“Mor Ri noona!” a little voice screams to me.

“Ji Wook!” I call back.

“You came back!” he says excitedly.

“I told you I would,” I say with a smile.

“Almost everyone is here but we can start playing,” he says as he grabs my hand and pulls me towards the circle of kids, “the rest will come later.”

“Okay, they can join us later,” I say as I reach into the basket I had brought for today’s event and pull out a blanket. I unravel the blanket and place the basket and a bag I had also brought on top it.

We start playing.

…

The day goes on just like it did the day before. Blissful.

…

“Okay, kids. Let’s take a break,” I say to them, “I brought some food and refreshments.”

We go over to the blanket. ‘We don’t have enough blanket space for all the children to sit,’ I think to myself.  “Okay, noona is going to get more blankets so that we can all sit together. Why don’t you guys go play some more before I come?” I ask.

“Yey!” all the kids reply in unison.  They run off to play.

…

I quickly go to the hotel.  I run up the stairs and walk quickly through the hallway.   I reach my room and quickly go to the closet to grab extra blankets.  Before shut the door behind me, however, I receive a jolt of realization. ‘He may be in that room,’ my mind unconsciously reminds me.  I let out a big sigh. ‘Why do I have to remember things like this at this time?,’ I ask myself before I shut my door and walk off.  As soon as I turn the corner to get to the stairs, however, I hear a slight noise behind me.  A door opening.  At this point, I walk faster.

…

“I’m here!” I shout to the children, “Please help me with the blankets!”  I walk over to the children.  They walk over to me.  My feet, however, decide to fail me. I begin going face first towards the sand but, luckily, the blankets break my fall.  I lay there out of embarrassment.

“Are you okay?” a voice says behind me.  A grown man’s voice.

I turn around slowly. “Lee Lo oppa,” I say as my eyes widen.  I look beyond him.  “HaHa oppa!” I exclaim.  I look over beyond him as well. “…Kim Hyun Joong oppa…..”  I say in an almost whisper.

They look at me with utter shock.