Yuna got up earlier than usual today. But the truth is… She didn’t get much sleep at all. She is too excited to sleep again today because today will be the day wherein her works would be recognized and be put to good use.

Yuna is an architect and it is her dream to be recognized as one. And today, her dream will come true.

She had been working at the company for two years now and she is the youngest among all of the employees there. She never thought that she would be picked as one of the best projects this year. Since the company makes a very big project every year and every year, they would choose the best projects among all the other works of every employee.

It is such a big honor to be chosen and so, every employee works very hard to have the privilege on having their best work be used in such a huge project.

But this year is a little different because the higher ups could not choose between the work of Yuna and Kibum.

But today, they would make the decision. Finally! Yuna thought. She is confident enough, too excited on how the decision would come out but at the same time, she is feeling very nervous about the entire thing.

As Yuna drove her way to the familiar street that she always uses on her way to work, a huge house caught her eye from afar. That house is heaven's plain. It was a deserted place even before she got here until recently. She had taken a look at the said place a long time ago, when she was just a beginner as an architect, she had always admired that place. It became her inspiration whenever she ran out of ideas.

She smiled a little at the place as she drove and soon, the house was out of sight.

The company that Yuna works in is just a few blocks away from her home and soon, she arrived. With a big sigh, she got out of her car and made her way inside the building.

As she got to her office cubicle, she noticed that everything was a wreck. Her face grew dark as her eyes landed on her precious project. All those buildings that she had been working really hard to make them look beautiful were now broken and shattered. The small houses that were so hard to make were now flattened to pieces.

She knelt down and got a broken piece from her project when she felt there was someone watching her.

She turned her head and saw her rival in the competition, Kibum, well known for the name 'Key'.

He was beautifully dressed with his stylish pink suit. He is very popular in this company as well as outside. He has many friends that are close to him. He had been trying to make his works recognized for the past five years and finally, this year, he had been chosen. It was just that his ego was hurt when he noticed that he had a rival. And that rival was no other than Yuna. Yuna was still a newbie and Key hated the fact that she was also chosen for this year... And she is so goddamn prettier than him. Not to mention, younger.

"What's wrong, Yuna?" He asked with a 'shocked' expression on his face to the girl who was kneeling on the floor, a broken piece of a building on her hand.

Yuna kept quiet and just stared at him.

Key who had worn a shocked expression on his face a while ago now has a smirk on his face. "You should've brought it with you home to make sure it was safe."

"You did this?" Yuna's voice was a mere whisper but it was loud enough for Key to hear her words.

"Me? Oh no dear. Why would I ever get my hands dirty with that filthy work of yours?" He acted that he was hurt by her accusation but had an evil smile on his face after. He gave her a smirk once again and made his way out of Yuna's sight.

Yuna stared blankly at the now gone figure that was standing by her cubicle door. After a while, she decided to clean up the mess by putting all of the scattered pieces on the platform.

She then stood up carrying the platform with both hands in time with the announcement that was made through the speaker throughout the whole room.

"Would Miss Lee and Mr. Kim go to the room 305 for the evaluation please."

She looked up at the speaker and sighed heavily.

She then made her way outside the cubicle with her ruined project in hand.

As she passed by, many people were staring at her because they wanted to see her project but they ended up seeing a messy one.

"Look at her work. Does she expect to win the evaluation in that state? She is an idiot." Someone whispered to the other.

"She has some guts to face the higher ups with that junk." Whispered the other.

Yuna ignored those whispers and stares that she received from her co-workers and just made her way to the elevator.

As she reached the elevator door, there were also a couple of people waiting for the elevator to open. Yuna waited patiently. She felt numb because of everything that has happened.

A few seconds later, the elevator finally opened and the people went inside the elevator including her.

As they got inside, the people who went inside the elevator were shocked at Yuna's project.

"Miss Lee." A gentleman called her attention that was also inside the elevator.

Yuna turned slightly to look at him.

The man was about to say something when they heard another voice saying to stop the elevator from closing.

