Distracting the cashier wasn't as tough as Jae imagined it would be. He was extremely friendly, in fact a little too friendly. The Korean was highly tempted to take a peak into his mind. Half of him said no. It was a clear invasion of privacy and whatever the man was thinking was none of his business. But on the other hand, what if the man was being so friendly because he was suspicious? He could possibly already know what they were up to and was only stalling to give time for the cops. Getting arrested was not part of the grand scheme today. Jae pushed past his judgement and carefully invaded the man's head, relieved to find that he had no idea what was going on. There was a reason as to why he was being so friendly, but Jae decided to ignore that part. "Ah, I see. That makes a lot more sense." he responded to the man's explanation with a friendly smile. Just as he was about to check in on England, someone placed a hand on his back. The sudden contact almost made him jump. "Are we good to go?" The sight of England smiling was almost scary. Their stoic leader usually only smiles when he's with Sam. Even if it wasn't a real smile, it was still a very shocking sight to see. "Yeah, I think so. Thanks for the help" he said, adding in a smile as an after thought and was rewarded with a genuinely smile from their "helper". Jae's first instinct when they stepped out of the store was to tease the leader about the whole situation, but they weren't exactly on teasing terms right now. In fact, they weren't on any sort of terms, so he kept quiet as they headed back.
Alex couldn't help but laugh a little at Sam's exaggeration. It felt good to laugh, even if she was exhausted, it seemed to take some weight off her shoulders. The young boy seemed to be really good at that. “And how about you? How do you feel?” The redhead seemed to think for a moment before shrugging. "Tired, but I'm okay" she said, thinking on what else to say to keep the boy's attention. "Actually i'm kind of craving some ice cream" she said after leaning in slightly, pretending to whisper it to him but clearly loud enough for everyone to hear. SHe didn't actually expect to get any ice cream, her only intention was to make the boy smile. They have all had one hell of a day and could use some light hearted conversation.
Elani quickly explained the situation and Taemin sat in silence, at a loss for words. He knew something was wrong between the two, but he never imagined that. Jae had never really liked another guy before, as far as he could remember. Maybe because Korean standards were much different. It was almost like an unspoken taboo, not that Taemin ever cared about that. He never really saw anything wrong with it, you love who you love regardless of age or gender. "Wow...I had no idea" he said, almost astonished. Have of him was happy for his best friend for finding someone he truly cared about, but the other half was worried. Taemin never liked to judge people based on appearance, but that Crispin fellow didn't appear to be very friendly. Of course if Jae liked him there had to be something good about him, but that still didn't make him feel any better about it. "I won't say anything" he said, holding his right hand up as if he were making an oath.