— hani's crystals.

@✽ eunbi j. Chaeyoung was oddly nervous about meeting her long-time online friend, what if she didn’t like what she saw? Some people did tend to get intimidated by Chaeyoung’s very eccentric and eclectic style and general appearance. Her usual naturally loud voice and confident extroverted demeanor did not help with pulling in more shy introverted people but she hoped her easily social tendencies would win over her online friend in real life. A lot of her devoted fangirl energy and humor was present in her stan account, anyone could see that, but the rest of her: her personal life, some hobbies, anything outside her fandoms, was barely seen or was deleted if tweeted by accident. No one would think the small-time influencer that she was would have that kind of account. All these thoughts ran through her head and they distracted her enough that she didn’t even feel or hear the vibration of her phone.

"verkwanslay15 is that you?" A small-ish voice nearby made her turn her head and she knew immediately at the sight of this girl’s face that it was here, eunhasu! Before she was able to introduce herself, she was given an evil-eyed bracelet and, with her confirmation that it was hers, she quickly put it on her left hand, beaming at the fact that the blue bracelet matched the blue on her long manicured nails. The gift was so precious and thoughtful in her eyes that her nervousness melted away, though she felt a tinge of guilt since she wasn’t able to buy them anything beforehand. “Yah, this looks amazing! It even matches my nails, totally wicked!” she blurted out in a high volume, earning her a glare from the shopkeeper and she snorted, laughing into her hand before lowering her voice. She quickly faced the smaller girl, sticking out her right hand and grinning. “Well, since you should probably know in person, the name’s Lee Chaeyoung! Or you can call me by my English name Jade if you don’t like the extra syllable, haha!” Her energy was at its usual level, mostly steady most days until she gets sleepy. “I really dig the bracelet,
it’s very 90s television witch and I vibe with that!” she commented, her compliment being genuine. Maybe she should get her a gift too, maybe some rose quartz… thing?

@✽ chaeyoung l. A jingle of a notification played from her phone on the lowest volume, not so aware of her surroundings anymore as the little Twitter icon popped up. Eunbi excused herself from the cashier, quite happy with the purchase she made for matching bracelets for her and her online friend. Opening up the notification, Eunbi's eyes scanned the short message as a gasp of realization escaped between her lips. Her new friend was here with her in the store already! Quickly looking over her shoulder she made a few very noticeable glances at the other shoppers, but she was afraid of disturbing their peace so she didn't say a word. Her manicured digits tapped away at her phone, looking up from the cellular device one last time before sending a response.

Message from @eunhasu to @verkwanslay15:
"omg omg... i can't believe you're here! ah let's see if i can find you < 3 :pensive:

See... Eunbi was a wuss and she definitely should've considered the hint about her online friend standing by the rose quartz. But unwanted attention scared the crap out of her, so the streamer waited for the chime of the notification to hit someone else's phone in the crystal shop while slowly making her way over to the specific section. "A fluffy quote and skirt." She reiterated to herself as her orbs scored over to one other woman that fit the description. Her ears could hear the slight buzzing of vibration in her area too. This had to be her! A genuine smile grazed over her lips at the fact she looked so gorgeous... and tall too.

"verkwangslay15 is that you?" A meek voice announced, shuffling to take out the blue evil-eyed bracelet from the small plastic bag and extending her arm out to her as she tried to make the tone of her voice seem larger than she actually was. Her nerves were on the fritz. "I... got this for you as a good luck charm!"

@✽ eunbi j. She was an idiot for running late. Chaeyoung knew she had a /very/ very important appointment with her longtime online friend @eunhasu in the crystal shop in Dandelion, but the Jade Noraebang was booked and busy the night before, even extending the hours up to 3am. So for that reason, Chaeyoung barely got any sleep and was groggy, but she still rushed out when she realized she woke up 30 minutes past her alarm which was meant to alert her to get ready. Of course, she prioritized her makeup over anything before meeting people, so her clothes were quite simple going to the store. Well, as simple as simple could get for Lee Chaeyoung. She had one an olive green tank top and a maxi skirt with a Renaissance painting print in a similar color scheme, along with boots that made her taller, and of course a dark green coat with a fluffy fur lapel to protect her from the winter cold.

Pushing the glass door entrance of Hani’s Crystals, she came in basically panting from her run. She looked around, seeing that there were only a handful of people, about 3, in the store aside from the attendant and cashier. Though she had seen a bit of her friend, a part of her was afraid to approach. She knew that they would have had no idea what she looked like, so she pulled out her phone, opening Twitter.

Message from @verkwanslay15 to @eunhasu:
“hey hey! i’m in the meeting place already, the crystal shop! i’m by the… the pink pointy ones. rose quartz? i’m wearing the fluffy quote and skirt… i hope you find me! :happy:”

@✽ chaeyoung l. "Please...just stop being so nervous." Millions of people have seen her on the internet each day. Knowing about her quirks, dislikes, likes, and over-reactive content on a streaming platform was nothing. But meeting someone for the first time off the internet gave Eunbi heart palpitations. Dandelion was a nice small town with friendly neighbors and people, the short woman tried to reassure herself as her dark eyes scoured the screen of her mobile device. She was supposed to be meeting a person from Twitter under the username, @verkwanslay15 that shared similar interests when it came to fangirling and sharing sources of media from Kpop. This friendship progressed for about three years now. The only difference was that this mysterious user was a lot more private about their information than Eunbi was.

Giving energy to the moldavite crystals on the shelf might stop the trembling in the gamer's fingertips, Eunbi prayed to herself. The crystal shop was positively unique. Dimmed with yellow lighting to provide a comforting experience. She liked everything about it, so why not invite her new friend to a place that eased her anxiety? She heard that evil eyes were meant to be gifted, warding off unpleasant energy from other people that wished bad among them, so with that information, a genuine smile bloomed across her tiers. Eunbi takes one of the blue bracelets and heads to the cashier with a spark of hope in her fragile heart that her new friend would show up.