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Chapter 29

Spilled Pill Bottle

Gayoung grabbed onto the pill bottle tightly, staring anxiously at Hoseok from a distance. Her heart raced as a tornado of scenarios spun up in her mind. How should she walk up to him? What should she say? Her hand shook as took a deep breath and walked up to Hoseok.

"Uh- here,"

Gayoung muttered, grabbing Hoseok's hand and placing the pill bottle into his hand. Her hand twitched from touching his soft yet warm hands but she tried to stay calm. Her mind was running wild as she just stared at Hoseok who stared back, completely confused.

"Uh- My mom figured out that we worked at the same place. She forgot to give you the bottle,"

Gayoung muttered, her face growing hot as she stared at Hoseok who wore his canary sneakers and a tawny coat over his obsidian shirt, pants and bucket hat. He looked beautiful and breathtaking just like every other day.

"Ah!"

Hoseok exclaimed in realisation as his heart-shaped smile appeared once again. He brought the pill bottle up to his face and read the label before turning his head to her and flashing her a warm smile.

"Thanks,"

He said, beaming before walking past her to resume to his work. However, Gayoung suddenly remembered something. She turned around and grabbed his arm that held onto his pill bottle. However, she pulled his arm too hard and caused him to turn over and fall.

On top of her.

They both stared at each other, shocked. Their hearts raced wildly as their faces were tinted rose. However, at the same time, they both heard the pill bottle land on the ground with a clink as the pills rolled all over the ground.
Hoseok immediately stood up, completely flustered. His eyes frantically looked around before they landed on the pill bottle. Gayoung followed his gaze to see an empty pill bottle with the pills all over the ground around it.
She let out a gasp and started picking up the pills. Hoseok squatted down and started picking them up as well. They both kept replaying the scene in their head, causing their hearts to race. Too distracted, they both reached out for the same pill and they both flinched.

"Sorry!"

Gayoung exclaimed, her face red.

"No, it's okay, it was an accident,"

He muttered, smiling as he looked at her. She looked up and made eye contact with his smiling eyes. Her heart skipped a beat. It felt as if time had stopped. She was lost in his eyes. However, she soon snapped out of her thoughts.

"I'll get the new pills and give them to you tomorrow,"

She muttered, breaking eye contact as she continued to pick up the pills. However, Hoseok still had his eyes on her.

"I don't have a shift tomorrow. You won't be able to give me the pills. How about you come to my house?"