It was a concert bonanza, four acts on one stage and there were three other stages filled with musicians. A four-day concert out in the country. People were camped out; it was like Woodstock. Rock music, solo artists and even a couple of pop groups. He arrived a day after the whole event started. He was to meet up with 2 other friends. They were excited, this was something they’ve never experienced before. It was new, wild and exhilarating.

The main concert, the one everyone came to see, himself included. Everyone is screaming, holding up lights that look like torches. The main lights go out, the crowd screams. It’s electric. The music starts, it’s pulsating. The lights, the beats. It’s like an elixir in his head.

The group is none other than Slyce. They’re a rookie group making headlines as they’ve been working with some of the hottest producers and acts. He heard it on SNS that she would be here. Their latest collab with the famous Polaris Eve was snatching all the headlines. He hopes that the rumors are indeed true. As the set goes on, it’s an hour into it the leader stops. She’s got an amazing voice.

“We’ve got a special treat for ya. One I’m sure you’ve all seen float around. So, let’s do it…1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4.” The music starts and the crowd goes wild, himself included.

The lights change color, those that are wearing the right clothes are glowing in the blacklight.

She walks out. She looks amazing. Leather pants that are cut and attached together by belts. She wears black timberlands. The top she wears is actually a body suit with the sides and back gone, showing off that amazing wing tattoo. She has a hat attached to the loop of her pants. She’s got an amazingly husky voice and she can sing too.

He screams his lungs out.

There’s a hood attached to the body suit. The next song starts, and she is dancing around the stage, ad-libbing to the music. After another song, it’s the new one that she wrote and co-sang on. The song is amazing. She jumps off the stage and everyone just clamors to the partitions. She laughs lightly and touches a few hands and jumps back up, putting her hat low, and putting the hood up. The crowd screams as she raps really fast. They’re going crazy for the song.

She makes eye contact with him. He can’t believe it. His heart is beating really fast.

After the concert, while everyone is clearing out, a serious looking man comes out to greet him.

“Come to the third camper in an hour. Don’t be late.” He walks away. He was confused, but he was also a little excited.

The hour flies by and he comes to one of the big RV. It’s black with gold accents. He knocks on the door.

“You may go in.” The same man says as he walks out. He walks in and looks around the large luxurious RV. He hears water running and he swallows hard. He’s looking around.

“Evening.” He looks back and sees her in short shorts and a simple tank top. Her hair is wet, but brushed out.

“Enjoy the concert?” He nods. She smiles and turns around. “Come. Sit.” She says and sits down. He is a little shy but also excited. He sits down on the couch, a little tense at first.

“You seem tense. Want something to drink?”

“What do you have?”

“Whatever you want. You old enough to drink?”

“I’m 23.”

She smiles and grabs two glasses and a very nice bottle of whiskey. She sets the glass down in front of him and pours for him then for herself.

“Cheers to an amazing show.” She drinks, he follows after they clink their glasses together. That gives him a chill that goes throughout his body. He needs to get back to his tent…now. Away from her and her pheromones. He finishes his drink and stands up. She grabs his arm.

“Where you going? I invited you here for a reason.”

“Oh?”

She stands up and walks towards him. He swallows hard and is backed up against the sink he feels her lips on his and his body almost melts. He can feel her heat and her hands at his belt. He shudders feeling her unbuckling it. He grabs her wrist and looks at her.

“Something wrong?” He swallows hard and shakes his head. She smiles lightly. “Good.” She removes his shirt tossing it somewhere behind her. She comes in and kisses his neck.

“Do you have a name? Or should I just call you baby boy?”

“Jungkook.” He gets out hoarsely. He can feel her hot breath on his neck.

“I’m Katana, but everyone calls me Kat.” She licks his neck making him gasp. She smiles and keeps assaulting his senses, nibbling on his soft skin. Her left hand comes up behind his neck and her fingers go into his hair a little. His belt loosens.

“K-Kat.” He stutters. She smiles and starts kissing down his chest. He whines feeling her lips down his body. He bites his lips feeling her tongue trace around his n*pple. He squirms lightly, not used to the sensation.

“What’s the matter, baby boy?” She looks up at him. He’s blushing hard, from the arousal and from the embarrassment.

“It’s just—I…it feels so good.” He stammers out. She cups his chin and gives him soft kisses; the tip of her tongue touches his lower lip.

“Is this your first time?”

