Third Vampire Shadows (An Urban Paranormal Romance Novel) by Zhu Hsia Page B

stare at him, or rather, ogle him as if he was a magnificent piece of art.
    “What?!” Mun Oh repeated, irritated.
    “Oh! Umm, well…” She stood up, trying to compose herself. “Yeah, whatever. I’m hungry,” she mumbled, hoping that he wouldn’t deduce the reason behind her awkward reaction.
    Unfortunately for her, he was quick enough to get the picture.
    “Oh. I look good in this, huh?” he said arrogantly, smiling from ear to ear.
    Hyeon Jin gave a fake laugh, but her eyes told a different story as she stole a meaningful glance at him.
    After paying for the clothes, Hyeon Jin led the way to one of her favorite restaurants downtown. Once again, they spent a good three minutes disputing before going inside the restaurant.
    “ Modern Toilet? What the hell?” Mun Oh exclaimed, eyeing the restaurant with disgust.
    “Come on, I’m hungry.”
    “I am not going in there. What are you gonna eat in there, ice cream flavored sh—”
    “—Shut up. What are you, from the mountains?” Hyeon Jin snapped at him, rolling her eyes. “This is like one of the most famous restaurants in town, pest. They serve normal food, at least for humans like me.” Her eyes twinkled mischievously. “I dunno if they serve blood, though,” she added, chuckling.
    It was Mun Oh’s turn to roll his eyes. “Will you stop with the vampire jokes? What if someone hears you?”
    She shrugged and entered the restaurant. Mun Oh grudgingly followed her. As soon as he had taken a good look around, he almost cursed aloud in total disbelief.
    Now he knew why it was called the Modern Toilet. The restaurant was designed like a bathroom—the tables were actually bathroom sinks with sheets of glass on top of them. Instead of normal chairs, there were toilet bowls with their covers down around the tables. The ceilings and floors were tiled like a bathroom and the waiters were wearing bathrobes.
    Although it was the most hilarious thing he had ever seen in his entire life, Mun Oh couldn’t help feeling amazed and somewhat impressed at the creativity of the owner. He looked around and observed everything, chuckling to himself whenever he saw something peculiar.
    He didn’t realize Hyeon Jin was gazing at him and smiling at his every reaction.
    “What? It’s hilarious,” he explained, trying to compose himself.
    “Mmhmm…” She nodded, flashing a sarcastic smile at him before ordering.
    After a while, their food came, which caused Mun Oh to chuckle some more. The stew she ordered was placed in a small replica of a toilet bowl. The rice was also in a toilet bowl replica, only a bit smaller than that of the stew. And the chocolate ice cream, perfectly shaped like dung, was flawlessly placed on the smallest toilet bowl replicas.
    Hyeon Jin was already serving herself some stew, but Mun Oh was still laughing uncontrollably, causing a few of the occupants at nearby tables to turn and look.
    “Will you stop laughing? It’s embarrassing. People think I’m with a retard,” she told him, but Mun Oh just couldn’t help it. He had never felt this amused and light-hearted before. And he didn’t really care whether he looked stupid right then. For the first time in his life, all he wanted to do was laugh to his heart’s content and feel good doing so.
    After entering a couple of accessories stores, they both felt that the whole day of walking, arguing, shopping, more arguing and more walking had taken its toll. It was past six when they headed back home, Mun Oh reluctantly carrying three shopping bags full of clothes.
    Maybe it was the fact that they were both worn out or maybe they had just ran out of things to say, but the trip back home was eerily silent and a bit awkward for some reason. Hyeon Jin was walking ahead of Mun Oh, but she would stop in her tracks every few seconds to check on him, yelling ‘hurry up’ in an annoyed way, although her eyes still had that strange glint in them. Mun Oh, on the other hand, would stare at her back for