“Good morning, Kris!” Hye Mi chirped as soon as Kris walked into art class the next day.

Kris chuckled as he came to his bench next to her, “Good morning, Hye Mi.”

Yesterday, instead of going back to Seoul Kris had taken Hye Mi to an empty meadow. Hye Mi loved it and she spent hours running around on the empty field with her hands out wide. Kris still remembered her happy smile as he leaned on his car and watched her. Though the trip didn’t last very long and Kris had to take her home before it got dark, it still managed to bring the two of them closer. They now weren’t just a doctor and patient, they were now… friends.

“Class, this lesson won’t be a theory lesson therefore I want you to paint your dream,” Miss Kim announced loudly before walking off.

Everyone blinked at each other, confused. Kris looked at Hye Mi, who in return gave him the exact same look.

“Sorry class, Miss Kim currently has some problems to handle so I’ll be taking the class today,” Mrs Eunjoo said as she walked in a few minutes later. “I think what she was trying to say before is that she wanted you guys to paint your dream, paint what you want to become in the future or anything you want to happen, it’s your choice.”

“Oooh,” the students nodded and started painting.

Kris pulled out his paintbrushes and started painting. His hands moved automatically as if he couldn’t control them. Kris was painting his family. His father, his mother and himself. That was his dream, only dream. He wanted his small family back. He wanted to go back to the day where he would go on a picnic with his parents.

*Flashback*

“Mummy! Daddy! Look!” An overly excited 5 year old boy ran over to his parents and showed them a butterfly that he had caught.

“Wu Fan-ah, you’re hurting the butterfly!” His mother scolded gently.

Kris’ father chuckled and shook his head, “It’s just a butterfly Yeobo, just let him play.”

“It’s so pretty!” Kris awed.

“Like you…” His mother whispered as she patted his head.

Kris scrunched up his face, “Mummy I’m not pretty, I’m handsome!”

“Like who?” His father asked curiously.

“Like daddy!” Kris beamed.

His mother rolled her eyes with a smile, “Like father, like son…”

“You’re just jealous he loves me more,” Kris’ father stuck his tongue out at her and started tickling Kris.

“Ahahaha! Daddy! Ahahahaha stop!” Kris said through giggling fits.

“No!” His father laughed evilly, “This is what you get for waking me up early!”

“AHAHAHAHAHA!” Kris laughed as he threw his hands all over the place.

“Okay okay that’s enough,” Kris’ mother tried to calm the two down, “He won’t be able to breathe.”

"Fine…” Kris’ father pouted and stopped tickling him.

Kris took the opportunity to slip away and ran to hide behind his mother. “Ehh!” He stuck his tongue out at his father, “You can’t catch me!”

“Are you sure?” Kris’ father asked and started moving closer.

“YEP!” Kris squealed and ran off as his father chased him.

*End of flashback*

“That’s a very pretty painting, Kris.”

Kris snapped out of his flashback and turned to Mrs Eunjoo, “T-Thank you Kris.”

Mrs Eunjoo smiled, patted his back and left. Kris stared at his almost finished painting and tilted his head in confusion, how on Earth did he manage to paint a full painting even though he had no experience?

With his head uncleared, he turned to see Hye Mi completely engrossed in her painting. Kris leaned over and looked at her painting, to his surprise it was just a whole heap of stars. Though Kris thought it was just a group or constellation of stars, the way Hye Mi painted the small details made him feel like there was much more to it than just stars. This was the first time he had seen Hye Mi so into something.

Kris studied the small smile on her lips as she added tiny little stars around the main stars and then looked at her own work when she was done. The way her eyes twinkled as she stared at the painting made his heart beat like crazy. Now he was more than curious about that painting of hers.

He was about to open his mouth to ask her when suddenly one of the students nearby came over to his bench, “Hey can I please barrow your thick paintbrush?”

“Uhh, yeah!” Kris forgot about it and turned his attention to the petite girl standing in front of him.

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 “Thank you everyone for your hard work today,” Mrs Eunjoo smiled as everyone was packing up at the end of the lesson. “Thank you for understanding about Miss Kim’s trouble and remember. Next lesson will be a theory so please bring your notebook!”

“Deh!” The students chorused and started piling out of the door. Kris waited for Hye Mi at the door. When she came out he stood up and walked over to her.

“Kris, aren’t you going back to the hospital?” Hye Mi blinked up at him.

Kris shrugged and put his hands in his pocket, “I actually have no appointments til the evening.”

“Oh,” Hye Mi nodded and then grinned, “Then let’s go have lunch!”

“Hmm?” Kris’ eyes widened, “Lunch? But it’s only-”

“Who cares! No one actually has an eating time table!” Hye Mi cut him off and started dragging him to his car.

“Hmm… Where do you want to eat?” Hye Mi asked as she slipped on her seatbelt.

