11pm

It was a chilly spring night. I was walking at the Han River waiting for a miracle to happen. I missed the fountain show in that hour. Dammit, that was a sign that my day is screwed.

“See, I knew it. There’s no more lights for today. I really missed it!” I tweeted to let everyone know my sadness on the internet

I ended up going to the coffee shop. I was craving for one since this morning but I couldn’t. I entered this little shop with a little hesitation… There were a lot of people, most of them crazed teens and young women in their early 20’s. Who drinks coffee at this time of the day? I wonder, is this a craze nowadays?  But, the scent of coffee beans distracted my annoyance to the crowd and with that, I didn’t mind barging in. I badly need a cup of coffee. I’m too depressed for my own good.  I wouldn’t even care if I sit outside or at the washroom. I need my coffee fix.

“One double shot espresso with a hazelnut pump please” I ordered in broken Korean to the ridiculously good looking barista. “That would be all”

“That will be KRW 14,000…” he smiled and answered before he turned to do my order... Then he gave me a second look looked at me, like he knows me “Oh, wait. Come come! The order’s later”

I was puzzled. It was really weird that there’s a spare seat, despite the crazy crowd. But hey, I wouldn’t care less. It’s still a seat. He directed me to the seat, near the window, overviewing the lightless bridge. Wow, this is adding fuel to the fire. First, I missed the light show and now, I’m sitting on a spot with a view reminding me of it. Now, I couldn’t really break out, or else I would make a scene with all the crazy teens around me…  I couldn’t really complain. In fact, the barista was kind enough to give me space. To be honest, I found it cute and chivalrous.

When the curly brown haired cutie gave me my order, I couldn’t help but smile a lot. He is so cute. Ugh come on… stop it. You’ll only meet him now and he’ll probably forget you the next day. There are a lot of girls besides me… Besides, he really has to smile so that customers would be satisfied with his work. As I take a sip of my coffee, I couldn’t help but look around and see where the girls are crowding to. Bingo, the reason why a lot of teens are crowding at this time at a coffee store. They’re not here for coffee. I see Choi Siwon, that hot long legged, smart looking singer from Super Junior. He was signing all the girls’ notebooks and taking pictures with him while he sips coffee with his manager beside him. He looks like a douche, to be honest… but a cute one. You really can’t go wrong with Choi Siwon. I mean come on! With that perfect smile, cute deep dimples that carve his face every time he smiles and those thick manly eyebrows, you can never ignore a guy like him. Oh God, I sound like a boy crazy flirt now.  But, he’s too perfect that I hate it so much. No one is ever perfect in this life and for a guy who thinks he is one, he seems like he thinks he is handsome, it’s practically annoying.

Then for a second, he stares at me with those deep brown eyes. Oh, it’s so dreamy. My God, I need to stop getting delusional. I don’t know but for one second, all of my madness was gone. He smiled at me and raised his coffee. Oh this scene would’ve been perfect if only the lights in the river … and like magic, it did. For almost an hour, I couldn’t help myself and squeal a little bit and took a lot of shots. I even tried to do a selca, but to my dismay, I couldn’t make a decent one. The cute barista then approached me

“You look like you’re having much fun… I’m sorry the coffee shop’s too noisy” I was surprised he could speak good English.

“Ah, it’s no big deal…”

“You want me to take a picture of you with the fountain still glowing?”

“Oh that would be awesome”

After a few pictures and some chit chats about coffee and how he learned English, he looked on his phone.

“Wait, I have to go back to my station. The coffee is ready… It’s a pleasure talking to you” he extended his hand to me and we shook hands

“Sure, it was a pleasure talking to you!”

Then, I went back to checking if Siwon was still there… too bad he left. But I didn’t really care much and went back to viewing the Banpo Bridge. It was really fantastic. I looked at the empty seat infront of me and wondered… Oh if only I’m with the one I love, it would be perfect.

I checked my phone for the time again

12:00 am

I packed my bags to leave. Then, the barista dropped a bag with pastries with a small envelope stapled on the bag on my table.

“Hey… I didn’t order this” I called the barista’s attention and gave him back the bag. But he didn’t hear me. I read the bag and it said “For the girl by the window”. I checked if there’s any other girl by the window. To my surprise, I was the only girl sitting by the window full of boys in their 20’s looking like they’re really bored. My guess is they’re the fangirls’ boyfriends waiting patiently for their girls to calm down after seeing Siwon and go home to them.

I opened the bag to see packs of waffles. I was really surprised since they’re really my favorite among all the bread served. Good guess, barista. I opened the letter to find a note with a huge smiley face on the first fold

Hello honeybear,

I’m really sorry I picked you up from the airport really late. I really wanted for you to have a special night and to treat you out for coffee since you’ve been craving for one. I’ve seen your many messages telling me you haven’t had coffee since the day before your flight. You didn’t want to break your sleeping pattern, right? This month, Banpo Bridge really does have an extra light show since a lot of foreigners come in at this month and they, like you, wanted to watch the show.  Now do you believe me? And I’m sorry I really made you upset after we argued. I saw your tweets. I really wanted this to be our time together. I even asked HyukJin, my cousin, to reserve seats for us by the window. But he told me the area’s packed.  I couldn’t ask the students studying to get out of the shop since it is really finals week for them. I don’t have the power to say it to them.  I just don’t know how they multiplied to hundreds and knew that I was coming. I’m sorry I have to leave early…because there’s something waiting for you at the hotel.  I’ll really make it up for you this time! Enjoy the waffles. Hyukjin hyung will drive you, his shift ends soon. I love you, honey

Siwonnie

P.S.  Hyukjin hyung is the one who talked to you, if you forgot who he is.

I laughed like crazy as I placed the letter back in the envelope. What a crazy night. My day was not a bad one after all. Miracles do happen, after all. This night was romantic, to be honest and I couldn’t ask for more. God has given me the perfect answers.

“You ready?” Hyukjin asked me “Siwonnie must really love you for doing all this”

I just smiled and thought deep inside, I’m in big trouble for thinking his own cousin is hot. Who would think that the guy I was talking with and somehow blowing off steam with my talkative rants is his cousin... You can’t blame me. My boyfriend and I fought beforehand. Who says a good revenge and looking at other guys are illegal? Guys do that too... My boyfriend does that whenever he sees new girl groups...

My boyfriend…

Yes, I’m Choi Siwon’s girlfriend… you might wonder and think I’m a crazy woman for hating the one I love. But hey, who says women can’t criticize their men? You don’t see a day when your mom doesn’t scold your dad for leaving clothes on the floor. Look at them, they still love each other right?