surprise!

August 18th, 11.43 PM

Jung Eunji was ready to bed, finally. Yes. It’s her birthday, it’s natural for her to not sleep. She’s expected to stay awake from 00.01 AM to 12.00 AM as people would flood her with birthday greeting and wishes. Some texted her, some called her, and some even visited her. She loved birthday, yes, but sometimes, just very sometimes, when she had work before and after the day, she couldn’t help but feel extremely tired. Although, yes, undeniably happy.

Hence, she turned off her phone since an hour ago. She just returned from family dinner, and went straight home, taking a quick warm shower and putting on her pajamas, ready to bed.

Her body was finally relaxed as she lay on bed. She fixed her pillow and pulled her blanket, completely ready to close her eyes. But yes, just as expected, she couldn’t shrug away the uneasy feeling that had been trailing her the whole day. Something was missing, and she perfectly knew what it was.

Her eyes wide opened, locking with the white ceiling. Maybe she should pain it with new color, she thought, although unnecessary. She needed to distract herself. It’s been quite successful for the whole day, of course. But now that she’s alone, it’s pretty hard to put away this emptiness.

She closed her eyes and inhaled deeply. A memory of last year birthday was recalled instead. It’s childish, but despite that, he tried really hard to be the first one to greet her happy birthday. And of course he failed miserably. Apink and their staff had prepared a huge surprise party at PlayM building. Meanwhile, this certain someone waited for three hours inside her place without knowing she’s having a blast party.

It was cute, she recalled. She found him sleeping soundly when she returned home, sitting on the couch with head facing the ceiling, cake had gone half cut, few balloons tied together lying on the floor, a box of present and a huge bucket of sunflowers, her favorite flower. It was still mystery until now how he managed to bring all of them to her place.

Last year was the happiest birthday she had in life. Yes, because this person had failed his mission.

Eunji took another deep breath. It’s hard to not escape from this memory. It was precious, and she wouldn’t get anything from him this year. Quickly she shook her head, she shouldn’t let this emotion lingered, it would only pain her. It’s her birthday, she should be happy, just as people wished her.

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August 18th, 11.40 PM

Han Seungwoo was stupid. He knew, he completely knew that. There was no reason why he was standing in front of her home, not even bringing something. He was a bit drunk, and when he’s drunk he’s stupid and reckless. It’s her birthday and he had no reason to do anything about it. Seungwoo couldn’t help but finishing two bottles of soju inside his fridg