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“whatcha makin’?” asks a voice from above.
“h-huh?” asks eunseok, setting down his needles on his lap. he takes out his airpod, trying to see who interrupted him while he was in the zone.
“whatcha makin’?” asks the voice again, except now the voice is connected to a young man standing a bit too close to eunseok.
“i’m knitting a scarf,” eunseok holds his airpod in his right hand, not sure whether or not it's too soon to put it back in. if this guy leaves now and eunseok goes right back to finishing this row, he won’t lose his flow.
“that’s cool, but it’s august,” is he questioning eunseok’s scarf? eunseok finally pays attention to the face in front of him, and oh shit, it’s kind of a nice one.
“don’t you think it’s a bit early to be makin’ a scarf?” oh, so he definitely is questioning eunseok.
“don’t you think it’s a bit rude to question someone’s scarf making timing?” he says back, great response eunseok.
“curiosity isn’t rude at all, at least i think so,” he flashes a bright smile, his little moles moving up with his cheeks, “do you mind if i take the seat next to you?” his backpack is already halfway off by the time he finishes his question. great.
“i guess i don’t,” he says, now scooting over slightly, maybe this guy will take the hint. stupid flow wrecker.
“that’s great,” his stupid smile is back. it’s not that bad to look at. he has been knitting in silence for quite some time now.
“i’m donghyuck by the way, just call me hyuck though,” eunseok sighs. he has to put his airpods away for good now.
“what’s your name?” he asks, not an ounce of shame present. eunseok’s airpods are now out of his ears and in their case, it’s a teddy bear case.
“eunseok,” maybe making direct eye contact is the problem. eunseok looks back down to his lap and remembers the scarf that got him into this mess in the first place. it will also be what gets him out of it.
“that’s a nice name, it’s no donghyuck, but i can see the appeal,” donghyuck ruffles around in his backpack for a moment. eunseok just hums as he goes and adds stitches to his scarf.
“nope, no winter stuff at all,” says donghyuck, matter-of-factly. he’s still on this? smartass. “i think it’s a bit early for a scarf.”
“well i just like to have something to do with my hands,” responds eunseok. donghyuck’s mouth makes a little ‘o’ and he goes back to ruffle around in his backpack. why is he even entertaining this? eunseok can make a scarf anytime of year. whenever he wants.
“here ya go!” donghyuck beams, a small keychain hanging between his two pinched fingers.
“a gummy bear keychain?” asks a puzzled eunseok. it is cute though… a lovely shade of blue, and he does love bears.
“not just any gummy bear, it’s a fidget!” he exclaims. “it has two little dimples for popping,” donghyuck pops them both back and forth in demonstration.
“thanks? but i don’t want to take away your fidget,” no matter how much he wants it.
“don’t worry about it, this is an extra,” donghyuck is now shaking his keys in front of eunseok, a pink gummy bear keychain dangling off it. “it came in a pack of two, i’ve been looking for someone to give the other one too.”
“i guess i’ll take it then, but don’t think i’m going to stop knitting my scarf just because of this,” he takes the keychain into his hand, careful not to drop any stitches while he did so.
“well, i gotta go to my next class, let me know how the scarf goes?” donghyuck zips up his backpack and gets up.
“uh, sure?” eunseok doesn’t even know what he should say to this young man who gave him a fidget. a cute one too. the fidget, that is.
donghyuck waves from behind him, heading forward to wherever he wanted to go before he came and bothered eunseok.