He swallows and shakes his head. “It’s not. It’s just really intense.” He says.

She smiles and leans against him, wrapping an arm around his neck. He wraps his arms around her waist. Moves his hips against her lightly, the rough material of his jeans is getting soaked by pre-c*m.

She kisses down his torso, kissing his collarbone, licking his skin. He whimpers and watches her go down his body, his brain is swimming. She undoes his jeans; he feels his heartbeat quicken as she pulls him out and moves her hand up and down by his shaft. He moans lightly, feeling her tongue on his tip and sucks on it.

His eyes are slowly closing. She is licking him like a lollipop. His body trembles lightly. He’s swimming, feeling her suck him just right. She comes to the tip swirls her tongue around him and pushes her tongue in his slit causing him to groan and grab her hair. He tried to keep her from pulling back but her let her go.

“No point in you finishing without me.” He swallows hard as she leads him back over to the couch. She has him sit on the couch and she sits on his lap.

“Don’t worry, baby boy. I’ll ride you well.” He swallows hard and smiles boyishly.

“I hope so.” She smiles and removes the tank top. Her body is amazing, touching her smooth skin. He trails his hands up her torso to her ample chest.

“Touch me Jungkookie.” She says. He smiles and leans forward and sucks lightly on the delicate skin. She moans softly. He can hear her breathing and it eggs him on. He massages one lightly and he teases her just as she teased him. He circles the hard n*pple with his tongue while lightly flicking the other. He notes how much she seems to enjoy that.

Something tells him that she’s not into the vanilla stuff.

“Can I be a little rougher?” He asks, looking up at her. She looks down at him, her dark blue eyes glitter and that ignites him further.

He smiles his crooked, boyish grin and takes his belt off. He ties her arms behind her, pinning them to her side while the belt goes under her chest.

He lies her on the couch and removes her shorts.

“Won’t call me baby boy anymore, will you?”

“Depends on the treatment.” He smiles and rakes his nails across her chest, making her shiver and moan. He smiles at how kinky she is. He doesn’t want to draw blood but leave it a little red as he draws his hands down her body and legs before grabbing her a*s and pulling her on him, her legs wrapped around his waist. He traces her entrance lightly. Her leg muscles tighten. He smiles and pushes a finger inside. She moans, he could almost release with just listening to how wet she is.

“I could call you Noah for how wet you are.” She laughs lightly and her legs twitch when he uses his other hand, a thumb rubbing her sensitive spot and the other hand moving in and out. She moans; her knees hit by his ribcage. He laughs, she’s trying to get him to stop. She wriggles her body back slightly. He stops touching her and hooks his hand under her knee and flawlessly gets up and lies on top of her. He doesn’t put his full weight on her. He presses against her, making her bite her lip.

“Looks like I’m gonna give you the ride of your life.”

“Don’t hold back.” He kisses her hard, before almost manhandling her. She leans against the couch arms still bound. He leans against her, pushing two fingers inside. She moans lightly and moves against him.

“Don’t worry. I won’t torture you very long.” He whispers in her ear. He kisses down her back and over her derriere. And pulls his fingers out, replacing it with his tongue. She gasps out loud, not sure if she can hold back. It feels so good.

“Jungkook-ah.” Her toes are curled, and her eyes are closed. After a couple of intense moments with Jungkook at her entrance, she bucks hard, him holding her hips in place. She breathes hard, her body half limp on the couch.

“Ride me now.” He says. She looks at him and nods. She’s very nimble actually as she moves her hips back and forth, rubbing his hard member with her slick entrance.

He scratches her leg. She laughs lightly. He pushes himself inside. She moans. He wasn’t going to play her game. She starts moving feeling that oversensitive threshold. She can’t bare it but she’s so close to going again. He’s much larger than she anticipated. She can’t go anymore. He finally unties her arms. She moans running her hands through her hair.

“It’s okay, beautiful. I’ll finish you off.” He grabs her hands and starts moving faster. She moans and groans still holding both his hands. She rests one on his chest after tingling it free. Her finger flicks his hard n*pple and squeezes them lightly. He groans and punctuated it with a hard ******. She groans and throws her head back. He pulls her close and wraps his arms around her body, maneuvering her onto her back. He kisses her collarbone. He’s overwhelmed by chemistry and emotions. He can’t stop. He pushes into her harder.

“Jungkookie, harder!” She says. He nods and lets her go, holding just her hips. A thumb is playing with her hard little nub, making her moan loud. She feels so damn good and the sounds. There are shivers up and down his back.