One person was quick enough to put his hand in the middle of the elevator door for the said door to stop from closing and for it to open again widely.

A grinning Kim Kibum entered the elevator and stood beside Yuna.

"Don't want to be late for the evaluation now, do we?" Key grinned widely while the whole elevator kept quiet.

Yuna stared at the front where she can see everybody's reflection through the steel doors of the elevator.

Key caught her eye and she saw him smirk again.

Yuna felt anger inside her. She wanted to walk out on everything but the higher ups need to know this. This is unfair. Yuna couldn't take it and so she settled with mouthing her words.

"You are sick." She mouthed, still facing the steel closed door of the elevator.

No one noticed this except Key himself. The others were looking at anywhere but the two because of the tense atmosphere inside the elevator.

Key knew what Yuna mouthed. So he answered back.

"Really? Dear girl, who is sicker than you carrying that trash." He emphasized the last word.

And then, the elevator door opened signaling that they had reached the 3rd floor where room 305 was.

Key took the initiative to go out first with his chin up and walked gracefully to the room.

Yuna followed through and when the both of them reached the room, the door automatically opened for them to go inside.

As they went inside, they were greeted by a table consisted of four people. From the right, is Ms. Exito who had her lips in a tight line. She is considered as a strict woman to her subordinates. But a really lovely and funny woman to her friends. Next to her is Sir Diamond who is the CEO of the company. He got a gloomy face on and both Key and Yuna are intimidated by him. Both stepped back a little because of the aura that they felt from him. Next to him is the very lovely and always smiling Miss Eve. She has this very comfortable aura around her unlike the person before her. She has this addicting smile on her face that would make other people smile too. And last but not least is Miss Dy, the woman that has a sharp eye for everything.

“Good morning, dearies.” Miss Eve greeted the two who have just entered the room. “I trust that you two have finished your projects…” Miss Eve continued as she looked at Kibum to Yuna and heard her gasp.

The others frowned and followed her line of vision.

“Yuna. Why is your work a mess?!”  Miss Dy shrieked a little. She was immediately out of sorts because she really liked the work of Yuna. It was her favorite one among all the people that did their project through all the years.

Sir Diamond said nothing but his lips were in a tight line and if possible, the room got gloomier with his aura working that darkness. The others were even more worried what might happen if Sir Diamond would really lose his temper.

Yuna looked at them in the eyes. Her heart was beating faster than before but she kept her cool and did not show it. She took a step forward and said, “It’s ruined...” She stated flatly.

The whole room was in state of shock by this statement and Key was the first one to react.

“What?!” He shouted, “Are you blaming someone for cheating?”

All eyes looked at him.

“What do you mean by that?” Sir Diamond asked in a dark tone, his eyes delving into Kibum’s eyes.

Key took a few steps back more, intimidated. “Nothing…” He said while squirming a little.

“What happened?” Sir Diamond asked as he shifted his gaze from Key to Yuna.

“I-I don’t know, sir. When I arrived this morning, my area was in a state of mess and this is the result of my work.”

“What do you mean you don’t know?” Miss Exito asked, not believing one word that came out of Yuna’s mouth. “It is your work. It is your responsibility to take care of it.”

Yuna kept quiet at this. She can’t really talk back and reason out because she is just an employee.

Miss Exito wasn’t satisfied with the situation and blabbered a bit more. “Just because you came from a foreign country doesn’t mean that you can just do whatever you want. You work in this company because you are a mere employee and not a daddy’s little girl, you spoiled brat.”

Yuna’s eye twitched little at what Miss Exito said. She was about to say something when someone made an angry scowl.

“Miss Exito, you are not god damn helping!” Sir Diamond scowled.

Miss Exito stiffened at this and was about to reason her way out of it when Sir Diamond gave her a sharp glare that made her stop.

When he was sure that she would shut up for good, he turned to stare at Yuna’s piece of work and sighed, massaging his temples in the process. "What are we gonna do with you... “He murmurred.

