It was already dark outside and it was snowing, Soojin never liked snow, the way the temperatures dropped and she had to spent hours shoveling out the parking lot

-I swear if I hear this song one more goddamn time

Soojin sighed, she loved that holiday, but this year she had no one to celebrate with, she had broken up with Hyojin a few months ago and her parents decided to have their second honeymoon in Paris while her sister traveled with her friends.Pretty much everyone had left Seoul to celebrate Christmas with their families while she is covering the overnight shift on Christmas Eve because her friend Soyeon got the flu.

The diner´s owners had insisted on decorating it and the place looked really pretty with all the lights and garlands but if she had to listen to one more round of that special Christmas CD she would freak out. Soojin glanced up at the clock and saw that it was nine PM, a brief look out the window made Soojin's eyes widen, the snow was getting thicker and it was almost impossible for any other customers to show up so she had to close before she got stuck there. She quickly picked up the mop and began to clean, wiping the counters and various tables within the room, flipping the chairs on top of the tables, rotate the inventory in the fridge,close out the cash registers, all she had to do was take out the trash through the backdoor and done.

Soojin pushed open the door with her hip, each hand holding a garbage bag, she hauled the bags one by one into the dumpster when a quiet thump against the dumpster made her stop, for a moment she thought she had imagined the noise but then she heard it again, Soojin pushed one of the trash cans

-Oh no…  

They were staring at the small dog, covered a little by snow, trembling because of the cold.

-Where did you come from?

Soojin carefully came closer to the dog.

-Please don´t bite me

For Soojin´s surprise, the dog allowed her to be touched and picked up.

-You are so cold, poor thing

Soojin went back inside with the dog shivering from the cold, the first thing she would have to do was warm him up, so she grabbed her coat from the closet and wrapped it around the dog, holding him in her arms.

-You are so friendly, what are you doing alone on the street?

Watching it closely, she found the dog actually wore a colar

-Haku? Is that your name?

Soojin noticed that Haku wasn't shaking anymore.

-How about a nice warm bath?

She locked the diner and took the puppy to the staff bathroom, it was small but had hot water, that would work. Although he still looked scared, Haku didn't give Soojin any trouble, he let her wash him without any major problems.

-You're the only one I let use my shampoo, you know?

After the shower, Soojin dried him with a hairdryer that she had found in the closet, Miyeon had probably forgotten it there. Soojin put Haku down and he walked around the dinner, sniffing everything

-You must be hungry, what can I give you?

Soojin looked at the clock on the wall, it was late and there was no pet store near the diner.

-Let's search on Google

Haku just continued lying on the diner carpet

-Hmm, you can eat meat as long as it is served cooked and without seasoning, I'm going to cook some meat after I try to talk to your owner

Soojin sat next to him, searched for the tag in his collar and dialed the numbers that were there, waiting for the owner to pick up.

-Hello?

"What a sweet voice"

-Yeah. Uh, hi. Um. I think I have your dog

-HAKU?! Please, tell me you have him!!!

Soojin had to pull the phone away from her face, wincing at the volume, her voice is sweet but powerful.

-Yeah, the collar says Haku