Just because you miss someone doesn't mean you need them back in your life -

“It used to be me who would be only focused on the food.”

Seulgi has been watching Seungwan eat without making a sound for the past hour. A little worried about Seungwan getting indigestion, she had to break the silence.

“Wasn’t it you who wanted to talk? So talk.”

Seungwan looked up at Seulgi, and then quickly averted her gaze.

“Seungwan, you should already know the reason for my return.”

“I don’t know. It’s been five years. I don’t even know what I am supposed to know anymore.”

“There are no obstacles between us now.”

“Didn’t you have a fight with your family before coming back?”

“My father knows that I came back because of you, he won’t say anything anymore.”

“Really? It is because I’m no longer the poor student who was not worthy of you?”

“…don’t say it like that. I’ve never thought about you that way.”

“I know.”

Despite her best efforts, Seungwan eventually met Seulgi’s sincere gaze.

“But five years was too long. You told me to wait for you, and so I did. I’ve waited until I didn’t even have the energy to ask myself if I was really still waiting for you, until the promise between us became shackles of guilt, and I couldn’t move forward no matter how hard I tried.”

“I’m sorry Seungwan… but I’ve really been working for a possible future between the two of us!”

“Seulgi-ah, I’m not sure if there is still a future for us at all.”

“I will use the rest of the time we have to make up for the pain I’ve caused you!”

“…let’s start by being friends first, that’s the best I could do for now.”

“Okay, anything you say.”

It was like this between the two: Seulgi would always go with Seungwan’s wishes, her attitude as she begged for forgiveness easily made the person who waited for her for five years feel an inexplicable guilt within; Seungwan would forever excessively tolerate anything Seulgi did, even if she was the one who was left behind, but she could not bring herself to reproach Seulgi, as the words of blame were stuck in , unable to come out.

But five years of absence would leave a chasm in any relationship. Even if Seulgi had done nothing wrong, Seungwan couldn’t just forgive her just like that, because nobody could help them fill the gap that was caused by five years of being apart.

“Are you going back to the company?”

After they were seated in her car, Seulgi asked about Seungwan’s plans as they prepared to head back.

“I need to go to Sooyoung’s.”

Seungwan entered Sooyoung’s address into the navigation, and fell into a deep state of thinking.

When Sooyoung witnessed Seungwan coming out of Seulgi’s car, her jaw almost hit the ground. It was good that Seulgi decided to not stick around and promptly left after greeting Sooyoung and bidding goodbye to Seungwan.

“…unnie, please explain to me the situation right now…”

Sooyoung asked in astonishment as she watched Seulgi drive away in her mini sports car.

“Seulgi wanted to have a talk, so me and her had lunch together.”

Sooyoung thought her brain was about to explode. Forget about how “Manager Kang” turned into “Seulgi” after just one meal together, just imagining how Seulgi snatched Seungwan right from Joohyun’s grasp was enough for her to digest for a while.

“…then what are you… doing here at my place for...?”

“I’m just retrieving my car.” 

“How come you didn’t just ask your Seulgi to give you a ride home? Don’t tell me that you were afraid of her doing something to you?”

“I need to go somewhere.”

“Where?”

“Joohyun’s place.”

As Sooyoung’s eyes were about to pop out of her eyes, Seungwan has already gotten the keys that were in her hand and quickly left. Seeing the butts of two cars driving away within such a short time, Sooyoung remarked:

“…Scumbag …tsk, this smart yet scummy kind of people sure is hard to deal with. Good thing that I’m not her ex…”

It was like Sooyoung didn’t understand, she knew that her place was just a pivot point, and it was completely unnecessary for Seungwan to come here and get her car back. But there was no way that Seungwan would’ve asked Seu