"It's funny how you mentioned exactly the same thing when you came the last time." Chansung noted with a smile.

 

"I-I did?"

"Yeah! You told me that idea was quite cool when Chanyeol showed you the photo of our house. And you came here and said you were going to use it for your magazine."

"And I did... it's going to come out in next month's feature."

"Really? That's really nice! I'll be sure to get a copy of it then."

"Nah, I'll just tell Chanyeol to give you one." You smiled and was about to continue asking when Chansung spoke again.

 

"Say, did you meet the person you said you wanted to find?"

"Pardon?"

"Well, you said somebody told you about the apple crates idea first and you wanted to meet him again. So, did you?"

 

You looked at Kyungsoo, whose heart was pounding as he read your thoughts. Everything fell into place and you answered with a half-amused smile.

"I guess I did."

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"So... it's a small world huh?" You sniggered as Kyungsoo held your hand, strolling leisurely along the lake after dinner.

 

He did some catching up with Chansung and shared some stories and bits from life as the three of you ate in a nearby restaurant.

"Kyungsoo is a really good catch, ____________ ah." Chansung had quibbled with a smile. "He probably didn't forget you, because the first girlfriend he had in middle school, she's got almost the same name as you."

"I just hope Chanyeol won't get too personal about it."

"Ah... he'd get over it. He's those kind who, once gets stuck singlemindedly with one thing, becomes idiotically oblivious to other people around him who really cares. I'm sure there's someone beside him waiting to return his love and attention right about the time he wakes up from his delusion. Besides, he doesn't stand a chance with you two."

Kyungsoo raised an eyebrow and you looked at him not apprehending.

"Hello, did you see the way you guys look at each other? It's like you two are blasting love flames at each other from the eyes, it's so painfully obvious and I'm glad I have a girlfriend myself, else this is really too much to take."

He further proved his point by leaving the two of you to yourselves right after dinner, citing "not wanting to get burnt in your exchange of love flames" as reason to scoot.

 

"So, you took up the experiment because... of me." Kyungsoo beamed.

"That's not exactly it." You started to protest.

"I'm not so far from it myself."

"What do you mean?"

"The reason I took up the experiment... it's really juvenile actually, I only remembered it when I saw Chansung's house just now."

You waited for his reply expectantly.

"The lady who attended to me when I applied for the experiment? She's got the same name as you."

"So...?"

"So I just took it, thinking it might be a premonition. Which I guess it is." He stood smiling at you.

 

"You and your premonitions... " You blushed despite of yourself, thinking it is probably true what Chansung said about him not forgetting you, as the two of you continued walking again.

"Well...Mine's different, I wanted to know what was the answer you were thinking of when you left. I gathered if I could meet you again, I won't even need to ask."

"But it turned out that both of us took up the experiment, so in the end you couldn't anyway."

"Even if I could, you don't remember, so what's the point?"

 

"Actually, I do." He smiled.

You stopped in your tracks.

"You do?"

Then what is it?

"Guess... what am I thinking?" He teased.

You punched him lightly in the arm.

"Stop it, just tell me."

"Ah, can't you just indulge me for once?"

"No. That's my liberty."

"Ok..."

 

So...?

 

"You know how I told you... I first saw the apple crates in Chansung's house and I was envious, because they had like the perfect family? So I thought when I meet the girl I wanna marry, I'm gonna do that too... and when I saw you at that birthday party... I thought... 'This is that girl'...

 

The girl I wanted to save my apple crates for."