woman sighs, rubbing her daughter’s back.

“I wasn’t alone anyway, Eomma. I was talking to this handsome-oppa”

Jihye points her little finger towards Seokjin. Before little Jihye could see Jin shaking his head and desperately wagging his arms, telling her not to point at him.

“Huh? What Oppa?”

Her mother furrows her eyebrows in confusion, as she looked past Seokjin. And he let out a huge sigh of relief when the woman cannot see him.

“Come on, I think you’re just hungry”

Her mother pulls little Jihye on her feet and started walking the opposite direction from Seokjin.

“Annyeong, Jin-oppa!”

Little Jihye looks back and waves at Jin, naking him smile uncontrollably.

**

Seokjin walked back to the apartment complex with a grin on his face and a pick up line stuck in his head.

Soon his happy thoughts faltered when he saw the guy named Taehyung who lived across Namjoon’s apartment, getting all smiley with his attractive neighbour. It was none of his business.

The thing Seokjin was curious about is, why is it every time he sees Namjoon, he always automatically hides? Just like what he was doing right now, hiding behind the left wall that was near the fire exit window again. He doesn’t get it! It’s like he’s a school girl shying away from her crush because she’s flustered.

Namjoon can’t see me. He never will.