⟡ ⁞  convenience store

@○ ⁞ sunwoo k 。 "oh c'mon, me telling you that your lips look like they got a bad lip injection was a compliment. it means they look ridiculously plump." she shrugs nonchalantly, fully knowing that he'd known of her constant string of somewhat jokingly insults, as she lightly steps upon his shoes to await his response. her hand winds around the body of her coke can, taking a small sip until it registers to her that maybe, just possibly, this wasn't a good question for him. was she prying a bit too much for someone that teases him almost a little excessively? with this, she allows him to slip by her inquiry.

she raises her palm to muffle her laughter in her sleeve, shaking her head profusely. "no, i'm not laughing because you're funny. i'm laughing because /i'm/ funny. don't get it twisted, loser." wagging her finger his way, she scrunches her nose in feigned defiance. "i beg to differ. i am making your night fun and spontaneous, you're just not seeing it."

@ᴅ ⁞ ryujin s 。 "what a great compliment", he mutters rather quietly, yet he can't help but to flash a small smirk at those words. "you're improving. at giving out compliments, i mean. I shall add a good noodle star to your current... minus 7. minus 6 stars! you're getting there."
the next question comes a little unexpected, and instead of getting all sentimental at the fact that in fact, sunwoo didn't really hang out with anyone ㅡ after all, he didn't fit in quite well around campus, there weren't many things he could do (drinking coke was one of these things as well, actually, but he took the risk every now and then only to regret everything when he's in his bed rolling around the sheets with cramps).

"yah, it's true! just look.... you're laughing. i must be a funny guy. entertaining, even."
he inhales deeply before grabbing the napkins and reluctantly cleaning the wet spots on his shirt. "i guess without you i wouldn't be sitting here with soda all over me right now. I'd chill in the dorm, play video games and have snacks."

@○ ⁞ sunwoo k 。 "yeah, i'd have to agree with that. you definitely are not the coolest person i've metㅡ" this is said without sarcasm evident in her tone, but as she parts her lips once more to finish, a half smile tips the end of her tiers. "but still not the most un-coolest, and that's a compliment." nodding as if to approve of her words, she then rests the soles of her shoes unto the surface of her skateboard, too, rolling it back and forth between the two, underneath the table. this next question comes out of curiosity: "though i'm sure i'm the coolest person you've met at the academy, who else do you hangout with?"

"mhm, you keep tellin' yourself that." she returns his glare with a pair of squinted eyes, now providing a sarcastic remark. this is until the much anticipated carbonated fizz shoots from the can like a volcano eruption, and she can't help the mischievous grin that ades onto her visage at the success. laughing, she offers a few napkins she's snagged at the counter, and urges him to clean himself. "i'm your savior, is what you were going to say, right? i'd say i am," she carefully etches the soda from his grasp to settle onto the table, allowing him to attempt to save the couple wet spots splayed over his shirt and his hand. "what would you do without me?"

@ᴅ ⁞ ryujin s 。 "of course. i'd never even dare to think you like my company. not when there's... so many cool people around." sarcasm is evident in his tone, but even if it hadn't been, he's sure ryujin would have sensed it. after all, most people he has encountered on campus were... boring. too boring for his own taste. not all, but most.the kick to his feet causes him to flinch lightly, however, he plays his little shock off with a low chuckle.
the feeling of something hitting his shoe makes him look down for a moment, and promptly, sunwoo places his one foot on the board, happily, yet lazily pushing it back and forth.

"oh, please. i know... lots and lots about fun. the party starts when i come, and it ends when i leave." he shoots her a playful glare and nods quickly. "look, i've been craving something to drink for about half an hour now, i forgot to drink at the dorms and forgot to bring something. so, in a way, you're myㅡ"
popping the can open, sunwoo quickly holds it away from himself as the liquid inside literally shoots out. he wasn't able to save his clothes completely, but his reflex for sure had been quick enough for him to avert the disastrous image of being covered in sticky, sweet soda.
with his one hand now covered in the sticky mess and a few wet spots on his shirt, sunwoo shuts his eyes and inhales deeply.
"man, i should've known that would happen."

@○ ⁞ sunwoo k 。 it nearly takes her all to refrain from dramatically emitting a puking sound at the sight of his wink, not to mention how he purposefully grosses her out with the swipe of his thumb. this earns him a harmless kick beneath the table to his feet, and an expression of pure, playful disgust. "yeah, yeah. don't think it's because i enjoy hanging out with you." she says, now sporting a somewhat simper his way. at his words, she nudges her skateboard to roll by his feet, raising an eyebrow. "oh? and what would /you/ know about fun?"

"nothing," shaking her head, she reaches for her own can to calmly pop it open before encouraging him. "you gonna drink?"

@ᴅ ⁞ ryujin s 。 if he wasn't used to the glaring set of eyes piercing right through him, he'd probably feel intimidated. but this, this was ryujin. that girl always seemed to be shaking her head at anyone and anything ㅡ especially so, at him. of course he was aware that she had no malicious intentions towards him. really, that's just her.
"look. I'm so terrible yet you keep coming to see me." he flashed the grossest, most boy-is wink one could imagine, his thumb swiping over his lips in a way the word cringe cannot even describe enough.
"skateparks? sounds fun. maybe we could teach the skater kids how to have fun."

he sits down by the table as well, taking one of the cans. he can clearly feel her stare on him, and he grows somewhat suspicious. "what's up?", he asks, perking a brow questioningly.

@○ ⁞ sunwoo k 。 a few taps of her soles later and the familiarity of his voice rings through her ears, and although it isn't much, she exaggerates a pair of rolling eyes for him, purely joking. as she's seated at the coupled table outside the store, she nudges the chair across from her with her feet, gesturing him to sit down. "yeah, if you'd get here sooner. i'd say you were about ten minutes late," she muses with a laugh, before sliding him his can. resting against her chair, she keeps a good eye on him, anticipating the disaster as she had shook his carbonated soda about a couple moments prior. and to distract him, she continues: "so, game plan—how do you feel about skateparks?"

@ᴅ ⁞ ryujin s 。 sunwoo, as laid-back and cool as ever, walks along the path he could probably walk asleep and backwards on the spot by now with a mere hint of excitement. given the fact that it's already late, there isn't too much going on around the streets, and he's able to get to his destination rather quickly. and ah, there she is - ryujin holding two cans of coke, looking like a package that's been ordered but never picked up.
"hey", he greets her as he approaches her, picking up on his pace a little. his eyes wander to the cans in her hands, and he perks his brows playfully.
"guess the next round's on me, then."

@○ ⁞ sunwoo k 。 her days have been routine, she's noticed. wake up, school, training, throw in a few insults at hyunjin, follow up with him completing her assignments, and then night sprawls upon her. but, the past week, she's found herself held up in front of the convenience store, well into the evening and awaiting a certain presence—and this time, holding two coke cans in her grasp.