She bucks hard, her back arching.

He thrusts once more and releases into her hard. His body shakes lightly as his hips move lightly, getting that last little high satisfied. He breathes hard, he’s not sure if he can move. She takes his hand and pulls him to her.

He breathes hard, feeling her fingers in his hair.

He looks at her. “I’m gonna f*ck you all over this thing.” He says. She smiles.

He was a stranger passing through a small rural town that was surrounded by myths and legends. He wasn’t interested in them at the time, but he was slowly becoming interested in the myths. He was in a type of bar and diner place. He was sitting at the bar, drinking a beer.

“Where you hail from, stranger?”

“No place, really.” He says, his voice is neutral, but the tone tells the bartender it’s better to just leave it alone.

“Well, you’ll like it here. It’s a quiet town, everyone knows everyone, but they all kind of mind their own business.”

“Thanks, but I’m just passing through.”

“I understand. This town isn’t for everyone.”

“You’re telling me, Corsair. I remember back in the day when the town was a safe place to live.” An older man says. One of the waitresses looks at the bartender and walks away. The stranger raises his eyebrow. That got his attention.

“Quiet, Orin. Not everyone wants to hear about our troubles.”

“What troubles?” The stranger asks.

“Don’t listen to him. He’s a crazy old man. Most of the residents don’t listen to him either.”

“You all should. You’re fools if you don’t believe that the grims exist.”

“Stop, Orin. You always scare people away.” The waitress says, scolding the older man. She looks over at the stranger. “Pay him no mind, stranger. He’s harmless but his stories are nonsense.”

“You won’t call them nonsense when one of your loved ones are kidnapped in the middle of the night.”

“Hush.” A patron says, but the room goes quiet as a young woman walks in. The stranger looks back at her. He’s curious at the beautiful creature that has everyone frozen in silent fear.

She wears a dark blue, light blue and gold hanbok top with black pants. It would be a traditional hanbok if she were wearing a long skirt but it would seem that she had shortened it to look more like a shirt than a long skirt. Her hair is short, concave bob haircut with a long ponytail in the back.

“Afternoon.” The waitress says. The young woman smiles. She walks over to the diner and talks to the older woman there. She’s the only one who’s not afraid of this mysterious young woman.

The young woman walks over to the bartender and hands him a wrapped package. He looks at it.

“Alice told me about your stomach. I made a mixture that you should boil and drink two cups a day. It should subside in a few days.” She holds in out to him. He doesn’t take it at first, afraid of what it contains.

“It’s disrespectful to not accept a gift.” The stranger says. The bartender still doesn’t move. The stranger sighs and takes the package out of her hands. She watches him open it and examines it.

“It’s just a mixture of roots and herbs. It’s a natural anti-inflammatory and acid reducer.” The stranger says and sets it down.

“Thank you.” The bartender says, softly. He’s embarrassed. She looks at the stranger, he looks at her.

He swallows hard and looks away. She turns towards him and bows to him.

“Stop that.” He says. It’s bothersome to accept such a polite gesture from a beautiful woman. It’s almost embarrassing. He’s never done anything that would warrant such a response.

“Thank you, sir.” She walks past him, touching his back lightly.

It was an almost electrifying touch.

The bartender watches her leave. The whole room breathes a sigh of relief. The older woman by the diner walks over to the bartender and slaps his hand.

“She worked long and hard on that mixture for you. I told her how you complained about your stomach for days and that’s how you repay her? Coco should never have made that. I feel bad for the way you people mistreat her.” She scolds them all and walks back to her counter.

“Your wife’s right.”

“That’s the myth in human form.” The old man, Orin says. The stranger looks back at him and raises an eyebrow.

The stranger leaves, the night was fast approaching, and the streets were emptying fast. The stranger was watching from the front of the post office, watching the place empty. People were locking themselves in their homes and locking their windows. Animals were brought inside. The police forces were preparing for the night.

“Might want to get in someplace safe.” A man dressed in armor says. “It’s a new moon.”

“What’s that got to do with anything?”

“The grim comes out to hunt.” Another one of the men says. “We patrol the town to prevent those despicable creatures from killing or kidnapping any more of our townspeople.” He’s angered and pissed.

“How about I add my services to your forces?” He offers. The men are surprised; he doesn’t seem capable, but they won’t say no to every able body protecting their town. He stands up, he’s dressed like a wandering warrior, but he doesn’t use many weapons unless it’s presented to him.

