The thing about self-realization is that once you truly see that you're broken, you can take the steps to fix yourself.

It took several months for Sohee to feel as if she could trust Jiyong again, and it was several more after that before he asked her to go out on a date with him. She thought long and hard over her answer, knowing that she had broken up with a good man earlier in the year in a quest to better herself. And because of that, she actually turned Jiyong down in that first request, determined to do this when it was right for her. He respected her decision and they remained friends, though they did grow closer by the day until they were back to how it had been before. Better, even, and that was when Sohee knew.

And she asked him out. She had surprised him with the question, asking it in the middle of one of their everyday conversations about mundane things in life. Jiyong's face when she made the request was like a child on Christmas, joy and almost disbelief as he stuttered out a yes.

Their first official date was at an amusement park, mainly because they had already made plans to go when the fair was open and it just so happened to be going on right when she asked him out. They went through the house of horrors, Sohee clinging to Jiyong but getting no help because he grew just as frightened as she did. They rode a rollercoaster, both screaming at the top of their lungs, though Sohee thought that Jiyong might be laughing, actually (he had mo