Hyunae:

I keep glancing nervously at the clock.

6:36 pm

6:42 pm

6:49 pm

6:54 pm

Just a few more minutes until my shift ends.

“You’ve been working hard again” the owner says while walking in from the kitchen. I make a little jump because I didn’t expect him to come in so suddenly.

“Oh, sorry to have scared you” he says. I turn to him and bow.

“Thank you” I say and he hand’s me the bag he’s holding. I look at him, a bit surprised.

“Here’s your order” he says. Ofcourse, how could I forget.

“Enjoy your date” he says and winks.

“It’s not a date!” I say quickly. He laughs.

“Ok, ok, I won’t say it’s a date”

He looks at the clock.

7:01 pm

My shift is over! The owner looks at me.

“Looks like you’re free to go” he says.

 My face lights up. I bow to the owner to excuse myself, put on my coat, scarf, gloves and go to the door.

“I woud bet you just broke a record with that” the owner says, teasing me. I smile.

“Thank you” I say and go outside. It’s cold outside. A shiver goes down my spine. It’s probably freezing already, it could even start to snow later on. Having a white Christmas would be nice, right? I smile and start walking towards the park where I’m going to meet Sunghyun. I’m looking forward to it. I’ll finally see his face and he promised me we would go do something together, we’re going to spend Christmas together. It’s still an hour ‘til then so I have some time to kill. There are some shops on my way to the park. Maybe I’ll stop there bit and look around for a bit.

I look at my phone.

7:38 pm

I’m about 20 min early. I stopped at a few shops on the way here, but I’m way to nervous to hang around for too long. I don’t even know why I’m so nervous. It’s not like I don’t know him. We talk almost every day, we’ve gotten a lot closer since we met, but still I’m this nervous. The park is empty. There is only a little old lady walking her dog. It’s only normal, the city was busy because a lot of people are spending their Christmas at a restaurant or with friends and if they don’t, they’re at home. I sigh. What to do for the following time. Not really knowing what to do, I sit down on a bench and plug in my earphones. Kpop is the solution to everything! Once again a shiver goes down my spine. I wish I had brought my hat, it’s getting so cold. I hope I don’t catch a cold or something.

It’s 8:44 pm. I stare at my phone, hoping I’m still misreading the time. Somewhere I’m hoping it’ll tell me it’s not that late yet. I’m hoping it’ll tell me that there still is a possibility for Sunghyun to come. I’m shaking. I should get up and go home, but deep in my heart I’m still hoping he’ll come. A tear rolls down my face, a second one follows quickly after the first one. He’s not coming. Did he really just leave me here? It’s not like him. He would at least have called or something, wouldn’t he? Did something happen to him? Did he get in an accident? I don’t want that, but my heart breaks at the idea that he just left me here. My chest hurts at the idea that I’m  not important for him like he’s for me. I got so happy and nervous about this and he just forgot about me? Or doesn’t want to come? He’s not that kind of person, right? My tears keep rolling down and I softly begin to sob. He isn’t, right? Suddenly, I feel two arms wrap around me, pulling me a little bit back. I want to scream, panic, call for help. I shouldn’t have stayed here, naively hoping Sunghyn would come, now I got myself into trouble. I want to panic!

“Guess who” I hear that warm, familiar voice say. I instantly calm down. He’s close, very close and I don’t dislike it. I take a few deep breaths to stop crying and wipe away some of my tears.

“Santa, I thought you would never come” I say. I was so angry and confused before. I thought that if he would show up, I would be furious with him and hit him. But now that he’s here, I’m just happy. I even catch myself smiling.

“Beebee, wrong answer. Try again” he says.

“Then you’re the tooth fairy!” I say.

“Close, but still wrong” he says. Even though I was completely freaking out just now, I feel completely calm now. It’s like I feel safe. His arms around me, his body, softly pressing against my back, allowing me to sense a little of his body heat, his soft breaths that my cheek when he talks. All these details that I normally shouldn’t notice, feel so good, it feels so warm and safe.

“Sorry, you blew all your chances, too bad” he says.

“I demand a third guess! It’s only fair!” I say pouting. He laughs. It’s been a while since I heard him laugh like this, not over the phone.

“Ok, because it’s you, I’ll give you a second chance” he says.

“You’re that idiot Sunghyun that’s almost an hour late” I say.

“Completely correct” he says and lets me go. Somewhere deep inside, I’m sad he’s not holding me anymore. I sigh and stand up. I feel slightly dizzy, probably from waiting in the cold for this long, but I’m too nervous to really notice it. I’m finally going to see his face. I’m a bit scared but I guess that’s normal. Slowly I turn around and look at him. I drop my phone at the surprise of seeing his face. I take a step back.

“Ah, sorry. I guess my eyes are still watery from crying”  I say and rub my eyes. After rubbing my eyes, I makes sure I’m seeing clearly and look at him again.

“Are you really….” I say, unable to finish my sentence.

He nods and turns his head away.

“I’m….I’m so sorry for lying about this too you” he says with a painful face.

“Kevin?” I ask, completely in shock. I don’t know what to do, I’m so happy but so confused at the same time. How can this be?

He nods.

“I bumped into you nearly a month ago?” I ask.

“Yes” he says.

“And you took me to the hospital?” I ask again, still completely in disbelieve. This has to be a dream.

“Yes” he says again.

“And we’ve been talking to each other all this time?”

He nods.

“Yep, all me” he says.

The confusion and dizziness take over my body. My legs get week and I fall on my knees. He quickly jumps to my side and crouches down beside me.

“Are you ok?” he asks me with a worried voice. I look at the ground. He takes my shoulders, forcing me to look at him. Our eyes cross. I start blushing and so does he.

“I guess” I say.

“Can you get up?’ he asks me. I nod.

“I think so” I say. I’m using little words cause my head still can’t catch up to the situation. I’m still finding it impossible to believe that Sunghyun really is Kevin. He gets up and reaches out his hand.

“Here, I’ll help you” he says with a warm voice. A bit shy, I take his hand. He pulls me  up with great ease. I get up so fast that I can’t find my balance and slightly fall over again. Kevin quickly pulls me against him to prevent me from falling over. He smells nice. He pushes me back a bit to look at me.

“You should sit down a bit” he says worried. I look at his face, only to see it be consumed by darkness. I still want to say something, but it’s too late. Everything is black.

End note: Hiii, so she finally met him. aaah it took them soo long XD what will happen now? I actually don't realy now myself... I guess it'll be a surprise for all of us ^^ enjoy