He’s told where to go and told to kind of watch that area. As the sun is setting, there’s a little cafe in a mostly residential area. It closes and that same beautiful young woman walks out. She locks it and looks at him. He watches her.

“You helping out?” She asks. He nods lightly.

“I am. I’m assuming you should have left for home a while ago.”

“I’m not afraid to walk out at night.” He raises an eyebrow. “Well, good luck tonight. Keep your senses sharp and your eyes open.” She walks away.

The stranger walks around the area, coming to the edge of the town and looks into the forest. It seems to come alive now that the sun has finally set. He doesn’t really know what to expect, but at the moment he didn’t want to continue on his journey. The forest though…it gives him the creeps, there’s strange noises coming from it. Not like the other parts of the forest he was walking through. The animal noises didn’t sound like traditional animal noises. They sounded…like that night.

He takes a few steps towards the forest, but stops, hearing the forces back in town, yelling.

“The grim’s been spotted! The grim’s been spotted!” One of the men yells before there’s blood curdling screams and sounds of flesh ripping. He takes off running and finds the dead man but nothing that could have done it. He kneels and looks at the markings. The grim they refer to is some kind of feline. He looks up and around, now he’s on alert. He walks away from the body and slowly walks down the street. He stops and looks at glowing eyes. He stops dead in his tracks, seeing a very rare sight of a large feline with a black body with shimmery blue fur that reflects in the dim light.

Those eyes…

They’re burned in his memory.

He takes a step closer and the feline takes off. He chases after it, it heads into the forest. It has a lithe body and moves quickly. He enters the forest and looks for its tracks through the almost pitch-black forest.

After running for what seems like forever, dodging around trees and jumping over trunks. He can barely hear any other footsteps but his own with leaves crunching underfoot. He comes to a spring with a cascading waterfall and stops, taking a deep breath. He doesn’t know what it was, but from what he could see it was a beautiful creature.

He hears rustling behind him, and he grabs a dagger and stands and turns in a fluid motion seeing the young woman they called Coco standing there. She’s wrapped in some kind of blanket or something.

“What’re you doing here, dressed like that?” He asks, confused, looking down at her.

“What’re you doing here?”

“I was…” He swallows hard. He can smell her pheromones. They are strong and heady.

“What’re you…” He has to swallow again. His mouth is dry though.

“You should go home.” There’s more rustling and she turns around. There are more of those felines. They are growling, slowly walking towards him. She wraps the blanket around her and makes a dress and grabs his hand, pulling him from the spring. He just follows behind.

They reach an abandoned hut and walk in. She closes the door. It’s a basic two room hut with a raised floor. It looks like its been abandoned for years, left exactly as it is. There’s dust everywhere.

His heart is racing and for some reason his body is very hot. His mind is cloudy and thinking things he hasn’t thought about in a long time. He looks back at her and walks towards her.

“They call you Coco, right?” She nods lightly. The heat coming off him is still strong. Even from the bar and diner. All she did was just slightly graze her hand. She didn’t know it would affect him like this.

“What do they call you?” She asks.

“Kihyun.” He says and kisses her.

She doesn’t even fight him. He wraps his arm around her, pulling her closer. The kiss is overpowering and his sticks his tongue in her mouth, causing her to moan lightly. Their tongues dance together, making his body tremble. She helps remove his shirt, he’s breathing hard, enjoying her hands on his bare skin, it feels like his skin is going to burst into flames. She kisses his chest and licks his collarbone. He moans softly, but grabs the back of her head and kisses her hard on the lips, overwhelming her completely. He presses her against the door and removes the blanket. He grabs her legs and lifts her up, wrapping her legs around his waist. She gasps, feeling him pressing against her.

He kisses her neck and licks and s*cks on it lightly. She moans and arches her body, pressing against him more.

“I think I was drawn to this town because of you.” He gets out, kissing her more. She runs her fingers through his hair. He carries her over to the raised floor, without removing his shoes he steps up onto it and leans back, holding onto her.

She watches him reach for his long jacket and lies it down and sets her down on it. He sucks on her neck some more before dragging his tongue down her body. She whimpers as he kisses her br*ast, massaging the other. He teases the hard n*pple, lightly nipping at it and tracing his tongue around it.

