JO YOUNGMIN

I sat across her. I observed her and she didn’t change.

                “How are you?” I asked.

                “I should be the one asking that thing.” She said.

My hand was on the table and she put her hand over mine.

                “I missed you so much, did you miss me?”

                “Deh? Of course, I did.”

                “I remember, I brought a special gift for you.” She got it from his bag and handed it to me. “Take this and this will serve as a sign of how strong our relationship is.”

I took it. “It’s beautiful, kumawo.”

                “This snowball, can you see those two persons inside? That’s you and I, don’t ever lose or break it or return it to me.”

                “And why will I do that?”

                “Maybe because that’s the time you don’t love me anymore?”

I squeezed her hand. “That won’t happen. I promised.”

                “Kumawo.”

She smiled and it was the smile I really missed for a very long time.

KIM JIN AH

                “Are you sure we’re taking the right way? This is not the right way to your house right?” Sungyeol kept on blabbering endlessly on my side.

                “Shut up! I’m really confused right now!”

                “Yah, why will you be confuse? You’re living in that house for 16 years!”

                “Sungyeol-ah! Arasseo, I’m gonna tell you what happened.”

                “Better” He sat on the ground and leaned on the post of light.

                “Yah, stand up, you’re like a lost child.” I looked at him and I slightly laughed.

 Then he suddenly pulled me down and he was holding my hand. I looked at our hands.

                “Sorry, tell it to me now.”

                “Are you blushing?” I asked as I tried to look at his blushing face.

                “Ani, just speak up of what you’re going to tell me.”

                “Arasseo, arsseo but I’m so sure I saw you blushed.” I chuckled. “I’ll be soon married.”

                “What! Are you kidding me?”

                “Ani, we went there yesterday. And I’m sure you know who he is.”

                “I have no idea.” He raised both his hands.

                “His name’s Jo Youngmin.”

                “What? Not that silent and arrogant guy.”

                “I know right, and I hate him.”

                “And for your information, Youngmin got a girlfriend, she just arrived earlier.”

                “Wait- how do you know all of these things?”

                “It’s because of those girls who kept on crying the whole day, saying that they were broken hearted because of the lucky girl.”

I stood up and stared up at the sky.

                “Better so that I won’t fall for him and he’ll not fall for me.”

                “Are you-

                “Ani, I already liked someone, I’ m just too shy to tell him about how I feel.”

I felt him stood up as well and started walking.

                “Where are you going?”

                “To your future house?”

                “Sunyeol-ah, kamsamnida!”

I put my arms over his shoulder and walked like a drank person. We kept on walking until I remembered what Ahjussi (Youngmin’s father) told me.

                “You have to be with Youngmin when you go home, you’re a couple and you’ll soon to be married. Please bear with my son’s attitude, he’s just like that. And by the way, always tell him that you are his wife when he started shouting at you.”

                “What’s the matter?” Sungyeol noticed me.

                “I just taught of Ahjussi.”

                “What did he tell you?”

                “It doesn’t matter, let’s go to my house not to the mansion.”

                “C’mon, I’m sure Ahjumma missed you so much.”

We continued walking while chatting. “Ha ha ha ha ha, you’re hilarious Sunyeol.”

                “Wait- who are they?”

                “What? Who?”

                “Those people right in front of us.”

I raised my head and saw those ‘girl bodyguards.’

                “Damn, what are they doing here?”

They walked to us and removed my hand on Sunyeol’s shoulders.

                “What do you want?”

                “The lady should go home with the young master.”

                “But-

                “No more excuses, let’s go.”

                “But Sungyeol-ah!”

                “Call me when you reach home!” he shouted.

I was forced to sit inside the car.

                “I’m sorry young lady.”  The driver said.

I moved closer to him, “Ahjussi, please allow me to go home.” I said almost teary eyed.

                “I can’t do that young lady.”

                “Wae?”

                “Because I’m doing this work for my family.”

I stared at his appearance.

                “You looked too young for this work. What’s your name by the way?”