It was already dark as he peered outside the window next to his seat. Sunwoo wondered if he would have enough courage to come back again tomorrow. The chances seemed bleak since his resolve was already shattering slowly, as he fought with his inner urge to get down at a random stop before reaching his destination. It was a now or never situation for him, but there were high chances that even if he were to still go to his intended destination, the person he wanted to see would not be there. 

Nana had suddenly turned up at his college to return his book, which made no sense to him. He was damn sure that she had come for a whole other reason, like she had something to say to him. If that were true, then he would love to hear it because her casual attitude on their last meeting irked him.

The past few days were a blur in his memory, as he was always preoccupied in thoughts which were a rare occurrence in his otherwise busy life. He was always focused on his work or studies and rarely distracted. He was set on his goal but on a sudden day his past caught up on him. 

The fact that the said girl had possibly taken the first step to have a clear conversation pleased him. The only thing he could hope now as he reached his final stop was of Nana still being there. The sound of doors opening alerted him as he quickly grabbed his bag and got down from the bus.

It did not take him long before he found the store and was glad to find it open. He pushed the glass doors silently praying and scanned the interior of the store. It looked like they were about to close when he spotted the petite figure at the end of aisle of apparels.

He watched her as their gazes met and noticed how eyes turned from recognition to that of surprise. At least she looked pleased to see him as she walked towards him with a smile.  He offered an awkward smile in return not knowing how to  actually talk to her. He had boldly rushed to meet her and demand answers but never sure where to start.

"Hey.", she greeted surprised at his sudden appearance.

"Hey.", he replied unsure.

"What are you doing here?" She asked in confusion though she was glad that she got to see him today. She had missed meeting him at his university despite waiting for a long time.

He raised the book in his hand as some sort of reply hoping that she would draw her own conclusions without having to explain himself. When he realized that she was not getting his point, he thanked her instead and began making excuses.

"I wanted to thank you for coming all the way to return it. I remembered that you work at a clothing store and I needed to get a coat for my mom's birthday. That's why I thought I could kill two birds with a stone."

"Oh. That's good then. I can help you with that, I'm sure we have something that you can give your mother. And you don't need to thank me, it was nothing."

They managed to find something good enough as a gift for his mother and Nana had personally tended to him even though it was way past the store's regular closing time. Sunwoo was glad he was quick enough to come with an excuse before he ended up making his intentions more obvious. His mom's birthday was over last month but he was sure she would love to receive another present, though it made a hole in his pocket.

He offered to wait for her till she closed the store , since his intention of coming to see her was to get some explanation. As she caught up to him, he learned that her home was a walking distance from the store and he offered to walk her home. He was glad when she did not refuse his offer. As they began walking, they were silent with only her asking irrelevant questions which he replied to curtly.

Anger and irritation began to build up in him at her nonchalance  and causal manner again. He thought that she had come all the way to see to him because she had something say, it wa