She runs her leg up and down the side of his body, she enjoys him touching her so much. She puts her hand over his, kind of grabbing his hand to be a little more forceful. He does and pinches the n*pple between two fingers and twists it lightly. She moans and bites her lower lip. He grabs the other n*pple between his teeth before sucking it. She gasps, feeling that other hand moving down the side of her body. He traces his fingers around her entrance, and she whines. He smiles and just keeps teasing her.

“Kihyun…” She whimpers. He finally trails his tongue down her body to her legs and kisses the inside of her thigh.

He kisses her entrance and licks tentatively. She gasps lightly, one leg is over his shoulder, a foot resting on his back. He keeps going, pressing a little bit more. He sticks a finger inside her while tracing and licking the hard nub that he found. She moves a little, he grips her hip and holds her in place.

“Kihyun…” She gets out, whining in frustration. He becomes bolder and sticks his tongue inside still moving his finger in and out, slowly. She moans and groans. He’s trying to stay clear-headed, but it’s been a long time for him.

“That feels so good…” She gets out, stressing the last word. He keeps going. She feels her body getting hotter and she starts to move, trying to run from the feeling. He chases her and wraps his arms around her waist, keeping her in place. He’s getting into it more, driving her closer to her org*sm, ready to push her off it.

She massages her br*asts, adding to the feeling. Her heart is racing, and she doesn’t know if she can hold back anymore. She breathes hard, her chest heaving with each moan. Kihyun is going to drive her insane.

“I…I think I’m gonna…” She moans out loud, releasing hard. Kihyun licks it up. Her body had lurched hard, but he followed her, kept going until she couldn’t anymore. He sits up, still licking her.

“Please, no.”

He smiles evilly. Her legs dangle behind him. She whimpers and whines, moving, trying to get away from him. She’s so sensitive and his touch is frying her nerves. It feels so good.

“What’s the matter, Coco? Can’t take it anymore?” She shakes her head. She takes a deep breath and feels him move and lie against her, flexing his hips pressing against her.

“Too bad. I’m enjoying myself.” He moves his hand down and pulls himself out and traces himself at her entrance. He’s on his knees slightly. She gasps and moans softly.

“Please…” She begs. He smiles.

“Please?” she nods lightly, moaning at his teasing. He slowly pushes inside her and settles just for a minute before he starts moving.

He tingles, finally getting to be inside her. She claws his back. The feeling is delicious. He moves faster, as his own flames are stirred inside. His intestines twitch and the muscles of his legs are tight. He kisses and nibbles her neck. She runs her fingers through her hair. He is drowning in her, but he pulls himself from falling into the abyss and enjoying himself completely. He pulls out and turns her onto her stomach and lifts her hips. He pushes back inside with a little more force, making her groan. He holds her hips with one hand and touches her, making her moan and her voice tremble.

“I don’t…I can’t—Kihyun…” She whines.

“Don’t you dare finish; I’ll pull out and leave you.” She shakes her head, her hands in tight fists.

He grabs her hair and pulls her head up. She moans lightly. He’s over the moon of feeling her. He stops touching her, causing her to whine.

“Don’t worry, baby…” He gets out. His voice is deep and husky. He’s sinking back into the whirling abyss. He can feel butterflies throwing themselves against his insides.

As he feels himself getting closer, he grabs her arm and pulls her back towards him. One hand automatically goes down to her entrance and starts rubbing the sweet spot again. She moans and reaches back a hand touching his hair. He kisses and licks her skin. The other hand runs up and down her sweaty body massages a ****** for a little bit before grabbing her throat.

“Faster…” She gets out.

“You know it…” He says, his voice vibrating. He doesn’t know if he can keep it up any longer, she feels so good. He wants to keep sinking himself in her every night.

“Kihyun…I’m so~~ close…” She whines.

“I know. I’m almost there.” He says, going faster. His body feels like it’s going to break but he needs this. He needs to satisfy her and himself at the same time.

“Kihyun-ah…” She whines out. His body reacts to that sound and he’s pushed over the cliff. She yells, arches her body hard.

“Don’t hold back, love. I’m coming too.” He groans the rest out as it was so hard. He immediately let go of her throat and grabbed her waist and hips. Her body twitches from the hard org*sms she just had. Her body is quite literally spent. He just clasps her hip, moving his hips back and forth lightly to satisfy that high.

She sighs lightly and rests her head on her arms, he watches her lie there.

