Lee Changhyuk took out his phone and put it on the table. Shizu could see that his phone was vibrating, she then put her eyes on Lee Changhyuk.
Lee Changhyuk's expression was troubled as he watched the phone slowly vibrated around. He just stared at it, uninterested, as if he was deliberately sending it to the voicemail. Shizu could not tell who the caller was as the name was written in Hangul. His eyes met hers.
"It's Kim Yoonjae. You know him, right? You met him." He said.
Shizu nodded. There's no way you would not know about Kim Yoonjae.
'The sexiest man alive.'
'The hottest Korean man according to the Japan LGBTQ+ community.'
'#1 top 100 face in the world' 3 years in a row.
And many other headlines that worshipped Kim Yoonjae, the Visual God of GreenEast.
After meeting Kim Yoonjae in person and almost fainted- Shizu could confirm they were all true. Unlike the macho leader Han Ryeowook and the bad boy Lee Changhyuk, Kim Yoonjae had the face of an angel and the body of a sexy devil.
Lee Changhyuk sighed as he saw the name 'The Nagger' kept appearing on his phone screen. After hesitating for a while, he finally answered.
"Yeoboseyo... (1)"
"YA (2) LEE CHANGHYUK!!"
Lee Changhyuk pulled his phone away from his ear as Kim Yoonjae's screaming voice pierced through his eardrum. He frowned as he closed his eyes with annoyance then put his phone back to his ear.
"Yes hyung?"
Shizu stayed quiet cause she didn't want to disrupt Lee Changhyuk. She bit her straw as she was listening to him conversing with Kim Yoonjae.
She had no idea what they were talking about as he was speaking Korean but he looked so cute. Once in a while he would scratch his head then scream back to the phone, some other time she would hear him whining and grunting like a kid.
His expression went back to neutral as soon as he hung up. He put his phone back on the table then took a glance at Shizu who was faithfully looking at him with her big eyes. He shrugged his soulder then gave her an assuring look, as if he was telling her 'I got this.'
"Are you ok?" She asked him.
He nodded then stretched his body.
"Yeah, Mommy just scolded me because I missed my flight to Kyoto." He answered nonchalantly.
"You're supposed to go to Kyoto?"
"Nah, I'm supposed to be here."
He put his chin back on his hand and looked into her eyes deeply, as if he enjoyed drowning in that beautiful brown eyes.
Her cheeks were blushing. She averted her gaze then coughed on her hand.
Lee Changhyuk realized that he just made her feel uncomfortable so he pulled himself back and sat in a straight position. He took the menu and started to turn the page.
"Unless you want to come with me to Kyoto."
She stared at that gorgeous face for awhile to study him. She did not know whether he was being serious or joking but she didn't get offended by that question. The question came naturally and casually, she could tell that he didn't mean to degrade her or anything bad. She was hesitating for a moment before giving him an answer.
"I can't. I have to work."
Lee Changhyuk huffed but he did not seem unhappy. How could he be unhappy? He was glad to finally see her and he was happy to have a meal with her. Before coming to Japan, he was fretting day and night worrying that she might run from him and now that he spent some time with her- he got a little greedy.
He didn't know what had gotten into him. He was only there for a short vacation, the last thing he should do was to make her feel anxious. They just became friends! And he just wanted to be a good friend for her, but he had no experience in making friends with girls. For the past 7 years, during training and after debuting as a member of the most succesfull boyband in the continent, he was always working and surrounded by his hyungs. Aaah, it was not easy being a gentleman.
He raised his eyelids, tenderness seeping into his eyes as he met her delicate brown ones. His lips curved up as he blinked gently. A light nod from him was telling her 'Please don't feel bad for rejecting me'.
Shizu remained quiet for a while. A warm feeling slowly slipped into her chest. Lee Changhyuk was graced with undeniably good looking features but with only one look you would think of him as one hell of a bad boy.
He didn't have the playboy vibe like the Yamada twins. If you saw him- you might think of him as an arrogant brat that would easily toy with you, an arrogant brat who knew that you could never win against him. But for a brief moment, she could see sincerity speaking from that eyes. She could feel warmth from that eyes who always looked indifferent.
"I see." He eventually said, breaking the silence. He lowered his lids as he was studying the menu.
Lee Changhyuk's simple expression was enough to clear the atmosphere from going awkward. Well, Lee Changhyuk was a big fat star! Of course he would charm her, he had even charmed millions of girls! Shizu shrugged then opened the menu to pick her food. She had always wanted to go to that restaurant but they were always full. Lee Changhyuk really knew how to pick a good place!
The two newly acquaintances remained quiet as they were turning the menu to pick food, but none of them was bothered by the silence. They were drowning in their own thoughts and enjoyed each other's company.
Lee Changhyuk would steal her a glance every once in awhile just so that he could see her. Shizu was a lot shorter than him so he always had to look down to face her, but this time, she covered half of her beautiful face with the menu. She was fascinated with the wide variety of tofu. Lee Changhyuk raised his chin just so that he could peek what food Shizu was choosing. She was really engrossed in the food selection there.
The restaurant was very famous for the tofu. They even served tofu ice cream. A waiter with traditional attire came to take their order.
Lee Changhyuk closed the menu and took Shizu's from her hand. Before she opened her mouth to protest, he handed the menu to the waiter and said "Give us everything on the menu, double it."
The waiter nodded and left.
Shizu's eyes bulged, her jaw dropped in disbelief.
"You know we could have skipped the choosing part and just ordered straight away if you'd buy the entire thing." She scoffed.
Lee Changhyuk leaned his torso to the table, he didn't seem bothered by her remark and slowly put his chin on his hand as he looked deeply into her eyes.
Shizu furrowed her temple and raised an eyebrow as she failed to understand him.
Upon her reaction, that nonchalant face couldn't help but slowly widen into a full voluptuous grin then wink.
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Yeoboseyo (1) : Korean word for hello it is used to answer a phone call; can also be used to get someone's attention
Ya (2) : Means "hey" in most situations. It is used to express frustration when yelled out