October 22

6:40 pm

Kevin had strode into the cafe with the camera strapped to his hand. Jinxi had lent it to him yesterday for the winter semester's 2-D pictorial illustration course and he intended to put it to good use. So far he had successfully managed to get some great pictures of teapots, coffee cups, streetlights, and food items.

"Seems like you're going all out," Jinxi said, scrolling through the almost full memory card. Kevin was looking at the small screen with a pouty expression. No matter how much he tried to change the angle, lighting, and perspective, he seemed to royally fail at it.

"I don't know hyung. I tried and changed everything, but it still looks just like any other boring streetlamp," Kevin said frustratedly when Jinxi stopped at the tenth picture of thestreetlamp outside of the cafe. He took off his jacket and threw it on the couch, "What am I missing hyung?"

"Why do you want to take a picture of the streetlamp anyway?" Jinxi asked, looking at the street lamp right outside the cafe.

Kevin froze at the question and answered with as much of I'm-not-bothered-by-that-question-at-all as he could, "I thought it was beautiful."

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However, He remembered vividly the scene that he saw when he first got here.

Minyook had been standing outside the cafe waiting for Sungmin to finish serving the last customers. He was looking at his phone with a concentrated hesitance.

The wind picked up the orange leaves to dance through the dusk that was painted in dark hues and the changing seasons seemed to have worked their magic on the trees surrounding the restaurant. It made for a striking contrast that bought out the figure dressed in all black.

Brown strands of hair swayed in the wind as if flaunting the soft beauty it held. The golden light from the streetlamp proudly shone like a stage light, as its glow materialized on the gorgeous artist.

The artist himself was oblivious to his effect on the audience.

Kevin's phone rang, distracting him from the one art and artist he didn't want to take his eyes off of. The caller Id flashed Minyook's name.

Minyook had heard the ringtone and looked up to see him standing a little further from the cafe. The smile he gave Kevin surpassed the scenery before him. Stumbling, Kevin walked over to him.

"Then think of why you found it beautiful, and try to recreate the angle," Jinxi said, narrowing his eyes. He handed the camera back to Kevin as he glanced at Minyook. He had seen the shaky and blurry picture in the memory card with Minyook under the lamppost.

"But I doubt you will be able to recreate it without the model," Jinxi patted Kevin's shoulder before he strutted towards the coffee machine with a smirk.

Kevin was too bummed out to notice Jinxi's teasing remark. Why didn't he get himself together enough to get a proper picture before? Anyway, He didn't want to share the model.