“It must be the delivery guy, go check” Mandy said as she tapped Ji Hoo’s forehead lightly

Ji Hoo got up from her lap. He got back after 10 minutes with two poly bags in his hands and set them on the table in front of them. Mandy looked into the bags excitedly and took out the delivery boxes one by one. Ji Hoo brought in plates and spoons.

“We only need spoons” Mandy announced as she crossed her legs on the couch. She picked up a box but set it down on her lap

“What is it?” Ji Hoo asked when he saw this

“You don’t have a TV here, let’s go to my temp room” she said cheerfully as she collected her blanket in one hand and two boxes in the other.

Ji Hoo followed her with the rest of the boxes.

Mandy put a CD in the player and both settled down on the mattress.

“What are we watching?” Ji Hoo asked

“Blind Dating”

“The movie?”

“Yep; have you seen it before?”

“No; how is it?”

“I kind of like it. You may or may not”

“What’s this we are eating?” Ji Hoo asked motioning towards the box in his hand

“Papri chaat; I opened this first coz it’ll get soggy afterwards” she said without turning her eyes away from the TV.

“It’s nice; and refreshing” Ji Hoo commented

Mandy and Ji Hoo finished all the boxes till the movie finished.

“So how was it?” Mandy asked

“It was good, funny; I’ve never really watched romantic comedies before; but it was a good experience, like this street food. Did I say it’s very refreshing?”

“Yes you did. That’s the purpose of street food. If you feel down and want to try something new, you eat this.”

After a few moments she again spoke up

“Ji Hoo?”

“Hmm”

“What kind of girl do you like?”

“Why do you suddenly have an interest in my love life?”

“Well it’s not so sudden; we watched this movie and I was thinking if I should also set you up on some dates”

“I don’t want to date”

“Why”

“For the most of my life till now, I’ve suffered rejection only. I want to take a break from the whole heartbreaking process. I was actually considering monkhood” he joked

“Oye! That’s not funny! Think about your Harbeoji; don’t give him a heart attack” Mandy said hitting him playfully

“Don’t worry; I won’t. But I do want to take a break.”

“But still, tell me; what kinds of girls do you like? And now that I think about it, I didn’t even get to know your that day”

“I don’t really have one; you can see that Seo Hyun and Jan Di had nothing in common physically but I loved them both.”

“Hmmn, this is going to be more difficult than I thought. Okay then what attracted you to Seo Hyun?”

“She was just an angel for me, when I was down she picked me up. She did things for me that not even my best friends could.”

“And what did you like about Jan Di?”

“Her determination, her fighting spirit; how she stood up against Jun Pyo in the start. Also how she never gave up on her love towards him. I think I fell in love with her after I saw how fiercely she could love. I wanted someone like that in my life too, who no matter what, would never leave my side.”

“So you want someone you can depend upon emotionally”
“You can say so”

“So what should she look like?”

“Doesn’t really matter”

“Oh please, there have to be some specifics.”

“Not really; looks don’t matter to me”

“Every guy says that but in the end looks do matter. You start liking the slimmer girl, the prettier girl, the smarter girl” She said sourly, looking at a distance

“Who was it?” Ji Hoo asked

“Who was what?” She looked at him, faking confusion

“The guy who broke your heart”

“Who said anyone broke my heart? What non-sense are you talking about?”

“I know you this well to know when you are lying and when you are telling the truth. So tell me who was it?” Ji Hoo looked her straight in the eyes

“A guy who was a friend of mine from a long time back. He had changed schools when we were in 4^th grade but we still somehow were in contact. He asked me out when we were in the end years of high school. Nobody knew except Niya; love affairs are not really supported in my family, so I didn’t even tell my sister, and I tell her EVERYTHING. All was going on fine for some time, but then I got to know that he was two timing me with another girl from his school. When I confronted him, he said that it was all a joke, that how could I even think that a girl like me who was not pretty and wasn’t even good at studies, had no family background think that a guy like him would ever like me.”

“Didn’t he know about your family?” Ji Hoo asked. He was acting calm on the outside but inside he was fuming and wanted to strangle this guy

“No, like I told you before, that my family was adamant that I don’t get recognized in the media. But I got my revenge” she said with an evil glint in her eyes

“He had dumped me in the month of September. My 18^th birthday was coming up in a few months and I planned it out intensively. I convinced my parents that it was time that I get known in the media now. Surprisingly they agreed very soon, probably because I was going to become an adult now. I planned the whole bash myself; I worked out and reduced two sizes; I got myself done by the best team there was and also sent him an invite.”

“I think I know where this is going”

“Oh, but there’s another surprise, I asked another of my friends to act as my date in front of him. I even faked a kiss in front of him, because I never gave him one. I know it’s childish but it felt so good to see his expression that even though I hate to deceive people, I put up with it all to see the expression on his face.”

“And; what else did you do? Because I’m getting the feeling that there’s more”

“Oh there is. I kept myself occupied with one thing or the other the whole evening and ignored him completely. But at one point I gave him a window in which he could contact me, and like I had thought, he did. He said he was sorry and wanted to come back. And I said that I was already done with him. My plan was till then only, to dump him, but he made a fool of himself by what he did next. When I got up from my spot and turned to leave, he grabbed my wrist and pulled me towards him. I always used to blush when he was close to me and he was trying to use that to his advantage; but I was so angry with this er; he had only invited more trouble when he did that. I pushed him away from me and when he tried to come close again, like I knew he would, I kneed him in the gonads and punched him in the nose. Fortunately a reporter was nearby too, and the next day his scrunched up expression was the highlight of the article on my birthday party.” She beamed a victorious smile

Ji Hoo shook his head and smiled

“What’s so funny?” Mandy asked

“You seriously show different sides of yourself every day. And you react so differently in similar situations. During the professor incident, you just ran away but here you take on full revenge.”

“Well the situations are not that similar. This was on my home turf; that was on a foreign land. And this guy was a friend for a long time; so the degree of his crime was higher. And I got my revenge from the professor too, when I was about to leave for the airport, I paid some thugs to smash his car during the night. Like I said, I don’t like holding grudges for too long, so I got even” she said as matter of fact.

“Remind me to never get on your bad side again” and they both laughed together