Ryan’s heart went crazy when the plane finally landed in Incheon. Her hands were shaking and she still couldn’t believe she was finally back in South Korea.

It’s been too long since she had been visiting the country she grew up in. 

The seat belt sign went off and everyone started to get crazy. Ryan’s seat neighbor was trying to push his fat body past her, though he got stuck between her and the seat in front. A disgusting smell of sweat went into Ryan’s nose and she made a face, though trying to hide it from the other passenger.

Finally the man made it onto the narrow corridor and got his hand luggage. 

Ryan took her bag and enqueued herself into the row of mostly Korean and American people who couldn’t wait to finally get off of the plane.

It was still wintertime in Korea and so Ryan was wrapped inside a grey coat and wore a hat on top of her long brown hair.

She left the plane and followed the signs direction her to the baggage claim. It took a while until she found the right one and of course it took hours for the suitcases to arrive on the conveyor belt.

When Ryan got her suitcase she went to the exit and now had to find her childhood friend. There were a lot of people with signs, but on none of them was her name. No one even seemed a bit familiar. Ryan hated these situations. She didn’t want to look lost and so she just started to walk in any direction. 

Then she spotted him. He was standing a little bit further away from the masses, wearing a face mask, hat and glasses. Ryan didn’t even know how she was able to tell it was him in this disguise, but she almost squeaked and ran over to him. She clasped her arms around his body.

„Hyukjae!“, Ryan screamed while hugging him.

„Psst!“, he went and quickly looked around but they were mostly ignored.

„Oh, right. Sorry. I forgot you’re famous now.“, she winked at him.