Perfume, Why Didn't You Wear It?

The convenience store at sunset.

At the Hunter Tower branch, the evening rush—when office workers and hunters got off work and students got out of school—had filled the store with customers.

“Sir, this is a 2+1 item. Can I switch one of them for a different flavor?”

“Hey, hurry up and choose! I’m going to be late for cram school!”

“Please heat up just two chicken skewers.”

“Hey, give me one cigarette.”

Ding-a-ling-.

Beep, beep-beep.

The bell ringing as the door opened, the customers’ voices, and the barcode scanner beeping without pause.

It was dizzying...