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FOREVER AND ALWAYSThere she was, standing infront of him. Her hair gathered losely in a low bun, sneakers, blue jeans and an oversized shirt covered by a white laboratory gown. She had her labgoggles still on her.
Myungsoo decided to visit the place on where his next project will be and he decided to do it when most of the employees have gone home. Late that year, his father had infromed him of a personal favor of taking on the project of designing a new builing for the renovation of a research facility on his name, at first he hesitated on taking on the project since there are bigger projects that were offered to him at that time but when he knew that it would be done on his former alma matter, he didn't have any second thoughts anymore. He accepted the project and went back home after living abroad for a couple of years.
He visited the site, almost midnight, making sure he wouldn't interrupt anybody after being informed that some of the work there would take up till late at night to finish. He went around from floor to floor, observing what can be done and what to keep in the structure. The first two floors were empty. When he reach the third floor in which four laboratories existed, he saw one laboratory in which the light was still on so he decided to check it first. He grab hold of the knob and went inside. He heard movements from the far end of the laboratory.
"Is there someone here?", he called out.
A few seconds passed. He heard rustling of papers and cabinet doors creaking.
"Yes, I'm still working on something here. Just a minute. I'll be going home.", he heard.
The moment the voice coming from the other side of the laboratory registered on his mind, his heart skipped a beat.
How can forget the sound of her voice when everynight, he keep on repeating on his mind the conversations the two of them had,
He approached the direction from which the voice came from. He might be mistaken so he cautiously approached her.
The moment she apeared in his sight, he stopped walking. How can he continue to walk when all of his energy was consumed by the fast beating of his heart.
Nothing had changed at all. She still looks the same way she did about six years ago. It was still exactly how he remembers her, how he drew her on the pages of that sketchpad.
He didn't expect to see her like this.
"Hey", he said and smiled. That three letter word was the only thing he could come up with.
She grew pale by the second and she froze but was then able to recover. He himself didn't know what to do from that point on.
She didn't reply instead she took out her phone and tapped the screen a few times and made a call. Within five seconds, Myungsoo's phone began to ring. Suzy almost dropped her phone and Myungsoo just froze in disbelief.
"It's really you....", she said.
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