Kris shrugged as he started the engine, “What do you like to eat?”

“Me?” Hye Mi tapped her chin, “I like sushi, noodles, eggs… OMG CAN WE HAVE DUKBOKKI?!” She shouted with twinkling eyes. Kris stared at her with round eyes and she immediately shut , “S-Sorry…” She muttered, embarrassed at her own actions. Pabo, you made yourself look so stupid!

“No it’s fine,” Kris smiled when he realised she was embarrassed. “Dukbokki it is.” He said and drove off.

After 15 minutes of yabber yabber, Kris finally stopped in front of a small Dukbokki house. Hye Mi happily hopped out of the car and walked in with Kris following behind.

“Woah…” Hye Mi whispered as soon as they got inside.

As small as the house looked outside, the inside was pretty big. The walls were painted in a shade of light purple and there were small wooden tables along the floor with small pink cushions around them.

“Anneyonghaseyo! Welcome to Ari’s Dukbokki House!” A girl in her teens ran over.  

“I’ll get two plates of Dukbokki thanks,” Kris ordered.

The girl nodded with a big smile, “Coming right up! Please sit down and we’ll bring it to you.”

Hye Mi and Kris walked towards a table near the window and sat down on the cushions provided. Kris watched as Hye Mi’s round eyes roamed the restaurant and couldn’t help but smile, everything amazes this girl.

 “This place is so pretty!” Hye Mi beamed. Kris nodded in agreement, this restaurant had always been a favourite of his. The sweet colours of pastel purple and pink combined always allowed people to come in with a messy mind and then leave with a clear mind.

“Your Dukbokki is here!” The same waitress from before came over and placed two large plates on their table.

Kris stared at it with round eyes, “It’s so big now…”

“Ahuh!” The waitress nodded, “We upgraded the plates!”

“Thank you!” Hye Mi grinned and picked up her folk. The waitress bowed and walked away. Kris watched Hye Mi eat with an amused expression. Even though the Dukbokki was smoking hot she was still eating it as if it was cold, even eating two at the same time.

Hye Mi stopped eating when she felt someone staring at her. She looked up at Kris and gulped, “Aren’t you going to… eat?”

Kris coughed and looked away, “Uh y-yeah…” He picked up his fork and started eating. The two of them sat and ate quietly until Kris suddenly remembered about Hye Mi’s painting from before. He wanted to ask her about it but held his tongue, not wanting to seem like a nosy idiot.

Hye Mi was about to bite onto a Dukbokki when she realised Kris was just staring at his fork and froze, “Kris…?”

“Y-Yes?” Kris stuttered.

“Are you okay? You just suddenly stopped eating.”

“Oh, I’m fine….” Kris trailed off. “Just thinking.”

“Thinking?” Hye Mi asked, baffled.

Kris stayed quiet for a moment until he couldn’t keep his nose out of the gutter anymore. “You know in art class before…”

“Ahuh.”

“What were the stars you were painting?”

“…”

Kris took her quiet response as a way of saying he had invaded her privacy and immediately tried to fix himself, “I didn’t’ mean to be nosy or anything! It was just… I-”

“Ahahahaha!” Hye Mi’s sweet laughter cut him off. “That was all?” Kris warily nodded, causing Hye Mi to laugh even more. She had never met a guy so sensitive before. “Silly, you could’ve just asked me!” Kris bit his lip. Hye Mi tapped her chin, “Hmm… How do I explain this.” She put down her folk and dug through her bag, a few seconds later she pulled out a small notepad. She used her pen to draw the same star constellation she did on the canvas and showed it to Kris. “This is the Pegasus.”

“A what?” Kris asked, befuddled.

“The Pegasus constellation!” Hye Mi grinned and put the notepad down. “Hmm… When I was little, my mother used to tell me that even though this constellation isn’t rare or anything, it is still quite difficult to see with a eye. There’s this legend that says that if a person ever sees it with a eye, they can make any wish and it’ll come true.”

Kris nodded, interested. He had never heard of such legends before.

“But there’s a catch,” Hye Mi continued. “It only works if that person sees it with their… soulmate.”

“Soulmate?” Kris wanted to laugh, “What a weird legend.”

“Ahuh,” Hye Mi pouted, “That’s what makes it hard… But interesting!” Kris nodded and she giggled. “Well then… Since your curiosity is cleared, can we finish off the Dukbokki now?”

Kris stared at his half eaten plate and felt sick, “I’m actually quite full… But you can finish yours.”

Hye Mi pursed her lips, “Oh, okay!”

Kris sat and watched as Hye Mi continued eating her large plate happily. He was surprised that she could eat so much considering her petite body. His mind drifted back to the Pegasus and he couldn’t help but keep thinking about her words.

It was obvious he was going to be doing some researching tonight.