“You should convince your clan to leave the area. These townspeople are dangerous, and their men are determined.” he says and pulls out and stands up. He fixes his pants and goes and grabs the blanket she had around her and walks back over to her. He covers her up. She looks at him.

“You know?”

He nods. “I’m a trained hunter.” Her eyes widen. She starts to move back. He grabs her and pulls her close.

“Let me go.” She struggles. He grabs her and pulls her close to him. He hugs her tight.

“They’ll find you eventually and kill you all. I don’t want that to happen to you.” He says, hugging her tight.

“What do you care? You’re a filthy hunter.” She says.

“You let this filthy hunter screw you and touch you and you’ll let me touch you again.” He kisses her and moves the blanket aside. She gasps and moans into his mouth. She does want more of him.

He screws her senseless all night.

“Just promise me, Coco, that you’ll not be around.” He says, lying next to her after another round. She nods lightly. He leans in for another kiss. He wants her to come with him, but how can he ask her to up and leave with him?

He was done with practice. It was another long session, but he felt as though he worked hard. After returning to the dorm and showering and changing, he was going to head out and check out that new little place, nearby. It opened recently and he had heard good things about it. So, he was going to take the chance and go there. The other guys were curious, but they didn’t want to go out.

He had a sweet tooth and wants to satisfy it.

“Hyungie’s sweet tooth is legendary.” One of them calls. He smiles and closes the door behind him. He leaves the dorm building and steps out onto the street. The night is somewhat warm, but has a cool breeze. There are still plenty of people out and about. He wears light blue jeans and a dark blue button up. He has headphones over his ears. The little shop he’s referring to is an ice cream shop and cafe. The Cone Above Café is a hopping place. He walks in and there are so many people and it seems bright and warm. He walks up to the counter and looks at all of the different tubs of ice cream. They offer mixing custom ice cream flavors.

“Hello. What can I get for you?”

“I’ll have a strawberry sundae with bananas, pecans and could it be the fresh cream vanilla ice cream?”

“Of course.” The worker starts making the sundae. He looks up and looks at a very pretty woman. She has her long hair up in a high ponytail. She wears a pair of dark orange skinny jeans and a white linen tunic top with royal blue embroidery. She has a messenger bag slung across her body.

“What can I get for you?” One of the workers asks him.

“I’ll just have a vanilla cone.” He orders. The worker nods. The woman walks away, going to sit down. Her sundae comes out as he looks around for a place to sit.

“Excuse me. Could I join you?” He asks. She looks up and nods, holding her hand out to him. He sits down across from her.

They eat quietly.

“What brought you here?” She asks.

He looks at her. “Just a treat after a long day. What about you?”

“Same thing. A nice treat after a long day.” She says and takes a bite of her sundae. He smiles lightly.

“That looks good, but I’m more of a simple flavor type.” He says. She smiles lightly and chuckles.

“Oh, I love sundaes. This is the best kind of treat after a long day.” He nods in agreement there. “I have such a sweet tooth, but I have to be careful because it’ll all go to my hips.” He laughs.

“You’re so skinny though.” He says, trying to be polite, but she really doesn’t need to diet. She’s got a great figure, S-line almost.

“I still gotta watch my girlish figure.” He chuckles and blushes lightly. “I’m sorry. I don’t mean to seem forward, but it’s just nice to talk to someone, since I’ve arrived, I’ve been working.” She explains.

“Oh, no. That’s okay. Please, talk away.” He says.

She laughs. “Well, my name is Sonnet.”

“Mm. I’m Hongjoong. Pleased to meet you.”

She smiles. “Nice to meet you too.” She takes a bite of her sundae. “What brought you out? I know a treat after a long day, what kind of long day did you have?”

“Hard work.” He’s trying to avoid talking about it. “You?”

“You want the same answer you gave me, or an actual answer?”

He laughs, a little shy.

She smiles. “I’m a musician. Been in the recording studio all day. Laying down tracks, doing vocals and mixing.” She explains.

“Oh really? You’re a musician?” He’s intrigued.

She nods. “Oh yeah. I enjoy it quite a bit, but some days it’s tiring.”

He laughs and nods. “I hear that.”

“You a musician?” He nods hesitantly. She smiles. “It’s okay. Don’t worry about it. Just nice to meet a fellow musician.”

He smiles and relaxes.

“What brings you to Seoul?” He asks.

“Working with some trainees. Gave them one of my songs. It sounds amazing with their voices. I’m excited to hear it finally done.”

