DaeSung sighed again after bowing to a customer. She was yet another customer waiting for SeungHyun's return, demanding DaeSung of his whereabouts only to be disappointed. 

"Hey DaeSung, what's up with the unusual dark atmosphere?" SeoNam asked, walking out from the staff room in the back of the store. DaeSung turned around and bowed, apologizing, but sighing immediately after.

"I've been seeing disappointed or frowning faces all this week, I think it's affecting me too," DaeSung explained. "Although we didn't lose too many customers, it seems as though the majority of our customers came often for SeungHyun hyung."

Chuckling, SeoNam made his way into the counter and patted his employee on the shoulder. "Well, we saw that coming, right?" DaeSung could do nothing but nod in agreement; They did see this coming when SeungHyun said he wanted to quit. 

"The store seems a little... empty, doesn't it?" DaeSung suggested, looking around the store. SeoNam followed suit then nodded, his eyes squinting like the times when he was focused on something. There were few customers in the store, all of them female except for one. When the store first opened, there was an even number of male and female customers, but when SeungHyun and DaeSung began working, the number of female customers boomed. Ever since then, it was very rare to see a male customer in the store.

So when SeoNam's eyes suddenly widened, DaeSung did not need to ask what was wrong. "He came here once before too," DaeSung explained, remembering he had to sort the receipts. "He was looking for a clarinet reed so I showed him where it was. I remember him also buying a piano book." He got himself busy as he shuffled through the pile of receipts on the counter.

SeoNam nodded along to his explanation, but for some reason he could not get his eyes off of the customer. He was a young man, most likely in his mid-twenties, tall and skinny, but seemed to be moderately built, his muscles visible on his arms. There was something familiar about him, although SeoNam could only see his back. Just then, the young man turned around, eyes meeting eyes. His was very handsome, with every feature placed in the right position; evenly spaced out big eyes, straight, tall nose, thin lips, sharp jaw line, everything was symmetrical. The young man slightly bowed.

"Boss? What's wrong?" SeoNam snapped back to reality with DaeSung's call. "Are you okay? You must be tired, you should go get some rest," DaeSung suggested, worried. SeoNam smiled and thanked him, exiting the counter and heading towards the staff room. The whole time, his mind was spinning at full speed trying to figure out why the young man looked so familiar.

Ahn TaeKyung took the two boxes in his hands, comparing the products. Both were from a brand name every clarinet player has heard of, but one of them was cheaper than the other. Looking at the packaging and reading the descriptions again, he tried to make out the difference. His handsome face turned into a frown, although his looks was still well above average.

Giving up, he turned around to see if there was anyone in the store that could help him. He wished he could find the kind young worker who helped him last time. Instead, when he turned around, his eyes met with a man behind the counter. The man seemed to be in his fifties and he was staring right at him. TaeKyung quickly bowed slightly as he realized the man was a worker. 

But TaeKyung felt something familiar about that man, as if they had met somewhere before. He tried to remember the occasion at which they had encountered each other, but the man began walking back towards the staff room. Right then, at the sight of the man's back, TaeKyung remembered.

"He was at the orphanage," TaeKyung said to himself. Then he quietly gasped, covering his mouth with his hand. "SoRa..."

Hey~

Sorry for not updating earlier on in the week >_<;;

Summer break is coming to an end and it's almost time to go back to school. Anyone excited??

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