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Chapter 10

Needle In A Haystack

Gayoung just stood there, shell-shocked as her mouth hung wide open. She stared at Hoseok before her, her hands shaking as her mind was unable to process what was happening. Meanwhile, she heard muffles coming from her mother.

"When will you get a job..."

Then, Gayoung slowly snapped back into reality as she winced a bit before her mother's nagging became clearer. Her mother held onto more stacks of boxes filled with pill bottles and stopped in her footsteps when she saw Hoseok.

"Oh, Hoseok! I didn't notice you were here! Give me a second, I need to rearrange these-"

"Oh, no you can just get your daughter to help me around. She can gain some work experience since you were talking about how she doesn't have a job,"

Hoseok advised, flashing his charming heart-shaped smile at Gayoung's mother. Her mother melted into a smile before glaring at Gayoung and said,

"Go help him get the supplement pills? They're in one of the boxes, just search,"

Gayoung felt as if she had been slapped by reality and hopelessness as she glanced over the never-ending stacks of boxes. How was she suppose to find the pills? She let out a sigh and massaged her temples.
Hoseok happened to glance over at her and saw how done with life she looked and let out a smile and a chuckle. He crouched down and started looking through the boxes. Gayoung looked down at him, hesitating but eventually joining him.
An hour later, they were both sitting on the floor, exhausted and sweaty. Gayoung let out a groan, ignoring the fact that Hoseok was practically beside her and wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead.

"I'm so exhausted-"

Gayoung's eyes widened as she came to a halt. One pill bottle laid innocently outside of the box before her. She crawled over like a feral dog, her heart palpitating in anticipation. Hoseok jolted up and crawl next to her in excitement. Gayoung turned the bottle over and saw the label. 

"Glucosamine,"

Gayoung read aloud, peering over at Hoseok for confirmation. He nodded with a huge smile spread across his face as Gayoung let out a yelp of joy. She lifted her arms up and wrapped them around Hoseok. Hoseok laughed in ecstasy and wrapped his arms around her as well.
Gayoung rested her chin on his shoulder as they closed their eyes and stayed in the same position for a few seconds with racing hearts. However, reality suddenly slapped them. They froze in their spot, realising what was happening. 
Gayoung's heart palpitated wildly and her face turned persian red as it started burning up. She let go of him and he did the same. They both sat on the ground, inches away as they stared awkwardly at the floor. Gayoung could still feel the warmth from Hoseok's body spread throughout her and she weirdly longed for more.