He smiles. “I hope to hear it soon then.”

“Same here.”

“So that’s the tracks you’re doing?” She nods lightly.

“Yeah. I’m here for them. I was asked by their company to come and work with them.” She explains and crosses her legs, bumping his leg. He jumps.

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

“No, that’s okay. It just alarmed me is all.” He says and finishes his ice cream. “So, are you strictly a producer or are you a performer as well?”

“Performer and producer.”

“You perform as well?”

She nods. “Rap and sing.”

“Seriously? That’s amazing. Ever perform here in the city?”

She shakes her head. “Busan, but not up here in Seoul.”

“Aww, I’d love to see that.” She smiles. “I was so excited and nervous when I finally debuted, and we were welcomed warmly.” He says.

“Oh, yeah. It’s always a little bit nerve-wracking, but it’s also exciting, isn’t it?”

“It is. I was like tired but hyped afterwards. It just felt like a dream. I was on cloud nine. We had finally made it, you know?”

She nods. “Boy do I know. I wasn’t well received at first, but I kept trying and I endured.”

“That’s awesome.”

She nods. “I’m sure it’s both easier and harder for musicians here to get discovered and accepted.” He nods lightly, smiling brightly. He runs his fingers through his red hair. She watches him.

“What?”

“Huh? Oh, nothing. Just thinking. Your hair is so fluffy, I’m jealous.” He laughs and covers his face, dropping his head on the table. His hair moves and settles. She chuckles lightly.

He sits up. “Your hair looks just as soft, though.”

“Thanks.”

The two of them enjoy talking to each other for a couple hours. They are getting to know each other. They are laughing and keeping it light, trying not to get too deep, but at some point, they do…temporarily.

He was excited when he found out that she was a famous writer. She had just released her third book in China, Japan, South Korea and Thailand, in those languages respectively.

“What genre are you more of?” Hongjoong asks, curiously.

“I love all kinds of genres, but I think the one I do the most is hip hop and EDM and dance.”

“Oh wow. That’s awesome.”

“There’s some rock flares mixed in, but yeah…”

“Have you ever worked in a group or were you always a solo artist?”

“I was never part of a group, like how I’m assuming you are. I’ve worked with groups on individual tracks though. So, to answer your question, I’m a solo artist.”

He laughs lightly. His smile is bright and charming.

“We are going to be closing in ten minutes.” One of the workers alerts them.

“Okay. Thank you.” He says, bowing politely.

They both get up and walk out of the little shop and stand near the door under the awning. They didn’t even know when it started raining.

“Huh. I didn’t even know it was going to rain.” Hongjoong says, looking at the steady rain falling.

“The weather said there was a chance of rain, but that it might also miss us.” She says.

“I guess I should pay attention to the news more, huh?” She laughs and nods lightly. He notices the umbrella in her hand. “You were prepared at least.” She looks at the little collapsible umbrella in her hand. She nods lightly.

“My manager wouldn’t have allowed me to come out without one. He’s such a worry wort.”

Hongjoong laughs lightly. “Well, you gotta stay in tip top form for your performances.”

“You sound like my manager.” He laughs and blushes lightly. “It’s okay though. My older siblings were always worrying about me too.”

“You have siblings?” She nods and holds up three fingers. “Wow. Must be nice and troublesome for you.” She laughs.

“My brothers are far worse than my sister, but that’s to be expected. Brothers are always far more protective over their sisters.” She says.

He nods lightly.

“Yeah.” Their conversation is slowly dwindling down. “Which way do you go?” He asks.

“I’m this way.”

“I’m the opposite way.” He states.

“Ahh.” She takes the little umbrella off her wrist and hands it to him. “Can’t have you catching a cold, now, can we?” He looks at the little umbrella.

“What about you?”

“I’m a big girl. I can take care of myself. You are in the midst of your activities, yes? Your voice is far more important.”

After a couple minutes she laughs and puts it in his hand.

“The rain doesn’t scare me.” She says and opens the umbrella for him. She laughs and walks out into the rain, kind of spinning and twirling. Hongjoong watches her, laughing lightly.

“Have a good night, Hongjoong. It was fun talking to you. Don’t work too hard okay?”

“Same to you.”

Sonnet laughs and starts walking. He steps out into the rain under the umbrella and watches her walking down the street in the rain. He laughs and shakes his head lightly and starts walking back towards the dorm.