"We should drop her in this project." Miss Exito suggested.

"But she has potential... she is very talented." Miss Eve contradicted. "Can't we at least give her time to fix all these?"

The others looked at her weirdly. "We don't have much time." Miss Dy pointed out. "We can't give her enough time to make her finish this... it took them days to make it, how much more to fix it... we need this right now."

Sir Diamond frowned, thinking of the problem at hand. He stared once again at Yuna's work and made his conclusion. "You." He called Yuna and looked into her blank eyes. "You have 24 hours to finish this. Are you up for it?"

Yuna looked down at her work and frowned internally. . No sleep for me... she thought.

"Well?" Sir Diamond urged, waiting for her answer.

Yuna looked up and met his eyes. "Yes, sir..."

Miss Exito's eyes widened.

"That's it then." Sir Diamond finalized before any more interruptions. He then stood up and made his way to the door. "This meeting is adjourned until then."

The rest of the panel stood as well as they gather their things. Key and Yuna waited for them to take their leave first.

"Key~~" Miss Exito called sweetly. "You have done well." She complimented him with a sweet smile on her face. She glanced at Yuna. "But someone here made all of us waste another 24 hours of our time on nothing." She murmured low enough intending for only Key and Yuna to hear as Key snickered at her words while Yuna tightened her lips as she heard it very loud and clear.

"Yuna..." someone called out.

Yuna turned her head to face the one who called her which turned out to be Miss Eve.

"Yes, ma'am?" She asked.

"Good luck." She said with the warmest smile that Yuna ever saw here in the company.

Yuna blushed a little and nodded her head. "Yes ma’am. Thank you." She said as she smiled back at her.

Yuna drove her way to her home. Now that she is unemployed, she doesn’t know what to do. Her little brother, Jangshik, still has to go to school and the electric bills…

She stopped her car in her garage and slowly stepped out of it. She left her things inside the bunk since she doesn’t want her little brother to worry about this problem. She wanted to solve it by herself.

She opened the door and found Jangshik munching on his breakfast.

“Wow, aren’t you hungry?” Yuna said, surprising her brother as he nearly choked himself out of shock.

“Noona!” Jangshik exclaimed in surprise. “You’re home early.”

“Haha. Yeah well, the company gave me a temporary leave for now.” Yuna exclaimed awkwardly. “They wanted me to have a little break.” She explained further for Jangshik not to worry.

“Ooohh…That’s so cool.” Jangshik said in amazement.

Yuna sighed internally, relieved that Jangshik believed her. But then, Jangshik is so innocent at the present age of 16. He is still like a kid at heart, Yuna thought.

“Hahaha yeah, and you know what? Why don’t we go out to the park or something? What do you say?”

Jangshik pouted. “Eh? But I am laaazy~~”

Definitely a kid at heart. Yuna smirked. “Come on, come with your big sister and be a gentleman for once.”

“Eh? Why don’t you just get a boyfriend instead?” He slumped on the table. “You have many suitors here and there.”

“Wh-what? I don’t have suitors.”

Jangshik smirked. “That’s what you think, noona. But you just don’t notice the stares that men give you whenever you walk by.”

“I-idiot!” Yuna slapped Jangshik’s head while blushing.

“Ouch! Noona! That hurts!” Jangshik rubbed the part of his head that was hit with teary eyes.

“I’m sorry, little brother.” Yuna helped him soothe the pain. “Come on, let’s go out. We can also take Vitamin with us… Speaking of, where is that little…”

“Arf!” The said dog came running from nowhere to Yuna.

“Oh, there you are~” Yuna smiled at the little puppy that she bought days ago. She crouched down to pick up the puppy. “Wanna go with us to the park?”

“Arf!”

“That’s a good doggy~” Yuna cooed then turned her head to Jangshik with a grin on her face. “What do you say?”

Jangshik frowned. “This is so unfair.”

“Is that a yes?”

“Yes…” Jangshik pouted. “But I get to walk Vitamin, okay?”