Shinbi POV

- Why are these boxes so heavy?! ~

- Baby, I told you, you don’t have to carry a single thing, let me handle it!

- But I want to help you, it’s my stuff as well.

Rin massaged my sore shoulders and kissed them.

- I’m lucky that I have you. Isn’t this job amazing? I’ll have a chance to learn my girlfriends mother tongue.

I smiled at the thought and turned around and hugged him tightly. I really did love him. He treated me so well and never did anything to hurt my feelings.

- I’m gonna go and get the last box, wait in the apartment okay?

- We’re done?

- Yup!

He ran down the stairs and I carried the box into the apartment. It was kinda big and cozy. I choose this one because this was the area where grandma had her coffee shop. I wondered if she still had it or if she had sold it. Rin breathed heavily as he carried the last box.

- Babe, what did you pack?!

- That’s my books, be careful!

- What is most important, me or the books?

- The books!

- You little rascal!

He put the box down and fell onto the floor.

- Our furniture isn’t even here, where are we supposed to sleep?

- The floor?

I laid down next to him using his arm as a pillow.

- I hope I learn Korean quickly.

- Then you’ll understand how hard it was for me to learn Japanese.

- You’re really good now.

- Really?

- Yeah, I remembered when we first started dating, you forgot words all the time and spoke super slowly.

I laughed and snuggled into him. It was a month ago since I saw Seung-Hyun, I was so surprised he remembered me or even talked to me. Rin’s phone rang and he picked it up.

- You need me too come now?

I sighed and waved to him to go. He smiled and mimed sorry before leaving the apartment. The only thing we had in the apartment was a tv, radio, clothes and books. I leaned against the wall and the tv.

“Big Bang returns from Japan after a successful trip.”

I thought I was being bombed with Big Bang news in Japan but I guess it would be twice as much in Korea. I smiled and felt proud of him. To be honest I’d never really listened to any of his songs. I did listen to one of them that he had written about us and it was just too painful.  I got off from the floor and stretched for a bit before deciding to walk around the neighborhood. My feet took me to the old coffee shop and it looked and smelled the same. Grandma looked up from the counter and look at me for a while before breaking out in a smile.

- Is it our Shinbi?

- Hello.

She walked up to me and hugged me tightly.

- I’ve been so worried and I prayed for you every day. Have you been well?

- I’m really good! I moved back with my boyfriend!

- Oh really? I’m glad you meet someone! Is he treating you well?

I nodded and sat down at the counter and watched as she made me coffee.

- I live just around the corner now, you should come and visit when we’re done moving in!

- I’d love too! I’ll bring the sweets you like!

- Really?

- Really!

I took a sip and smiled. No coffee tasted better than the one at just this shop.

- So where are you working now?

- Nowhere, my boyfriend got a job here so we moved. But I’m looking around.

- That’s perfect!

- It is?

- I’m getting old, so if you wanted to you could come here and help me out!

- Can I?

It was perfect, I could spend the whole day at the place I loved the most. I hugged grandma goodbye and walked home in a good mood. As soon as I got home I told Rin the good news, he was so happy for me and it really felt as if it couldn’t get any better.  

- I bought some blankets and stuff that we could sleep on. It won’t be the most comfortable thing, but our things are getting delivered tomorrow so it won’t be for long.

As we made our bed it felt as if we were a married couple.

When we laid there in the darkness all I could hear was his heartbeat.

- Rin, do you think people will think weirdly of us because we live together even though we aren’t married?

- I don’t think they will, and even if they did I wouldn’t care. Besides, I doubt it will be long until we get married anyways.

- Really? I couldn’t help but to smile.

- Really. I wanted to marry you for a long time, but since we were moving and you had school I thought it was better to wait for a while.

- My future hubby is so smart~

I fell asleep feeling safe that he would never leave me. The next day I started my first day at work and it was seriously so much fun!  I never got bored since there was always something to do and I was allowed to steal how many cakes I wanted. Every morning I would arrive extra early just to watch and learn how to make them. Rin didn’t complain at all when I brought home sweets for him.  When I had been working for a few weeks something unexpected happened. I heard how the door rang and I bowed and greeted them. As I looked up I saw him. Why would he come to this coffee shop?

Seung-Hyun POV

I guess the thought of her moving back to Seoul would make me so incredibly happy but unfortunately it was ruined by the fact that she was moving here with someone else. Someone that made her happier. It’s been a few weeks after we arrived in Korea and I kept wondering if she had moved yet. She’d probably go straight and visit that old ahjummah. Was the shop even still open? I didn’t have any schedule today so I decided to check it out. I didn’t want to go there because I was scared to relive old memories. But I guess once wouldn’t hurt. I opened the doors and it looked and smelled the same as before. The only thing that was different was that someone younger stood behind the counter.

- Welcome!

She bowed and smiled. As soon as she realized it was me her smile got a bit more forced.

- Hello, I awkwardly said.

- Hello, can I take your order?

She treated me as if I was any other costumer.

- Uh… Just the regular.

She looked at me and tilted her head.

- Coffee. Black.

- Just a second. She smiled and poured me a cup.

I sat there observing her as she helped other customers. She laughed and joked with them and not even once did she look at me. It was soon time for it to close so I decided to take this chance. She walked closer to me.

- I’m sorry but we’re closing.

- Am I just a customer to you?

- Yeah, since you’re visiting the shop I’m working at.

- So just because I’m here drinking coffee makes us strangers?

She sighed.

- Do I owe you anything? Besides, after the way you treated me you should be lucky I didn’t threw that coffee in your face.

I couldn’t help but to laugh.

- That’s true.

- Yeah, so…

- Can’t we start over again?

- A lot has changed.

- Not my feelings for you.

- But my feelings for you have.

- Can’t we try? If you try dating me then you’ll see if any of those feelings come back.

- Seung-Hyun. I’m in a relationship with someone I really love. I’m not gonna throw that away because of some stupid high school love.

- Stupid love huh?

I started to lose my temper.

- What makes him so much better than me? Huh?! I could buy you everything you wanted. I could let you travel all over the world. You’d never had to work again in a pathetic little coffee shop like this.

- You haven’t changed a bit. This is exactly what makes him better than you! All you ever talked about before debuting was how much money you would make for us and all the things you’d buy for me. When the only thing I really wanted was for you to be faithful. I don’t care about your money or your stuff. It’s not interesting. And you might think this is a pathetic little coffee shop. But I love this shop with all of my heart and I WANT to work here. Rin was so happy for me because I was happy. And that makes him better than you.

I took a deep breath and let everything she said sink in.

- Shinbi…

- I think you should leave this pathetic little coffee shop and drink your coffee somewhere else in the future.

- Shinbi, I didn’t mean it.

- GO!

I just watched as she walked away and I just realized I crushed all the chances of me getting back together with her again.

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